Swordsman 1990
笑傲江湖
A kung-fu manual known as the Sacred Scroll is stolen from the Emperor's library. An army detachment is sent to recover it. Meanwhile, a young swordsman and his fellow disciple are accidentally drawn into the chaos.
Vocabulary
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| 刁斗森严 刁斗森嚴 | 刁: tricky, sly, crafty, cunning · 斗: Chinese peck; liquid measure · 森: forest; luxuriant vegetation · 严: strict, rigorous, rigid; stern | Idiom |
| 虎落平阳 虎落平陽 | 虎: tiger; brave, fierce; surname · 落: fall, drop; net income, surplus · 平: flat, level, even; peaceful | Idiom |
| 岂有此理 豈有此理 | how can this be so? (idiom); preposterous; ridiculous; absurd | Idiom |
| 得不偿失 得不償失 | the gains do not make up for the losses (idiom) | Idiom |
| 惊天动地 驚天動地 | world-shaking (idiom) | Idiom |
| 面目全非 面目全非 | nothing remains the same (idiom); change beyond recognition | Idiom |
| 措手不及 措手不及 | no time to deal with it (idiom); caught unprepared | Idiom |
| 讨价还价 討價還價 | to haggle over price; to bargain | Idiom |
| 高明 高明 | Gaoming District of Foshan City 市, Guangdong | Xiehouyu |
| 小人 小人 | person of low social status (old); I, me (used to refer humbly to oneself); nasty person; vile character | Xiehouyu |
| 极少数 極少數 | extremely few; a small minority | |
| 飞禽走兽 飛禽走獸 | birds and animals; the beasts of the field and the birds of the air | |
| 珍重 珍重 | precious; extremely valuable; (honorific) Please take good care of yourself! | |
| 学艺 學藝 | to learn a skill or art | |
| 胜出 勝出 | to come out on top; to win (in an election, contest etc); success; victory | |
| 骨气 骨氣 | unyielding character; courageous spirit; integrity; moral backbone | |
| 不了了之 不了了之 | to settle a matter by leaving it unsettled; to end up with nothing definite | |
| 出道 出道 | to start one's career; (of an entertainer) to make one's debut | |
| 日前 日前 | the other day; a few days ago | |
| 指教 指教 | to give advice or comments | |
| 利害 利害 | pros and cons; advantages and disadvantages; gains and losses | |
| 风浪 風浪 | wind and waves; rough waters; (fig.) hardship | |
| 绝技 絕技 | consummate skill; supreme feat; tour-de-force; stunt | |
| 派别 派別 | group; sect; clique; faction; school | |
| 请示 請示 | to ask for instructions | |
| 作对 作對 | to set oneself against; to oppose; to make a pair | |
| 官兵 官兵 | (military) officers and soldiers; officers and men; (old) government troops | |
| 坛 壇 | platform; rostrum; altar | |
| 次要 次要 | secondary | |
| 告辞 告辭 | to say goodbye; to take one's leave | |
| 惊动 驚動 | to alarm; to startle; to disturb | |
| 参见 參見 | to refer to; see also; compare (cf.); to pay respect to | |
| 半路 半路 | halfway; midway; on the way | |
| 慌张 慌張 | flustered; agitated | |
| 山路 山路 | mountain road | |
| 秃 禿 | bald; blunt | |
| 着重 著重 | to put emphasis on; to stress | |
| 火药 火藥 | gunpowder | |
| 后人 後人 | later generation | |
| 受苦 受苦 | to suffer hardship | |
| 上头 上頭 | (of alcohol) to go to one's head; (old) (of a bride-to-be) to bind one's hair into a bun; (of a prostitute) to receive a patron for the first time | |
| 好在 好在 | luckily; fortunately | |
| 妥当 妥當 | appropriate; proper; ready | |
| 贯彻 貫徹 | to implement; to put into practice; to carry out | |
| 弟子 弟子 | disciple; follower | |
| 轻视 輕視 | contempt; contemptuous; to despise; to scorn; scornful | |
| 无非 無非 | only; nothing else | |
| 危急 危急 | critical; desperate (situation) | |
| 戒备 戒備 | to take precautions; to guard against (emergency) | |
| 高山 高山 | high mountain; alpine mountain |