the term Wuxia is referring to a genre of Chinese fiction
that takes place in ancient china that features swordsmen or women known as
which literally means martial heroes
some of the most popular Wuxia dramas these days include the untamed word of honour yes
honour is spelled with a 'u' eternal love and ashes of love all of which can be watched for
free with pinyin subtitles and translation on our website at zerotohero.ca/en/zh/tv-shows
anyhow in this video let's learn some useful phrases from Wuxia dramas that you can actually
use in your daily Chinese conversation let's get started the first phrase is
this character means please but as a standalone phrase means please come this
way or after you it's usually used when you're ushering your guest in let's see an example
notice that the host is ushering his guest in by saying 请
which means come this way come in or after you
let's see another example
the next phrase is 对了 it literally means that's right but when it's
used at the beginning of a sentence it means oh yeah i almost forgot to mention
or by the way notice how the following drama clips use the word 对了 by the way
对了
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多 means a lot and 谢 is thank you so 多谢 together means thanks a lot
and yes that's the hand gesture you make when you say thank you in Wuxia dramas
and which you can also type on wechat another common phrase from Wuxia dramas is
what's wrong 怎么 means how or what 了 is a particle indicating completion that
something has taken place think of 了 as i've done it it's done
怎么了 what has happened what's the matter what's wrong let's look at some examples
the next phrase is
this simply means boring if someone says something that's
meant to be funny but it's not actually funny you can say 无聊 that's boring in the drama untamed
the character Lan Zhan often says to his friend Wei Wuxian when he gets annoyed let's see
the next phrase is 闭嘴 it means shut your mouth this is fairly straightforward
闭 means to shut 嘴 means mouth so 闭嘴 is shut your trap
last but not least is the word
it literally means to roll or roll away
so if you're angry and you want someone to get lost you can yell
get lost
and congratulations you've learned seven useful phrases from Wuxia dramas
or at least you know what Wuxia dramas are
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do you know any other phrases from Wuxia dramas that you find useful what's your favorite Wuxia
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