New Legend of Madame White Snake
Episode review
Fa Hai Resolves to Subdue White Snake
S1E17 · 法海决定收白蛇
Vocabulary
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| 巧夺天工 巧奪天工 | 巧: skillful, ingenious, clever · 夺: take by force, rob, snatch · 天: sky, heaven; god, celestial · 工: labor, work; worker, laborer | Idiom |
| 奇花异草 奇花異草 | very rarely seen, unusual (idiom) | Idiom |
| 家家户户 家家戶戶 | each and every family (idiom); every household | Idiom |
| 自私自利 自私自利 | everything for self and selfish profit (idiom); with no regard for others; selfish; mercenary | Idiom |
| 实事求是 實事求是 | lit. to seek truth from facts (idiom); fig. to be practical and realistic | Idiom |
| 稀奇 稀奇 | rare; strange | Xiehouyu |
| 活该 活該 | (coll.) serve sb right; deservedly; ought; should | Xiehouyu |
| 高明 高明 | Gaoming District of Foshan City 市, Guangdong | Xiehouyu |
| 莫名其妙 莫名其妙 | (idiom) baffling; bizarre; without rhyme or reason; inexplicable | Xiehouyu |
| 无情 無情 | pitiless; ruthless; merciless; heartless | Xiehouyu |
| 热腾腾 熱騰騰 | steaming hot; (fig.) bustling; hectic; (fig.) excited; stirred up; (fig.) created only a short time before; freshly minted; hot off the press; (coll.) also pr. [rè tēng tēng] | Colloquialism |
| 闺女 閨女 | maiden; unmarried woman; (coll.) daughter | Colloquialism |
| 成天 成天 | (coll.) all day long; all the time | Colloquialism |
| 揍 揍 | to hit; to beat (sb); (coll.) to smash (sth) | Colloquialism |
| 邪 衺 | old variant of 邪 | |
| 夸张 誇張 | to exaggerate; overstated; exaggerated; hyperbole; (coll.) excessive; ridiculous; outrageous | Colloquialism |
| 扯 扯 | to pull; to tear; (of cloth, thread etc) to buy; to chat; to gossip; (coll.) (Tw) ridiculous; hokey | Colloquialism |
| 娘 娘 | mother; young lady; (coll.) effeminate | Colloquialism |
| 俊俏 俊俏 | attractive and intelligent; charming; elegant | |
| 亭子 亭子 | pavilion | |
| 学堂 學堂 | college; school (old) | |
| 须知 須知 | key information; instructions; it must be borne in mind | |
| 不服 不服 | not to accept sth; to want to have sth overruled or changed; to refuse to obey or comply; to refuse to accept as final; to remain unconvinced by; not to give in to | |
| 伯母 伯母 | wife of father's elder brother; aunt; (polite form of address for a woman who is about the age of one's mother) | |
| 一晃 一晃 | (of passing time) in an instant; (of a sight) in a flash | |
| 分寸 分寸 | propriety; appropriate behavior; proper speech or action; within the norms | |
| 出道 出道 | to start one's career; (of an entertainer) to make one's debut | |
| 症结 癥結 | hard lump in the abdomen (in Chinese medicine); crux of an issue; main point in an argument; sticking point; deadlock in negotiations | |
| 吃苦 吃苦 | to bear hardships | |
| 和气 和氣 | friendly; polite; amiable | |
| 出息 出息 | to yield interest, profit etc; to exhale (Buddhism) | |
| 岔 岔 | fork in road; bifurcation; branch in road, river, mountain range etc; to branch off; to turn off; to diverge; to stray (from the path); to change the subject; to interrupt; to stagger (times) | |
| 暗地里 暗地裡 | secretly; inwardly; on the sly | |
| 久违 久違 | (haven't done sth) for a long time; a long time since we last met | |
| 耐性 耐性 | patience | |
| 担子 擔子 | carrying pole and the loads on it; burden; task; responsibility | |
| 遗物 遺物 | remnant | |
| 死心 死心 | to give up; to admit failure; to drop the matter; to reconcile oneself to loss; to have no more illusions about | |
| 虚荣 虛榮 | vanity | |
| 遇上 遇上 | to come across (sb); to run into | |
| 菩萨 菩薩 | Bodhisattva (Buddhism) | |
| 无故 無故 | without cause or reason | |
| 心肠 心腸 | heart; intention; one's inclination; state of mind; to have the heart for sth; mood | |
| 清凉 清涼 | cool; refreshing; (of clothing) skimpy; revealing | |
| 孝顺 孝順 | filial; dutiful; devoted to one's parents (and grandparents etc); to show filial piety towards (an older family member); filial piety | |
| 冤 冤 | injustice; grievance; wrong | |
| 得失 得失 | gains and losses; success and failure; merits and demerits | |
| 竟敢 竟敢 | to have the impertinence; to have the cheek to | |
| 告辞 告辭 | to say goodbye; to take one's leave | |
| 打猎 打獵 | to go hunting |