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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| 牢房 牢房 | jail cell; prison cell | |
| 献丑 獻醜 | (used self-deprecatingly, e.g. when asked to sing a song) to put one's artistic incompetence on display | |
| 何 何 | what (literary) | |
| 帐 帳 | tent; account | |
| 卑 卑 | humble, low, inferior; despise | |
| 公文 公文 | official document | |
| 有劲 有勁 | vigorous; energetic; interesting; amusing | |
| 杖 杖 | cane, walking stick | |
| 芝 芝 | Zoysia pungens | |
| 知府 知府 | prefectural magistrate (during Tang to Qing times) | |
| 鱼翅汤 魚翅湯 | shark fin soup | |
| 大本营 大本營 | headquarters; base camp | |
| 天杀的 天殺的 | Goddam!; goddamn; wretched | |
| 命大 命大 | lucky (to have escaped death or serious injury) | |
| 破财 破財 | bankrupt; to suffer financial loss | |
| 见面礼 見面禮 | gift given to sb when meeting them for the first time | |
| 嘘 噓 | exhale; blow out; deep sigh; hiss; praise | |
| 燥 燥 | dry, parched, arid; quick-tempered | |
| 诊 診 | examine patient, diagnose | |
| 不方便 不方便 | inconvenience; inconvenient | |
| 箍 箍 | hoop; bind, surround | |
| 姑 姑 | paternal aunt; husband's sister; husband's mother (old); nun; for the time being (literary) | |
| 调戏 調戲 | to take liberties with a woman; to dally; to assail a woman with obscenities | |
| 大庭广众 大庭廣眾 | (idiom) in public; in front of everyone; openly (typically preceded by and followed by) | |
| 搽 搽 | smear; rub, wipe; anoint | |
| 哩 哩 | mile | |
| 吃豆腐 吃豆腐 | to take liberties with (a woman); to tease with sexual innuendo; to sexually harass; to take advantage of sb | |
| 犯法 犯法 | to break the law | |
| 诀 訣 | take leave of, bid farewell | |
| 人武 人武 | armed forces | |
| 成何体统 成何體統 | What a scandal!; Whatever next? | |
| 岐 岐 | high; majestic; fork in road | |
| 途 途 | way, road, path, journey; course | |
| 三军 三軍 | (in former times) upper, middle and lower army; army of right, center and left; (in modern times) the three armed services: Army, Navy and Air Force | |
| 做戏 做戲 | to act in a play; to put on a play | |
| 老兄 老兄 | elder brother (often used self-referentially); (form of address between male friends) old chap; buddy | |
| 靓 靚 | make up face; ornament; quiet | |
| 打鼓 打鼓 | to beat a drum; to play a drum; (fig.) to feel nervous | |
| 漱 漱 | gargle, rinse; wash, scour | |
| 苔 苔 | moss, lichen | |
| 染上 染上 | to catch (a disease); to get (a bad habit) | |
| 交待 交待 | variant of | |
| 劳烦 勞煩 | to inconvenience; to trouble (sb with a request) | |
| 爪 爪 | claw, nail, talon; animal feet | |
| 凤 鳳 | male phoenix; symbol of joy | |
| 锭 錠 | spindle, slab, cake, tablet | |
| 柳 柳 | willow tree; pleasure | |
| 缘 緣 | karmic affinity | |
| 奴才 奴才 | slave; fig. flunkey | |
| 巡视 巡視 | to inspect (a site); (of a dignitary) to visit; to go on an inspection tour; to survey (a scene); to scan with one's eyes |