New Legend of Madame White Snake
Episode review
Hu Meiniang's spirit returns to the embroidery shop
S1E46 · 胡媚娘魂回绣庄
Vocabulary
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| 月缺花残 月缺花殘 | lit. the moon waned and the flowers withered (idiom); fig. the decline of beauty; lovers parted or a romance ended | Idiom |
| 不定 不定 | indefinite; indeterminate; (botany) adventitious | Xiehouyu |
| 娘 娘 | mother; young lady; (coll.) effeminate | Colloquialism |
| 俊俏 俊俏 | attractive and intelligent; charming; elegant | |
| 痴心 痴心 | infatuation | |
| 须知 須知 | key information; instructions; it must be borne in mind | |
| 分寸 分寸 | propriety; appropriate behavior; proper speech or action; within the norms | |
| 要强 要強 | eager to excel; eager to get ahead in life; strong-minded | |
| 拜见 拜見 | to pay a formal visit; to call to pay respects; to meet one's senior or superior | |
| 祭奠 祭奠 | to offer sacrifices (to one's ancestors); to hold or attend a memorial service | |
| 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 | |
| 贫富 貧富 | poor and rich | |
| 何苦 何苦 | why bother?; is it worth the trouble? | |
| 伺机 伺機 | to wait for an opportunity; to watch for one's chance | |
| 烹调 烹調 | to cook | |
| 执意 執意 | to be determined to; to insist on | |
| 得失 得失 | gains and losses; success and failure; merits and demerits | |
| 团圆 團圓 | to have a reunion | |
| 半路 半路 | halfway; midway; on the way | |
| 触犯 觸犯 | to violate; to offend | |
| 媳妇 媳婦 | daughter-in-law; wife (of a younger man); young married woman; young woman | |
| 结识 結識 | to get to know sb; to meet sb for the first time | |
| 绣 繡 | to embroider; embroidery | |
| 风流 風流 | distinguished and accomplished; outstanding; talented in letters and unconventional in lifestyle; romantic; dissolute; loose | |
| 振作 振作 | to bestir oneself; to pull oneself together; to cheer up; to uplift; to stimulate | |
| 销 銷 | to melt (metal); to cancel; to annul; to sell; to expend; to spend; pin; bolt; to fasten with a pin or bolt | |
| 抵挡 抵擋 | to resist; to hold back; to stop; to ward off; to withstand | |
| 辜负 辜負 | to fail to live up (to expectations); unworthy (of trust); to let down; to betray (hopes); to disappoint | |
| 沉迷 沉迷 | to be engrossed; to be absorbed with; to lose oneself in; to be addicted to | |
| 不肯 不肯 | Refuse | |
| 皇上 皇上 | the emperor; Your majesty the emperor; His imperial majesty | |
| 追随 追隨 | to follow; to accompany | |
| 路程 路程 | route; path traveled; distance traveled; course (of development) | |
| 亩 畝 | classifier for fields; unit of area equal to one fifteenth of a hectare | |
| 情愿 情願 | willingness; would rather (agree to X than Y) | |
| 计较 計較 | to bother about; to haggle; to bicker; to argue; plan; stratagem | |
| 一头 一頭 | one head; a head full of sth; one end (of a stick); one side; headlong; directly; rapidly; simultaneously | |
| 一心 一心 | wholeheartedly; heart and soul | |
| 忍耐 忍耐 | to endure; to bear with; to exercise patience; to restrain oneself; patience; endurance | |
| 正经 正經 | decent; honorable; proper; serious; according to standards | |
| 贫穷 貧窮 | poor; impoverished | |
| 虚伪 虛偽 | false; hypocritical; artificial; sham | |
| 双胞胎 雙胞胎 | twin | |
| 非得 非得 | (followed by a verb phrase, then – optionally – 不可, or 不行 etc) must | |
| 报仇 報仇 | to take revenge; to avenge | |
| 固执 固執 | obstinate; stubborn; to fixate on; to cling to | |
| 身心 身心 | body and mind; mental and physical | |
| 人身 人身 | person; personal; human body | |
| 当今 當今 | current; present; now; nowadays | |
| 当真 當真 | to take seriously; serious; No joking, really! |