New Legend of Madame White Snake
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The Shopkeeper's Daughter Offers Friendship
S1E4 · 掌柜女儿投情谊
Vocabulary
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| 孤男寡女 孤男寡女 | a single man and a single woman; bachelors; a man and a woman together (typically in a secluded setting) | |
| 传扬 傳揚 | to spread (by word of mouth) | |
| 火烛 火燭 | fire and candles; household things that burn | |
| 相貌 相貌 | appearance | |
| 侄媳妇 姪媳婦 | brother's son's wife; nephew's wife | |
| 贤慧 賢慧 | (of a wife) wise and kind; perfect in her traditional roles | |
| 一臂之力 一臂之力 | 一: one; a, an; alone · 臂: arm · 之: marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to · 力: power, capability, influence | |
| 在理 在理 | reasonable; sensible | |
| 赌鬼 賭鬼 | gambling addict | |
| 斗嘴 鬥嘴 | to quarrel; to bicker; glib repartee | |
| 被窝 被窩 | (traditional bedding) quilt wrapped around the body as a tube; (contemporary) bedding; bed cover | |
| 栽赃 栽贓 | to frame sb (by planting sth on them) | |
| 歹毒 歹毒 | vicious; ruthless; malevolent | |
| 披枷戴锁 披枷戴鎖 | 披: wear; split; crack · 枷: cangue scaffold · 戴: wear on top; support · 锁: lock, padlock; shackles, chains | |
| 离乡背井 離鄉背井 | to leave one's homeplace (to find work, flee disaster etc) | |
| 良人 良人 | husband (arch.) | |
| 坦荡 坦蕩 | magnanimous; broad and level | |
| 避嫌 避嫌 | to avoid arousing suspicion | |
| 不欺暗室 不欺暗室 | 不: no, not; un-; negative prefix · 欺: cheat, double-cross, deceive · 暗: dark; obscure; in secret, covert · 室: room, home, house, chamber | |
| 公堂 公堂 | law court; hall (in castle); CL:家[jia1] | |
| 伙计 伙計 | partner; fellow; mate; waiter; servant; shop assistant | |
| 泻肚子 瀉肚子 | see 瀉肚|泻肚[xie4 du4] | |
| 明理 明理 | sensible; reasonable; an obvious reason, truth or fact; to understand the reason or reasoning | |
| 唯利是图 唯利是圖 | (idiom) to be bent solely on profit; to put profit before everything else | |
| 罗嗦 羅嗦 | erroneous variant of 囉唆|啰唆[luo1suo5] | |
| 懒鬼 懶鬼 | lazybones; idle bum | |
| 作坊 作坊 | workshop (of artisan) | |
| 巧计 巧計 | maneuver; scheme | |
| 灵药 靈藥 | legendary magic potion of immortals; panacea; fig. wonder solution to a problem | |
| 救苦救难 救苦救難 | 救: save, rescue, relieve; help, aid · 苦: bitter; hardship, suffering · 救: save, rescue, relieve; help, aid · 难: difficult, arduous, hard; unable | |
| 待会儿 待會兒 | in a moment; later; also pr. [dāi huǐ r] or [dāi hui r] | |
| 看管 看管 | to look after | |
| 一行 一行 | party; delegation | |
| 治病 治病 | to treat an illness | |
| 强盗 強盜 | to rob (with force); bandit; robber | |
| 眼看 眼看 | soon; in a moment; to look on as sth happens | |
| 不便 不便 | inconvenient; inappropriate; unsuitable; short of cash | |
| 要不然 要不然 | otherwise; or else; or | |
| 歌唱 歌唱 | to sing | |
| 官司 官司 | lawsuit | |
| 渡 渡 | to cross; to pass through; to ferry | |
| 变形 變形 | to become deformed; to change shape; to morph | |
| 嫌 嫌 | to dislike; suspicion; resentment; enmity; abbr. for 犯, criminal suspect | |
| 用心 用心 | motive; intention; to be diligent or attentive; careful | |
| 扁 扁 | surname Pian | |
| 磨 磨 | to rub; to grind; to polish; to sharpen; to wear down; to die out; to waste time; to pester; to insist | |
| 铺 鋪 | variant of 铺; store | |
| 天下 天下 | land under heaven; the whole world; the whole of China; realm; rule | |
| 牵 牽 | to lead along; to pull (an animal on a tether); (bound form) to involve; to draw in | |
| 算了 算了 | let it be; let it pass; forget about it |