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Writer's picture鸑岚朠 Yuè LánYīng

灵契 Spiritpact, Season 2, Episode 2 [Vocabulary]

Updated: Jun 5, 2021

There seemed to be more relationship related words in this episode:


1. (6:46) 压马路

yà mǎlù

stroll around the streets,

especially of a young couple


2. (7:38) 撩妹

liáomèi

[colloquial] to flirt


3. (14:58) 家暴 [abbreviation for 家庭暴力]

jiābào

domestic violence


4. (17:13) 媒婆

méipó

matchmaker


5. (19:48) 强吻

qiángwěn

to forcefully kiss


6. (21:28) 他们不仅没有分开

tāmen bùjǐn méiyǒu fèn kāi

(21:29) 反而感情更加深厚了

fǎn'ér gǎnqíng gèngjiā shēnhòule

Not only did they not break up,

on the contrary, they deepened their emotional intimacy.


Translator: 鸑岚朠 Yuè LánYīng


I learned a new slang:


7:36 我勒个去 wǒ lè gè qù Shoot! / Crap!

勒 lè to rein in; to compel; to force



I also learned two new idioms:


1. (0:54) 弱不禁风 ruò bùjīn fēng "too weak to stand up to the wind"

extremely delicate; fragile state of health

禁 jīn to endure


2. (12:18) 劳逸结合 láoyì jiéhé work life balance

劳 láo to toil

逸 yì leisure



My two favorite phrases:


1. (0:56) 碰瓷儿 pèngcír scam

碰 pèng bump

瓷 cí porcelain


2. (9:22) 开小差 kāi xiǎo chāi

to be absent-minded; to desert; to abscond from the army; absent without leave (AWOL)

开 kāi open

小 xiǎo small

差 chāi to send; mission



To make things more confusing the word 差 has four different pronunciations and meanings:


1. 差 chà to differ from; to fall short of; lacking; wrong; inferior

2. 差 chā difference; discrepancy; to differ; error; to err; to make a mistake

3. 差 cī irregular; uneven

4. 差 chāi to send; to commission; messenger; mission

Examples of 1 差 chà

差点 chàdiǎn almost; nearly

差劲 chàjìn bad; no good; below average; disappointing

相差 xiāngchà to differ; discrepancy between

不差 bùchà not bad; OK


Examples of 2 差 chā

差别 chābié difference; distinction; diversity; disparity

差错 chācuò mistake; slip-up; fault; error (in data transmission); accident; mishap

偏差 piānchā bias; deviation

时差 shíchā time difference; time lag; jet lag

不差 bùchā to not lack


Examples of 3 差 cī

参差 cēncī uneven; jagged; snaggletooth; ragged; serrated

屈光参差 qū guāng cēncī anisometropia


Examples of 4 差 chāi

差事 chāishi errand; assignment; job; commission

差派 chāipài to dispatch

出差 chūchāi to go on an official or business trip

邮差 yóuchāi postman

信差 xìnchāi messenger



My favorite sentence in the series thus far:


21:13 神喻,这世间没有显灵一说,一切所见,不过都是人们内心处最深的渴望,一切都只是你的想象。

Shén yù, zhè shìjiān méiyǒu xiǎnlíng yī shuō, yīqiè suǒ jiàn, bùguò dōu shì rénmen nèixīn chù zuìshēn de kěwàng yīqiè dōu zhǐshì nǐ de xiǎngxiàng.

Divine Revelation: There are no physical manifestations in this world, everything that people see is just the deep yearning within their own hearts, everything exists only in your imagination.


Translator: 鸑岚朠 Yuè LánYīng

Above panel is translated by MTL Asana.




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