New Legend of Madame White Snake

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Mei'niang Bound by the Golden Cymbal

S1E34 · 媚娘受制于金钹 mèi niáng shòuzhì yú jīn bó

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拐弯抹角 拐彎抹角 guǎi wān mò jiǎo lit. going round the curves and skirting the corners (idiom); fig. to speak in a roundabout way; to equivocate; to beat about the bush Idiom ∼HSK 6
溜须拍马 溜鬚拍馬 liū xū pāi mǎ to smooth whiskers and pat a horse's bottom (idiom); to use flatter to get what one wants; to toady; boot-licking Idiom ∼HSK 6
阳奉阴违 陽奉陰違 yáng fèng yīn wéi outward devotion but inner opposition (idiom); to pay lip service; to agree overtly, but oppose in secret Idiom ∼HSK 6
蒙在鼓里 矇在鼓裡 méng zài gǔ lǐ variant of Idiom ∼HSK 6
人各有志 人各有志 rén gè yǒu zhì each person has their own aspirations (idiom); everyone is entitled to their own ambitions and choices Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
幕后操纵 幕後操縱 mù hòu cāo zòng to manipulate from behind the scenes; to pull the strings Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
怪胎 怪胎 guài tāi freak; abnormal embryo; fetus with deformity 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
不通 不通 bù tōng to be obstructed; to be blocked up; to be impassable; to make no sense; to be illogical Xiehouyu HSK 6
大娘 大娘 dà niáng (coll.) father's older brother's wife; aunt (polite address) Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
就算 就算 jiù suàn (coll.) even if Colloquialism HSK 6
嘛 嘛 má used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 6
有没有 有沒有 yǒu méi yǒu (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?; Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)? HSK 6
壮士 壯士 zhuàng shì warrior ∼HSK 6
贫苦 貧苦 pín kǔ poverty-stricken; poor ∼HSK 6
娘的 孃的 niáng de same as ∼HSK 6
时辰 時辰 shíchen two-hour period ∼HSK 6
何方 何方 hé fāng from where ∼HSK 6
天仙 天仙 tiān xiān immortal (esp. female); deity; fairy; Goddess; fig. beautiful woman ∼HSK 6
认命 認命 rèn mìng to accept misfortunes as decreed by fate; to be resigned to sth ∼HSK 6
正经事 正經事 zhèng jīng shì an important matter (sth work-related or productive etc) ∼HSK 6
撑船 撐船 chēng chuán to punt; to pole a boat ∼HSK 6
妖孽 妖孽 yāo niè evil omen, monster ∼HSK 6
小妖精 小妖精 xiǎo yāo jīng goblin; hussy; floozy ∼HSK 6
正果 正果 zhēng guǒ true attainment (Buddhist) ∼HSK 6
饶命 饒命 ráo mìng to spare sb's life ∼HSK 6
凡间 凡間 fán jiān the secular world ∼HSK 6
主仆 主僕 zhǔ pú master and servant ∼HSK 6
独子 獨子 dú zǐ a son who is an only child ∼HSK 6
他娘的 他孃的 tā niáng de same as ∼HSK 6
样儿 樣兒 yàng r appearance; manner; pattern; model ∼HSK 6
口无遮拦 口無遮攔 kǒu wú zhē lán to blab; to shoot one's mouth off; to commit a gaffe ∼HSK 6
家公 家公 jiā gōng head of a family; (polite) my father; (polite) my grandfather; your esteemed father ∼HSK 6
女扮男装 女扮男裝 nǚ bàn nán zhuāng (of a woman) to dress as a man (idiom) ∼HSK 6
搭救 搭救 dā jiù to rescue ∼HSK 6
清茶 清茶 qīng chá green tea; only tea (without food) ∼HSK 6
轻浮 輕浮 qīng fú frivolous; careless; giddy ∼HSK 6
好自为之 好自為之 hǎo zì wéi zhī to do one's best; to shape up; to fend for oneself; you're on your own ∼HSK 6
拌嘴 拌嘴 bàn zuǐ to bicker; to squabble; to quarrel ∼HSK 6
清闲 清閒 qīng xián idle; leisurely ∼HSK 6
煮饭 煮飯 zhǔ fàn to cook ∼HSK 6
德行 德行 dé xíng morality and conduct; Taiwan pr. [de2 xing4] ∼HSK 6
赐给 賜給 cì gěi to bestow; to give ∼HSK 6
涉猎 涉獵 shè liè to skim (through a book); to read cursorily; to dip into ∼HSK 6
学识 學識 xué shí erudition; scholarly knowledge ∼HSK 6
不折不扣 不折不扣 bù zhé bù kòu a hundred percent; to the letter; out-and-out ∼HSK 6
娘娘腔 娘娘腔 niáng niang qiāng sissy; effeminate ∼HSK 6
白费唇舌 白費唇舌 bái fèi chún shé to whistle down the wind; to waste one's breath (idiom) ∼HSK 6
子曰 子曰 zǐ yuē Confucius says: ∼HSK 6
有缘 有緣 yǒu yuán related; brought together by fate ∼HSK 6