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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娘的 孃的 niáng de same as ∼HSK 6
金銮殿 金鑾殿 jīn luán diàn throne room ∼HSK 6
嫌隙 嫌隙 xián xì hostility; animosity ∼HSK 6
圣旨 聖旨 shèng zhǐ imperial edict ∼HSK 6
奉天承运 奉天承運 fèng tiān chéng yùn in accordance with the will of Heaven (idiom); opening phrase of imperial edicts ∼HSK 6
谢恩 謝恩 xiè ēn thank for grace ∼HSK 6
官复原职 官復原職 guān fù yuán zhí restored to one's official post; to send sb back to his former post ∼HSK 6
金山寺 金山寺 jīn shān sì Jinshan Temple, where Fahai lives (from Madam White Snake) ∼HSK 6
水漫金山 水漫金山 shuǐ màn jīn shān to flood Jinshan Temple (idiom, from Legend of the White Snake); a deluge; to inundate with overwhelming force ∼HSK 6
生灵 生靈 shēng líng (literary) the people; living thing; creature ∼HSK 6
冤狱 冤獄 yuān yù unjust charge or verdict; miscarriage of justice; frame-up ∼HSK 6
探监 探監 tàn jiān to visit a prisoner (usu. a relative or friend) ∼HSK 6
自幼 自幼 zì yòu from childhood ∼HSK 6
情有可原 情有可原 qíng yǒu kě yuán pardonable (of interruption, misunderstanding etc) ∼HSK 6
心甘情愿 心甘情願 xīn gān qíng yuàn delighted to (do sth, idiom); perfectly happy to do; most willing to do ∼HSK 6
痴情 癡情 chī qíng infatuation ∼HSK 6
旨意 旨意 zhǐ yì decree ∼HSK 6
损毁 損毀 sǔn huǐ to damage; to wreck; to destroy ∼HSK 6
惩戒 懲戒 chéng jiè to discipline; reprimand ∼HSK 6
下凡 下凡 xià fán (of immortals) to descend to the human world ∼HSK 6
凡事 凡事 fán shì everything ∼HSK 6
不善 不善 bù shàn bad; ill; not good at; not to be pooh-poohed; quite impressive ∼HSK 6
散尽 散盡 sàn jìn to be totally dispersed (crowd) ∼HSK 6
天谴 天譴 tiān qiǎn the wrath of Heaven; imperial displeasure ∼HSK 6
切勿 切勿 qiè wù by no means ∼HSK 6
罪孽 罪孽 zuì niè sin; crime; wrongdoing ∼HSK 6
消灾 消災 xiāo zāi to avoid calamities ∼HSK 6
为民除害 為民除害 wèi mín - chú hài (idiom) to rid the people of a scourge ∼HSK 6
瞒不过 瞞不過 mán bù guò cannot conceal (a matter) from (sb) ∼HSK 6
善恶 善惡 shàn è good and evil; good versus evil ∼HSK 6
自食恶果 自食惡果 zì shí è guǒ lit. to eat one's own bitter fruit (idiom); fig. to suffer the consequences of one's own actions; to stew in one's own juice ∼HSK 6
作恶 作惡 zuò è to do evil ∼HSK 6
通融 通融 tōng róng flexible; to accommodate; to stretch or get around regulations; a short-term loan ∼HSK 6
钦命 欽命 qīn mìng Imperial order or edict (old) ∼HSK 6
要犯 要犯 yào fàn major criminal ∼HSK 6
有道理 有道理 yǒu dào li to make sense; reasonable ∼HSK 6
罢黜 罷黜 bà chù to dismiss from office; to ban; to reject ∼HSK 6
功名 功名 gōng míng scholarly honor (in imperial exams); rank; achievement; fame; glory ∼HSK 6
生死未卜 生死未卜 shēng sǐ wèi bǔ one's fate hangs in the balance between life and death (idiom); survival uncertain ∼HSK 6
降旨 降旨 jiàng zhǐ to issue an imperial edict ∼HSK 6
革除 革除 gé chú to eliminate; to expel; to abolish ∼HSK 6
定刑 定刑 dìng xíng to sentence (a criminal) ∼HSK 6
以儆效尤 以儆效尤 yǐ jǐng xiào yóu (idiom) to warn against following bad examples; as a warning to others ∼HSK 6
公报私仇 公報私仇 gōng bào sī chóu to use public office to avenge private wrongs ∼HSK 6
不妥 不妥 bù tuǒ not proper; inappropriate ∼HSK 6
饶舌 饒舌 ráo shé talkative; to blather; to shoot one's mouth off; rap (genre of music) ∼HSK 6
周延 周延 zhōu yán exhaustive; distributed (logic: applies to every instance) ∼HSK 6
道听涂说 道聽塗說 dào tīng tú shuō to spread hearsay; gossip picked up on the road and repeated (idiom); unfounded rumors ∼HSK 6
擅闯 擅闖 shàn chuǎng to enter without permission; to trespass ∼HSK 6
冤仇 冤仇 yuān chóu rancor; enmity; hatred resulting from grievances ∼HSK 6