New Legend of Madame White Snake

Episode review

Xu Xian Held at Jinshan Temple

S1E19 · 许仙被扣金山寺 xǔ xiān bèi kòu jīn shān sì

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4.54 Intermediate

Vocabulary

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都会 都會 dū huì city; metropolis HSK 7
要不 要不 yào bù otherwise; or else; how about...?; either... (or...) HSK 7
娶 娶 qǔ to take a wife; to marry (a woman) HSK 7
依 依 yī to depend on; to comply with or listen to sb; according to; in the light of HSK 7
堂 堂 táng (main) hall; large room for a specific purpose; relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family; of the same clan; classifier for classes, lectures etc; classifier for sets of furniture HSK 7
注定 註定 zhù dìng to foreordain; to be bound to; to be destined to; to be doomed to; inevitably HSK 7
善 善 shàn good (virtuous); benevolent; well-disposed; good at sth; to improve or perfect HSK 7
皆 皆 jiē all; each and every; in all cases HSK 7
之所以 之所以 zhī suǒ yǐ (after a noun N and before a predicate P) the reason why N P; Example: 我之所以讨厌他 "the reason why I dislike him (is ...)" HSK 7
创 創 chuāng a wound; cut; injury; trauma HSK 7
望 望 wàng full moon; to hope; to expect; to visit; to gaze (into the distance); to look towards; towards HSK 7
从未 從未 cóng wèi never 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
婚姻 婚姻 hūn yīn matrimony; wedding; marriage HSK 7
许 許 xǔ to allow; to permit; to promise; to praise; somewhat; perhaps 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 classics; sacred book; scripture; to pass through; to undergo; to bear; to endure; warp (textile); longitude; menstruation; channel (TCM); abbr. for economics 经济 HSK 7
而已 而已 ér yǐ that's all; nothing more HSK 7
德 德 Dé Germany; German; abbr. for 德国 HSK 7
情 情 qíng feeling; emotion; passion; situation 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
之 之 zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it HSK 7
危言耸听 危言聳聽 wēi yán sǒng tīng frightening words to scare people (idiom); alarmist talk; reds under the beds Idiom ∼HSK 6
义不容辞 義不容辭 yì bù róng cí not to be shirked without dishonor (idiom); incumbent; bounden (duty) Idiom ∼HSK 6
扭转乾坤 扭轉乾坤 niǔ zhuǎn qián kūn lit. to upend heaven and earth (idiom); fig. to change the course of events; to turn things around Idiom ∼HSK 6
牵强附会 牽強附會 qiān qiǎng fù huì to make an irrelevant comparison or interpretation (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
雕虫小技 雕蟲小技 diāo chóng xiǎo jì insignificant talent; skill of no high order; minor accomplishment Idiom ∼HSK 6
伤天害理 傷天害理 shāng tiān hài lǐ to offend Heaven and reason (idiom); bloody atrocities that cry to heaven; outrageous acts Idiom ∼HSK 6
畏首畏尾 畏首畏尾 wèi shǒu wèi wěi afraid of the head, terrified of the tail (idiom); ever fearful and nervous; afraid of the slightest thing Idiom ∼HSK 6
一家之主 一家之主 yī jiā zhī zhǔ master of the house; head of the family 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
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
不成 不成 bù chéng won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be? 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
却是 卻是 què shì nevertheless; actually; the fact is ... 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
娘子 娘子 niáng zǐ (dialect) form of address for one's wife; polite form of address for a woman ∼HSK 6
金山寺 金山寺 jīn shān sì Jinshan Temple, where Fahai lives (from Madam White Snake) ∼HSK 6
施主 施主 shī zhǔ donor (Buddhist address) ∼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
家娘 家娘 jiā niáng (dialect) husband's mother ∼HSK 6
贫僧 貧僧 pínsēng this humble monk ∼HSK 6
人形 人形 rén xíng human form; human-shaped; humanoid ∼HSK 6
辞官 辭官 cí guān to resign a government post ∼HSK 6
大嫂 大嫂 dà sǎo older brother's wife; sister-in-law; elder sister (respectful appellation for an older married woman) ∼HSK 6
公堂 公堂 gōng táng law court; hall (in castle) ∼HSK 6
改判 改判 gǎi pàn (law) to amend a judgment; to commute; (in a contest or exam) to change the original decision or score ∼HSK 6