New Legend of Madame White Snake

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Bai Suzhen Prays for a Child and Conceives

S1E6 · 白素贞求子怀孕 báisùzhēn qiúzǐ huáiyùn

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自不量力 自不量力 zì bù liàng lì to overestimate one's capabilities (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 4
飞黄腾达 飛黃騰達 Fēi huáng téng dá lit. the divine steed Feihuang gallops (idiom); fig. to achieve meteoric success in one's career Idiom ∼HSK 4
平安无事 平安無事 píng ān wú shì safe and sound (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 4
落空 落空 là kòng to omit; to neglect (to do sth); to miss a chance; to let an opportunity slip by Xiehouyu ∼HSK 4
无用 無用 wú yòng useless; worthless Xiehouyu ∼HSK 4
苦 苦 kǔ bitter; hardship; pain; to suffer; to bring suffering to; painstakingly Xiehouyu HSK 4
无法 無法 wú fǎ unable; incapable Xiehouyu HSK 4
老婆 老婆 lǎo pó (coll.) wife Colloquialism HSK 4
德安 德安 Dé ān De'an county in Jiujiang 九江, Jiangxi Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
白素贞 白素貞 Bái Sù zhēn (name of a person) Bai Suzhen, from Madame White Snake Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
圣诞 聖誕 Shèng dàn Christmas; birthday of reigning Emperor; Confucius' birthday Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
黑白无常 黑白無常 Hēi Bái Wú cháng (Chinese folk religion) Heibai Wuchang: two deities, one dressed in black and the other in white, responsible for escorting the spirits of the dead to the underworld Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
观音 觀音 Guānyīn Guanyin (Goddess of Mercy) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
华佗再世 華佗再世 Huà Tuó zài shì lit. a reincarnation of Hua Tuo, the legendary physician of the Eastern Han Dynasty (idiom); fig. a highly skilled and virtuous doctor; a miracle-working physician Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
扁鹊 扁鵲 Biǎn Què 秦越人[Qin2 Yue4 ren2] (407-310 BC), Warring States physician known for his medical skills, nicknamed Bian Que after the earliest known Chinese physician allegedly from the 黃帝|黄帝[Huang2 di4] era Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
广寒宫 廣寒宮 yǎn hán gōng Moon Palace Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
汉文 漢文 Hàn wén Chinese written language; Chinese literature esp. as taught abroad Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
府城 府城 fǔ chéng capital of 府 prefecture (from Tang to Qing times); prefectural seat Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
杏林 杏林 Xìng lín Xinglin District of Xiamen city (renamed Haicang 海滄區|海沧区[Hai3 cang1 Qu1] in 2003) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
闯王 闖王 Chuǎng Wáng Chuangwang or Roaming King, adopted name of late Ming peasant rebel leader Li Zicheng 李自成 (1605-1645) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
没想到 沒想到 méi xiǎng dào didn't expect HSK 4
仙 仙 xiān immortal ∼HSK 4
王爷 王爺 wáng ye prince; marquis; nobleman ∼HSK 4
会首 會首 huì shǒu head of a society; sponsor of an organization ∼HSK 4
公子 公子 gōng zǐ son of an official; son of nobility; your son (honorific) ∼HSK 4
郑 鄭 Zhèng the name of a state in the Zhou dynasty in the vicinity of present-day Xinzheng 新鄭|新郑[Xin1zheng4], a county-level city in Henan; surname Zheng; abbr. for Zhengzhou 鄭州|郑州[Zheng4zhou1], the capital of Henan ∼HSK 4
医术 醫術 yī shù medical expertise; art of healing ∼HSK 4
治好 治好 zhì hǎo to cure ∼HSK 4
怎么会 怎麼會 zěn yāo huì how could it ∼HSK 4
家父 家父 jiā fù (polite) my father ∼HSK 4
意 意 Yì meaning, intent ∼HSK 4
什么事 什麼事 shén me shì what matter ∼HSK 4
登门 登門 dēng mén to visit sb at home ∼HSK 4
泰 泰 Tài great, exalted, superior; big ∼HSK 4
轮值 輪值 lún zhí to take turns on duty ∼HSK 4
乖乖 乖乖 guāi guāi (of a child) well-behaved; obediently; (term of endearment for a child) darling; sweetie ∼HSK 4
草民 草民 cǎo mín the grass roots; the hoi polloi ∼HSK 4
官差 官差 guān chāi official business; government workmen; odd-job men ∼HSK 4
可不 可不 kě bu see 可不是[ke3 bu5 shi4] ∼HSK 4
定当 定當 dìng dāng necessarily ∼HSK 4
怎么能 怎麼能 zěn yāo néng how could one ∼HSK 4
禁药 禁藥 jìn yào drugs ban (e.g. for athletes) ∼HSK 4
知 知 zhī know ∼HSK 4
翻脸 翻臉 fān liǎn to fall out with sb; to become hostile ∼HSK 4
失手 失手 shī shǒu a slip; miscalculation; unwise move; accidentally; by mistake; to lose control; to be defeated ∼HSK 4
肚 肚 dǔ belly; abdomen; bowels ∼HSK 4
推展 推展 tuī zhǎn to propagate; to popularize ∼HSK 4
镜 鏡 jìng mirror; lens; glass; glasses ∼HSK 4
人潮 人潮 rén cháo a tide of people ∼HSK 4
律条 律條 lǜ tiáo a law ∼HSK 4