New Legend of Madame White Snake

Episode review

Flooding Jinshan Defies Heaven's Law

S1E20 · 水漫金山犯天条 shuǐ màn jīn shān fàn tiān tiáo

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4.16 Intermediate

Vocabulary

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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
之 之 zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it HSK 7
罪恶滔天 罪惡滔天 zuì è - tāo tiān (idiom) to have committed heinous crimes Idiom ∼HSK 6
家破人亡 家破人亡 jiā pò rén wáng family bankrupt and the people dead (idiom); ruined and orphaned; destitute and homeless Idiom ∼HSK 6
热锅上的蚂蚁 熱鍋上的螞蟻 rè guō shang de mǎ yǐ (like) a cat on a hot tin roof; anxious; agitated Idiom ∼HSK 6
失魂落魄 失魂落魄 shī hún - luò pò (idiom) dazed; beside oneself Idiom ∼HSK 6
痴心妄想 痴心妄想 chī xīn wàng xiǎng to be carried away by one's wishful thinking (idiom); to labor under a delusion; wishful thinking Idiom ∼HSK 6
滔天大罪 滔天大罪 tāo tiān dà zuì heinous crime Idiom ∼HSK 6
恩将仇报 恩將仇報 ēn jiāng chóu bào to bite the hand that feeds one (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
雪中送炭 雪中送炭 xuě zhōng sòng tàn lit. to send charcoal in snowy weather (idiom); fig. to provide help in sb's hour of need Idiom ∼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
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
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
孽畜 孽畜 niè chù evil beast (cursing demons) ∼HSK 6
妖孽 妖孽 yāo niè evil omen, monster ∼HSK 6
水漫金山 水漫金山 shuǐ màn jīn shān to flood Jinshan Temple (idiom, from Legend of the White Snake); a deluge; to inundate with overwhelming force ∼HSK 6
偏要 偏要 piān yào to insist on doing sth; must do it, despite everything ∼HSK 6
灵犀 靈犀 líng xī rhinoceros horn, reputed to confer telepathic powers; fig. mutual sensitivity; tacit exchange of romantic feelings; a meeting of minds ∼HSK 6
水患 水患 shuǐ huàn flooding; inundation ∼HSK 6
客官 客官 kè guān honored customer (sir) ∼HSK 6
浪头 浪頭 làng tou wave ∼HSK 6
小不忍则乱大谋 小不忍則亂大謀 xiǎo bù rěn zé luàn dà móu (idiom) great plans can be ruined by just a touch of impatience ∼HSK 6
以泪洗面 以淚洗面 yǐ lèi xǐ miàn to bathe one's face in tears (idiom) ∼HSK 6
通融 通融 tōng róng flexible; to accommodate; to stretch or get around regulations; a short-term loan ∼HSK 6
金身 金身 jīn shēn golden body (of a Buddha statue) ∼HSK 6
贫僧 貧僧 pínsēng this humble monk ∼HSK 6
宝塔 寶塔 bǎo tǎ pagoda ∼HSK 6
事到如今 事到如今 shì dào rú jīn as matters stand; things having reached this stage ∼HSK 6
单打独斗 單打獨鬥 dān dǎ dú dòu to fight alone (idiom) ∼HSK 6
苍天 蒼天 cāng tiān firmament ∼HSK 6
一己之私 一己之私 yī jǐ zhī sī one's own selfish interest (idiom); personal gain; private motive ∼HSK 6
残害 殘害 cán hài to injure; to devastate; to slaughter ∼HSK 6
生灵 生靈 shēng líng (literary) the people; living thing; creature ∼HSK 6
作恶 作惡 zuò è to do evil ∼HSK 6
罪孽深重 罪孽深重 zuì niè shēn zhòng laden with sin; guilty of grave crimes (idiom) ∼HSK 6
堂堂 堂堂 táng táng grand; magnificent; stately; majestic appearance ∼HSK 6
护着 護著 hù zhe to protect; to guard; to shield ∼HSK 6
投胎 投胎 tóu tāi to be reincarnated ∼HSK 6
收伏 收伏 shōu fú variant of ∼HSK 6
从长计议 從長計議 cóng cháng jì yì (idiom) to take one's time making a decision; to consider at length ∼HSK 6
心肝 心肝 xīn gān darling; (in negative sentences) heart; humanity ∼HSK 6
淹水 淹水 yān shuǐ to be flooded ∼HSK 6
足月 足月 zú yuè full-term (gestation) ∼HSK 6
修炼成仙 修煉成仙 xiū liàn chéng xiān lit. to practice austerities to become a Daoist immortal; practice makes perfect ∼HSK 6