New Legend of Madame White Snake

Episode review

Meeting on Broken Bridge, a Fated Match

S1E2 · 断桥相遇结良缘 duàn qiáo xiāngyù jiē liángyuán

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4.13 Intermediate

Vocabulary

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天有不测风云 天有不測風雲 tiān yǒu bù cè fēng yún lit. the skies hold unforeseeable winds and clouds (idiom); fig. the unexpected can happen anytime; fortune is unpredictable Idiom ∼HSK 7
翩翩少年 翩翩少年 piān piān shào nián (idiom) an elegant, graceful young man Idiom ∼HSK 7
有根有底 有根有底 yǒu gēn yǒu dǐ (idiom) well-founded; thoroughly grounded; having a clear origin and basis Idiom ∼HSK 7
一表人才 一表人才 yī biǎo rén cái (idiom) handsome and dignified in appearance; imposing presence Idiom ∼HSK 7
萍水相逢 萍水相逢 píng shuǐ xiāng féng strangers coming together by chance (idiom) Idiom HSK 7
举世闻名 舉世聞名 jǔ shì wén míng world-famous (idiom) Idiom HSK 7
家家户户 家家戶戶 jiā jiā hù hù each and every family (idiom); every household Idiom HSK 7
袖手旁观 袖手旁觀 xiù shǒu páng guān to watch with folded arms (idiom); to look on without lifting a finger Idiom HSK 7
千方百计 千方百計 qiān fāng bǎi jì lit. thousand ways, a hundred plans (idiom); by every possible means Idiom HSK 7
废物 廢物 fèi wù rubbish; waste material; useless person Xiehouyu HSK 7
开口 開口 kāi kǒu to open one's mouth; to start to talk Xiehouyu HSK 7
成天 成天 chéng tiān (coll.) all day long; all the time Colloquialism HSK 7
好坏 好壞 hǎo huài good or bad; good and bad; standard; quality; (coll.) very bad Colloquialism HSK 7
揍 揍 zòu to hit; to beat (sb); (coll.) to smash (sth) Colloquialism HSK 7
娘 娘 niáng mother; young lady; (coll.) effeminate Colloquialism HSK 7
祖籍 祖籍 zǔ jí ancestral hometown; original domicile (and civil registration) HSK 7
学艺 學藝 xué yì to learn a skill or art HSK 7
清明 清明 Qīng míng Qingming or Pure Brightness, 5th of the 24 solar terms 二十四节气 5th-19th April; Pure Brightness Festival or Tomb Sweeping Day (in early April) HSK 7
亭子 亭子 tíng zi pavilion HSK 7
侍候 侍候 shì hòu to serve; to wait upon HSK 7
药材 藥材 yào cái medicinal ingredient HSK 7
苦心 苦心 kǔ xīn painstaking effort; to take a lot of trouble; laborious at pains HSK 7
老汉 老漢 lǎo hàn old man; I (an old man referring to himself) HSK 7
佳节 佳節 jiā jié festive day; holiday HSK 7
悦耳 悅耳 yuè ěr sweet-sounding; beautiful (of sound) HSK 7
过半 過半 guò bàn over fifty percent; more than half HSK 7
投奔 投奔 tóu bèn to seek shelter; to seek asylum HSK 7
成家 成家 chéng jiā to settle down and get married (of a man); to become a recognized expert HSK 7
世代 世代 shì dài for many generations; generation; era; age HSK 7
钻研 鑽研 zuān yán to study meticulously; to delve into HSK 7
菩萨 菩薩 Pú sà Bodhisattva (Buddhism) HSK 7
鞭炮 鞭炮 biān pào firecrackers; string of small firecrackers HSK 7
祭祀 祭祀 jì sì to offer sacrifices to the gods or ancestors HSK 7
稀罕 稀罕 xī han rare; uncommon; rare thing; rarity; to value as a rarity; to cherish; Taiwan pr. [xī hǎn] HSK 7
告辞 告辭 gào cí to say goodbye; to take one's leave HSK 7
狼狈 狼狽 láng bèi in a difficult situation; to cut a sorry figure; scoundrel! (derog.) HSK 7
念书 念書 niàn shū to read; to study HSK 7
厚道 厚道 hòu dao kind and honest; generous; sincere HSK 7
无缘 無緣 wú yuán to have no opportunity; no way (of doing sth); no chance; no connection; not placed (in a competition); (in pop lyrics) no chance of love, no place to be together etc HSK 7
知己 知己 zhī jǐ to know oneself; to be intimate or close; intimate friend HSK 7
雕刻 雕刻 diāo kè to carve; to engrave; carving HSK 7
皇宫 皇宮 huáng gōng imperial palace HSK 7
风雨 風雨 fēng yǔ wind and rain; the elements; (fig.) trials and hardships HSK 7
坟 墳 fén grave; tomb; embankment; mound; ancient book HSK 7
多亏 多虧 duō kuī thanks to; luckily HSK 7
风流 風流 fēng liú distinguished and accomplished; outstanding; talented in letters and unconventional in lifestyle; romantic; dissolute; loose HSK 7
美景 美景 měi jǐng beautiful scenery HSK 7
不算 不算 bù suàn to not calculate; to not count; to not be considered (as); to have no weight HSK 7
忍心 忍心 rěn xīn to have the heart to do sth; to steel oneself to a task HSK 7
指点 指點 zhǐ diǎn to point out; to indicate; to give directions; to show how (to do sth); to censure; to pick at HSK 7