New Legend of Madame White Snake
Episode review
Top scholar Xu performs the pagoda rite
S1E49 · 许状元奉旨祭塔
Vocabulary
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| 逃 逃 | to escape; to run away; to flee | |
| 可怜 可憐 | pitiful; pathetic; to have pity on | |
| 厉害 厲害 | (used to describe sb or sth that makes a very strong impression, whether favorable or unfavorable) terrible; intense; severe; devastating; amazing; awesome; outstanding; (of a person) stern; strict; harsh; shrewd; tough; (of an animal) fierce; (of a resemblance) striking; (of liquor or chili pepper) strong; (of bacteria) virulent | |
| 吓 嚇 | to scare; to intimidate; to threaten; (interjection showing disapproval) tut-tut; (interjection showing astonishment) | |
| 恨 恨 | to hate; to regret | |
| 丢 丟 | to lose; to put aside; to throw | |
| 鬼 鬼 | disembodied spirit; ghost; devil; (suffix) person with a certain vice or addiction etc; sly; crafty; resourceful (variant of 诡); one of the 28 constellations of ancient Chinese astronomy | |
| 恢复 恢復 | to reinstate; to resume; to restore; to recover; to regain; to rehabilitate | |
| 待 待 | to stay | |
| 傻 傻 | foolish | |
| 陪 陪 | to accompany; to keep sb company; to assist; old variant of 赔 | |
| 再次 再次 | one more time; again; one more; once again | |
| 至 至 | to arrive; most; to; until | |
| 神 神 | God; abbr. for 舟 | |
| 令 令 | to order; to command; an order; warrant; writ; to cause; to make sth happen; virtuous; honorific title; season; government position (old); type of short song or poem | |
| 杀 殺 | to kill; to murder; to attack; to weaken or reduce; to smart (dialect); (used after a verb) extremely | |
| 其 其 | his; her; its; their; that; such; it (refers to sth preceding it) | |
| 肯定 肯定 | to be certain; to be positive; assuredly; definitely; to give recognition; to affirm; affirmative (answer) | |
| 如此 如此 | like this; so; such | |
| 唯一 唯一 | only; sole | |
| 将 將 | will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把) | |
| 可 可 | (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very | |
| 平安无事 平安無事 | safe and sound (idiom) | Idiom |
| 自身难保 自身難保 | powerless to defend oneself (idiom); helpless | Idiom |
| 言而有信 言而有信 | to speak and keep one's promise (idiom); as good as one's word | Idiom |
| 苦 苦 | bitter; hardship; pain; to suffer; to bring suffering to; painstakingly | Xiehouyu |
| 无法 無法 | unable; incapable | Xiehouyu |
| 案子 案子 | long table; counter; (coll.) case (criminal, medical etc); matter; project; job | Colloquialism |
| 老婆 老婆 | (coll.) wife | Colloquialism |
| 观世音菩萨 觀世音菩薩 | Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion or Goddess of Mercy (Sanskrit Avalokiteśvara) | Proper Noun |
| 白素贞 白素貞 | (name of a person) Bai Suzhen, from Madame White Snake | Proper Noun |
| 雷峰塔 雷峰塔 | Leifeng Pagoda, by West Lake until it was destroyed (also from Madam White Snake) | Proper Noun |
| 宝山 寶山 | Baoshang District of Shanghai; Baoshan District of Shuangyashan city, Heilongjiang; Baoshan or Paoshan township in Hsinchu County, northwest Taiwan | Proper Noun |
| 法海 法海 | Fahai, name of the evil Buddhist monk in Tale of the White Snake | Proper Noun |
| 刑部 刑部 | Ministry of Justice (in imperial China) | Proper Noun |
| 观音菩萨 觀音菩薩 | Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion or Goddess of Mercy (Sanskrit Avalokiteśvara) | Proper Noun |
| 礼部 禮部 | Ministry of (Confucian) Rites (in imperial China) | Proper Noun |
| 李 李 | Li (surname) | Proper Noun |
| 普陀山 普陀山 | Mt Potala at Zhoushan 舟山市 in Zhejiang, one of the Four Sacred Mountains and Bodhimanda of Guanyin 觀音|观音 (Avalokiteśvara) | Proper Noun |
| 尚书 尚書 | same as Book of History | Proper Noun |
| 江南 江南 | south of Changjiang or Yangtze river; south of the lower reaches of Changjiang; often refers to south Jiangsu, south Anhui and north Zhejiang provinces; a province during Qing times; in literature, refers to the sunny south; Gangnam (distri | Proper Noun |
| 汉文 漢文 | Chinese written language; Chinese literature esp. as taught abroad | Proper Noun |
| 没想到 沒想到 | didn't expect | |
| 谢 謝 | thank | |
| 御 御 | drive, ride; chariot; manage | |
| 结拜 結拜 | to become sworn brothers or sisters; sworn (brothers) | |
| 责 責 | duty; responsibility; to reproach; to blame | |
| 王爷 王爺 | prince; marquis; nobleman | |
| 什么人 什麼人 | what kind of person | |
| 怎么会 怎麼會 | how could it |