Royal Tramp 1992
鹿鼎记
The story of Wai Siu Bo, a pimp who after saving Chan Kan Nam, the leader of the Heaven and Earth society, a revolutionary group, is made a member. After a botched first assignment for the group, he is made a servant to the Prince, the very person the Heaven and Earth society want to overthrow. What follows is plenty of mayhem and laughter.
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Vocabulary
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| 天下无敌 天下無敵 | unmatched in the world; invincible; without rival (idiom) | Idiom |
| 罪该万死 罪該萬死 | guilty of a crime deserving ten thousand deaths (idiom); a heinous, unpardonable offense | 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 |
| 五马分尸 五馬分屍 | lit. to tear a body apart with five horses (idiom); fig. dismemberment as a brutal execution; to be torn limb from limb | Idiom |
| 不理 不理 | to refuse to acknowledge; to pay no attention to; to take no notice of; to ignore | Xiehouyu |
| 小人 小人 | person of low social status (old); I, me (used to refer humbly to oneself); nasty person; vile character | Xiehouyu |
| 冒险 冒險 | to take risks; to take chances; foray; adventure | Xiehouyu |
| 开口 開口 | to open one's mouth; to start to talk | Xiehouyu |
| 邪 衺 | demonic; iniquitous; nefarious; evil; unhealthy influences that cause disease (Chinese medicine); (coll.) strange; abnormal | Colloquialism |
| 扯 扯 | to pull; to tear; (of cloth, thread etc) to buy; to chat; to gossip; (coll.) (Tw) ridiculous; hokey | Colloquialism |
| 清明 清明 | Qingming or Pure Brightness, 5th of the 24 solar terms 二十四节气 5th-19th April; Pure Brightness Festival or Tomb Sweeping Day (in early April) | |
| 挺拔 挺拔 | tall and straight | |
| 松绑 鬆綁 | to untie; (fig.) to ease restrictions | |
| 拜见 拜見 | to pay a formal visit; to call to pay respects; to meet one's senior or superior | |
| 万万 萬萬 | absolutely; wholly | |
| 状元 狀元 | top scorer in the palace examination (highest rank of the Imperial examination system); see 眼 and 花; top scorer in college entrance examination 考; (fig.) the most brilliantly talented person in the field; leading light | |
| 出任 出任 | to take up a post; to start in a new job | |
| 日前 日前 | the other day; a few days ago | |
| 宝库 寶庫 | treasure-house; treasury; treasure-trove (often fig., book of treasured wisdom) | |
| 受惊 受驚 | startled | |
| 和气 和氣 | friendly; polite; amiable | |
| 一味 一味 | blindly; invariably | |
| 破例 破例 | to make an exception | |
| 存心 存心 | deliberately | |
| 暂且 暫且 | for now; for the time being; temporarily | |
| 绝招 絕招 | unique skill; unexpected tricky move (as a last resort); masterstroke; finishing blow | |
| 遇上 遇上 | to come across (sb); to run into | |
| 菩萨 菩薩 | Bodhisattva (Buddhism) | |
| 学士 學士 | bachelor's degree; person holding a university degree | |
| 甘心 甘心 | to be willing to; to resign oneself to | |
| 冤 冤 | injustice; grievance; wrong | |
| 热气 熱氣 | steam; heat | |
| 放肆 放肆 | wanton; unbridled; presumptuous; impudent | |
| 官兵 官兵 | (military) officers and soldiers; officers and men; (old) government troops | |
| 坛 壇 | platform; rostrum; altar | |
| 记号 記號 | mark; symbol; notation; seal | |
| 架势 架勢 | attitude; position (on an issue etc) | |
| 竟敢 竟敢 | to have the impertinence; to have the cheek to | |
| 屡 屢 | time and again; repeatedly; frequently | |
| 告辞 告辭 | to say goodbye; to take one's leave | |
| 凶狠 兇狠 | cruel; vicious; fierce and malicious; vengeful | |
| 英明 英明 | wise; brilliant | |
| 凄凉 悽涼 | mournful; miserable | |
| 用人 用人 | servant; to employ sb for a job; to manage people; to be in need of staff | |
| 参见 參見 | to refer to; see also; compare (cf.); to pay respect to | |
| 带路 帶路 | to lead the way; to guide; to show the way; (fig.) to instruct | |
| 相通 相通 | interlinked; connected; communicating; in communication; accommodating | |
| 功力 功力 | merit; efficacy; competence; skill; power | |
| 算数 算數 | to count numbers; to keep to one's word; to hold (i.e. to remain valid); to count (i.e. to be important) | |
| 同年 同年 | the same year |