New Legend of Madame White Snake

Episode review

Shilin visits his mother at Leifeng Pagoda

S1E39 · 仕林雷峰塔探母 shì lín léifēngtǎ tàn mǔ

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4.77 Intermediate

Vocabulary

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生灵涂炭 生靈塗炭 shēng líng tú tàn people are in a terrible situation (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
挥金如土 揮金如土 huī jīn rú tǔ lit. to squander money like dirt (idiom); fig. to spend money like water; extravagant Idiom ∼HSK 6
苟延残喘 苟延殘喘 gǒu yán - cán chuǎn (idiom) to struggle on whilst at death's door Idiom ∼HSK 6
功德圆满 功德圓滿 gōng dé yuán mǎn virtuous achievements come to their successful conclusion (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
蛊惑人心 蠱惑人心 gǔ huò rén xīn to stir up public sentiment by false statements (idiom); to resort to demagogy Idiom ∼HSK 6
甜言蜜语 甜言蜜語 tián yán mì yǔ (idiom) sweet words; sweet talk; cajolery Idiom ∼HSK 6
指腹为婚 指腹為婚 zhǐ fù wéi hūn to propose the future marriage of two unborn babies on condition that one turns out to be a boy, and the other, a girl (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
画虎不成反类犬 畫虎不成反類犬 huà hǔ bù chéng fǎn lèi quǎn to try to draw a tiger but end up with a likeness of a dog (idiom); to try to do sth overambitious and end up botching it Idiom ∼HSK 6
鸡毛蒜皮 雞毛蒜皮 jī máo suàn pí lit. chicken feathers and garlic skins (idiom); fig. trivial (matter) Idiom ∼HSK 6
钻牛角尖 鑽牛角尖 zuān niú jiǎo jiān lit. to penetrate into a bull's horn (idiom); fig. to waste time on an insoluble or insignificant problem; to bash one's head against a brick wall; a wild goose chase; a blind alley; to split hairs Idiom ∼HSK 6
无事不登三宝殿 無事不登三寶殿 wú shì bù dēng sān bǎo diàn lit. one doesn't visit a temple without a cause (idiom); fig. to visit sb with an ulterior motive (esp. to ask for sth) Idiom ∼HSK 6
礼尚往来 禮尚往來 lǐ shàng wǎng lái lit. proper behavior is based on reciprocity (idiom); fig. to return politeness for politeness Idiom ∼HSK 6
畅所欲言 暢所欲言 chàng suǒ yù yán lit. fluently saying all one wants (idiom); to preach freely on one's favorite topic; to hold forth to one's heart's content Idiom ∼HSK 6
无拘无束 無拘無束 wú jū wú shù free and unconstrained (idiom); unfettered; unbuttoned; without care or worries Idiom ∼HSK 6
各奔东西 各奔東西 gè bèn dōng xī to go separate ways (idiom); to part ways with sb; Taiwan pr. [ge4 ben1 dong1 xi1] 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
悬 懸 xuán to hang or suspend; to worry; public announcement; unresolved; baseless; without foundation Xiehouyu 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
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
爹娘 爹孃 diē niáng (dialect) parents ∼HSK 6
贫道 貧道 píndào this humble Daoist ∼HSK 6
令郎 令郎 lìng láng your esteemed son (honorific) ∼HSK 6
狐狸精 狐狸精 hú li jīng fox-spirit; vixen; witch; enchantress ∼HSK 6
娘的 孃的 niáng de same as ∼HSK 6
几许 幾許 jǐ xǔ (literary) how many; quite a few ∼HSK 6
金山寺 金山寺 jīn shān sì Jinshan Temple, where Fahai lives (from Madam White Snake) ∼HSK 6
皈依 皈依 guī yī to convert to (a religion) ∼HSK 6
于是乎 於是乎 yú shì hū therefore ∼HSK 6
仙方 仙方 xiān fāng prescription of elixir; potion of immortality; potion prescribed by an immortal ∼HSK 6
施主 施主 shī zhǔ donor (Buddhist address) ∼HSK 6
我儿 我兒 wǒ rén my child ∼HSK 6
客官 客官 kè guān honored customer (sir) ∼HSK 6
同日 同日 tóng rì same day; simultaneous ∼HSK 6
尊姓大名 尊姓大名 zūn xìng dà míng your honorable name (polite idiom asking someone's full name) ∼HSK 6
佛法 佛法 fó fǎ Dharma (the teachings of the Buddha); Buddhist doctrine ∼HSK 6
世仇 世仇 shì chóu feud ∼HSK 6
拦阻 攔阻 lán zǔ to block; to obstruct ∼HSK 6
大嫂 大嫂 dà sǎo older brother's wife; sister-in-law; elder sister (respectful appellation for an older married woman) ∼HSK 6
大清早 大清早 dà qīng zǎo early in the morning ∼HSK 6
金榜 金榜 jīn bǎng (lit.) tablet with inscription in gold; (fig.) pass list for the top imperial examinations; roll of honor ∼HSK 6
帝京 帝京 dì jīng imperial capital ∼HSK 6
枯木 枯木 kū mù dead tree ∼HSK 6
莫不是 莫不是 mò bù shì probably; perhaps; could it be that...? ∼HSK 6
有缘 有緣 yǒu yuán related; brought together by fate ∼HSK 6
丹砂 丹砂 dān shā cinnabar ∼HSK 6
慈石 慈石 cí shí magnetite Fe3O4 ∼HSK 6
自幼 自幼 zì yòu from childhood ∼HSK 6
异人 異人 yì rén eccentric; unusual person; talented individual ∼HSK 6
善缘 善緣 shàn yuán good karma ∼HSK 6