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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4.88 Intermediate

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告 告 gào to say; to tell; to announce; to report; to denounce; to file a lawsuit; to sue HSK 7
他人 他人 tā rén another person; sb else; other people HSK 7
一面 一面 yī miàn one side; one aspect; simultaneously... (and...); one's whole face HSK 7
粉 粉 fěn powder; cosmetic face powder; food prepared from starch; noodles or pasta made from any kind of flour; to turn to powder; (dialect) to whitewash; white; pink; (suffix) fan (abbr. for 粉丝); to be a fan of HSK 7
盯 盯 dīng to watch attentively; to fix one's attention on; to stare at; to gaze at HSK 7
并非 並非 bìng fēi really isn't HSK 7
嫁 嫁 jià (of a woman) to marry; to marry off a daughter; to shift (blame etc) HSK 7
许 許 Xǔ surname Xu HSK 7
灵 靈 líng quick; alert; efficacious; effective; to come true; spirit; departed soul; coffin HSK 7
不知 不知 bù zhī not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) HSK 7
经 經 Jīng surname Jing HSK 7
文 文 wén language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle; (old) classifier for coins; Kangxi radical 67 HSK 7
情 情 qíng feeling; emotion; passion; situation HSK 7
则 則 zé (literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then; (bound form) standard; norm; (bound form) principle; (literary) to imitate; to follow; classifier for written items HSK 7
感 感 gǎn to feel; to move; to touch; to affect; feeling; emotion; (suffix) sense of ~ HSK 7
主 主 zhǔ owner; master; host; individual or party concerned; God; Lord; main; to indicate or signify; trump card (in card games) 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
哦 哦 é to chant 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
神魂颠倒 神魂顛倒 shén hún diān dǎo lit. spirit and soul upside down (idiom); infatuated and head over heels in love; fascinated; captivated Idiom ∼HSK 6
乳臭未干 乳臭未乾 rǔ xiù wèi gān lit. smell of breast milk not yet dried (idiom); fig. immature and inexperienced; still wet behind the ears Idiom ∼HSK 6
有眼不识泰山 有眼不識泰山 yǒu yǎn bù shí Tài Shān lit. to have eyes but fail to recognize Mt Tai (idiom); fig. to fail to recognize sb important or sb's great talent; to be blind to the fact Idiom ∼HSK 6
无风不起浪 無風不起浪 wú fēng bù qǐ làng lit. without wind there cannot be waves (idiom); there must be a reason; no smoke without fire Idiom ∼HSK 6
人云亦云 人云亦云 rén yún yì yún to say what everyone says (idiom); to conform to what one perceives to be the majority view; to follow the herd Idiom ∼HSK 6
唉声叹气 唉聲嘆氣 āi shēng tàn qì sighing voice, wailing breath (idiom); to heave deep sighs; to sigh in despair Idiom ∼HSK 6
魂不守舍 魂不守舍 hún bù shǒu shè to be preoccupied (idiom); to be inattentive; to be frightened out of one's mind Idiom ∼HSK 6
举手之劳 舉手之勞 jǔ shǒu zhī láo lit. the exertion of lifting one's hand (idiom); fig. a very slight effort Idiom ∼HSK 6
指桑骂槐 指桑罵槐 zhǐ sāng mà huái lit. to point at the mulberry tree and curse the locust tree; fig. to scold sb indirectly; to make oblique accusations (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
特立独行 特立獨行 tè lì dú xíng to be unconventional; independence of action Idiom ∼HSK 6
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
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
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
旁观者清 旁觀者清 páng guān zhě qīng an outsider can see things more clearly or objectively than those involved (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
糊里糊涂 糊裡糊塗 hú li hú tú confused; vague; indistinct; muddle-headed; mixed up; in a daze Idiom ∼HSK 6
八字没一撇 八字沒一撇 bā zì méi yī piě lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character 八[ba1] (idiom); fig. things have not even begun to take shape; no sign of success yet Idiom ∼HSK 6
功德圆满 功德圓滿 gōng dé yuán mǎn virtuous achievements come to their successful conclusion (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
略知皮毛 略知皮毛 lüè zhī pí máo slight knowledge of sth; superficial acquaintance with a subject; a smattering Idiom ∼HSK 6
语无伦次 語無倫次 yǔ wú lún cì incoherent speech; to talk without rhyme or reason (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
担惊受怕 擔驚受怕 dān jīng - shòu pà (idiom) apprehensive; alarmed; anxious Idiom ∼HSK 6
尽心尽力 盡心盡力 jìn xīn jìn lì making an all-out effort (idiom); to try one's heart out; to do one's utmost Idiom ∼HSK 6
为非作歹 為非作歹 wéi fēi zuò dǎi to break the law and commit crimes (idiom); malefactor; evildoer; to perpetrate outrages Idiom ∼HSK 6
拐弯抹角 拐彎抹角 guǎi wān mò jiǎo lit. going round the curves and skirting the corners (idiom); fig. to speak in a roundabout way; to equivocate; to beat about the bush Idiom ∼HSK 6
溜须拍马 溜鬚拍馬 liū xū pāi mǎ to smooth whiskers and pat a horse's bottom (idiom); to use flatter to get what one wants; to toady; boot-licking Idiom ∼HSK 6
阳奉阴违 陽奉陰違 yáng fèng yīn wéi outward devotion but inner opposition (idiom); to pay lip service; to agree overtly, but oppose in secret Idiom ∼HSK 6
蒙在鼓里 矇在鼓裡 méng zài gǔ lǐ variant of 蒙在鼓裡|蒙在鼓里[meng2 zai4 gu3 li3] Idiom ∼HSK 6
唠唠叨叨 嘮嘮叨叨 láo lao dāo dāo to chatter; to babble Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
瞎扯 瞎扯 xiā chě to talk irresponsibly; to talk nonsense Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
窝囊废 窩囊廢 wō nang fèi (coll.) spineless coward; wimp; a good-for-nothing Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
难缠 難纏 nán chán (usu. of people) difficult; demanding; troublesome; unreasonable; hard to deal with Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6