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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| 掌柜 掌櫃 | shopkeeper | |
| 毒辣 毒辣 | cruel; sinister; vicious | |
| 珠 珠 | precious stone, gem, jewel, pearl | |
| 失势 失勢 | to lose power and influence | |
| 有违 有違 | to run counter to | |
| 官府 官府 | authorities; feudal official | |
| 私盐 私鹽 | illegally-traded salt (with salt tax not paid) | |
| 观礼 觀禮 | to attend a ritual | |
| 无礼 無禮 | rude; rudely | |
| 翁 翁 | old man; father, father-in-law | |
| 什么话 什麼話 | what kind of talk | |
| 廷 廷 | court | |
| 年青 年青 | youthful | |
| 舵 舵 | rudder, helm | |
| 昌 昌 | light of sun; good, proper | |
| 亡 亡 | death, destroyed; lose, perish | |
| 叛徒 叛徒 | traitor; turncoat; rebel; renegade; insurgent | |
| 青天 青天 | clear sky; blue sky; upright and honorable (official) | |
| 靠岸 靠岸 | (of a boat) to reach the shore; to pull toward shore; close to shore; landfall | |
| 苍 蒼 | blue; green | |
| 知晓 知曉 | to know; to understand | |
| 遥 遙 | far away, distant, remote | |
| 涛 濤 | large waves | |
| 红尘 紅塵 | the world of mortals (Buddhism); human society; worldly affairs | |
| 缘 緣 | karmic affinity | |
| 老一辈 老一輩 | older generation | |
| 埕 埕 | a large, pear-shaped earthenware jar | |
| 吠 吠 | bark | |
| 小鬼 小鬼 | little demon (term of endearment for a child); mischievous child; imp | |
| 遁 遁 | hide, conceal oneself; escape | |
| 壁 壁 | partition wall; walls of a house | |
| 炉 爐 | furnace | |
| 展翅 展翅 | to spread wings | |
| 看清 看清 | to see clearly | |
| 撩 撩 | lift up, raise; leave, depart | |
| 挫 挫 | push down; chop down; grind | |
| 骨肉 骨肉 | blood relation; kin; one's flesh and blood | |
| 躯 軀 | body | |
| 歧 歧 | fork of road; branching off | |
| 师徒 師徒 | master and disciple | |
| 老兄 老兄 | elder brother (often used self-referentially); (form of address between male friends) old chap; buddy | |
| 投宿 投宿 | to lodge; to stay (for the night) | |
| 杀气 殺氣 | murderous spirit; aura of death; to vent one's anger | |
| 师妹 師妹 | younger sister disciple | |
| 似 似 | resemble (literary) | |
| 我辈 我輩 | (literary) we; us | |
| 惨遭 慘遭 | to suffer (defeat, death etc) | |
| 拜 拜 | bow, worship | |
| 途 途 | way, road, path, journey; course | |
| 两岸 兩岸 | bilateral; both shores; both sides; both coasts; Taiwan and mainland |