New Legend of Madame White Snake
Episode review
The Wenqu Star Born to the Xu Family
S1E26 · 文曲星许门降生
Vocabulary
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| 死不足惜 死不足惜 | death would be no loss; not worth pitying even if (he) died (idiom); fig. wholly deserving of death | Idiom |
| 安安稳稳 安安穩穩 | (idiom) safe and secure; calm and steady; peaceful and settled | Idiom |
| 呼吸之间 呼吸之間 | in the space of a single breath (idiom); fig. in an instant; in the blink of an eye | Idiom |
| 一针一线 一針一線 | lit. a needle and a thread (idiom); fig. every little thing; the tiniest item of property | Idiom |
| 岂有此理 豈有此理 | how can this be so? (idiom); preposterous; ridiculous; absurd | Idiom |
| 天经地义 天經地義 | lit. heaven's law and earth's principle (idiom); fig. right and proper; right and unalterable; a matter of course | Idiom |
| 奔波 奔波 | to rush about; to be constantly on the move | Xiehouyu |
| 不理 不理 | to refuse to acknowledge; to pay no attention to; to take no notice of; to ignore | Xiehouyu |
| 无情 無情 | pitiless; ruthless; merciless; heartless | Xiehouyu |
| 怪物 怪物 | monster; freak; eccentric person | Xiehouyu |
| 开口 開口 | to open one's mouth; to start to talk | Xiehouyu |
| 嫂子 嫂子 | (coll.) older brother's wife; sister-in-law | Colloquialism |
| 扯 扯 | to pull; to tear; (of cloth, thread etc) to buy; to chat; to gossip; (coll.) (Tw) ridiculous; hokey | Colloquialism |
| 荷花 荷花 | lotus | |
| 俊俏 俊俏 | attractive and intelligent; charming; elegant | |
| 害臊 害臊 | to be bashful; to feel ashamed | |
| 侍候 侍候 | to serve; to wait upon | |
| 隐情 隱情 | sth one wishes to keep secret; ulterior motive; a subject best avoided | |
| 佳肴 佳餚 | fine food; delicacies; delicious food | |
| 状元 狀元 | top scorer in the palace examination (highest rank of the Imperial examination system); see 眼 and 花; top scorer in college entrance examination 考; (fig.) the most brilliantly talented person in the field; leading light | |
| 孤零零 孤零零 | lone; isolated and without help; all alone; solitary | |
| 出息 出息 | to yield interest, profit etc; to exhale (Buddhism) | |
| 灵巧 靈巧 | deft; nimble; ingenious | |
| 牡丹 牡丹 | Mudan District of Heze City 菏泽市, Shandong; Mutan township in Pingtung County 屏东县, Taiwan | |
| 转眼 轉眼 | in a flash; in the blink of an eye; to glance | |
| 团圆 團圓 | to have a reunion | |
| 告辞 告辭 | to say goodbye; to take one's leave | |
| 功力 功力 | merit; efficacy; competence; skill; power | |
| 福气 福氣 | good fortune; a blessing | |
| 上头 上頭 | (of alcohol) to go to one's head; (old) (of a bride-to-be) to bind one's hair into a bun; (of a prostitute) to receive a patron for the first time | |
| 通通 通通 | all; entire; complete | |
| 弟子 弟子 | disciple; follower | |
| 秘方 祕方 | secret recipe | |
| 媳妇 媳婦 | daughter-in-law; wife (of a younger man); young married woman; young woman | |
| 手艺 手藝 | craftmanship; workmanship; handicraft; trade | |
| 一举 一舉 | a move; an action; in one move; at a stroke; in one go | |
| 专程 專程 | specifically; specially (for that purpose) | |
| 女婿 女婿 | daughter's husband; son-in-law | |
| 风流 風流 | distinguished and accomplished; outstanding; talented in letters and unconventional in lifestyle; romantic; dissolute; loose | |
| 神仙 神仙 | Daoist immortal; supernatural entity; (in modern fiction) fairy, elf, leprechaun etc; fig. lighthearted person | |
| 拿手 拿手 | expert in; good at | |
| 趁着 趁著 | while | |
| 赶往 趕往 | to hurry to (somewhere) | |
| 不宜 不宜 | not suitable; inadvisable; inappropriate | |
| 皇上 皇上 | the emperor; Your majesty the emperor; His imperial majesty | |
| 拟 擬 | to plan to; to draft (a plan); to imitate; to assess; to compare; pseudo- | |
| 要紧 要緊 | important; urgent | |
| 启示 啟示 | to reveal; to enlighten; enlightenment; revelation; illumination; moral (of a story etc); lesson | |
| 操心 操心 | to worry about | |
| 情愿 情願 | willingness; would rather (agree to X than Y) |