New Legend of Madame White Snake
Episode review
Xu Xian Suffers the Collarbone Punishment
S1E13 · 许仙受刑穿锁骨
Vocabulary
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| 多此一举 多此一舉 | to do more than is required (idiom); superfluous; gilding the lily | Idiom |
| 少见多怪 少見多怪 | lit. a person who has seen little of the world will be astonished by certain things (idiom); fig. to be taken aback by sth because of one's lack of sophistication; naive; unworldly | Idiom |
| 笨手笨脚 笨手笨腳 | clumsy; all thumbs | Xiehouyu |
| 划得来 划得來 | worth it; it pays to | Xiehouyu |
| 受不了 受不了 | unbearable; unable to endure; can't stand | Xiehouyu |
| 聊天 聊天 | to chat; to gossip | Xiehouyu |
| 恶心 惡心 | variant of 恶心 | Xiehouyu |
| 苦 苦 | bitter; hardship; pain; to suffer; to bring suffering to; painstakingly | Xiehouyu |
| 案子 案子 | long table; counter; (coll.) case (criminal, medical etc); matter; project; job | Colloquialism |
| 老婆 老婆 | (coll.) wife | Colloquialism |
| 俩 倆 | two (colloquial equivalent of 两个); both; some | Colloquialism |
| 抱 抱 | to hold; to carry (in one's arms); to hug; to embrace; to surround; to cherish; (coll.) (of clothes) to fit nicely | Colloquialism |
| 汉文 漢文 | Chinese written language; Chinese literature esp. as taught abroad | Proper Noun |
| 李 李 | Li (surname) | Proper Noun |
| 钱塘 錢塘 | Qiantang River that loops around Hangzhou 杭州[Hang2 zhou1] in Zhejiang Province 浙江省[Zhe4 jiang1 Sheng3] | Proper Noun |
| 女娃 女娃 | mythological daughter of Fiery Emperor 炎帝[Yan2 di4] who turned into bird Jingwei 精衛|精卫[Jing1 wei4] after drowning | Proper Noun |
| 宝瓶 寶瓶 | Aquarius (star sign) | Proper Noun |
| 同心 同心 | Tongxin county in Wuzhong 吳忠|吴忠[Wu2 zhong1], Ningxia | Proper Noun |
| 观音 觀音 | Guanyin (Goddess of Mercy) | Proper Noun |
| 镇江 鎮江 | see 鎮江市|镇江市[Zhen4jiang1 Shi4] | Proper Noun |
| 灵山 靈山 | Lingshan county in Qinzhou 欽州|钦州[Qin1 zhou1], Guangxi | Proper Noun |
| 青城山 青城山 | Mount Qingcheng | Proper Noun |
| 昆山 崑山 | Kunshan, county-level city in Suzhou 蘇州|苏州[Su1zhou1], Jiangsu | Proper Noun |
| 白素贞 白素貞 | (name of a person) Bai Suzhen, from Madame White Snake | Proper Noun |
| 嘉庆 嘉慶 | Jiaqing Emperor (1760-1820), seventh Qing emperor, personal name 顒琰|颙琰[Yong2 yan3], reigned 1796-1820 | Proper Noun |
| 文曲星 文曲星 | constellation governing scholarship and examinations; (fig.) renowned literary genius; brand name of handheld electronic dictionaries made by Beijing company Golden Global View | Proper Noun |
| 平顺 平順 | Pingshun, county in Shanxi | Proper Noun |
| 翰林 翰林 | refers to academics employed as imperial secretaries from the Tang onwards, forming the Hanlin Imperial Academy 翰林院 | Proper Noun |
| 天帝 天帝 | God of heaven; Celestial emperor | Proper Noun |
| 没想到 沒想到 | didn't expect | |
| 公子 公子 | son of an official; son of nobility; your son (honorific) | |
| 怎么会 怎麼會 | how could it | |
| 怎么能 怎麼能 | how could one | |
| 头儿 頭兒 | head, leader | |
| 材 材 | material, stuff; timber; talent | |
| 乖乖 乖乖 | (of a child) well-behaved; obediently; (term of endearment for a child) darling; sweetie | |
| 仙 仙 | immortal | |
| 症 症 | disease, illness, ailment | |
| 相 相 | mutually | |
| 什么事 什麼事 | what matter | |
| 虫 蟲 | insects, worms; KangXi radical 142 | |
| 郎 郎 | gentleman, young man; husband | |
| 怜 憐 | pity, sympathize | |
| 若是 若是 | if | |
| 宽心 寬心 | relieved; comforted; to relieve anxieties; at ease; relaxed; reassuring; happy | |
| 轮到 輪到 | to be (sb's or sth's) turn | |
| 疑 疑 | doubt, question, suspect | |
| 知 知 | know | |
| 自个儿 自個兒 | (dialect) oneself; by oneself | |
| 尤其是 尤其是 | especially; most of all; above all; in particular |