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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| 嬲 嬲 | frolic, play with; flirt with; (Cant.) angry | |
| 似 似 | resemble (literary) | |
| 畀 畀 | to give | |
| 捋 捋 | to pluck; to gather in the fingers; to rub; to scrape off | |
| 骂人 罵人 | to swear or curse (at people); to scold or yell at someone | |
| 姣 姣 | beautiful, handsome, pretty | |
| 太监 太監 | court eunuch; palace eunuch | |
| 娇 嬌 | seductive and loveable; tender | |
| 埠 埠 | port city | |
| 义气 義氣 | spirit of loyalty and self-sacrifice; code of brotherhood; also pr. [yi4 qi5] | |
| 拜 拜 | bow, worship | |
| 寿星 壽星 | god of longevity; elderly person whose birthday is being celebrated | |
| 香滑 香滑 | creamy | |
| 叻 叻 | used in place names; (Cant.) smart, clever | |
| 嫂 嫂 | (bound form) older brother's wife; sister-in-law | |
| 先声 先聲 | herald; precursor; harbinger | |
| 钮 鈕 | button, knob; surname | |
| 脂 脂 | fat, grease, lard; grease | |
| 胭 胭 | rouge, cosmetics | |
| 辫 辮 | braid; pigtail, plait, queue | |
| 髻 髻 | hair rolled up in a bun, topknot | |
| 蚊 蚊 | mosquito; gnat | |
| 做鬼 做鬼 | to play tricks; to cheat; to get up to mischief; to become a ghost; to give up the ghost | |
| 叉烧包 叉燒包 | steamed bun stuffed with skewer-roasted pork | |
| 灶 灶 | kitchen stove, cooking stove | |
| 理应 理應 | should; ought to | |
| 弊 弊 | evil, wrong, bad; criminal | |
| 青绿 青綠 | lush green; dark green; turquoise | |
| 舍 捨 | to give up; to abandon; to give alms | |
| 滞 滯 | block up, obstruct; stagnant | |
| 即刻 即刻 | immediately; instant; instantly | |
| 憎 憎 | hate, detest, abhor; hatred | |
| 姑 姑 | paternal aunt; husband's sister; husband's mother (old); nun; for the time being (literary) | |
| 寡 寡 | widowed; alone, friendless | |
| 呷 呷 | suck, swallow, drink | |
| 家姑 家姑 | (polite) father's sisters | |
| 妇 婦 | married women; woman; wife | |
| 阻 阻 | impede, hinder, obstruct; oppose | |
| 怎 怎 | how (variant of 怎么) | |
| 不知所谓 不知所謂 | nonsense; nonsensical; incomprehensible; to make no sense | |
| 啖 啖 | eat, feed; chew, bite; entice | |
| 郁 鬱 | sweet smelling, rich in aroma; (Cant.) to move, hit | |
| 公有 公有 | publicly owned; communal; held in common | |
| 忿 忿 | get angry; fury, exasperation | |
| 甚 甚 | what (literary, = 什么) | |
| 无谓 無謂 | pointless; meaningless; unnecessarily | |
| 晚辈 晚輩 | the younger generation; those who come after | |
| 掂 掂 | heft, hold or weigh in palm | |
| 酿 釀 | brew, ferment | |
| 擂 擂 | rub, grind; grind with a mortar and pestle; triturate |