New Legend of Madame White Snake

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A Couple's Conflict Tears at the Heart

S1E10 · 夫妻冲突虐人心 fūqī chōngtū nüè rénxīn

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未 未 wèi not yet; did not; have not; not; 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep; ancient Chinese compass point: 210° HSK 7
及 及 jí and; to reach; up to; in time for HSK 7
之 之 zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it HSK 7
危言耸听 危言聳聽 wēi yán sǒng tīng frightening words to scare people (idiom); alarmist talk; reds under the beds Idiom ∼HSK 6
义不容辞 義不容辭 yì bù róng cí not to be shirked without dishonor (idiom); incumbent; bounden (duty) Idiom ∼HSK 6
扭转乾坤 扭轉乾坤 niǔ zhuǎn qián kūn lit. to upend heaven and earth (idiom); fig. to change the course of events; to turn things around Idiom ∼HSK 6
牵强附会 牽強附會 qiān qiǎng fù huì to make an irrelevant comparison or interpretation (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
雕虫小技 雕蟲小技 diāo chóng xiǎo jì insignificant talent; skill of no high order; minor accomplishment Idiom ∼HSK 6
伤天害理 傷天害理 shāng tiān hài lǐ to offend Heaven and reason (idiom); bloody atrocities that cry to heaven; outrageous acts Idiom ∼HSK 6
畏首畏尾 畏首畏尾 wèi shǒu wèi wěi afraid of the head, terrified of the tail (idiom); ever fearful and nervous; afraid of the slightest thing Idiom ∼HSK 6
罪恶滔天 罪惡滔天 zuì è - tāo tiān (idiom) to have committed heinous crimes Idiom ∼HSK 6
家破人亡 家破人亡 jiā pò rén wáng family bankrupt and the people dead (idiom); ruined and orphaned; destitute and homeless Idiom ∼HSK 6
热锅上的蚂蚁 熱鍋上的螞蟻 rè guō shang de mǎ yǐ (like) a cat on a hot tin roof; anxious; agitated Idiom ∼HSK 6
失魂落魄 失魂落魄 shī hún - luò pò (idiom) dazed; beside oneself Idiom ∼HSK 6
痴心妄想 痴心妄想 chī xīn wàng xiǎng to be carried away by one's wishful thinking (idiom); to labor under a delusion; wishful thinking Idiom ∼HSK 6
滔天大罪 滔天大罪 tāo tiān dà zuì heinous crime Idiom ∼HSK 6
恩将仇报 恩將仇報 ēn jiāng chóu bào to bite the hand that feeds one (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
雪中送炭 雪中送炭 xuě zhōng sòng tàn lit. to send charcoal in snowy weather (idiom); fig. to provide help in sb's hour of need Idiom ∼HSK 6
一家之主 一家之主 yī jiā zhī zhǔ master of the house; head of the family Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
瞎说 瞎說 xiā shuō to talk drivel; to assert sth without a proper understanding or basis in fact; not to know what one is talking about Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
见死不救 見死不救 jiàn sǐ bù jiù 见: see, observe, behold; perceive · 死: die; dead; death · 不: no, not; un-; negative prefix · 救: save, rescue, relieve; help, aid Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
不成 不成 bù chéng won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be? Xiehouyu HSK 6
就算 就算 jiù suàn (coll.) even if Colloquialism HSK 6
嘛 嘛 má used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 6
有没有 有沒有 yǒu méi yǒu (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?; Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)? HSK 6
却是 卻是 què shì nevertheless; actually; the fact is ... HSK 6
娘子 娘子 niáng zǐ (dialect) form of address for one's wife; polite form of address for a woman ∼HSK 6
金山寺 金山寺 jīn shān sì Jinshan Temple, where Fahai lives (from Madam White Snake) ∼HSK 6
相公 相公 xiàng gong lord; master; young gentleman; male prostitute; catamite; mahjong player disqualified by unintentionally taking in the wrong number of dominoes; (old form of address for one's husband) husband ∼HSK 6
施主 施主 shī zhǔ donor (Buddhist address) ∼HSK 6
娘娘 娘娘 niáng niang queen; empress; imperial concubine; Goddess, esp. Xi Wangmu 王母娘娘 or 西王母, Queen Mother of the West; mother; aunt ∼HSK 6
家娘 家娘 jiā niáng (dialect) husband's mother ∼HSK 6
贫僧 貧僧 pínsēng this humble monk ∼HSK 6
孽畜 孽畜 niè chù evil beast (cursing demons) ∼HSK 6
人形 人形 rén xíng human form; human-shaped; humanoid ∼HSK 6
妖孽 妖孽 yāo niè evil omen, monster ∼HSK 6
辞官 辭官 cí guān to resign a government post ∼HSK 6
大嫂 大嫂 dà sǎo older brother's wife; sister-in-law; elder sister (respectful appellation for an older married woman) ∼HSK 6
公堂 公堂 gōng táng law court; hall (in castle); CL:家[jia1] ∼HSK 6
改判 改判 gǎi pàn (law) to amend a judgment; to commute; (in a contest or exam) to change the original decision or score ∼HSK 6
物归原主 物歸原主 wù guī - yuán zhǔ (idiom) to return sth to its rightful owner ∼HSK 6
通融 通融 tōng róng flexible; to accommodate; to stretch or get around regulations; a short-term loan ∼HSK 6
素未谋面 素未謀面 sù wèi móu miàn (idiom) to have never met; to be complete strangers ∼HSK 6
山崩 山崩 shān bēng landslide; landslip ∼HSK 6
一面之缘 一面之緣 yī miàn zhī yuán 一: one; a, an; alone · 面: face; surface; plane; side, dimension · 之: marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to · 缘: hem, margin; reason, cause; fate ∼HSK 6
高僧 高僧 gāo sēng eminent monk ∼HSK 6
娇妻 嬌妻 jiāo qī lovely wife ∼HSK 6
原形 原形 yuán xíng original shape; true appearance (under the disguise); true character ∼HSK 6
串通 串通 chuàn tōng to collude; to collaborate; to gang up ∼HSK 6
诬赖 誣賴 wū lài to accuse falsely ∼HSK 6