New Legend of Madame White Snake

Episode review

Top scholar Xu performs the pagoda rite

S1E49 · 许状元奉旨祭塔 xǔ zhuàngyuán fèngzhǐ zhài tǎ

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所 所 suǒ actually; place; classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc; that which; particle introducing a relative clause or passive HSK 3
就是 就是 jiù shì exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也) even; even if HSK 3
被 被 bèi quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅游 to "go on a trip", for example) HSK 3
把 把 bǎ to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把 + {noun} + {verb}) HSK 3
行不通 行不通 xíng bu tōng won't work; will get (you) nowhere Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
西湖 西湖 Xī hú Xihu or West lake (place name); West Lake in Hangzhou 杭州, Zhejiang; Xihu or Hsihu township in Miaoli county, northwest Taiwan Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
言 言 yán words, speech; speak, say ∼HSK 2
林 林 Lín forest, grove; surname ∼HSK 2
物 物 wù thing, substance, creature ∼HSK 2
孩 孩 hái baby, child; children ∼HSK 2
然 然 rán yes, certainly; pledge, promise ∼HSK 2
老夫 老夫 lǎo fū I (spoken by an old man) ∼HSK 2
身 身 shēn body; trunk, hull; rad. no. 158 ∼HSK 2
世 世 Shì generation; world; era ∼HSK 2
房 房 Fáng surname Fang ∼HSK 2
目 目 mù eye; look, see; division, topic ∼HSK 2
参 參 cān take part in, intervene; ginseng ∼HSK 2
一定要 一定要 yī dìng yào must ∼HSK 2
生路 生路 shēng lù a way to make a living; a way to survive; a way out of a predicament ∼HSK 2
府 府 fǔ prefecture; prefect; government ∼HSK 2
助 助 zhù help, aid, assist ∼HSK 2
千年 千年 qiān nián millennium ∼HSK 2
得要 得要 děi yào to need; must ∼HSK 2
易 易 Yì change; easy ∼HSK 2
千里 千里 qiān lǐ a thousand miles; a thousand li (i.e. 500 kilometers); a long distance ∼HSK 2
得逞 得逞 dé chěng to prevail; to have one's way; to get away with it ∼HSK 2
操 撡 cāo conduct, run, control, manage ∼HSK 2
有希望 有希望 yǒu xī wàng hopeful; promising; prospective ∼HSK 2
真意 真意 zhēn yì real intention; true meaning; correct interpretation ∼HSK 2
小意思 小意思 xiǎo yì si small token; mere trifle (used of one's gifts) ∼HSK 2
包在我身上 包在我身上 bāo zài wǒ shēn shang leave it to me (idiom); I'll take care of it ∼HSK 2
生就 生就 shēng jiù to be born with; to be gifted with ∼HSK 2
司 司 Sī take charge of, control, manage; officer ∼HSK 2
明知 明知 míng zhī to be fully aware of; to know perfectly well ∼HSK 2
咖 咖 gā coffee; a phonetic ∼HSK 2
案 案 àn table, bench; legal case ∼HSK 2
在位 在位 zài wèi to be on the throne; to reign; to hold a particular leadership position ∼HSK 2
微 微 Wēi small, prefix micro-, trifling ∼HSK 2
丈 丈 zhàng unit of length equal 3.3 meters; gentleman, man, husband ∼HSK 2
妻 妻 qī wife ∼HSK 2
祈求 祈求 qí qiú to pray for; to appeal ∼HSK 2
来得 來得 lái de to emerge (from a comparison); to come out as; to be competent or equal to ∼HSK 2
送到 送到 sòng dào Deliver HSK 2
老是 老是 lǎo shi always HSK 2
商量 商量 shāng liang to consult; to talk over; to discuss HSK 2
刻 刻 kè quarter (hour); moment; to carve; to engrave; to cut; oppressive; classifier for short time intervals HSK 2
好人 好人 hǎo rén good person; healthy person; person who tries not to offend anyone, even at the expense of principle HSK 2
云 云 yún (classical) to say HSK 2
平安 平安 píng ān safe and sound; well; without mishap; quiet and safe; at peace HSK 2
熟 熟 shú ripe; mature; thoroughly cooked; done; familiar; acquainted; experienced; skilled; (of sleep etc) deep; profound; also pr. [shóu] HSK 2