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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| 护法 護法 | to keep the law; to protect Buddha's teachings; protector of Buddhist law (i.e. temple donor) | |
| 假扮 假扮 | to impersonate; to act the part of sb; to disguise oneself as sb else | |
| 白旗 白旗 | white flag | |
| 欺压 欺壓 | to bully; to push around | |
| 枉然 枉然 | in vain; to no avail | |
| 名堂 名堂 | item (in a program of entertainments); trick (act of mischief); worthwhile result; accomplishment; sth significant but not immediately apparent; sth more than meets the eye | |
| 严刑 嚴刑 | strict law; cruel punishment; to carry out cruel law rigorously | |
| 圣谕 聖諭 | imperial edict; see also | |
| 龙脉 龍脈 | dragon's vein, terrain that looks like a dragon | |
| 蠢人 蠢人 | fool; imbecile | |
| 绑住 綁住 | to fasten; to bind | |
| 七孔 七孔 | the seven apertures of the human head: 2 eyes, 2 ears, 2 nostrils, 1 mouth | |
| 经脉 經脈 | channel of TCM | |
| 奴婢 奴婢 | slave servant | |
| 鹌鹑 鵪鶉 | quail | |
| 先皇 先皇 | emperor of a former dynasty | |
| 降旨 降旨 | to issue an imperial edict | |
| 膝下 膝下 | at the knee (in reference to children); (salutation used in letters to parents or grandparents) | |
| 何止 何止 | far more than; not just | |
| 乜嘢 乜嘢 | what? (Cantonese) (Mandarin equivalent:) | |
| 抑或 抑或 | or; could it be that...? | |
| 诛九族 誅九族 | to execute all of sb's relatives (as punishment) (old) | |
| 舍命 捨命 | to risk one's life | |
| 开恩 開恩 | show mercy | |
| 灭口 滅口 | to kill sb to prevent them from divulging a secret; to silence sb | |
| 景仰 景仰 | to admire; to revere; to look up to | |
| 滔滔 滔滔 | torrential | |
| 刀枪不入 刀槍不入 | lit. impervious to sword or spear (idiom); fig. invulnerable; untouchable; thick-skinned; impervious to criticism | |
| 保驾 保駕 | (in former times) to escort the emperor (or other important personage); (nowadays) to escort sb (usually jocular) | |
| 壮士 壯士 | warrior | |
| 诸侯 諸侯 | dukes or princes who rule a part of the country under the emperor; local rulers | |
| 文字狱 文字獄 | literary inquisition; official persecution of intellectuals for their writing | |
| 残杀 殘殺 | to massacre; to slaughter | |
| 侠士 俠士 | knight-errant | |
| 会盟 會盟 | meetings conducted by rulers in feudal China for the purpose of formalizing alliances, finalizing treaties | |
| 奸臣 奸臣 | a treacherous court official; a minister who conspires against the state | |
| 旗手 旗手 | a flag carrier (army); ensign | |
| 神功 神功 | amazing powers; miraculous skill | |
| 自寻死路 自尋死路 | to follow the path to one's own doom (idiom); to bring about one's own destruction | |
| 缉拿 緝拿 | to arrest; to seize | |
| 遵命 遵命 | obey the order | |
| 办妥 辦妥 | to arrange; to settle; to complete; to carry through | |
| 回覆 回覆 | to reply (by letter, email etc); reply; answer | |
| 撑腰 撐腰 | to support; to brace | |
| 微服 微服 | (of a high-ranking official) to wear plain clothes in order to go about incognito | |
| 出巡 出巡 | to go on an inspection tour | |
| 公仔 公仔 | doll; cuddly toy | |
| 雷电 雷電 | thunder and lightning | |
| 行踪无定 行蹤無定 | 行: go; walk; move, travel; circulate · 踪: footprints, traces, tracks · 无: negative, no, not; KangXi radical 71 · 定: decide, settle, fix | |
| 飘忽 飄忽 | swiftly moving; fleet; to sway |