New Legend of Madame White Snake
Episode review
Chen Lun fails to defeat Prince Liang
S1E48 · 陈伦斗梁王失败
Vocabulary
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| 大恩大德 大恩大德 | (idiom) great kindness and benevolence; deep debt of gratitude | Idiom |
| 急流勇退 急流勇退 | lit. to retire bravely from the rapids (idiom); fig. to withdraw at the height of success while still ahead | Idiom |
| 水来土掩 水來土掩 | lit. when floods come, dam them with earth (idiom); fig. to counter each threat with a fitting measure as it arises | Idiom |
| 大风大浪 大風大浪 | lit. great winds and high waves (idiom); fig. severe trials and hardships; stormy times | Idiom |
| 暗箭难防 暗箭難防 | (idiom) a hidden arrow is hard to guard against; fig. secret schemes are hard to defend against | Idiom |
| 罪该万死 罪該萬死 | (idiom) the crime deserves ten thousand deaths; a thoroughly heinous, unforgivable offense | Idiom |
| 大慈大悲 大慈大悲 | (idiom) great mercy and compassion; infinitely merciful (esp. of Buddhist deities) | Idiom |
| 岂有此理 豈有此理 | how can this be so? (idiom); preposterous; ridiculous; absurd | Idiom |
| 异想天开 異想天開 | to imagine the wildest thing; to indulge in fantasy | Idiom |
| 袖手旁观 袖手旁觀 | to watch with folded arms (idiom); to look on without lifting a finger | Idiom |
| 无可奈何 無可奈何 | have no way out; have no alternative; abbr. to 无奈 | Xiehouyu |
| 照料 照料 | to tend; to take care of sb | Xiehouyu |
| 小人 小人 | person of low social status (old); I, me (used to refer humbly to oneself); nasty person; vile character | Xiehouyu |
| 无情 無情 | pitiless; ruthless; merciless; heartless | Xiehouyu |
| 闺女 閨女 | maiden; unmarried woman; (coll.) daughter | Colloquialism |
| 逮 逮 | (coll.) to catch; to seize | Colloquialism |
| 扯 扯 | to pull; to tear; (of cloth, thread etc) to buy; to chat; to gossip; (coll.) (Tw) ridiculous; hokey | Colloquialism |
| 娘 娘 | mother; young lady; (coll.) effeminate | Colloquialism |
| 腊月 臘月 | twelfth lunar month | |
| 过奖 過獎 | to overpraise; to flatter | |
| 打岔 打岔 | interruption; to interrupt (esp. talk); to change the subject | |
| 劳驾 勞駕 | excuse me | |
| 官吏 官吏 | bureaucrat; official | |
| 稍候 稍候 | to wait a moment | |
| 商贾 商賈 | merchant | |
| 推辞 推辭 | to decline (an appointment, invitation etc) | |
| 万万 萬萬 | absolutely; wholly | |
| 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 | |
| 生疏 生疏 | unfamiliar; strange; out of practice; not accustomed | |
| 破例 破例 | to make an exception | |
| 凑巧 湊巧 | fortuitously; luckily; as chance has it | |
| 启蒙 啟蒙 | to instruct the young; to initiate; to awake sb from ignorance; to free sb from prejudice or superstition; primer; enlightened; the Enlightenment; Western learning from the late Qing dynasty | |
| 不慎 不慎 | incautious; inattentive | |
| 鲁莽 魯莽 | hot-headed; impulsive; reckless | |
| 威风 威風 | might; awe-inspiring authority; impressive | |
| 挂念 掛念 | concerned | |
| 告示 告示 | announcement | |
| 显赫 顯赫 | illustrious; celebrated | |
| 渊源 淵源 | origin; source; relationship | |
| 辞退 辭退 | to dismiss; to discharge; to fire | |
| 菩萨 菩薩 | Bodhisattva (Buddhism) | |
| 作对 作對 | to set oneself against; to oppose; to make a pair | |
| 口令 口令 | oral command; a word of command (used in drilling troops or gymnasts); password (used by sentry) | |
| 元老 元老 | senior figure; elder; doyen | |
| 朴素 樸素 | plain and simple; unadorned; simple living; not frivolous | |
| 眼界 眼界 | ken; scope | |
| 竟敢 竟敢 | to have the impertinence; to have the cheek to | |
| 告辞 告辭 | to say goodbye; to take one's leave | |
| 交情 交情 | friendship; friendly relations | |
| 固然 固然 | admittedly (it's true that...) |