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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| 未 未 | not yet; did not; have not; not; 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep; ancient Chinese compass point: 210° | |
| 及 及 | and; to reach; up to; in time for | |
| 哦 哦 | to chant | |
| 以 㕥 | abbr. for Israel 列 | |
| 之 之 | (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it | |
| 大逆不道 大逆不道 | disgraceful (of behavior that is unfilial, rebellious or otherwise in grave breach of the norms of society) | Idiom |
| 民脂民膏 民脂民膏 | lit. the fat and wealth of the people (idiom); the nation's hard-won wealth (esp. as an object of unscrupulous exploitation); the people's blood, sweat and tears | Idiom |
| 轻举妄动 輕舉妄動 | to act blindly without thinking (idiom) | Idiom |
| 落荒而逃 落荒而逃 | to flee in defeat; to bolt | Idiom |
| 歃血为盟 歃血為盟 | to smear the lips with blood when taking an oath (idiom); to swear a sacred oath | Idiom |
| 油腔滑调 油腔滑調 | flippant and insincere (piece of writing or speech); glib-tongued; oily | Idiom |
| 重于泰山 重於泰山 | heavier than Mt Tai (idiom); fig. extremely serious matter | Idiom |
| 求之不得 求之不得 | lit. seek but fail to get (idiom); fig. exactly what one’s been looking for | Idiom |
| 雕虫小技 雕蟲小技 | insignificant talent; skill of no high order; minor accomplishment | Idiom |
| 语无伦次 語無倫次 | incoherent speech; to talk without rhyme or reason (idiom) | Idiom |
| 恶有恶报 惡有惡報 | evil has its retribution (idiom); to suffer the consequences of one's bad deeds; sow the wind and reap the whirlwind (Hosea 8:7) | Idiom |
| 天公地道 天公地道 | absolutely fair and reasonable (idiom); equitable | Idiom |
| 绵绵不绝 綿綿不絕 | continuous; endless | Idiom |
| 纠缠不清 糾纏不清 | hopelessly muddled; impossible to unravel | Idiom |
| 感激不尽 感激不盡 | can't thank sb enough (idiom) | Idiom |
| 河水不犯井水 河水不犯井水 | lit. river water does not interfere with well water (idiom); Do not interfere with one another.; Mind your own business. | Idiom |
| 好险 好險 | to have a close call; to have a narrow escape | Xiehouyu |
| 混账 混賬 | shameful; absolutely disgraceful! | Xiehouyu |
| 高手 高手 | expert; past master; dab hand | Xiehouyu |
| 剥皮 剝皮 | to skin; to flay; to peel; (fig.) (coll.) to haul (sb) over the coals; also pr. [bo1pi2] | Colloquialism |
| 就算 就算 | (coll.) even if | Colloquialism |
| 嘛 嘛 | used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? | Colloquialism |
| 微臣 微臣 | this small official; humble servant | |
| 净身 凈身 | to purify one's body (i.e. to get castrated) | |
| 心腹 心腹 | trusted aide; confidant | |
| 反贼 反賊 | (imperial China) rebel; traitor; (post-1949) enemy of the state; counter-revolutionary; (slang) dissident (used self-referentially, esp. in pro-democracy circles) | |
| 绝世 絕世 | unique; exceptional | |
| 奸贼 奸賊 | a traitor; a treacherous bandit | |
| 拘禁 拘禁 | constraint; to detain; to take into custody | |
| 告退 告退 | to petition for retirement (old); to ask for leave to withdraw; to ask to be excused | |
| 禀告 稟告 | to report (to one's superior) | |
| 平身 平身 | rise (to subjects bowing) | |
| 商议 商議 | to negotiate; discussion; proposal | |
| 饶命 饒命 | to spare sb's life | |
| 哀家 哀家 | I, me (self-referring by a widowed empress etc, used in historical novels and operas) | |
| 大功 大功 | great merit; great service | |
| 杂役 雜役 | odd jobs; part-time worker | |
| 宵夜 宵夜 | midnight snack; late-night snack | |
| 识得 識得 | to know | |
| 同党 同黨 | to belong to the same party or organization; member of the same party or organization; (derog.) confederate; accomplice | |
| 恕罪 恕罪 | please forgive me | |
| 走火入魔 走火入魔 | to be obsessed with sth; to go overboard; (Buddhism, Taoism) to misguidedly focus on hallucinations that arise during meditation | |
| 家产 家產 | family property | |
| 洋枪 洋槍 | western style guns (in former times) | |
| 铲除 剷除 | to root out; to eradicate; to sweep away; to abolish |