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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感 感 gǎn to feel; to move; to touch; to affect; feeling; emotion; (suffix) sense of ~ HSK 7
未 未 wèi not yet; did not; have not; not; 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep; ancient Chinese compass point: 210° HSK 7
及 及 jí and; to reach; up to; in time for HSK 7
以 㕥 yǐ old variant of 以 HSK 7
之 之 zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it HSK 7
眉清目秀 眉清目秀 méi qīng mù xiù pretty; with delicate features Idiom ∼HSK 6
聪明伶俐 聰明伶俐 cōng ming - líng lì (idiom) bright; clever; quick-witted Idiom ∼HSK 6
一命归西 一命歸西 yī mìng guī xī see 一命嗚呼|一命呜呼[yi1 ming4 wu1 hu1] Idiom ∼HSK 6
依样画葫芦 依樣畫葫蘆 yī yàng huà hú lu lit. to draw a gourd from the model (idiom); fig. to copy sth mechanically without attempt at originality Idiom ∼HSK 6
上梁不正下梁歪 上樑不正下樑歪 shàng liáng bù zhèng xià liáng wāi lit. If the upper beam is not straight, the lower beam will be crooked (idiom); fig. subordinates imitate their superiors' vices Idiom ∼HSK 6
阴魂不散 陰魂不散 yīn hún bù sàn lit. the soul of a deceased has not yet dispersed (idiom); fig. the influence still lingers on; the spirit (of some doctrine) is still alive Idiom ∼HSK 6
庸人自扰 庸人自擾 yōng rén zì rǎo lit. silly people get their panties in a bunch (idiom); fig. to get upset over nothing; to make problems for oneself Idiom ∼HSK 6
吃苦耐劳 吃苦耐勞 chī kǔ nài láo hardworking and enduring hardships (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
豺狼虎豹 豺狼虎豹 chái - láng - hǔ - bào lit. jackals, wolves, tigers and panthers (idiom); fig. nasty, cruel people Idiom ∼HSK 6
天渊之别 天淵之別 tiān yuān zhī bié see 天壤之別|天壤之别[tian1rang3 zhi1 bie2] Idiom ∼HSK 6
仗势欺人 仗勢欺人 zhàng shì qī rén to take advantage of one's position to bully people (idiom); to kick people around Idiom ∼HSK 6
助纣为虐 助紂為虐 zhù Zhòu wéi nüè lit. helping tyrant Zhou 商紂王|商纣王[Shang1 Zhou4 wang2] in his oppression (idiom); fig. to take the side of the evildoer; giving succor to the enemy Idiom ∼HSK 6
吞吞吐吐 吞吞吐吐 tūn tūn tǔ tǔ to hum and haw (idiom); to mumble as if hiding sth; to speak and break off, then start again; to hold sth back Idiom ∼HSK 6
绰绰有余 綽綽有餘 chuò chuò - yǒu yú (idiom) more than enough Idiom ∼HSK 6
迷魂阵 迷魂陣 mí hún zhèn stratagem to trap sb; to bewitch and trap Idiom ∼HSK 6
自找麻烦 自找麻煩 zì zhǎo má fan to ask for trouble; to invite difficulties Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
瞎说 瞎說 xiā shuō to talk drivel; to assert sth without a proper understanding or basis in fact; not to know what one is talking about Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
神不知鬼不觉 神不知鬼不覺 shén bù zhī guǐ bù jué top secret; hush-hush Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
光棍 光棍 guāng gùn gangster; hoodlum; bachelor; single man; (dialect) wise person; astute person Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
高攀不上 高攀不上 gāo pān bù shàng to be unworthy to associate with (sb of higher social status) Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
兜圈子 兜圈子 dōu quān zi to encircle; to go around; to circle; to beat about the bush 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
悬 懸 xuán to hang or suspend; to worry; public announcement; unresolved; baseless; without foundation Xiehouyu HSK 6
娃儿 娃兒 wá ér children (colloquial) Colloquialism ∼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
讨厌鬼 討厭鬼 tǎo yàn guǐ disgusting person; slob ∼HSK 6
姨娘 姨娘 yí niáng maternal aunt; father's concubine (old) ∼HSK 6
有缘 有緣 yǒu yuán related; brought together by fate ∼HSK 6
吐丝 吐絲 tǔ sī (of spiders, caterpillars, silkworms etc) to extrude silk ∼HSK 6
藐视 藐視 miǎo shì to despise; to look down on ∼HSK 6
贪玩 貪玩 tān wán to only want to have a good time; to just want to have fun, and to shy away from self-discipline ∼HSK 6
挨骂 挨罵 ái mà to receive a scolding ∼HSK 6
狡辩 狡辯 jiǎo biàn to deflect blame from oneself with a dishonest story; to make excuses ∼HSK 6
痢疾 痢疾 lì ji dysentery ∼HSK 6
爹娘 爹孃 diē niáng (dialect) parents ∼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
兮兮 兮兮 xī xī (particle used to exaggerate certain adjectives, in particular 神經兮兮|神经兮兮, 髒兮兮|脏兮兮, 可憐兮兮|可怜兮兮, and 慘兮兮|惨兮兮) ∼HSK 6
漫漫长夜 漫漫長夜 màn màn cháng yè endless night (idiom); fig. long suffering ∼HSK 6
吃素 吃素 chī sù to be a vegetarian ∼HSK 6
功德 功德 gōng dé achievements and virtue ∼HSK 6
原来如此 原來如此 yuán lái rú cǐ (idiom) so that's how it is; I see ∼HSK 6
悟道 悟道 wù dào to comprehend the truth; to become enlightened ∼HSK 6
端倪 端倪 duān ní boundary; clue; indication; to obtain clues; to infer ∼HSK 6