New Legend of Madame White Snake

Episode review

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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4.76 Intermediate

Vocabulary

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宝剑 寶劍 bǎo jiàn (double-edged) sword (esp. a valuable or famous one) ∼HSK 6
火烛 火燭 huǒ zhú fire and candles; household things that burn ∼HSK 6
客堂 客堂 kè táng room to meet guests; parlor ∼HSK 6
拳脚 拳腳 quán jiǎo Chinese boxing; fist and feet; punching and kicking ∼HSK 6
君子动口不动手 君子動口不動手 jūn zǐ dòng kǒu bù dòng shǒu a gentleman uses his mouth and not his fist ∼HSK 6
之恩 之恩 zhī ēn kindness; favor; debt of gratitude (as in 救命之恩 the kindness of saving one's life) ∼HSK 6
四海之内皆兄弟 四海之內皆兄弟 sì hǎi zhī nèi jiē xiōng dì all men are brothers ∼HSK 6
有缘 有緣 yǒu yuán related; brought together by fate ∼HSK 6
含含糊糊 含含糊糊 hán hán hú hú (of speech) obscure; unclear; (of actions) vague; ineffectual ∼HSK 6
貌美如花 貌美如花 mào měi rú huā (of a woman) lovely as a flower (idiom); beautiful ∼HSK 6
丫鬟 丫鬟 yā huan servant girl; maid ∼HSK 6
张罗 張羅 zhāng luo to take care of; to raise money; to attend to (guests, customers etc) ∼HSK 6
忐忑 忐忑 tǎn tè apprehensive; on edge ∼HSK 6
寝食难安 寢食難安 qǐn shí - nán ān lit. cannot rest or eat in peace (idiom); fig. extremely worried and troubled ∼HSK 6
息怒 息怒 xī nù to calm down; to quell one's anger ∼HSK 6
捏造 捏造 niē zào to make up; to fabricate ∼HSK 6
乌纱帽 烏紗帽 wū shā mào black gauze hat (worn by an imperial official as a sign of his position); (fig.) official post ∼HSK 6
姨太太 姨太太 yí tài tai concubine ∼HSK 6
缉拿 緝拿 jī ná to arrest; to seize ∼HSK 6
贤内助 賢內助 xián nèi zhù (said of sb else's wife) a good wife ∼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
祸福 禍福 huò fú disaster and happiness ∼HSK 6
恩爱 恩愛 ēn ài loving affection (in a couple); conjugal love ∼HSK 6
哀乐 哀樂 āi yuè funeral music; plaint; dirge ∼HSK 6
下凡 下凡 xià fán (of immortals) to descend to the human world ∼HSK 6
山野 山野 shān yě wild mountain ∼HSK 6
前世姻缘 前世姻緣 qián shì yīn yuán a marriage predestined in a former life (idiom) ∼HSK 6
痴情 癡情 chī qíng infatuation ∼HSK 6
好端端 好端端 hǎo duān duān perfectly all right; without rhyme or reason ∼HSK 6
缉捕 緝捕 jī bǔ to seize; to apprehend; an arrest ∼HSK 6
丧气话 喪氣話 sàng qì huà demoralizing talk ∼HSK 6
邪术 邪術 xié shù sorcery ∼HSK 6
丧气 喪氣 sàng qì to feel disheartened ∼HSK 6
何以见得 何以見得 hé yǐ jiàn dé how can one be sure? ∼HSK 6
言下之意 言下之意 yán xià zhī yì implication ∼HSK 6
岂止 豈止 qǐ zhǐ not only; far from; more than ∼HSK 6
行踪 行蹤 xíng zōng whereabouts; (lose) track (of) ∼HSK 6
遁形 遁形 dùn xíng to vanish; to hide; to cover one's traces ∼HSK 6
贫嘴 貧嘴 pín zuǐ talkative; garrulous; loquacious; flippant; jocular ∼HSK 6
隐密 隱密 yǐn mì secret; hidden ∼HSK 6
大费周章 大費周章 dà fèi zhōu zhāng to take great pains; to go to a lot of trouble ∼HSK 6
依我看 依我看 yī wǒ kàn in my opinion ∼HSK 6
爹爹 爹爹 diē die daddy; granddad ∼HSK 6
火刑 火刑 huǒ xíng execution by fire; burning at the stake ∼HSK 6
不甘心 不甘心 bù gān xīn not reconciled to; not resigned to ∼HSK 6
岂不 豈不 qǐ bù how couldn't...?; wouldn't it...? ∼HSK 6
邀功 邀功 yāo gōng to take the credit for sb's achievement ∼HSK 6
如期 如期 rú qī as scheduled; on time; punctual ∼HSK 6
奉还 奉還 fèng huán to return with thanks; to give back (honorific) ∼HSK 6