New Legend of Madame White Snake

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Husband and Wife Meet Yama in the Underworld

S1E8 · 夫妻阴间见阎王 fūqī yīnjiān jiànyánwáng

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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
家娘 家娘 jiā niáng (dialect) husband's mother ∼HSK 6
老伯 老伯 lǎo bó uncle (polite form of address for older male) ∼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
捕头 捕頭 bǔ tóu constable ∼HSK 6
贫僧 貧僧 pínsēng this humble monk ∼HSK 6
施主 施主 shī zhǔ donor (Buddhist address) ∼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
金山寺 金山寺 jīn shān sì Jinshan Temple, where Fahai lives (from Madam White Snake) ∼HSK 6
押解 押解 yā jiè to send away under escort (criminals, goods etc) ∼HSK 6
缉捕 緝捕 jī bǔ to seize; to apprehend; an arrest ∼HSK 6
清白 清白 qīng bái pure; innocent ∼HSK 6
重罪 重罪 zhòng zuì serious crime; felony ∼HSK 6
过堂 過堂 guò táng to appear in court for trial (old); (of Buddhist monks) to have a meal together in the temple hall ∼HSK 6
不顺 不順 bù shùn unfavorable; adverse ∼HSK 6
利钱 利錢 lì qián interest (on a loan etc) ∼HSK 6
魂魄 魂魄 hún pò soul ∼HSK 6
秃驴 禿驢 tū lǘ (derog.) Buddhist monk ∼HSK 6
仗势 仗勢 zhàng shì to rely on power ∼HSK 6
共谋 共謀 gòng móu to scheme together; to conspire; joint plan; conspiracy ∼HSK 6
畏罪潜逃 畏罪潛逃 wèi zuì qián táo to flee to escape punishment; to abscond from justice ∼HSK 6
人犯 人犯 rén fàn criminal; culprit; suspect (old) ∼HSK 6
荡然 盪然 dàng rán variant of 蕩然|荡然[dang4 ran2] ∼HSK 6
改判 改判 gǎi pàn (law) to amend a judgment; to commute; (in a contest or exam) to change the original decision or score ∼HSK 6
钱庄 錢莊 qián zhuāng old-style money shop (a type of private bank that first appeared in the Ming dynasty, flourished in the Qing, and was phased out after 1949); (in recent times) informal financial company, often operating at the edges of what is legal ∼HSK 6
有缘 有緣 yǒu yuán related; brought together by fate ∼HSK 6
案情 案情 àn qíng details of a case; case ∼HSK 6
妄图 妄圖 wàng tú to try in vain; futile attempt ∼HSK 6
据为己有 據為己有 jù wéi jǐ yǒu (idiom) to illegally take possession of; to appropriate ∼HSK 6
岂止 豈止 qǐ zhǐ not only; far from; more than ∼HSK 6
酷刑折磨 酷刑折磨 kù xíng zhé mó torture and cruel treatment ∼HSK 6
行善 行善 xíng shàn to do good works; to be merciful ∼HSK 6
心服 心服 xīn fú to accept wholeheartedly; to embrace; to be won over ∼HSK 6
情非得已 情非得已 qíng fēi dé yǐ compelled by the circumstances (to do sth); (have) no other choice (but do sth); (used as a pun in romance) can't help but fall in love ∼HSK 6
有道理 有道理 yǒu dào li to make sense; reasonable ∼HSK 6
公理 公理 gōng lǐ self-evident truth; (math.) axiom ∼HSK 6
恶徒 惡徒 è tú hoodlum; bad guy ∼HSK 6
秉公 秉公 bǐng gōng justly; impartially ∼HSK 6
伙计 伙計 huǒ ji partner; fellow; mate; waiter; servant; shop assistant ∼HSK 6
活捉 活捉 huó zhuō to capture alive ∼HSK 6
尸首 屍首 shī shou dead body; corpse (Note: In expressions like 屍首分離|尸首分离[shi1shou5-fen1li2] or 屍首異處|尸首异处[shi1shou5-yi4chu4], decapitation is implied.) ∼HSK 6
赚回来 賺回來 zhuàn huí lai to earn back (money one invested, wasted etc) ∼HSK 6
承蒙 承蒙 chéng méng to be indebted (to sb) ∼HSK 6
怪罪 怪罪 guài zuì to blame ∼HSK 6
如来 如來 rú lái tathagata (Buddha's name for himself, having many layers of meaning - Sanskrit: thus gone, having been Brahman, gone to the absolute etc) ∼HSK 6
善哉 善哉 shàn zāi well said! (Buddhist) ∼HSK 6
妖孽 妖孽 yāo niè evil omen, monster ∼HSK 6
清风 清風 qīng fēng cool breeze; fig. pure and honest ∼HSK 6
不顾一切 不顧一切 bù gù - yī qiè (idiom) to disregard all negative considerations; to cast aside all concerns ∼HSK 6
不误 不誤 bù wù used in expressions of the form 照V不誤|照V不误[zhao4 xx5 bu4 wu4], in which V is a verb, 照[zhao4] means "as before", and the overall meaning is "carry on (doing sth) regardless" or "continue (to do sth) in spite of changed circumstances", e.g. 照 ∼HSK 6