New Legend of Madame White Snake

Episode review

Prince Liang blocks Shilin from the autumn exam

S1E41 · 梁王阻仕林秋试 liáng wáng zǔ shì lín qiūshì

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苦海无边 苦海無邊 kǔ hǎi wú biān lit. the sea of bitterness is boundless (idiom); fig. the boundless suffering of life; endless misery Idiom ∼HSK 7
回头是岸 回頭是岸 huí tóu shì àn lit. turn your head and the shore is there (idiom, Buddhist); fig. repent and salvation is at hand; it's never too late to mend Idiom ∼HSK 7
栋梁之材 棟樑之材 dòng liáng zhī cái lit. timber for ridgepoles and beams (idiom); fig. a person of great talent fit for high responsibility Idiom ∼HSK 7
直上青云 直上青雲 zhí shàng qīng yún lit. to rise straight into the blue clouds (idiom); fig. to soar to high rank or success; rapid advancement Idiom ∼HSK 7
没头没脑 沒頭沒腦 méi tóu méi nǎo without rhyme or reason; abrupt and baffling; out of the blue (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 7
坐卧不安 坐臥不安 zuò wò bù ān (idiom) restless whether sitting or lying; unable to find peace; on tenterhooks Idiom ∼HSK 7
古道热肠 古道熱腸 gǔ dào rè cháng lit. of old ways and a warm heart (idiom); fig. warm-hearted and generous; kind and ready to help others Idiom ∼HSK 7
岂有此理 豈有此理 qǐ yǒu cǐ lǐ how can this be so? (idiom); preposterous; ridiculous; absurd Idiom HSK 7
素不相识 素不相識 sù bù xiāng shí to be total strangers (idiom) Idiom HSK 7
提心吊胆 提心吊膽 tí xīn diào dǎn (saying) to be very scared and on edge Idiom HSK 7
千方百计 千方百計 qiān fāng bǎi jì lit. thousand ways, a hundred plans (idiom); by every possible means Idiom HSK 7
诉苦 訴苦 sù kǔ to grumble; to complain; grievance Xiehouyu HSK 7
莫名其妙 莫名其妙 mò míng qí miào (idiom) baffling; bizarre; without rhyme or reason; inexplicable Xiehouyu HSK 7
无情 無情 wú qíng pitiless; ruthless; merciless; heartless Xiehouyu HSK 7
开口 開口 kāi kǒu to open one's mouth; to start to talk Xiehouyu HSK 7
娘 娘 niáng mother; young lady; (coll.) effeminate Colloquialism HSK 7
酒楼 酒樓 jiǔ lóu restaurant HSK 7
波涛 波濤 bō tāo great waves; billows HSK 7
一晃 一晃 yī huǎng (of passing time) in an instant; (of a sight) in a flash HSK 7
分寸 分寸 fēn cun propriety; appropriate behavior; proper speech or action; within the norms HSK 7
状元 狀元 zhuàng yuán 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 HSK 7
不难 不難 bù nán Not difficult HSK 7
启蒙 啟蒙 qǐ méng to instruct the young; to initiate; to awake sb from ignorance; to free sb from prejudice or superstition; primer; enlightened; the Enlightenment; Western learning from the late Qing dynasty HSK 7
僧人 僧人 sēng rén monk HSK 7
莲子 蓮子 lián zǐ lotus seed HSK 7
抡 掄 lūn to swing (one's arms, a heavy object); to wave (a sword, one's fists); to fling (money) HSK 7
凭证 憑證 píng zhèng proof; certificate; receipt; voucher HSK 7
鲁莽 魯莽 lǔ mǎng hot-headed; impulsive; reckless HSK 7
担子 擔子 dàn zi carrying pole and the loads on it; burden; task; responsibility HSK 7
告示 告示 gào shi announcement HSK 7
菩萨 菩薩 Pú sà Bodhisattva (Buddhism) HSK 7
刺绣 刺繡 cì xiù to embroider; embroidery HSK 7
私事 私事 sī shì personal matters HSK 7
筐 筐 kuāng basket HSK 7
官兵 官兵 guān bīng (military) officers and soldiers; officers and men; (old) government troops HSK 7
过问 過問 guò wèn to show an interest in; to get involved with HSK 7
团圆 團圓 tuán yuán to have a reunion HSK 7
告辞 告辭 gào cí to say goodbye; to take one's leave HSK 7
张贴 張貼 zhāng tiē to post (a notice); to advertise HSK 7
栽培 栽培 zāi péi to grow; to cultivate; to train; to educate; to patronize HSK 7
去处 去處 qù chù place; destination HSK 7
吃亏 吃虧 chī kuī to suffer losses; to come to grief; to lose out; to get the worst of it; to be at a disadvantage; unfortunately HSK 7
疼爱 疼愛 téng ài to love dearly HSK 7
透气 透氣 tòu qì to flow freely (of air); to ventilate; to breathe (of fabric etc); to take a breath of fresh air; to divulge HSK 7
亲情 親情 qīn qíng affection; family love; love, esp. within a married couple or between parents and children HSK 7
来历 來歷 lái lì history; antecedents; origin HSK 7
小看 小看 xiǎo kàn to look down on; to underestimate HSK 7
性情 性情 xìng qíng nature; temperament HSK 7
阻挠 阻撓 zǔ náo to thwart; to obstruct (sth) HSK 7
视察 視察 shì chá to inspect; an investigation HSK 7