New Legend of Madame White Snake
Episode review
Bai Suzhen leaves the pagoda to save her son
S1E43 · 白素贞出塔救子
Vocabulary
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| 天有不测风云 天有不測風雲 | lit. the skies hold unforeseeable winds and clouds (idiom); fig. the unexpected can happen anytime; fortune is unpredictable | Idiom |
| 好梦难圆 好夢難圓 | lit. a sweet dream hard to make come true (idiom); fig. a cherished hope unlikely to be fulfilled | Idiom |
| 斩尽杀绝 斬盡殺絕 | (idiom) to kill off every last one; to wipe out completely; to exterminate ruthlessly | Idiom |
| 知书达礼 知書達禮 | (idiom) well-educated and well-mannered; cultured and courteous | Idiom |
| 高明 高明 | Gaoming District of Foshan City 市, Guangdong | Xiehouyu |
| 小人 小人 | person of low social status (old); I, me (used to refer humbly to oneself); nasty person; vile character | Xiehouyu |
| 闺女 閨女 | maiden; unmarried woman; (coll.) daughter | Colloquialism |
| 成天 成天 | (coll.) all day long; all the time | Colloquialism |
| 娘 娘 | mother; young lady; (coll.) effeminate | Colloquialism |
| 馅儿 餡兒 | erhua variant of 馅; (of food) filling; stuffing | |
| 不辞而别 不辭而別 | to leave without saying good-bye | |
| 隐情 隱情 | sth one wishes to keep secret; ulterior motive; a subject best avoided | |
| 状元 狀元 | 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 | |
| 存心 存心 | deliberately | |
| 伺机 伺機 | to wait for an opportunity; to watch for one's chance | |
| 一连 一連 | in a row; in succession; running | |
| 索性 索性 | you might as well (do it); simply; just | |
| 罪魁祸首 罪魁禍首 | criminal ringleader, main offender (idiom); main culprit; fig. main cause of a disaster | |
| 菩萨 菩薩 | Bodhisattva (Buddhism) | |
| 甘心 甘心 | to be willing to; to resign oneself to | |
| 冤 冤 | injustice; grievance; wrong | |
| 下棋 下棋 | to play chess | |
| 团圆 團圓 | to have a reunion | |
| 半路 半路 | halfway; midway; on the way | |
| 腥 腥 | fishy (smell) | |
| 冒犯 冒犯 | to offend | |
| 好在 好在 | luckily; fortunately | |
| 偷懒 偷懶 | to goof off; to be lazy | |
| 通通 通通 | all; entire; complete | |
| 弟子 弟子 | disciple; follower | |
| 好意 好意 | good intention; kindness | |
| 触犯 觸犯 | to violate; to offend | |
| 无缘 無緣 | to have no opportunity; no way (of doing sth); no chance; no connection; not placed (in a competition); (in pop lyrics) no chance of love, no place to be together etc | |
| 私自 私自 | private; personal; secretly; without explicit approval | |
| 危急 危急 | critical; desperate (situation) | |
| 分担 分擔 | to share (a burden, a cost, a responsibility) | |
| 风雨 風雨 | wind and rain; the elements; (fig.) trials and hardships | |
| 安稳 安穩 | steady; stable; sedate; calm; (of sleep) sound; (of a transition) smooth | |
| 老远 老遠 | very far away | |
| 神仙 神仙 | Daoist immortal; supernatural entity; (in modern fiction) fairy, elf, leprechaun etc; fig. lighthearted person | |
| 撇 撇 | to cast away; to fling aside | |
| 振作 振作 | to bestir oneself; to pull oneself together; to cheer up; to uplift; to stimulate | |
| 恨不得 恨不得 | wishing one could do sth; to hate to be unable; itching to do sth | |
| 美景 美景 | beautiful scenery | |
| 差错 差錯 | mistake; slip-up; fault; error; accident; mishap | |
| 君子 君子 | nobleman; person of noble character | |
| 真情 真情 | real situation; the truth | |
| 心血 心血 | heart's blood; expenditure (for some project); meticulous care | |
| 追随 追隨 | to follow; to accompany | |
| 庙 廟 | temple; ancestral shrine; temple fair; great imperial hall; imperial |