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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| 祸福 禍福 | disaster and happiness | |
| 伪君子 偽君子 | hypocrite | |
| 内哄 內鬨 | variant of | |
| 内斗 內鬥 | internal strife; power struggle; (of members of an organization) to fight each other | |
| 中肯 中肯 | pertinent; apropos | |
| 在野 在野 | to be out of (political) office; to be out of power | |
| 便服 便服 | everyday clothes; informal dress; civilian clothes | |
| 灭门 滅門 | to exterminate an entire family | |
| 有生之年 有生之年 | (idiom) during one's lifetime; while one is on this earth; in one's remaining years | |
| 飞逝 飛逝 | (of time) to pass quickly; to be fleeting | |
| 险恶 險惡 | dangerous; sinister; vicious | |
| 卸装 卸裝 | (of an actor) to remove makeup and costume; (computing) to uninstall; to unmount | |
| 清点 清點 | to check; to make inventory | |
| 乌云 烏雲 | black cloud | |
| 馒头 饅頭 | steamed roll; steamed bun; steamed bread | |
| 内外 內外 | inside and outside; domestic and foreign; approximately; about | |
| 好似 好似 | to seem; to be like | |
| 公安 公安 | (Ministry of) Public Security; public safety; public security | |
| 一齐 一齊 | at the same time; simultaneously | |
| 跳水 跳水 | to dive (into water); (sports) diving; to commit suicide by jumping into water; (fig.) (of stock prices etc) to fall dramatically | |
| 很难说 很難說 | Hard to say | |
| 船只 船隻 | ship; boat; vessel | |
| 上当 上當 | taken in (by sb's deceit); to be fooled; to be duped | |
| 打发 打發 | to dispatch sb to do sth; to make sb leave; to pass (the time); (old) to make arrangements; (old) to bestow (alms etc) | |
| 免得 免得 | so as not to; so as to avoid | |
| 来往 來往 | to come and go; to have dealings with; to be in relation with | |
| 一道 一道 | together | |
| 出入 出入 | to go out and come in; entrance and exit; expenditure and income; discrepancy; inconsistent | |
| 识 識 | to know; knowledge; Taiwan pr. [shì] | |
| 心愿 心願 | cherished desire; dream; craving; wish; aspiration | |
| 师父 師父 | used for 师傅 (in Taiwan); master; qualified worker | |
| 高峰 高峰 | peak; summit; height | |
| 低头 低頭 | to bow the head; to yield; to give in | |
| 热水 熱水 | hot water | |
| 有事 有事 | to be occupied with sth; to have sth on one's mind; there is something the matter | |
| 亲眼 親眼 | with one's own eyes; personally | |
| 舌头 舌頭 | tongue; enemy soldier captured for the purpose of extracting information | |
| 捉 捉 | to clutch; to grab; to capture | |
| 传出 傳出 | to transmit outwards; to disseminate; efferent (nerve) | |
| 洋 洋 | ocean; vast; foreign; silver dollar or coin | |
| 想不到 想不到 | unexpected; hard to imagine; it had not occurred to me; who could have thought that | |
| 掌声 掌聲 | applause | |
| 吞 吞 | to swallow; to take | |
| 皇帝 皇帝 | emperor | |
| 凶手 兇手 | murderer; assassin | |
| 阴谋 陰謀 | to conspire; to plot; a conspiracy; a plot | |
| 扭 扭 | to turn; to twist; to wring; to sprain; to swing one's hips | |
| 箭 箭 | arrow | |
| 误 誤 | mistake; error; to miss; to harm; to delay; to neglect; mistakenly | |
| 四处 四處 | all over the place; everywhere and all directions |