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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大慈大悲 大慈大悲 dà cí dà bēi 大: big, great, vast, large, high · 慈: kind, charitable, benevolent · 大: big, great, vast, large, high · 悲: sorrow, grief; sorry, sad Idiom ∼HSK 7
三朝元老 三朝元老 sān cháo yuán lǎo 三: three · 朝: dynasty; morning · 元: first; dollar; origin; head · 老: old, aged; experienced Idiom ∼HSK 7
大恩大德 大恩大德 dà ēn dà dé 大: big, great, vast, large, high · 恩: kindness, mercy, charity · 大: big, great, vast, large, high · 德: ethics, morality, virtue Idiom ∼HSK 7
光明磊落 光明磊落 guāng míng lěi luò open and candid (idiom); straightforward and upright Idiom HSK 7
冤枉 冤枉 yuān wang to accuse wrongly; to treat unjustly; injustice; wronged; not worthwhile Xiehouyu HSK 7
小人 小人 xiǎo rén person of low social status (old); I, me (used to refer humbly to oneself); nasty person; vile character Xiehouyu HSK 7
逗 逗 dòu to tease (playfully); to entice; (coll.) to joke; (coll.) funny; amusing; to stay; to sojourn; brief pause at the end of a phrase (variant of 读) Colloquialism HSK 7
娘 娘 niáng mother; young lady; (coll.) effeminate Colloquialism HSK 7
状元 狀元 zhuàng yuán 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 HSK 7
趁早 趁早 chèn zǎo as soon as possible; at the first opportunity; the sooner the better; before it's too late HSK 7
指教 指教 zhǐ jiào to give advice or comments HSK 7
存心 存心 cún xīn deliberately HSK 7
把柄 把柄 bǎ bǐng handle; (fig.) information that can be used against sb HSK 7
固有 固有 gù yǒu intrinsic to sth; inherent; native HSK 7
元老 元老 yuán lǎo senior figure; elder; doyen HSK 7
竟敢 竟敢 jìng gǎn to have the impertinence; to have the cheek to HSK 7
告辞 告辭 gào cí to say goodbye; to take one's leave HSK 7
曰 曰 yuē to speak; to say HSK 7
揣 揣 chuāi to put into (one's pockets, clothes); Taiwan pr. [chuǎi] HSK 7
好在 好在 hǎo zài luckily; fortunately HSK 7
挽 挽 wǎn to pull; to draw (a cart or a bow); to roll up; to coil; to carry on the arm; to lament the dead; (fig.) to pull against; to recover HSK 7
弟子 弟子 dì zǐ disciple; follower HSK 7
果真 果真 guǒ zhēn really; as expected; sure enough; if indeed...; if it's really... HSK 7
私自 私自 sī zì private; personal; secretly; without explicit approval HSK 7
蜡 蠟 là candle; wax HSK 7
陷害 陷害 xiàn hài to entrap; to set up; to frame (up); to make false charges against HSK 7
好歹 好歹 hǎo dǎi good and bad; most unfortunate occurrence; in any case; whatever HSK 7
恩怨 恩怨 ēn yuàn gratitude and grudges; resentment; grudges; grievances HSK 7
缘分 緣分 yuán fèn fate or chance that brings people together; predestined affinity or relationship; (Budd.) destiny HSK 7
缸 缸 gāng jar; vat; classifier for loads of laundry HSK 7
姨 姨 yí mother's sister; aunt HSK 7
棘手 棘手 jí shǒu thorny (problem); intractable HSK 7
美景 美景 měi jǐng beautiful scenery HSK 7
插手 插手 chā shǒu to get involved in; to meddle; interference HSK 7
君子 君子 jūn zǐ nobleman; person of noble character HSK 7
拣 揀 jiǎn to choose; to pick; to sort out; to pick up HSK 7
梳 梳 shū a comb; to comb HSK 7
不肯 不肯 bù kěn Refuse HSK 7
雕 彫 diāo to carve; to engrave; shrewd; bird of prey HSK 7
探望 探望 tàn wàng to visit; to call on sb; to look around HSK 7
玄 玄 xuán black; mysterious HSK 7
换取 換取 huàn qǔ to obtain (sth) in exchange; to exchange (sth) for (sth else) HSK 7
皇上 皇上 huáng shang the emperor; Your majesty the emperor; His imperial majesty HSK 7
棺材 棺材 guān cai coffin HSK 7
有幸 有幸 yǒu xìng fortunately HSK 7
糊 䊀 hú muddled; paste; scorched HSK 7
揉 揉 róu to knead; to massage; to rub HSK 7
修正 修正 xiū zhèng to revise; to amend HSK 7
遮 遮 zhē to cover up (a shortcoming); to screen off; to hide; to conceal HSK 7
良 良 liáng good; very; very much HSK 7