New Legend of Madame White Snake

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The Wenqu Star Born to the Xu Family

S1E26 · 文曲星许门降生 wénqǔxīng xǔ mén jiàngshēng

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Vocabulary

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升格 升格 shēng gé promotion; upgrade ∼HSK 6
麒麟 麒麟 qí lín (Chinese mythology) qilin; (old) giraffe ∼HSK 6
稍安勿躁 稍安勿躁 shāo ān wù zào variant of ∼HSK 6
胎生 胎生 tāi shēng viviparity; zoogony ∼HSK 6
偏要 偏要 piān yào to insist on doing sth; must do it, despite everything ∼HSK 6
新娘子 新娘子 xīn niáng zi bride ∼HSK 6
贪欲 貪慾 tān yù greed; avarice; rapacious; avid ∼HSK 6
作祟 作祟 zuò suì haunted; to haunt; to cause mischief ∼HSK 6
清心寡欲 清心寡慾 qīng xīn guǎ yù (idiom) uninterested in self-indulgence; abstemious; ascetic ∼HSK 6
眼珠子 眼珠子 yǎn zhū zi eyeball; fig. the apple of one's eye (i.e. favorite person) ∼HSK 6
但愿如此 但願如此 dàn yuàn rú cǐ if only it were so; I hope so (idiom) ∼HSK 6
小时了了 小時了了 xiǎo shí liǎo liǎo clever as a child (idiom); precocious in youth (often implying little promise later) ∼HSK 6
淤泥 淤泥 yū ní silt; sludge; ooze ∼HSK 6
脱俗 脫俗 tuō sú free from vulgarity; refined; outstanding ∼HSK 6
倾慕 傾慕 qīng mù to adore; to admire greatly ∼HSK 6
不依 不依 bù yī not to comply; not to go along with; not to let off easily; not to let sb get away with it ∼HSK 6
尖牙 尖牙 jiān yá canine tooth; fang; tusk ∼HSK 6
正经事 正經事 zhèng jīng shì an important matter (sth work-related or productive etc) ∼HSK 6
麻油 麻油 má yóu sesame oil ∼HSK 6
产后 產後 chǎn hòu postnatal ∼HSK 6
凉拌 涼拌 liáng bàn to dress cold food with sauce; (slang) there's not much you can do about it (wordplay using instead of its homophone) ∼HSK 6
凶巴巴 兇巴巴 xiōng bā bā harsh; savage; fierce ∼HSK 6
念经 念經 niàn jīng to recite or chant Buddhist scripture ∼HSK 6
襁褓 襁褓 qiǎng bǎo swaddling clothes; fig. early stage of development; infancy ∼HSK 6
凡人 凡人 fán rén ordinary person; mortal; earthling ∼HSK 6
仙丹 仙丹 xiān dān elixir of immortality ∼HSK 6
原来如此 原來如此 yuán lái rú cǐ (idiom) so that's how it is; I see ∼HSK 6
漫漫 漫漫 màn màn long; endless; boundless ∼HSK 6
抛下 拋下 pāo xià to throw down; to dump; to abandon; thrown down ∼HSK 6
尸骨 屍骨 shī gǔ skeleton of the dead ∼HSK 6
缠绵 纏綿 chán mián touching (emotions); lingering (illness) ∼HSK 6
化作 化作 huà zuò to change into; to turn into; to become ∼HSK 6
公婆 公婆 gōng pó husband's parents; parents-in-law HSK 6
空闲 空閒 kòng xián idle; free time; leisure; unused (place) HSK 6
分工 分工 fēn gōng to divide up the work; division of labor HSK 6
入学 入學 rù xué to enter a school or college; to go to school for the first time as a child HSK 6
往后 往後 wǎng hòu from now on; in the future; time to come HSK 6
要不然 要不然 yào bù rán otherwise; or else; or HSK 6
再生 再生 zài shēng to be reborn; to regenerate; to be a second so-and-so (famous dead person); recycling; regeneration HSK 6
有事 有事 yǒu shì to be occupied with sth; to have sth on one's mind; there is something the matter HSK 6
灵活 靈活 líng huó flexible; nimble; agile HSK 6
顾 顧 gù to look after; to take into consideration; to attend to HSK 6
晓得 曉得 xiǎo de to know HSK 6
凶 兇 xiōng terrible; fearful HSK 6
大道 大道 dà dào main street; avenue HSK 6
天下 天下 tiān xià land under heaven; the whole world; the whole of China; realm; rule HSK 6
当成 當成 dàng chéng to consider as; to take to be HSK 6
算了 算了 suàn le let it be; let it pass; forget about it HSK 6
惨 慘 cǎn miserable; wretched; cruel; inhuman; disastrous; tragic; dim; gloomy HSK 6
一时 一時 yī shí a period of time; a while; for a short while; temporary; momentary; at the same time HSK 6