Carry On Con Men 1975
陈梦吉计破脂粉阵
The two lead roles (Liang Tien & Chang Ying) are in competition (never really explained why), teaching people lesson (including each other), but when the going gets tough, they join forces.
Vocabulary
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| 用计 用計 | to employ a stratagem | |
| 将功赎罪 將功贖罪 | to atone for one's crimes by meritorious acts | |
| 贪心 貪心 | greedy | |
| 不舒服 不舒服 | unwell; feeling ill; to feel uncomfortable; uneasy | |
| 脚踏 腳踏 | pedal | |
| 不妥 不妥 | not proper; inappropriate | |
| 水桶 水桶 | bucket | |
| 墨砚 墨硯 | ink slab; ink stone | |
| 雅士 雅士 | elegant scholar | |
| 妙笔生花 妙筆生花 | gifted or skillful writing | |
| 据我看 據我看 | in my view; in my opinion; from what I can see | |
| 阿斗 阿斗 | A-dou, nickname of Liu Shan (207-271), son of Liu Bei, reigned as Shu Han emperor 233-263; (fig.) weak and inept person | |
| 翡翠 翡翠 | jadeite; tree kingfisher | |
| 虾子 蝦子 | shrimp roe; shrimp eggs | |
| 妙品 妙品 | a fine work of art | |
| 喘不过 喘不過 | to be unable to breathe easily | |
| 种畜 種畜 | breeding stock (of animal species); stud | |
| 情面 情面 | feelings and sensibilities; sentiment and face; sensitivity to other's feelings | |
| 大吉 大吉 | very auspicious; extremely lucky | |
| 不顺 不順 | unfavorable; adverse | |
| 客串 客串 | to appear on stage in an amateur capacity; (of a professional) to make a guest appearance; (fig.) to assume a role outside one's usual duties; to substitute for | |
| 气概 氣概 | lofty quality; mettle; spirit | |
| 老乡 老鄉 | fellow townsman; fellow villager; sb from the same hometown | |
| 好似 好似 | to seem; to be like | |
| 耳环 耳環 | earring | |
| 仰 仰 | to face upward; to look up; to admire; to rely on | |
| 拖鞋 拖鞋 | slippers; sandals; flip-flops | |
| 背着 背著 | carrying on one's back | |
| 谦虚 謙虛 | modest; self-effacing; to make modest remarks | |
| 醋 醋 | vinegar; jealousy (in love rivalry) | |
| 识 識 | to know; knowledge; Taiwan pr. [shì] | |
| 再生 再生 | to be reborn; to regenerate; to be a second so-and-so (famous dead person); recycling; regeneration | |
| 热水 熱水 | hot water | |
| 有事 有事 | to be occupied with sth; to have sth on one's mind; there is something the matter | |
| 粥 粥 | used in 荤粥 | |
| 捉 捉 | to clutch; to grab; to capture | |
| 嫌 嫌 | to dislike; suspicion; resentment; enmity; abbr. for 犯, criminal suspect | |
| 赖 賴 | to depend on; to hang on in a place; bad; to renege (on promise); to disclaim; to rat (on debts); rascally; to blame; to put the blame on | |
| 番 番 | foreign (non-Chinese); barbarian; classifier for occurrences (of an event, action or speech utterance); classifier for iterations: times, -fold (as in twofold etc); classifier for situations: kind, sort | |
| 发起 發起 | to originate; to initiate; to launch (an attack, an initiative etc); to start; to propose sth (for the first time) | |
| 想不到 想不到 | unexpected; hard to imagine; it had not occurred to me; who could have thought that | |
| 顾 顧 | to look after; to take into consideration; to attend to | |
| 吞 吞 | to swallow; to take | |
| 净 淨 | clean; completely; only; net (income, exports etc); (Chinese opera) painted face male role | |
| 扭 扭 | to turn; to twist; to wring; to sprain; to swing one's hips | |
| 添 添 | to add; to increase; to replenish | |
| 刚好 剛好 | just; exactly; to happen to be | |
| 欺负 欺負 | to bully | |
| 磨 磨 | to rub; to grind; to polish; to sharpen; to wear down; to die out; to waste time; to pester; to insist | |
| 仓库 倉庫 | depot; storehouse; warehouse |