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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刁钻 刁鑽 diāo zuān crafty; tricky ∼HSK 6
驱魔 驅魔 qū mó to drive out devils; to exorcise ∼HSK 6
刀剑 刀劍 dāo jiàn sword ∼HSK 6
赴宴 赴宴 fù yàn to attend a banquet ∼HSK 6
无庸置疑 無庸置疑 wú yōng zhì yí to be beyond all doubt (idiom); undeniable; indisputable ∼HSK 6
有道理 有道理 yǒu dào li to make sense; reasonable ∼HSK 6
扯淡 扯淡 chě dàn to talk nonsense ∼HSK 6
不舒服 不舒服 bù shū fu unwell; feeling ill; to feel uncomfortable; uneasy ∼HSK 6
把脉 把脈 bǎ mài to feel the pulse; to take sb's pulse ∼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
唯恐 唯恐 wéi kǒng for fear that; lest; also written 惟恐 ∼HSK 6
罪孽 罪孽 zuì niè sin; crime; wrongdoing ∼HSK 6
天谴 天譴 tiān qiǎn the wrath of Heaven; imperial displeasure ∼HSK 6
金山寺 金山寺 jīn shān sì Jinshan Temple, where Fahai lives (from Madam White Snake) ∼HSK 6
祸事 禍事 huò shì disaster; doom ∼HSK 6
累及无辜 累及無辜 lěi jí wú gū to harm innocent bystanders (idiom); to implicate the innocent ∼HSK 6
苍生 蒼生 cāng shēng (area where) vegetation grows; the common people ∼HSK 6
报恩 報恩 bào ēn to pay a debt of gratitude; to repay a kindness ∼HSK 6
唏嘘 唏噓 xī xū (onom.) to sigh; to sob ∼HSK 6
茹素 茹素 rú sù to eat a vegetarian diet ∼HSK 6
做功 做功 zuò gōng (physics) to do work; non-vocal acting (in traditional Chinese opera) ∼HSK 6
姻缘 姻緣 yīn yuán a marriage predestined by fate ∼HSK 6
深陷 深陷 shēn xiàn to be deeply in (trouble, debt etc); deep set (eyes) ∼HSK 6
弄清 弄清 nòng qīng to clarify; to fully understand ∼HSK 6
横生 橫生 héng shēng to grow without restraint; overflowing with; to happen unexpectedly ∼HSK 6
事端 事端 shì duān disturbance; incident ∼HSK 6
活命 活命 huó mìng life; to survive; to save a life; to scrape a living ∼HSK 6
袒护 袒護 tǎn hù to shield (a miscreant) from punishment, criticism etc; to take sb's side ∼HSK 6
从实招来 從實招來 cóng shí zhāo lái to own up to the facts ∼HSK 6
天仙 天仙 tiān xiān immortal (esp. female); deity; fairy; Goddess; fig. beautiful woman ∼HSK 6
许愿 許願 xǔ yuàn to make a wish; to make a vow; to promise a reward ∼HSK 6
内情 內情 nèi qíng inside story; inside information ∼HSK 6
凡事 凡事 fán shì everything ∼HSK 6
一知半解 一知半解 yī zhī - bàn jiě (idiom) to have a superficial knowledge of a subject; to know a smattering of sth ∼HSK 6
恩重如山 恩重如山 ēn zhòng rú shān a debt of gratitude as weighty as a mountain (idiom); immense kindness ∼HSK 6
受尽 受盡 shòu jìn to suffer enough from; to suffer all kinds of; to have one's fill of ∼HSK 6
来者可追 來者可追 lái zhě kě zhuī the future can still be pursued (idiom); the past is gone but one can still make amends going forward ∼HSK 6
善待 善待 shàn dài to treat well ∼HSK 6
啰嗦 囉嗦 luō suo variant of ∼HSK 6
发牢骚 發牢騷 fā láo sāo to whine; to be grouchy ∼HSK 6
替天行道 替天行道 tì tiān xíng dào to enforce justice on Heaven's behalf (idiom); to act for Heaven in punishing evil ∼HSK 6
除掉 除掉 chú diào to eliminate ∼HSK 6
更是 更是 gèng shì even more (so) HSK 6
甭 甭 béng (contraction of 用) need not; please don't HSK 6
踏实 踏實 tā shi firmly-based; steady; steadfast; to have peace of mind; free from anxiety; Taiwan pr. [tà shí] HSK 6
日夜 日夜 rì yè day and night; around the clock HSK 6
要好 要好 yào hǎo to be on good terms; to be close friends; striving for self-improvement HSK 6
谦虚 謙虛 qiān xū modest; self-effacing; to make modest remarks HSK 6
书房 書房 shū fáng study (room); studio HSK 6
免得 免得 miǎn de so as not to; so as to avoid HSK 6