Iron Monkey 1993
黄飞鸿之铁马骝
In this Hong Kong variation of Robin Hood, corrupt officials of a Chinese village are robbed by a masked bandit known as "Iron Monkey", named after a benevolent deity. When all else fails, the Governor forces a traveling physician into finding the bandit.
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Vocabulary
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| 公堂 公堂 | law court; hall (in castle) | |
| 同党 同黨 | to belong to the same party or organization; member of the same party or organization; (derog.) confederate; accomplice | |
| 失礼 失禮 | discourteous | |
| 岂不 豈不 | how couldn't...?; wouldn't it...? | |
| 捕头 捕頭 | constable | |
| 盘缠 盤纏 | to twine; to coil | |
| 还魂 還魂 | to return from the grave; (old) to recycle (waste products) | |
| 乾坤 乾坤 | yin and yang; heaven and earth; the universe | |
| 渔夫 漁夫 | fisherman | |
| 剑法 劍法 | fencing; sword-play | |
| 招式 招式 | (martial arts) formalized move | |
| 木桩 木樁 | wooden pile; stake | |
| 佛跳墙 佛跳牆 | lit. Buddha jumps over the wall, name for a Chinese dish that uses many non-vegetarian ingredients | |
| 伙计 伙計 | partner; fellow; mate; waiter; servant; shop assistant | |
| 巡捕 巡捕 | to patrol; policeman (in China's former foreign concessions) | |
| 鹿茸 鹿茸 | young deer antler prior to ossification (used in TCM) | |
| 中计 中計 | to fall into a trap; to be taken in | |
| 铜丝 銅絲 | copper wire | |
| 不舒服 不舒服 | unwell; feeling ill; to feel uncomfortable; uneasy | |
| 攻心 攻心 | to mount a psychological attack; to try to demoralize; to try to win over; to try to persuade; (TCM) to fall into a coma or stupor due to an excess of emotion | |
| 虚不受补 虛不受補 | a person who is in poor health cannot handle sth so strong as a tonic | |
| 足足 足足 | fully; no less than; as much as; extremely | |
| 袈裟 袈裟 | kasaya (monk's robe) | |
| 勒马 勒馬 | to guide a horse with the reins; to rein in a horse | |
| 窑子 窯子 | (old) low-grade brothel | |
| 良家 良家 | respectable family; decent family | |
| 消肿 消腫 | to reduce swelling; detumescence; (fig.) to streamline (a bloated bureaucracy etc) | |
| 现形 現形 | to become visible; to appear; to manifest one's true nature | |
| 作贼心虚 作賊心虛 | 作: make; work; compose, write; act, perform · 贼: thief, traitor; kill · 心: heart; mind, intelligence; soul · 虚: FALSE | |
| 偷袭 偷襲 | to mount a sneak attack; to raid | |
| 烙印 烙印 | to brand (cattle etc); brand; (fig.) to leave a lasting mark; to stigmatize; mark; stamp; stigma | |
| 顶罪 頂罪 | to take the blame for sb else; to compensate for one's crime; to get charges dropped (by paying money etc) | |
| 发言权 發言權 | the right of speech | |
| 求情 求情 | to plea for leniency; to ask for a favor | |
| 上刑 上刑 | severe punishment; worst punishment; to torture | |
| 用计 用計 | to employ a stratagem | |
| 捉住 捉住 | to catch; to grapple with; to hold onto | |
| 何方 何方 | from where | |
| 缉拿 緝拿 | to arrest; to seize | |
| 弃保潜逃 棄保潛逃 | to jump bail | |
| 出笼 出籠 | (of food) to be taken out of the steamer; (fig.) (often used with) (of products, information etc) to appear; to emerge; to come out; (fig.) to dump; to inundate the market | |
| 冒生命危险 冒生命危險 | to risk one's life | |
| 人情冷暖 人情冷暖 | 人: man; people; mankind; someone else · 情: feeling, sentiment, emotion · 冷: cold, cool; lonely · 暖: warm, genial | |
| 郎中 郎中 | doctor (Chinese medicine); ancient official title; companions (respectful) | |
| 翡翠 翡翠 | jadeite; tree kingfisher | |
| 掌勺 掌勺 | to be in charge of the cooking; to be the chef; head cook; chef | |
| 同台 同臺 | to appear on the same stage | |
| 刀削面 刀削麵 | knife-shaved noodles (pared or shaved into strips), a Shanxi specialty | |
| 清酒 清酒 | sake (Japanese rice wine) | |
| 惦念 惦念 | to constantly have (sb or sth) on one's mind |