New Legend of Madame White Snake

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Season 1 — New Legend of Madame White Snake

新白娘子传奇 xīn báiniángzǐ chuánqí

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Vocabulary

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诈取 詐取 zhà qǔ to swindle; to defraud ∼HSK 6
晤面 晤面 wù miàn to meet (in person); to meet with sb ∼HSK 6
厚赐 厚賜 hòu cì to reward generously; generous gift ∼HSK 6
抹油 抹油 mǒ yóu to anoint ∼HSK 6
大捕头 大捕頭 dà bǔ tóu head constable ∼HSK 6
闭上嘴巴 閉上嘴巴 bì shang zuǐ bā Shut up! ∼HSK 6
何许人 何許人 hé xǔ rén (literary) what kind of person ∼HSK 6
穿孔 穿孔 chuān kǒng to punch a hole; to perforate; (medicine) perforation ∼HSK 6
娘胎 孃胎 niáng tāi womb ∼HSK 6
同名同姓 同名同姓 tóng míng tóng xìng having same given name and family name ∼HSK 6
望月 望月 wàng yuè full moon ∼HSK 6
精明能干 精明能幹 jīng míng néng gàn able and efficient ∼HSK 6
眉高眼低 眉高眼低 méi gāo yǎn dī raised brows and lowered eyes (idiom); facial expressions; (fig.) to read others' moods; airs and graces ∼HSK 6
通情达理 通情達理 tōng qíng dá lǐ (idiom) fair and reasonable; sensible; standing to reason ∼HSK 6
平抚 平撫 píng fǔ to calm; to appease; to quieten ∼HSK 6
据理力争 據理力爭 jù lǐ lì zhēng to contend on strong grounds; to argue strongly for what is right ∼HSK 6
据实以告 據實以告 jù shí yǐ gào to report according to the facts; to tell the truth; to tell it like it is ∼HSK 6
所言不虚 所言不虛 suǒ yán bù xū (after a pronoun or name) what (you, they etc) say is true ∼HSK 6
陪嫁 陪嫁 péi jià dowry ∼HSK 6
与生俱来 與生俱來 yǔ shēng jù lái inherent; innate ∼HSK 6
饮食男女 飲食男女 yǐn shí nán nǚ food, drink and sex (idiom, from the Book of Rites); basic human desires; the fundamental appetites ∼HSK 6
浪头 浪頭 làng tou wave ∼HSK 6
以泪洗面 以淚洗面 yǐ lèi xǐ miàn to bathe one's face in tears (idiom) ∼HSK 6
单打独斗 單打獨鬥 dān dǎ dú dòu to fight alone (idiom) ∼HSK 6
修炼成仙 修煉成仙 xiū liàn chéng xiān lit. to practice austerities to become a Daoist immortal; practice makes perfect ∼HSK 6
和好如初 和好如初 hé hǎo rú chū to bury the hatchet; to become reconciled ∼HSK 6
付诸 付諸 fù zhū to apply to; to put into (practice etc); to put to (a test, a vote etc) ∼HSK 6
父母双亡 父母雙亡 fù mǔ shuāng wáng to have lost both one's parents ∼HSK 6
惶惶不安 惶惶不安 huáng huáng bù ān in a state of fear and uncertainty (idiom); anxious and on edge; jittery and ill at ease ∼HSK 6
小本经营 小本經營 xiǎo běn jīng yíng to run a small business on a tight budget (idiom); small-scale trading with little capital ∼HSK 6
家丁 家丁 jiā dīng (old) servant hired to keep guard, run errands etc ∼HSK 6
忐忑 忐忑 tǎn tè apprehensive; on edge ∼HSK 6
寝食难安 寢食難安 qǐn shí - nán ān lit. cannot rest or eat in peace (idiom); fig. extremely worried and troubled ∼HSK 6
贤内助 賢內助 xián nèi zhù (said of sb else's wife) a good wife ∼HSK 6
前世姻缘 前世姻緣 qián shì yīn yuán a marriage predestined in a former life (idiom) ∼HSK 6
大费周章 大費周章 dà fèi zhōu zhāng to take great pains; to go to a lot of trouble ∼HSK 6
累及无辜 累及無辜 lěi jí wú gū to harm innocent bystanders (idiom); to implicate the innocent ∼HSK 6
一知半解 一知半解 yī zhī - bàn jiě (idiom) to have a superficial knowledge of a subject; to know a smattering of sth ∼HSK 6
来者可追 來者可追 lái zhě kě zhuī the future can still be pursued (idiom); the past is gone but one can still make amends going forward ∼HSK 6
血淋淋 血淋淋 xiě lín lín bloody; blood-soaked; gory; grisly; cruel; brutal; harsh; grim; bitter ∼HSK 6
壮起胆子 壯起膽子 zhuàng qǐ dǎn zi to proceed with sth even though scared; to put on a brave face ∼HSK 6
娇娇女 嬌嬌女 jiāo jiāo nǚ pampered girl from an affluent family ∼HSK 6
面恶心善 面惡心善 miàn è xīn shàn to have a mean-looking face but a heart of gold (idiom) ∼HSK 6
潇潇 瀟瀟 xiāo xiāo (of wind and rain) howling and pounding; (of light rain) pattering ∼HSK 6
就寝 就寢 jiù qǐn to go to sleep; to go to bed (literary) ∼HSK 6
黄道吉日 黃道吉日 huáng dào jí rì an auspicious day (idiom); a lucky day chosen by the almanac for important undertakings ∼HSK 6
话虽如此 話雖如此 huà suī rú cǐ be that as it may ∼HSK 6
过继 過繼 guò jì to adopt; to give for adoption (usually to a childless relative) ∼HSK 6
殷殷 殷殷 yīn yīn earnest; ardent (hope etc) ∼HSK 6
鸾凤 鸞鳳 luán fèng luan and phoenix; husband and wife; virtuous person; sovereign; belle ∼HSK 6