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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| 如画 如畫 | picturesque | |
| 钗 釵 | ornamental hairpin | |
| 说媒 說媒 | to act as a matchmaker | |
| 也罢 也罷 | (reduplicated) whether... or...; never mind; fine (indicating acceptance or resignation) | |
| 郝 郝 | surname; place in modern Shanxi | |
| 一年半载 一年半載 | about a year | |
| 传神 傳神 | vivid; lifelike | |
| 令尊 令尊 | Your esteemed father (honorific) | |
| 甚 甚 | what (literary, = 什么) | |
| 安歇 安歇 | to go to bed; to retire for the night | |
| 轿 轎 | sedan-chair, palanquin | |
| 仗 仗 | rely upon; protector; fight; war, weaponry | |
| 阊 閶 | gate of heaven; main gate of a palace | |
| 君 君 | lord, sir | |
| 胥 胥 | all, together, mutually | |
| 师兄弟 師兄弟 | fellow apprentices; fellow students (male) | |
| 仁 仁 | humaneness, benevolence, kindness | |
| 姑 姑 | paternal aunt; husband's sister; husband's mother (old); nun; for the time being (literary) | |
| 暮 暮 | evening, dusk, sunset; ending | |
| 立身处世 立身處世 | (idiom) the way one conducts oneself in society | |
| 襟 襟 | lapel, collar | |
| 贫 貧 | poor, impoverished, needy | |
| 书呆子 書呆子 | bookworm; pedant; bookish fool | |
| 修炼 修煉 | (of Taoists) to practice austerities; to practice asceticism | |
| 下毒 下毒 | to put poison in sth; to poison | |
| 待会 待會 | wait a minute; stop a while | |
| 慈悲 慈悲 | compassion | |
| 面食 麵食 | food made from wheat flour, such as noodles, dumplings, buns etc | |
| 发愿 發願 | to vow | |
| 疫 疫 | epidemic, plague, pestilence | |
| 不敢当 不敢當 | lit. I dare not (accept the honor); fig. I don't deserve your praise; you flatter me | |
| 舍得 捨得 | to be willing to part with sth | |
| 消毒 消毒 | to disinfect; to sterilize | |
| 歇 歇 | to rest; to take a break; to stop; to halt; (dialect) to sleep; a moment; a short while | |
| 怨 怨 | to blame; (bound form) resentment; hatred; grudge | |
| 终身 終身 | lifelong; all one's life; marriage | |
| 人间 人間 | the human world; the earth | |
| 更新 更新 | to replace the old with new; to renew; to renovate; to upgrade; to update; to regenerate | |
| 难得 難得 | seldom; rare; hard to come by | |
| 中毒 中毒 | to be poisoned | |
| 客气 客氣 | polite; courteous; formal; modest | |
| 师傅 師傅 | master; qualified worker; respectful form of address for older men | |
| 也好 也好 | that's fine; may as well; (reduplicated) regardless of whether ... or ... | |
| 一下子 一下子 | in a short while; all at once; all of a sudden | |
| 倒是 倒是 | contrary to what one might expect; actually; contrariwise; why don't you | |
| 明明 明明 | obviously; plainly; undoubtedly; definitely | |
| 不止 不止 | incessantly; without end; more than; not limited to | |
| 不许 不許 | not to allow; must not; can't | |
| 严肃 嚴肅 | solemn; grave; serious; earnest; severe | |
| 大事 大事 | major event; major political event (war or change of regime); major social event (wedding or funeral); (do sth) in a big way |