New Legend of Madame White Snake

Episode review

Xu Xian Becomes a Monk at Jinshan Temple

S1E30 · 许仙金山寺出家 xǔ xiān jīn shān sì chūjiā

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Vocabulary

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万念俱灰 萬念俱灰 wàn niàn jù huī every hope turns to dust (idiom); completely disheartened Idiom ∼HSK 6
人之常情 人之常情 rén zhī cháng qíng human nature (idiom); a behavior that is only natural Idiom ∼HSK 6
手无缚鸡之力 手無縛雞之力 shǒu wú fù jī zhī lì lit. lacking the strength even to truss a chicken (saying); fig. weak; unaccustomed to physical work Idiom ∼HSK 6
凶多吉少 凶多吉少 xiōng duō jí shǎo lit. everything bodes ill, no positive signs (idiom); fig. inauspicious; everything points to disaster Idiom ∼HSK 6
功成名就 功成名就 gōng chéng míng jiù to win success and recognition (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
懒人 懶人 lǎn rén lazy person Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
拖拖拉拉 拖拖拉拉 tuō tuō lā lā to procrastinate Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
有余 有餘 yǒu yú to have an abundance 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
就算 就算 jiù suàn (coll.) even if Colloquialism HSK 6
雷 雷 léi thunder; (bound form) (military) mine, as in 雷 land mine; (coll.) to shock; to stun; to astound; (Tw) (coll.) spoiler; (Tw) (coll.) to reveal plot details to (sb) 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
施主 施主 shī zhǔ donor (Buddhist address) ∼HSK 6
金山寺 金山寺 jīn shān sì Jinshan Temple, where Fahai lives (from Madam White Snake) ∼HSK 6
功德 功德 gōng dé achievements and virtue ∼HSK 6
多情 多情 duō qíng affectionate; passionate; emotional; sentimental ∼HSK 6
开解 開解 kāi jiě to straighten out; to explain; to ease sb's anxiety ∼HSK 6
甘草 甘草 gān cǎo licorice root ∼HSK 6
如火 如火 rú huǒ fiery ∼HSK 6
故人 故人 gù rén old friend; the deceased ∼HSK 6
登仙 登仙 dēng xiān to become immortal; big promotion; die ∼HSK 6
秃驴 禿驢 tū lǘ (derog.) Buddhist monk ∼HSK 6
有道理 有道理 yǒu dào li to make sense; reasonable ∼HSK 6
积聚 積聚 jī jù to coalesce; to gather together; to amass ∼HSK 6
炽盛 熾盛 chì shèng ablaze (fire); intense (anger, desire etc); prosperous; booming ∼HSK 6
徒儿 徒兒 tú rén disciple (address) ∼HSK 6
小解 小解 xiǎo jiě to urinate; to empty one's bladder ∼HSK 6
家业 家業 jiā yè family property ∼HSK 6
连翘 連翹 lián qiáo Forsythia ∼HSK 6
陈皮 陳皮 chén pí dried tangerine peel (used in cuisine and traditional Chinese medicine) ∼HSK 6
小娃 小娃 xiǎo wá child ∼HSK 6
何如 何如 hé rú how about; what kind of ∼HSK 6
凡事 凡事 fán shì everything ∼HSK 6
不觉 不覺 bù jué unconsciously ∼HSK 6
寻短见 尋短見 xún duǎn jiàn to commit suicide ∼HSK 6
文弱书生 文弱書生 wén ruò shū shēng (idiom) frail scholar ∼HSK 6
收伏 收伏 shōu fú variant of ∼HSK 6
无缘无故 無緣無故 wú yuán - wú gù (idiom) no cause or reason; completely uncalled for ∼HSK 6
对仗 對仗 duì zhàng antithesis (two lines of poetry matching in sense and sound); to fight; to wage war ∼HSK 6
押韵 押韻 yā yùn to rhyme; sometimes written 壓韻|压韵 ∼HSK 6
禅房 禪房 chán fáng monk's chamber ∼HSK 6
皈依 皈依 guī yī to convert to (a religion) ∼HSK 6
妙法 妙法 miào fǎ brilliant plan; ingenious method; perfect solution ∼HSK 6
正果 正果 zhēng guǒ true attainment (Buddhist) ∼HSK 6
负心汉 負心漢 fù xīn hàn traitor to one's love; heartless rat ∼HSK 6
情缘 情緣 qíng yuán predestined love; love affinity ∼HSK 6
绝情 絕情 jué qíng heartless; without regard for others' feelings ∼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
祸首 禍首 huò shǒu chief offender; main culprit ∼HSK 6