New Legend of Madame White Snake
Episode review
Shilin digs up West Lake to free his mother
S1E47 · 仕林挖西湖救母
Vocabulary
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| 嘛 嘛 | used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? | Colloquialism |
| 却是 卻是 | nevertheless; actually; the fact is ... | |
| 启奏 啟奏 | report to the emperor | |
| 太师 太師 | Grand Tutor | |
| 祭祖 祭祖 | to offer sacrifices to one's ancestors | |
| 姻缘 姻緣 | a marriage predestined by fate | |
| 圣上 聖上 | Your Majesty | |
| 苍天 蒼天 | firmament | |
| 客官 客官 | honored customer (sir) | |
| 爹娘 爹孃 | (dialect) parents | |
| 祭拜 祭拜 | to offer sacrifice (to one's ancestors) | |
| 同日 同日 | same day; simultaneous | |
| 降旨 降旨 | to issue an imperial edict | |
| 列祖列宗 列祖列宗 | one's ancestors; the successive generations of forebears (idiom) | |
| 作主 作主 | to decide; to have the final say | |
| 姑爹 姑爹 | husband of father's sister; uncle | |
| 姑母 姑母 | father's sister; paternal aunt | |
| 通融 通融 | flexible; to accommodate; to stretch or get around regulations; a short-term loan | |
| 旨意 旨意 | decree | |
| 闲杂人等 閒雜人等 | idlers and unauthorized persons; miscellaneous people with no business being there (idiom) | |
| 赴任 赴任 | to travel to take up a new post | |
| 怪罪 怪罪 | to blame | |
| 获罪 獲罪 | to be deemed guilty; to be convicted | |
| 风寒 風寒 | cold (TCM) | |
| 众卿 眾卿 | all you ministers | |
| 水漫金山 水漫金山 | to flood Jinshan Temple (idiom, from Legend of the White Snake); a deluge; to inundate with overwhelming force | |
| 罪责 罪責 | guilt | |
| 罔顾 罔顧 | to ignore; to disregard | |
| 圣旨 聖旨 | imperial edict | |
| 欺君罔上 欺君罔上 | to dupe one's sovereign | |
| 狡辩 狡辯 | to deflect blame from oneself with a dishonest story; to make excuses | |
| 天理 天理 | Heaven's law; the natural order of things | |
| 野花 野花 | wildflower; woman of easy virtue | |
| 好端端 好端端 | perfectly all right; without rhyme or reason | |
| 名堂 名堂 | item (in a program of entertainments); trick (act of mischief); worthwhile result; accomplishment; sth significant but not immediately apparent; sth more than meets the eye | |
| 文诌诌 文謅謅 | bookish; genteel; erudite | |
| 瞎猜 瞎猜 | to make a wild guess; blind guess | |
| 嫁人 嫁人 | (of a woman) to get married; to take a husband | |
| 愚弄 愚弄 | to make a fool out of; to fool; to dupe | |
| 闲扯 閒扯 | to chat; idle talk | |
| 金榜 金榜 | (lit.) tablet with inscription in gold; (fig.) pass list for the top imperial examinations; roll of honor | |
| 舅母 舅母 | wife of mother's brother; aunt; maternal uncle's wife | |
| 光耀 光耀 | dazzling; brilliant | |
| 禀告 稟告 | to report (to one's superior) | |
| 婚嫁 婚嫁 | marriage | |
| 于心何忍 於心何忍 | how could one bear to do it? (idiom); how can one have the heart to be so cruel? | |
| 枉费 枉費 | to waste (one's breath, one's energy etc); to try in vain | |
| 圣贤书 聖賢書 | holy book | |
| 秃驴 禿驢 | (derog.) Buddhist monk | |
| 绝情 絕情 | heartless; without regard for others' feelings |