New Legend of Madame White Snake

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Xu Xian Learns His Wife's True Origin

S1E21 · 许仙知娘子身世 xǔ xiān zhī niángzǐ shēnshì

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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
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
妖言惑众 妖言惑眾 yāo yán huò zhòng to mislead the public with rumors (idiom); to delude the people with lies Idiom ∼HSK 6
沧海桑田 滄海桑田 cāng hǎi sāng tián lit. the blue sea turned into mulberry fields (idiom); fig. the transformations of the world Idiom ∼HSK 6
劫数难逃 劫數難逃 jié shù nán táo Destiny is inexorable, there is no fleeing it (idiom). Your doom is at hand. Idiom ∼HSK 6
庞然大物 龐然大物 páng rán - dà wù (idiom) huge object; colossus Idiom ∼HSK 6
妄自菲薄 妄自菲薄 wàng zì fěi bó to be unduly humble (idiom); to undervalue oneself Idiom ∼HSK 6
节外生枝 節外生枝 jié wài - shēng zhī (idiom) new problems arise unexpectedly Idiom ∼HSK 6
大发雷霆 大發雷霆 dà fā léi tíng to be furious; to fly into a terrible rage Idiom ∼HSK 6
探囊取物 探囊取物 tàn náng qǔ wù to feel in one's pocket and take sth (idiom); as easy as pie; in the bag Idiom ∼HSK 6
以防万一 以防萬一 yǐ fáng wàn yī to guard against the unexpected (idiom); just in case; prepared for any eventualities Idiom ∼HSK 6
妖魔鬼怪 妖魔鬼怪 yāo mó guǐ guài demons and ghosts Idiom ∼HSK 6
无影无踪 無影無蹤 wú yǐng - wú zōng (idiom) (to disappear) without a trace Idiom ∼HSK 6
刀光剑影 刀光劍影 dāo guāng jiàn yǐng lit. flash of knives and swords (idiom); fig. intense conflict Idiom ∼HSK 6
功亏一篑 功虧一簣 gōng kuī yī kuì lit. to ruin the enterprise for the sake of one basketful; to fail through lack of a final effort; to spoil the ship for a ha'penny worth of tar (idiom) 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
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
横生枝节 橫生枝節 héng shēng zhī jié to deliberately complicate an issue (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
恶贯满盈 惡貫滿盈 è guàn mǎn yíng lit. strung through and filled with evil (idiom); filled with extreme evil; replete with vice; guilty of monstrous crimes Idiom ∼HSK 6
小事一桩 小事一樁 xiǎo shì yī zhuāng trivial matter; a piece of cake Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
天外有天 天外有天 tiān wài yǒu tiān lit. beyond the sky there is another sky (idiom); fig. there is always someone better; the world is wider than you think Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
有余 有餘 yǒu yú to have an abundance Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
兜圈子 兜圈子 dōu quān zi to encircle; to go around; to circle; to beat about the bush 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
悬 懸 xuán to hang or suspend; to worry; public announcement; unresolved; baseless; without foundation Xiehouyu HSK 6
少根筋 少根筋 shǎo gēn jīn (coll.) dim-witted; foolish; absent-minded Colloquialism ∼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
娘子 娘子 niáng zǐ (dialect) form of address for one's wife; polite form of address for a woman ∼HSK 6
蜈蚣 蜈蚣 wú gōng centipede ∼HSK 6
牧童 牧童 mù tóng shepherd boy ∼HSK 6
异类 異類 yì lèi different kind (sometimes with a connotation of strangeness or eccentricity) ∼HSK 6
依属 依屬 yī shǔ dependence ∼HSK 6
尖牙 尖牙 jiān yá canine tooth; fang; tusk ∼HSK 6
利爪 利爪 lì zhǎo sharp claw; talon ∼HSK 6
不负 不負 bù fù to live up to ∼HSK 6
砍头 砍頭 kǎn tóu to decapitate; to behead ∼HSK 6
知无不言 知無不言 zhī wú bù yán to speak frankly and hold nothing back (idiom); to tell all one knows ∼HSK 6
言无不尽 言無不盡 yán wú bù jìn to say all one knows and spare nothing (idiom); to speak frankly and hold nothing back ∼HSK 6
物归原主 物歸原主 wù guī - yuán zhǔ (idiom) to return sth to its rightful owner ∼HSK 6
贤淑 賢淑 xián shū (of a woman) virtuous ∼HSK 6
公案 公案 gōng àn judge's desk; complex legal case; contentious issue; koan (Zen Buddhism) ∼HSK 6
造谣生事 造謠生事 zào yáo shēng shì to start rumours and create trouble ∼HSK 6
罪加一等 罪加一等 zuì jiā yī děng to make the crime one degree worse (idiom); to add to one's guilt; an aggravated offense ∼HSK 6
收伏 收伏 shōu fú variant of ∼HSK 6
红烛 紅燭 hóng zhú red candle (used during birthdays and other celebrations) ∼HSK 6
鸳鸯 鴛鴦 yuān yāng (bird species of China) mandarin duck (Aix galericulata); (fig.) affectionate couple; happily married couple ∼HSK 6
生生世世 生生世世 shēng shēng shì shì throughout all generations (idiom); life after life; for all eternity ∼HSK 6
妖孽 妖孽 yāo niè evil omen, monster ∼HSK 6
孽畜 孽畜 niè chù evil beast (cursing demons) ∼HSK 6