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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| 千金一刻 千金一刻 | lit. a single moment worth a thousand pieces of gold (idiom); fig. a precious, fleeting moment | Idiom |
| 回头是岸 回頭是岸 | lit. to turn one's head and reach the shore (idiom); fig. to repent and be saved; a wrongdoer who mends their ways can find redemption | Idiom |
| 眼观六路 眼觀六路 | to keep one's eyes on all directions (idiom); fig. highly observant and alert; aware of everything around one | Idiom |
| 耳听八方 耳聽八方 | lit. ears that hear in all eight directions (idiom); fig. alert and well-informed; keenly attentive | Idiom |
| 不知自量 不知自量 | to overrate one's own abilities (idiom); to fail to take one's true measure | Idiom |
| 赏罚分明 賞罰分明 | to reward and punish with clear discernment (idiom); to be fair and impartial in dispensing rewards and penalties | Idiom |
| 损人利己 損人利己 | harming others for one's personal benefit (idiom); personal gain to the detriment of others | Idiom |
| 岂有此理 豈有此理 | how can this be so? (idiom); preposterous; ridiculous; absurd | Idiom |
| 自力更生 自力更生 | regeneration through one's own effort (idiom); self-reliance | Idiom |
| 自以为是 自以為是 | to believe oneself infallible (idiom); to be opinionated | Idiom |
| 乱七八糟 亂七八糟 | (idiom) chaotic; in disorder; muddled | Idiom |
| 爱不释手 愛不釋手 | (idiom) to like sth so much that one is reluctant to put it down; to find sth utterly irresistible | Xiehouyu |
| 神气 神氣 | expression; manner; vigorous; impressive; lofty; pretentious | Xiehouyu |
| 照办 照辦 | to follow the rules; to do as instructed; to play by the book; to comply with a request | Xiehouyu |
| 捣乱 搗亂 | to disturb; to look for trouble; to stir up a row; to bother sb intentionally | Xiehouyu |
| 不理 不理 | to refuse to acknowledge; to pay no attention to; to take no notice of; to ignore | Xiehouyu |
| 高明 高明 | Gaoming District of Foshan City 市, Guangdong | Xiehouyu |
| 完蛋 完蛋 | (coll.) to be done for | Xiehouyu |
| 丢人 丟人 | to lose face | Xiehouyu |
| 俗语 俗語 | common saying; proverb; colloquial speech | Colloquialism |
| 成天 成天 | (coll.) all day long; all the time | Colloquialism |
| 逮 逮 | (coll.) to catch; to seize | Colloquialism |
| 揍 揍 | to hit; to beat (sb); (coll.) to smash (sth) | Colloquialism |
| 邪 衺 | demonic; iniquitous; nefarious; evil; unhealthy influences that cause disease (Chinese medicine); (coll.) strange; abnormal | Colloquialism |
| 家伙 傢伙 | household dish, implement or furniture; domestic animal; (coll.) guy; chap; weapon | Colloquialism |
| 华侨 華僑 | overseas Chinese; (in a restricted sense) Chinese emigrant who still retains Chinese nationality | |
| 天伦之乐 天倫之樂 | family love and joy; domestic bliss | |
| 谋害 謀害 | to conspire to murder; to plot against sb's life | |
| 太极拳 太極拳 | shadowboxing or Taiji, T'aichi or T'aichichuan; traditional form of physical exercise or relaxation; a martial art | |
| 秀美 秀美 | elegant; graceful | |
| 亏待 虧待 | to treat sb unfairly | |
| 跟上 跟上 | to catch up with; to keep pace with | |
| 领事 領事 | consul | |
| 公事 公事 | work-related matters; documents | |
| 见效 見效 | to have the desired effect | |
| 小贩 小販 | peddler; hawker | |
| 团圆 團圓 | to have a reunion | |
| 念书 念書 | to read; to study | |
| 迁移 遷移 | to migrate; to move | |
| 上头 上頭 | (of alcohol) to go to one's head; (old) (of a bride-to-be) to bind one's hair into a bun; (of a prostitute) to receive a patron for the first time | |
| 好在 好在 | luckily; fortunately | |
| 敬礼 敬禮 | to salute; salute | |
| 拖累 拖累 | to encumber; to be a burden on; to implicate | |
| 逼真 逼真 | lifelike; true to life; distinctly; clearly | |
| 吓唬 嚇唬 | to scare; to frighten | |
| 得手 得手 | to go smoothly; to come off; to succeed | |
| 搁 擱 | to place; to put aside; to shelve | |
| 知己 知己 | to know oneself; to be intimate or close; intimate friend | |
| 宽恕 寬恕 | to forgive; forgiveness | |
| 一眼 一眼 | a glance; a quick look; a glimpse |