Fast Fingers 1983
梁上君子
Two young pickpockets follow around after their uncle, the King of Pickpockets, just released from jail. Can the King keep on the straight and narrow this time ?
Vocabulary
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| 蛮 蠻 | barbarian; bullying; very; quite; rough; reckless | |
| 奇迹 奇跡 | miracle; miraculous; wonder; marvel | |
| 屁股 屁股 | buttocks; bottom; butt; back part | |
| 惹 惹 | to provoke; to irritate; to vex; to stir up; to anger; to attract (troubles); to cause (problems) | |
| 望 望 | full moon; to hope; to expect; to visit; to gaze (into the distance); to look towards; towards | |
| 告 告 | to say; to tell; to announce; to report; to denounce; to file a lawsuit; to sue | |
| 斗 斗 | abbr. for the Big Dipper constellation 星 | |
| 计 計 | to calculate; to compute; to count; to regard as important; to plan; ruse; meter; gauge | |
| 哼 哼 | to groan; to snort; to hum; to croon; humph! | |
| 魅力 魅力 | charm; fascination; glamor; charisma | |
| 他人 他人 | another person; sb else; other people | |
| 灵魂 靈魂 | soul; spirit | |
| 恭喜 恭喜 | to congratulate; (interj.) congratulations! | |
| 探 探 | to explore; to search out; to scout; to visit; to stretch forward | |
| 注 註 | to register; to annotate; note; comment | |
| 哎 哎 | hey!; (interjection used to attract attention or to express surprise or disapprobation) | |
| 罗 羅 | gauze; to collect; to gather; to catch; to sift | |
| 所谓 所謂 | so-called; what is called | |
| 不知 不知 | not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) | |
| 主 主 | owner; master; host; individual or party concerned; God; Lord; main; to indicate or signify; trump card (in card games) | |
| 以 㕥 | to use; by means of; according to; in order to; because of; at (a certain date or place) | |
| 之 之 | (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it | |
| 顺手牵羊 順手牽羊 | lit. to lead away a goat while passing by (idiom); fig. to opportunistically pocket sb's possessions and walk off | Idiom |
| 不是冤家不聚头 不是冤家不聚頭 | destiny will make enemies meet (idiom); (often said about lovers who have a disagreement) | Idiom |
| 得意忘形 得意忘形 | so pleased as to lose one's sense of measure; beside oneself with joy | Idiom |
| 出生入死 出生入死 | from the cradle to the grave (idiom); to go through fire and water; brave; willing to risk life and limb | Idiom |
| 梁上君子 樑上君子 | lit. the gentleman on the roof beam; fig. a thief | Idiom |
| 因小失大 因小失大 | to save a little only to lose a lot (idiom) | Idiom |
| 鼻青脸肿 鼻青臉腫 | a bloody nose and a swollen face; badly battered | Idiom |
| 真人不露相 真人不露相 | the sage presents as an ordinary person (idiom) | Idiom |
| 其貌不扬 其貌不揚 | (idiom) nothing special to look at; unprepossessing | Idiom |
| 恶人先告状 惡人先告狀 | the guilty party files the suit; the thief cries thief | Xiehouyu |
| 装蒜 裝蒜 | to act stupid; to play dumb; to pretend to not know | Xiehouyu |
| 不成 不成 | won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be? | Xiehouyu |
| 同行 同行 | person of the same profession; of the same trade, occupation or industry | Xiehouyu |
| 高手 高手 | expert; past master; dab hand | Xiehouyu |
| 泡汤 泡湯 | (coll.) to fizzle out; to come to nothing; to dawdle; to stall; (Tw) to have a soak in a hot spring bath | Colloquialism |
| 就算 就算 | (coll.) even if | Colloquialism |
| 嘛 嘛 | used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? | Colloquialism |
| 有没有 有沒有 | (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?; Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)? | |
| 加注 加註 | to increase a bet; to raise (poker); to raise the stakes | |
| 啰嗦 囉嗦 | variant of | |
| 神探 神探 | master sleuth; lit. miraculous detective; cf Sherlock Holmes or Di Renjie | |
| 泡妞 泡妞 | to pick up girls; to play around with girls; to chase after girls | |
| 下注 下注 | to pour; to pour down (of rain); to lay a bet | |
| 赌钱 賭錢 | to gamble | |
| 慈爱 慈愛 | love; devotion (to children); affection, esp. towards children | |
| 心肝宝贝 心肝寶貝 | precious darling (often refers to one's child); sweetheart | |
| 瞎子 瞎子 | blind person | |
| 付账 付賬 | to settle an account |