New Legend of Madame White Snake

Episode review

Husband and Wife Meet Yama in the Underworld

S1E8 · 夫妻阴间见阎王 fūqī yīnjiān jiànyánwáng

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4.39 Intermediate

Vocabulary

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之 之 zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it HSK 7
人命关天 人命關天 rén mìng guān tiān human life is beyond value (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
妖魔鬼怪 妖魔鬼怪 yāo mó guǐ guài demons and ghosts Idiom ∼HSK 6
凶神恶煞 兇神惡煞 xiōng shén - è shà (idiom) fiends; devils; monsters Idiom ∼HSK 6
杀气腾腾 殺氣騰騰 shā qì téng téng ferocious; murderous-looking Idiom ∼HSK 6
拐弯抹角 拐彎抹角 guǎi wān mò jiǎo lit. going round the curves and skirting the corners (idiom); fig. to speak in a roundabout way; to equivocate; to beat about the bush Idiom ∼HSK 6
童叟无欺 童叟無欺 tóng sǒu wú qī cheating neither old nor young (idiom); treating youngsters and old folk equally scrupulously; Our house offers sincere treatment to all and fair trade to old and young alike. Idiom ∼HSK 6
束手无策 束手無策 shù shǒu wú cè lit. to have one's hands bound and be unable to do anything about it (idiom); fig. helpless in the face of a crisis Idiom ∼HSK 6
就算 就算 jiù suàn (coll.) even if Colloquialism HSK 6
嘛 嘛 má used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 6
有没有 有沒有 yǒu méi yǒu (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?; Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)? HSK 6
娘子 娘子 niáng zǐ (dialect) form of address for one's wife; polite form of address for a woman ∼HSK 6
相公 相公 xiàng gong lord; master; young gentleman; male prostitute; catamite; mahjong player disqualified by unintentionally taking in the wrong number of dominoes; (old form of address for one's husband) husband ∼HSK 6
灵芝 靈芝 líng zhī lingzhi or reishi mushroom (Ganoderma lucidum) ∼HSK 6
胭脂 胭脂 yān zhī rouge ∼HSK 6
大仙 大仙 dà xiān Great Immortal ∼HSK 6
吓昏 嚇昏 xià hūn to faint from fear; to be frightened into fits; shell-shocked ∼HSK 6
判官 判官 pàn guān magistrate (during Tang and Song dynasties); mythological underworld judge ∼HSK 6
枉死 枉死 wǎng sǐ to die in tragic circumstances ∼HSK 6
孽畜 孽畜 niè chù evil beast (cursing demons) ∼HSK 6
原形 原形 yuán xíng original shape; true appearance (under the disguise); true character ∼HSK 6
徒儿 徒兒 tú rén disciple (address) ∼HSK 6
游丝 游絲 yóu sī gossamer; hairspring ∼HSK 6
魂魄 魂魄 hún pò soul ∼HSK 6
下跪 下跪 xià guì to kneel; to go down on one's knees ∼HSK 6
何人 何人 hé rén who ∼HSK 6
冤魂 冤魂 yuān hún ghost of one who died unjustly; departed spirit demanding vengeance for grievances ∼HSK 6
之恩 之恩 zhī ēn kindness; favor; debt of gratitude (as in 救命之恩 the kindness of saving one's life) ∼HSK 6
嚷嚷 嚷嚷 rāng rang to argue noisily; to shout; to make widely known; to reproach ∼HSK 6
老板娘 老闆娘 lǎo bǎn niáng female proprietor; lady boss; boss's wife ∼HSK 6
精制 精製 jīng zhì refined ∼HSK 6
市集 市集 shì jí fair; market (in a public place); small town ∼HSK 6
不舒服 不舒服 bù shū fu unwell; feeling ill; to feel uncomfortable; uneasy ∼HSK 6
护法 護法 hù fǎ to keep the law; to protect Buddha's teachings; protector of Buddhist law (i.e. temple donor) ∼HSK 6
仙草 仙草 xiān cǎo medicinal herb (genus Mesona); grass jelly ∼HSK 6
赐给 賜給 cì gěi to bestow; to give ∼HSK 6
凡间 凡間 fán jiān the secular world ∼HSK 6
有缘 有緣 yǒu yuán related; brought together by fate ∼HSK 6
一息尚存 一息尚存 yī xī shàng cún as long as one still draws breath; while there is still life left (idiom) ∼HSK 6
冷清清 冷清清 lěng qīng qīng deserted; desolate; unfrequented; cold and cheerless; lonely; in quiet isolation ∼HSK 6
必经之路 必經之路 bì jīng zhī lù (idiom) the road one must follow; the only way ∼HSK 6
极乐世界 極樂世界 jí lè shì jiè paradise (mainly Buddhist); Elysium; (Budd.) Sukhavati ∼HSK 6
生生世世 生生世世 shēng shēng shì shì throughout all generations (idiom); life after life; for all eternity ∼HSK 6
审问 審問 shěn wèn to interrogate; to examine; to question ∼HSK 6
投胎 投胎 tóu tāi to be reincarnated ∼HSK 6
清官 清官 qīng guān honest and upright official (traditional) ∼HSK 6
时辰 時辰 shíchen two-hour period ∼HSK 6
啰嗦 囉嗦 luō suo variant of ∼HSK 6
娘娘 娘娘 niáng niang queen; empress; imperial concubine; Goddess, esp. Xi Wangmu 王母娘娘 or 西王母, Queen Mother of the West; mother; aunt ∼HSK 6
罪孽 罪孽 zuì niè sin; crime; wrongdoing ∼HSK 6