New Legend of Madame White Snake
Episode review
Hu Meiniang alters the registry by night
S1E42 · 胡媚娘夜改名册
Vocabulary
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| 这几天 這幾天 | the past few days | |
| 女的 女的 | woman | |
| 等一等 等一等 | wait a moment | |
| 不由 不由 | can't help (doing sth) | |
| 不好 不好 | no good | |
| 差事 差事 | poor; not up to standard | |
| 不下 不下 | to be not less than (a certain quantity, amount etc) | |
| 衙门 衙門 | yamen, government office in dynastic China | |
| 喝茶 喝茶 | to drink tea; to get engaged; to have a serious conversation; (fig.) to have a meeting with state security agents (to be warned to behave "responsibly") | |
| 考中 考中 | to pass an exam | |
| 客栈 客棧 | tavern; guest house; inn; hotel | |
| 上西天 上西天 | (Buddhism) to go to the Western Paradise; (fig.) to die | |
| 开门 開門 | to open a door (lit. and fig.); to open for business | |
| 行商 行商 | traveling salesman; itinerant trader; hawker; peddler | |
| 话说回来 話說回來 | (but) then again; (but) on the other hand | |
| 您好 您好 | hello (polite) | |
| 请坐 請坐 | please, have a seat | |
| 两口子 兩口子 | husband and wife | |
| 真是的 真是的 | Really! (interj. of annoyance or frustration) | |
| 一家人 一家人 | household; the whole family | |
| 里边 裡邊 | inside | |
| 老人家 老人家 | polite term for old woman or man | |
| 楼上 樓上 | upstairs; (Internet slang) previous poster in a forum thread | |
| 生病 生病 | to fall ill | |
| 晚饭 晚飯 | evening meal; dinner; supper | |
| 坐下 坐下 | to sit down | |
| 姐 姐 | older sister | |
| 那儿 那兒 | there | |
| 读书 讀書 | to read a book; to study; to attend school | |
| 听见 聽見 | to hear | |
| 干什么 幹什麼 | what are you doing?; what's he up to? | |
| 是不是 是不是 | is or isn't; yes or no; whether or not | |
| 不对 不對 | incorrect; wrong; amiss; abnormal; queer | |
| 这儿 這兒 | here | |
| 再见 再見 | goodbye; see you again later | |
| 在家 在家 | to be at home; (at a workplace) to be in (as opposed to being away on official business 差); (Buddhism etc) to remain a layman (as opposed to becoming a monk or a nun 家) | |
| 一会儿 一會兒 | a moment; a while; in a moment; now...now...; also pr. [yī huǐ r] | |
| 生气 生氣 | to get angry; to take offense; angry; vitality; liveliness | |
| 妹妹 妹妹 | younger sister; young woman | |
| 考 攷 | to check; to verify; to test; to examine; to take an exam; to take an entrance exam for; deceased father | |
| 雨 雨 | rain | |
| 茶 茶 | tea; tea plant | |
| 中间 中間 | the middle; the inside; in the middle; within; between; among; during; in the meantime | |
| 慢 慢 | slow | |
| 考试 考試 | to take an exam; exam | |
| 最好 最好 | best; (you) had better (do what we suggest) | |
| 路上 路上 | on the road; on a journey; road surface | |
| 没什么 沒什麼 | nothing; it doesn't matter; it's nothing; never mind | |
| 进去 進去 | to go in | |
| 饭 飯 | cooked rice; meal; (loanword) fan; devotee |