New Legend of Madame White Snake

Episode review

Fa Hai Resolves to Subdue White Snake

S1E17 · 法海决定收白蛇 fǎ hǎi juédìng shōu bái shé

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4.73 Intermediate

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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
逍遥自在 逍遙自在 xiāo yáo zì zai free and at leisure (idiom); unfettered; outside the reach of the law (of criminal); at large Idiom ∼HSK 6
功德无量 功德無量 gōng dé wú liàng no end of virtuous achievements (idiom); boundless beneficence Idiom ∼HSK 6
名正言顺 名正言順 míng zhèng yán shùn in a way that justifies the use of the term; genuine; proper; in a way that conforms to logic; justifiable; appropriate; perfectly legitimate Idiom ∼HSK 6
趋炎附势 趨炎附勢 qū yán fù shì to curry favor (idiom); playing up to those in power; social climbing Idiom ∼HSK 6
九牛二虎之力 九牛二虎之力 jiǔ niú èr hǔ zhī lì tremendous strength (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
信口雌黄 信口雌黃 xìn kǒu cí huáng to speak off the cuff; to casually opine Idiom ∼HSK 6
罪有应得 罪有應得 zuì yǒu yīng dé guilty and deserves to be punished (idiom); entirely appropriate chastisement; the punishment fits the crime 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
杀人不眨眼 殺人不眨眼 shā rén bù zhǎ yǎn to murder without blinking an eye (idiom); ruthless; cold-blooded Idiom ∼HSK 6
小事一桩 小事一樁 xiǎo shì yī zhuāng trivial matter; a piece of cake Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
倚老卖老 倚老賣老 yǐ lǎo - mài lǎo (idiom) to flaunt one's seniority; to rely on one's age or length of experience to control or belittle others Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
装蒜 裝蒜 zhuāng suàn to act stupid; to play dumb; to pretend to not know 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
不通 不通 bù tōng to be obstructed; to be blocked up; to be impassable; to make no sense; to be illogical Xiehouyu HSK 6
关你屁事 關你屁事 guān nǐ pì shì (coll.) None of your goddamn business!; Mind your own business! Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
惹毛 惹毛 rě máo (coll.) to irritate; to annoy; to piss sb off 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
捕头 捕頭 bǔ tóu constable ∼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
施主 施主 shī zhǔ donor (Buddhist address) ∼HSK 6
金山寺 金山寺 jīn shān sì Jinshan Temple, where Fahai lives (from Madam White Snake) ∼HSK 6
大仙 大仙 dà xiān Great Immortal ∼HSK 6
江洋大盗 江洋大盜 jiāng yáng - dà dào (idiom) infamous pirate; (by extension) notorious bandit or robber ∼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
下凡 下凡 xià fán (of immortals) to descend to the human world ∼HSK 6
拙荆 拙荊 zhuō jīng my wife (humble) ∼HSK 6
不舒服 不舒服 bù shū fu unwell; feeling ill; to feel uncomfortable; uneasy ∼HSK 6
饶命 饒命 ráo mìng to spare sb's life ∼HSK 6
功德 功德 gōng dé achievements and virtue ∼HSK 6
家娘 家娘 jiā niáng (dialect) husband's mother ∼HSK 6
收伏 收伏 shōu fú variant of ∼HSK 6
妖孽 妖孽 yāo niè evil omen, monster ∼HSK 6
凡事 凡事 fán shì everything ∼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
清风 清風 qīng fēng cool breeze; fig. pure and honest ∼HSK 6
报恩 報恩 bào ēn to pay a debt of gratitude; to repay a kindness ∼HSK 6
情缘 情緣 qíng yuán predestined love; love affinity ∼HSK 6
判令 判令 pàn lìng decree; (of a court) to order ∼HSK 6
有劳 有勞 yǒu láo thank you for the trouble ∼HSK 6
川芎 川芎 chuān xiōng chuanxiong rhizome (rhizome of Ligusticum wallichii, used in TCM) ∼HSK 6
伙计 伙計 huǒ ji partner; fellow; mate; waiter; servant; shop assistant ∼HSK 6
善哉 善哉 shàn zāi well said! (Buddhist) ∼HSK 6
住持 住持 zhù chí to administer a monastery Buddhist or Daoist; abbot; head monk ∼HSK 6
生灵 生靈 shēng líng (literary) the people; living thing; creature ∼HSK 6
清白 清白 qīng bái pure; innocent ∼HSK 6
娴淑 嫻淑 xián shū ladylike ∼HSK 6
超群 超群 chāo qún surpassing; preeminent; outstanding ∼HSK 6