New Legend of Madame White Snake

Episode review

Hu Meiniang alters the registry by night

S1E42 · 胡媚娘夜改名册 hú mèi niáng yè gǎimíng cè

HSK 1
2
3
4
5
6
7
4.13 Intermediate

Vocabulary

Filter the words you want to study before watching.

相逢 相逢 xiāng féng to meet (by chance); to come across ∼HSK 6
查清 查清 chá qīng to find out; to ascertain; to get to the bottom of; to clarify ∼HSK 6
讲理 講理 jiǎng lǐ to argue; to reason with sb; to talk sense; to be reasonable ∼HSK 6
宿债 宿債 sù zhài long-standing debt ∼HSK 6
横溢 橫溢 héng yì to overflow; brimming with ∼HSK 6
看顾 看顧 kàn gù to watch over ∼HSK 6
人犯 人犯 rén fàn criminal; culprit; suspect (old) ∼HSK 6
窃盗 竊盜 qiè dào theft; to steal ∼HSK 6
之恩 之恩 zhī ēn kindness; favor; debt of gratitude (as in 救命之恩 the kindness of saving one's life) ∼HSK 6
搭救 搭救 dā jiù to rescue ∼HSK 6
降旨 降旨 jiàng zhǐ to issue an imperial edict ∼HSK 6
姑爹 姑爹 gū diē husband of father's sister; uncle ∼HSK 6
讨教 討教 tǎo jiào to consult; to ask for advice ∼HSK 6
蛮子 蠻子 mán zi barbarian; slave servant; (old) contemptuous term for people from southern China (used by northern Chinese people) ∼HSK 6
爹娘 爹孃 diē niáng (dialect) parents ∼HSK 6
失礼 失禮 shī lǐ discourteous ∼HSK 6
娘的 孃的 niáng de same as ∼HSK 6
深仇大恨 深仇大恨 shēn chóu dà hèn deep enmity and bitter hatred (idiom); profound grievance; deep-seated hatred ∼HSK 6
评理 評理 píng lǐ to judge between right and wrong; to reason things out ∼HSK 6
良材 良材 liáng cái good timber; sound material; fig. able person; sound chap ∼HSK 6
碎尸万段 碎屍萬段 suì shī - wàn duàn (idiom) to cut up sb's body into thousands of pieces (a hyperbolic threat) ∼HSK 6
奸贼 奸賊 jiān zéi a traitor; a treacherous bandit ∼HSK 6
有道理 有道理 yǒu dào li to make sense; reasonable ∼HSK 6
监考 監考 jiān kǎo to proctor (an exam); to invigilate ∼HSK 6
睁开 睜開 zhēng kāi to open (one's eyes) ∼HSK 6
大牢 大牢 dà láo prison ∼HSK 6
绣花 繡花 xiù huā to embroider; to do embroidery ∼HSK 6
看不清 看不清 kàn bu qīng not able to see clearly ∼HSK 6
锡杖 錫杖 xī zhàng monk's staff (Buddhism) ∼HSK 6
亲眼目睹 親眼目睹 qīn yǎn mù dǔ to see for oneself; to see with one's own eyes ∼HSK 6
勘查 勘查 kān chá variant of ∼HSK 6
原形 原形 yuán xíng original shape; true appearance (under the disguise); true character ∼HSK 6
通风报信 通風報信 tōng fēng bào xìn to tip off; to leak information; to secretly pass on intelligence (idiom) ∼HSK 6
老眼昏花 老眼昏花 lǎo yǎn hūn huā blurred vision of an old person (idiom) ∼HSK 6
笔墨 筆墨 bǐ mò pen and ink; words; writing ∼HSK 6
从头至尾 從頭至尾 cóng tóu zhì wěi from beginning to end; from start to finish (idiom) ∼HSK 6
平心静气 平心靜氣 píng xīn jìng qì calm and composed; even-tempered; to keep cool and collected (idiom) ∼HSK 6
埋头 埋頭 mái tóu to immerse oneself in; engrossed in sth; to lower the head (e.g. to avoid rain); countersunk (of screws, rivets etc) ∼HSK 6
地牢 地牢 dì láo prison; dungeon ∼HSK 6
自叹不如 自嘆不如 zì tàn bù rú to consider oneself as being not as good as the others ∼HSK 6
弄清 弄清 nòng qīng to clarify; to fully understand ∼HSK 6
讨生活 討生活 tǎo shēng huó to eke out a living; to live from hand to mouth; to drift aimlessly ∼HSK 6
无功不受禄 無功不受祿 wú gōng bù shòu lù Don't get a reward if it's not deserved. (idiom) ∼HSK 6
皇榜 皇榜 huáng bǎng imperial proclamation ∼HSK 6
光宗耀祖 光宗耀祖 guāng zōng yào zǔ to bring honor to one's ancestors ∼HSK 6
差役 差役 chāi yì forced labor of feudal tenant (corvée); bailiff of feudal yamen ∼HSK 6
儿女情长 兒女情長 ér nǚ qíng cháng deeply caught up in romantic love (idiom); tender feelings between lovers (sometimes at the expense of greater ambitions) ∼HSK 6
命苦 命苦 mìng kǔ to be born under an ill star ∼HSK 6
情有独钟 情有獨鍾 qíng yǒu dú zhōng to have a special fondness (for sth) ∼HSK 6
饶了 饒了 ráo le to spare; to forgive ∼HSK 6