New Legend of Madame White Snake
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Xu Xian Suffers the Collarbone Punishment
S1E13 · 许仙受刑穿锁骨
Vocabulary
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| 巧取豪夺 巧取豪奪 | (idiom) to seize by trickery and force; to plunder by both cunning and violence | Idiom |
| 低声下气 低聲下氣 | (idiom) meek and submissive; servile and humble in manner | Idiom |
| 安然无事 安然無事 | (idiom) safe and sound; unharmed; without any trouble | Idiom |
| 寸步千里 寸步千里 | lit. a single inch becomes a thousand miles (idiom); fig. so near yet so far; blocked from advancing even a step | Idiom |
| 朗朗乾坤 朗朗乾坤 | (idiom) bright clear skies and earth; a peaceful, just world in broad daylight | Idiom |
| 片甲不留 片甲不留 | not a single fragment of armor remains (idiom); fig. utterly defeated; wiped out; annihilated | Idiom |
| 夜长梦多 夜長夢多 | lit. a long night is full of dreams (idiom); fig. delay invites trouble; the longer the wait the more can go wrong | Idiom |
| 太岁头上动土 太歲頭上動土 | lit. to dig earth on the head of Tai Sui (the god of the year) (idiom); fig. to provoke someone dangerously powerful; to court disaster | Idiom |
| 休想 休想 | don't think (that); don't imagine (that) | Xiehouyu |
| 霸道 霸道 | the Way of the Hegemon; abbr. for 霸王之道; despotic rule; rule by might; evil as opposed to the Way of the King 王道; overbearing; tyranny; (of liquor, medicine etc) strong; potent | Xiehouyu |
| 活该 活該 | (coll.) serve sb right; deservedly; ought; should | Xiehouyu |
| 娘 娘 | mother; young lady; (coll.) effeminate | Colloquialism |
| 祖传 祖傳 | passed on from ancestors; handed down from generation to generation | |
| 嫁妆 嫁妝 | dowry | |
| 分寸 分寸 | propriety; appropriate behavior; proper speech or action; within the norms | |
| 万万 萬萬 | absolutely; wholly | |
| 佳肴 佳餚 | fine food; delicacies; delicious food | |
| 何苦 何苦 | why bother?; is it worth the trouble? | |
| 指教 指教 | to give advice or comments | |
| 包庇 包庇 | to shield; to harbor; to cover up | |
| 推算 推算 | to calculate; to reckon; to extrapolate (in calculation) | |
| 就地 就地 | locally; on the spot | |
| 作对 作對 | to set oneself against; to oppose; to make a pair | |
| 冤 冤 | injustice; grievance; wrong | |
| 物证 物證 | material evidence | |
| 放肆 放肆 | wanton; unbridled; presumptuous; impudent | |
| 竟敢 竟敢 | to have the impertinence; to have the cheek to | |
| 抢夺 搶奪 | to plunder; to pillage; to forcibly take | |
| 连夜 連夜 | that very night; through the night; for several nights in a row | |
| 功力 功力 | merit; efficacy; competence; skill; power | |
| 劳累 勞累 | tired; exhausted; worn out; to toil | |
| 耽搁 耽擱 | to tarry; to delay; to stop over | |
| 能耐 能耐 | ability; capability | |
| 扣留 扣留 | to detain; to arrest; to hold; to confiscate | |
| 妥当 妥當 | appropriate; proper; ready | |
| 弟子 弟子 | disciple; follower | |
| 纵容 縱容 | to indulge; to connive at | |
| 吓唬 嚇唬 | to scare; to frighten | |
| 未免 未免 | unavoidably; can't help; really; rather | |
| 错觉 錯覺 | misconception; illusion; misperception | |
| 私自 私自 | private; personal; secretly; without explicit approval | |
| 媳妇 媳婦 | daughter-in-law; wife (of a younger man); young married woman; young woman | |
| 妖怪 妖怪 | monster; devil | |
| 一举 一舉 | a move; an action; in one move; at a stroke; in one go | |
| 苏醒 甦醒 | to come to; to awaken; to regain consciousness | |
| 赶往 趕往 | to hurry to (somewhere) | |
| 恨不得 恨不得 | wishing one could do sth; to hate to be unable; itching to do sth | |
| 差错 差錯 | mistake; slip-up; fault; error; accident; mishap | |
| 担当 擔當 | to take upon oneself; to assume | |
| 插手 插手 | to get involved in; to meddle; interference |