New Legend of Madame White Snake

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Xu Xian Suffers the Collarbone Punishment

S1E13 · 许仙受刑穿锁骨 xǔ xiān shòuxíng chuān suǒgǔ

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信口雌黄 信口雌黃 xìn kǒu cí huáng to speak off the cuff; to casually opine Idiom ∼HSK 6
奇珍异宝 奇珍異寶 qí zhēn yì bǎo rare treasure (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
蛛丝马迹 蛛絲馬跡 zhū sī mǎ jì lit. spider's thread and horse track; tiny hints (of a secret); traces; clue Idiom ∼HSK 6
作茧自缚 作繭自縛 zuò jiǎn zì fù to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising; hoist by his own petard Idiom ∼HSK 6
耀武扬威 耀武揚威 yào wǔ yáng wēi to show off one's military strength (idiom); to strut around; to bluff; to bluster Idiom ∼HSK 6
平白无故 平白無故 píng bái - wú gù (idiom) for no reason whatever; inexplicably Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
不能自拔 不能自拔 bù néng zì bá unable to extricate oneself (from vice, temptation or trouble) (idiom) Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
敬酒不吃吃罚酒 敬酒不吃吃罰酒 jìng jiǔ bù chī chī fá jiǔ lit. to refuse a toast only to be forced to drink a forfeit (idiom); fig. to turn down a request only to be forced later to comply with it under pressure Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
装蒜 裝蒜 zhuāng suàn to act stupid; to play dumb; to pretend to not know Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
开眼界 開眼界 kāi yǎn jiè to broaden one's horizons Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
弄巧成拙 弄巧成拙 nòng qiǎo chéng zhuō to overreach oneself; to try to be clever and end up with egg on one's face 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
娘子 娘子 niáng zǐ (dialect) form of address for one's wife; polite form of address for a woman ∼HSK 6
家娘 家娘 jiā niáng (dialect) husband's mother ∼HSK 6
偷盗 偷盜 tōu dào to steal ∼HSK 6
三皇 三皇 sān huáng the three legendary sovereigns of the third millennium BC: Suiren, Fuxi and Shennong, or, and ∼HSK 6
衙役 衙役 yá yì bailiff of feudal yamen ∼HSK 6
金山寺 金山寺 jīn shān sì Jinshan Temple, where Fahai lives (from Madam White Snake) ∼HSK 6
家公 家公 jiā gōng head of a family; (polite) my father; (polite) my grandfather; your esteemed father ∼HSK 6
祖师 祖師 zǔ shī patriarch (founder) ∼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
一臂之力 一臂之力 yī bì zhī lì lit. the strength of one arm (idiom); a helping hand; to lend assistance ∼HSK 6
超群 超群 chāo qún surpassing; preeminent; outstanding ∼HSK 6
行踪 行蹤 xíng zōng whereabouts; (lose) track (of) ∼HSK 6
枉费 枉費 wǎng fèi to waste (one's breath, one's energy etc); to try in vain ∼HSK 6
乌纱帽 烏紗帽 wū shā mào black gauze hat (worn by an imperial official as a sign of his position); (fig.) official post ∼HSK 6
何人 何人 hé rén who ∼HSK 6
亲眼目睹 親眼目睹 qīn yǎn mù dǔ to see for oneself; to see with one's own eyes ∼HSK 6
潜进 潛進 qián jìn to sneak in; to infiltrate ∼HSK 6
祖师爷 祖師爺 zǔ shī yé founder (of a craft, religious sect etc) ∼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
牢狱之灾 牢獄之災 láo yù zhī zāi imprisonment ∼HSK 6
认命 認命 rèn mìng to accept misfortunes as decreed by fate; to be resigned to sth ∼HSK 6
不甘心 不甘心 bù gān xīn not reconciled to; not resigned to ∼HSK 6
昏迷不醒 昏迷不醒 hūn mí bù xǐng to remain unconscious ∼HSK 6
除掉 除掉 chú diào to eliminate ∼HSK 6
施主 施主 shī zhǔ donor (Buddhist address) ∼HSK 6
征状 徵狀 zhēng zhuàng symptom ∼HSK 6
惨叫 慘叫 cǎn jiào to scream; blood-curdling screech; miserable shriek ∼HSK 6
成形 成形 chéng xíng to take shape; shaping; forming ∼HSK 6
客官 客官 kè guān honored customer (sir) ∼HSK 6
欺侮 欺侮 qī wǔ to bully ∼HSK 6
一般见识 一般見識 yī bān - jiàn shi (idiom) to lower oneself to (sb's) level ∼HSK 6
免谈 免談 miǎn tán out of the question; pointless to discuss it ∼HSK 6
怪罪 怪罪 guài zuì to blame ∼HSK 6
出言不逊 出言不遜 chū yán bù xùn to speak rudely ∼HSK 6
包涵 包涵 bāo han to excuse; to forgive; to bear with; to be tolerant ∼HSK 6