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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| 久留 久留 | to stay for a long time | |
| 绝不 絕不 | in no way; not in the least; absolutely not | |
| 到时候 到時候 | when the moment comes; at that time | |
| 家传 家傳 | handed down in a family; family traditions | |
| 有价值 有價值 | valuable | |
| 京城 京城 | capital of a country | |
| 每个人 每個人 | everybody; everyone | |
| 有朝 有朝 | one day; sometime in the future | |
| 水性 水性 | swimming ability; characteristics of a body of water (depth, currents etc); aqueous; water-based (paint etc) | |
| 一声 一聲 | first tone in Mandarin (high, level tone) | |
| 世上 世上 | on earth | |
| 烟雨 煙雨 | misty rain; drizzle | |
| 知音 知音 | intimate friend; soul mate | |
| 断气 斷氣 | to stop breathing; to breathe one's last; to die; to cut the gas supply | |
| 倒相 倒相 | phase reversal; phase inversion | |
| 双眼 雙眼 | the two eyes | |
| 内脏 內臟 | internal organs; viscera | |
| 有些人 有些人 | some people | |
| 谷 穀 | valley, gorge, ravine | |
| 生火 生火 | to make a fire; to light a fire | |
| 转回 轉回 | to turn back; to put back; reversal; melodic inversion (in music) | |
| 有办法 有辦法 | can find methods; resourceful; creative | |
| 裤带 褲帶 | belt (in trousers) | |
| 楚 楚 | name of feudal state; clear | |
| 皮毛 皮毛 | fur; fur clothing; skin and hair; superficial; superficial knowledge | |
| 血肉 血肉 | flesh | |
| 任人 任人 | to appoint (sb to a post) | |
| 相称 相稱 | to match; to suit; mutually compatible | |
| 准备好了 準備好了 | to be ready | |
| 心静 心靜 | tranquil; calm | |
| 静坐 靜坐 | to sit quietly; to meditate; to stage a sit-in | |
| 死者 死者 | the dead; the deceased | |
| 政 政 | government, political affairs | |
| 恩 㤙 | kindness, mercy, charity | |
| 银两 銀兩 | silver (as currency) | |
| 做牛做马 做牛做馬 | lit. to work like an ox, to work like a horse; fig. to work extremely hard | |
| 认得 認得 | to recognize; to remember sth (or sb) on seeing it; to know | |
| 民间 民間 | among the people; popular; folk; non-governmental; involving people rather than governments | |
| 亲人 親人 | one's close relatives | |
| 不安 不安 | unpeaceful; unstable; uneasy; disturbed; restless; worried | |
| 裤子 褲子 | trousers; pants | |
| 纪录 紀錄 | variant of 记录 (but in Taiwan, not for the verb sense "to record") | |
| 主意 主意 | plan; idea; decision; Beijing pr. [zhú yi] | |
| 不论 不論 | whatever; no matter what (who, how etc); regardless of; not to discuss | |
| 年纪 年紀 | age | |
| 才能 才能 | talent; ability; capacity | |
| 传说 傳說 | legend; folk tale; to repeat from mouth to mouth; they say that... | |
| 静 靜 | still; calm; quiet; not moving | |
| 果然 果然 | really; sure enough; as expected; if indeed | |
| 争 爭 | to strive for; to vie for; to argue or debate; deficient or lacking (dialect); how or what (literary) |