New Legend of Madame White Snake
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Mei'niang Cannot Bear to Harm Shilin
S1E35 · 媚娘不忍害仕林
Vocabulary
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| 立锥之地 立錐之地 | lit. a place to stick an awl (idiom); fig. a tiny patch of land; barely enough room to stand | Idiom |
| 一表人材 一表人材 | (idiom) handsome and dignified in appearance; imposing presence | Idiom |
| 不冷不热 不冷不熱 | lit. neither cold nor hot (idiom); fig. lukewarm; indifferent; coldly noncommittal | Idiom |
| 眼花撩乱 眼花撩亂 | dazzled; bewildered by a profusion of sights; eyes overwhelmed (idiom) | Idiom |
| 有口无心 有口無心 | to speak harshly but without any bad intent (idiom) | Idiom |
| 千军万马 千軍萬馬 | magnificent army with thousands of men and horses (idiom); impressive display of manpower; all the King's horses and all the King's men | Idiom |
| 敬而远之 敬而遠之 | to show respect from a distance (idiom); to remain at a respectful distance | Idiom |
| 称心如意 稱心如意 | (idiom) after one's own heart; gratifying; satisfactory; everything one could wish | Idiom |
| 一举两得 一舉兩得 | one move, two gains (idiom); two birds with one stone | Idiom |
| 胡思乱想 胡思亂想 | to indulge in flights of fancy (idiom); to let one's imagination run wild | Idiom |
| 荒凉 荒涼 | desolate | Xiehouyu |
| 闺女 閨女 | maiden; unmarried woman; (coll.) daughter | Colloquialism |
| 人品 人品 | moral standing; moral quality; character; personality; appearance; looks (colloquial); bearing | Colloquialism |
| 好坏 好壞 | good or bad; good and bad; standard; quality; (coll.) very bad | Colloquialism |
| 邪 衺 | demonic; iniquitous; nefarious; evil; unhealthy influences that cause disease (Chinese medicine); (coll.) strange; abnormal | Colloquialism |
| 娘 娘 | mother; young lady; (coll.) effeminate | Colloquialism |
| 月初 月初 | start of month; early in the month | |
| 药材 藥材 | medicinal ingredient | |
| 正气 正氣 | healthy atmosphere; moral spirit; unyielding integrity; probity; (TCM) vital energy (resistance to diseases) | |
| 伯母 伯母 | wife of father's elder brother; aunt; (polite form of address for a woman who is about the age of one's mother) | |
| 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 | |
| 倔 倔 | used in 倔强 | |
| 和气 和氣 | friendly; polite; amiable | |
| 威风 威風 | might; awe-inspiring authority; impressive | |
| 成家 成家 | to settle down and get married (of a man); to become a recognized expert | |
| 犹豫不决 猶豫不決 | hesitancy; indecision; to waver | |
| 瘟疫 瘟疫 | plague; pestilence | |
| 刺绣 刺繡 | to embroider; embroidery | |
| 大体 大體 | in general; more or less; in rough terms; basically; on the whole; overall situation; the big picture; cadaver for dissection in training medical students | |
| 各式各样 各式各樣 | (of) all kinds and sorts; various | |
| 念书 念書 | to read; to study | |
| 平日 平日 | ordinary day; everyday; ordinarily; usually | |
| 嫌弃 嫌棄 | to regard with disdain; to shun | |
| 同年 同年 | the same year | |
| 少有 少有 | rare; infrequent | |
| 转交 轉交 | to pass on to sb; to carry and give to sb else | |
| 性情 性情 | nature; temperament | |
| 茫然 茫然 | blankly; vacantly; at a loss | |
| 缕 縷 | strand; thread; detailed; in detail; classifier for wisps (of smoke, mist or vapor), strands, locks (of hair) | |
| 胡乱 胡亂 | careless; reckless; casually; absent-mindedly; at will; at random; any old how | |
| 无缘 無緣 | to have no opportunity; no way (of doing sth); no chance; no connection; not placed (in a competition); (in pop lyrics) no chance of love, no place to be together etc | |
| 未免 未免 | unavoidably; can't help; really; rather | |
| 贵重 貴重 | precious | |
| 细腻 細膩 | exquisite; meticulous | |
| 绣 繡 | to embroider; embroidery | |
| 配偶 配偶 | spouse | |
| 美满 美滿 | happy; blissful | |
| 伺候 伺候 | to serve; to wait upon | |
| 美景 美景 | beautiful scenery | |
| 不算 不算 | to not calculate; to not count; to not be considered (as); to have no weight |