New Legend of Madame White Snake

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In Despair, a Kind Helper Appears

S1E16 · 绝境幸得好人助 juéjìng xìng dé hǎorén zhù

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Vocabulary

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消 消 xiāo to diminish; to subside; to consume; to reduce; to idle away (the time); (after 不 or 只 or 何 etc) to need; to require; to take HSK 7
魂 䰟 hún soul; spirit; immortal soul (that can be detached from the body) HSK 7
劫 刦 jié to rob; to plunder; to seize by force; to coerce; calamity; abbr. for kalpa 波 HSK 7
保佑 保佑 bǎo yòu to bless and protect; blessing HSK 7
有意 有意 yǒu yì to intend; intentionally; interested in HSK 7
来临 來臨 lái lín to approach; to come closer HSK 7
爹 爹 diē dad HSK 7
驾 駕 jià to harness; to draw (a cart etc); to drive; to pilot; to sail; to ride; your good self; prefixed word denoting respect (polite 敬辞) HSK 7
烦恼 煩惱 fán nǎo to be worried; to be distressed; worries HSK 7
逮捕 逮捕 dài bǔ to arrest; to apprehend; an arrest HSK 7
善 善 shàn good (virtuous); benevolent; well-disposed; good at sth; to improve or perfect HSK 7
执法 執法 zhí fǎ to enforce a law; law enforcement HSK 7
告 告 gào to say; to tell; to announce; to report; to denounce; to file a lawsuit; to sue HSK 7
官员 官員 guān yuán official (in an organization or government); administrator HSK 7
计 計 jì to calculate; to compute; to count; to regard as important; to plan; ruse; meter; gauge HSK 7
他人 他人 tā rén another person; sb else; other people HSK 7
唉 唉 āi interjection or grunt of agreement or recognition (e.g. yes, it's me!); to sigh HSK 7
并非 並非 bìng fēi really isn't HSK 7
且 且 qiě and; moreover; yet; for the time being; to be about to; both (... and...) HSK 7
许 許 xǔ to allow; to permit; to promise; to praise; somewhat; perhaps HSK 7
格 格 gé square; frame; rule; (legal) case; style; character; standard; pattern; (grammar) case; (classical) to obstruct; to hinder; (classical) to arrive; to come; (classical) to investigate; to study exhaustively HSK 7
需 需 xū to require; to need; to want; necessity; need HSK 7
唯 唯 wéi only; alone; -ism (in Chinese, a prefix, often combined with a suffix such as 主义 or 论, e.g. 唯理论, rationalism) HSK 7
不知 不知 bù zhī not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) HSK 7
而已 而已 ér yǐ that's all; nothing more HSK 7
情 情 qíng feeling; emotion; passion; situation HSK 7
之 之 zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it HSK 7
爱屋及乌 愛屋及烏 ài wū jí wū lit. love the house and its crow (idiom); involvement with sb and everyone connected; Love me, love my dog. Idiom ∼HSK 6
分文不取 分文不取 fēn wén bù qǔ to give for free Idiom ∼HSK 6
拉拉扯扯 拉拉扯扯 lā lā chě chě to tug at; to pull at sb aggressively; to take sb's hand or arm in a too familiar way; (derog.) to hobnob; to consort Idiom ∼HSK 6
宽宏大量 寬宏大量 kuān hóng dà liàng magnanimous (idiom); generous Idiom ∼HSK 6
吉人自有天相 吉人自有天相 jí rén zì yǒu tiān xiàng Heaven helps the worthy (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
轻重缓急 輕重緩急 qīng zhòng huǎn jí slight or important, urgent or non-urgent (idiom); to deal with important matters first; sense of priority Idiom ∼HSK 6
助纣为虐 助紂為虐 zhù Zhòu wéi nüè lit. helping tyrant Zhou in his oppression (idiom); fig. to take the side of the evildoer; giving succor to the enemy Idiom ∼HSK 6
为虎作伥 為虎作倀 wèi hǔ - zuò chāng (idiom) to act as accomplice to the tiger; to help a villain do evil Idiom ∼HSK 6
手无缚鸡之力 手無縛雞之力 shǒu wú fù jī zhī lì lit. lacking the strength even to truss a chicken (saying); fig. weak; unaccustomed to physical work Idiom ∼HSK 6
心有余而力不足 心有餘而力不足 xīn yǒu yú ér lì bù zú the will is there, but not the strength (idiom); the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak Idiom ∼HSK 6
感激不尽 感激不盡 gǎn jī bù jìn can't thank sb enough (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
平白无故 平白無故 píng bái - wú gù (idiom) for no reason whatever; inexplicably Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
不义之财 不義之財 bù yì zhī cái ill-gotten wealth or gains Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
见死不救 見死不救 jiàn sǐ bù jiù lit. to see someone dying and not save them (idiom); fig. to refuse to help someone in mortal danger Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
泥菩萨过江 泥菩薩過江 ní pú sà guò jiāng lit. a clay Bodhisattva fording a river — can't even save itself (idiom); fig. unable to protect oneself, let alone others Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
饭桶 飯桶 fàn tǒng rice tub (from which cooked rice or other food is served); (fig.) fathead; a good-for-nothing 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
高手 高手 gāo shǒu expert; past master; dab hand 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
捕头 捕頭 bǔ tóu constable ∼HSK 6
贫僧 貧僧 pínsēng this humble monk ∼HSK 6