New Legend of Madame White Snake
Episode review
Xu Xian Learns His Wife's True Origin
S1E21 · 许仙知娘子身世
Vocabulary
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| 束手就缚 束手就縛 | 束: bind, control, restrain; bale · 手: hand · 就: just, simply; to come, go to; to approach, near · 缚: to tie | Idiom |
| 多心 多心 | oversensitive; suspicious | Xiehouyu |
| 嫂子 嫂子 | (coll.) older brother's wife; sister-in-law | Colloquialism |
| 邪 衺 | demonic; iniquitous; nefarious; evil; unhealthy influences that cause disease (Chinese medicine); (coll.) strange; abnormal | Colloquialism |
| 逗 逗 | to tease (playfully); to entice; (coll.) to joke; (coll.) funny; amusing; to stay; to sojourn; brief pause at the end of a phrase (variant of 读) | Colloquialism |
| 娘 娘 | mother; young lady; (coll.) effeminate | Colloquialism |
| 恩情 恩情 | kindness; affection; grace; favor | |
| 挎 挎 | to carry (esp. slung over the arm, shoulder or side) | |
| 敢情 敢情 | actually; as it turns out; indeed; of course | |
| 常理 常理 | common sense; conventional reasoning and morals | |
| 眼界 眼界 | ken; scope | |
| 屡 屢 | time and again; repeatedly; frequently | |
| 曰 曰 | to speak; to say | |
| 取笑 取笑 | to tease; to make fun of | |
| 偷看 偷看 | to peep; to peek; to steal a glance | |
| 挽 挽 | to pull; to draw (a cart or a bow); to roll up; to coil; to carry on the arm; to lament the dead; (fig.) to pull against; to recover | |
| 能耐 能耐 | ability; capability | |
| 果真 果真 | really; as expected; sure enough; if indeed...; if it's really... | |
| 脾 脾 | spleen | |
| 锋利 鋒利 | sharp (e.g. knife blade); incisive; to the point | |
| 一眼 一眼 | a glance; a quick look; a glimpse | |
| 蜡 蠟 | candle; wax | |
| 妖怪 妖怪 | monster; devil | |
| 恩怨 恩怨 | gratitude and grudges; resentment; grudges; grievances | |
| 蒜 蒜 | garlic | |
| 葬 塟 | to bury (the dead); to inter | |
| 神仙 神仙 | Daoist immortal; supernatural entity; (in modern fiction) fairy, elf, leprechaun etc; fig. lighthearted person | |
| 缸 缸 | jar; vat; classifier for loads of laundry | |
| 姨 姨 | mother's sister; aunt | |
| 棘手 棘手 | thorny (problem); intractable | |
| 美景 美景 | beautiful scenery | |
| 攒 攢 | to bring together | |
| 君子 君子 | nobleman; person of noble character | |
| 拣 揀 | to choose; to pick; to sort out; to pick up | |
| 小丑 小丑 | clown | |
| 不肯 不肯 | Refuse | |
| 雕 彫 | to carve; to engrave; shrewd; bird of prey | |
| 玄 玄 | black; mysterious | |
| 管用 管用 | efficacious; useful | |
| 操心 操心 | to worry about | |
| 糊 䊀 | muddled; paste; scorched | |
| 惯 慣 | accustomed to; used to; indulge; to spoil (a child) | |
| 暂 暫 | temporary; Taiwan pr. [zhàn] | |
| 造就 造就 | to bring up; to train; to contribute to; achievements (usually of young people) | |
| 好心 好心 | kindness; good intentions | |
| 迷惑 迷惑 | to puzzle; to confuse; to baffle | |
| 可不是 可不是 | that's just the way it is; exactly! | |
| 敷 敷 | to spread; to lay out; to apply (powder, ointment etc); sufficient (to cover); enough | |
| 夸 夸 | used in 克 | |
| 偏偏 偏偏 | (indicates that sth turns out just the opposite of what one would wish) unfortunately; as it happened; (indicates that sth is the opposite of what would be normal or reasonable) stubbornly; contrarily; against reason; (indicates that sb or a group is singled out) precisely; only; of all people |