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Xu Xian Fights to Protect His Wife

S1E15 · 许仙力争护娘子 xǔ xiān lìzhēng hù niángzǐ

HSK 1

5.26 Advanced

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情非得已情非得已 qíng fēi dé yǐ	compelled by the circumstances (to do sth); (have) no other choice (but do sth); (used as a pun in romance) can't help but fall in love	∼HSK 6
海涵海涵 hǎi hán	(polite expression) to be magnanimous enough to forgive or tolerate (one's errors or shortcomings)	∼HSK 6
大道理大道理 dà dào li	major principle; general truth; sermon (reproof); bombastic talk	∼HSK 6
一席话一席話 yī xí huà	the content of a conversation; words; remarks	∼HSK 6
宏愿宏願 hóng yuàn	great aspiration; great ambition	∼HSK 6
先贤先賢 xiān xián	(literary) ancient sage	∼HSK 6
清廉清廉 qīng lián	honest; uncorrupted	∼HSK 6
息怒息怒 xī nù	to calm down; to quell one's anger	∼HSK 6
内情內情 nèi qíng	inside story; inside information	∼HSK 6
蹊跷蹊蹺 qī qiāo	odd; queer; strange; fishy	∼HSK 6
心焦心焦 xīn jiāo	worried; anxious	∼HSK 6
辩词辯詞 biàn cí	an excuse	∼HSK 6
不畏强权不畏強權 bù wèi qiáng quán	not to submit to force (idiom); to defy threats and violence	∼HSK 6
罪责罪責 zuì zé	guilt	∼HSK 6
未定未定 wèi dìng	undecided; indeterminate; still in doubt	∼HSK 6
冤屈冤屈 yuān qū	to treat unjustly; an injustice	∼HSK 6
奉命奉命 fèng mìng	by order	∼HSK 6
告退告退 gào tuì	to petition for retirement (old); to ask for leave to withdraw; to ask to be excused	∼HSK 6
端庄端莊 duān zhuāng	dignified; composed	∼HSK 6
禀告稟告 bǐng gào	to report (to one's superior)	∼HSK 6
时辰時辰 shíchen	two-hour period	∼HSK 6
借宿借宿 jièsù	stay overnight	∼HSK 6
告密告密 gào mì	to inform against sb	∼HSK 6
打消打消 dǎ xiāo	to dispel (doubts, misgivings etc); to give up on	∼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
文弱书生文弱書生 wén ruò shū shēng	(idiom) frail scholar	∼HSK 6
充其量充其量 chōng qí liàng	at most; at best	∼HSK 6
奴仆奴僕 nú pú	servant	∼HSK 6
客商客商 kè shāng	traveling merchant	∼HSK 6
耍嘴皮子耍嘴皮子 shuǎ zuǐ pí zi	to talk glibly; to talk big; to be all talk	∼HSK 6
打地铺打地鋪 dǎ dì pù	to make one's bed on the floor	∼HSK 6
俐落俐落 lì luo	variant of	∼HSK 6
旗号旗號 qí hào	military banner (often used figuratively, usually pejoratively, to mean "pretext" or "ostensible purpose"); flag signal; semaphore	∼HSK 6
招摇招搖 zhāo yáo	to rock back and forth; (fig.) to act ostentatiously; to brag; to show off	∼HSK 6
自求多福自求多福 zì qiú duō fú	to seek one's own blessings (idiom); you're on your own; fend for yourself	∼HSK 6
好哇好哇 hǎo wā	hurray!; hurrah!; yippee!	∼HSK 6
市井市井 shì jǐng	marketplace; town; the street (urban milieu); the haunts of the common people	∼HSK 6
替天行道替天行道 tì tiān xíng dào	to enforce justice on Heaven's behalf (idiom); to act for Heaven in punishing evil	∼HSK 6
活命活命 huó mìng	life; to survive; to save a life; to scrape a living	∼HSK 6
原形原形 yuán xíng	original shape; true appearance (under the disguise); true character	∼HSK 6
丁点丁點 dīng diǎn	tiny bit	∼HSK 6
损兵折将損兵折將 sǔn bīng zhé jiàng	to lose soldiers and generals (idiom); to suffer heavy military losses; to be soundly defeated	∼HSK 6
狠毒狠毒 hěn dú	vicious; malicious; savage	∼HSK 6
恩人恩人 ēn rén	a benefactor; a person who has significantly helped sb else	HSK 6
不择手段不擇手段 bù zé shǒu duàn	by fair means or foul; by hook or by crook; unscrupulously	HSK 6
只管只管 zhǐ guǎn	solely engrossed in one thing; just (one thing, no need to worry about the rest); simply; by all means; please feel free; do not hesitate (to ask for sth)	HSK 6
很难说很難說 hěn nánshuō	Hard to say	HSK 6
一路上一路上 yī lù shàng	along the way; the whole way; (fig.) the whole time	HSK 6
免得免得 miǎn de	so as not to; so as to avoid	HSK 6
一道一道 yī dào	together	HSK 6