Tales of Larceny

Tales of Larceny 1973

牛鬼蛇神 niúguǐshéshén

In “The Scholar and The Soldier”, Major Fang is obsessed with Yu Zhen by chance, knowing that she is the daughter of scholar Xu, he decided to enter their house in disguise with his page, and however, Yu Zhen's cousin comes back for the pre-arranged marriage at the same time. Li Han-hsiang both scripted and helmed “Tales of Larceny” about the scams cons worked and the games people played during the corrupt Chinese Warlord era, featuring a cast filled with the best of Shaw's exceptional character actors.

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老实 老實 lǎo shi honest; sincere; well-behaved; naive; gullible HSK 4
楼梯 樓梯 lóu tī stair; staircase HSK 4
男女 男女 nán nǚ male-female; male and female HSK 4
小伙子 小伙子 xiǎo huǒ zi young man; young guy; lad; youngster HSK 4
眼里 眼裡 yǎnli In the eyes HSK 4
哪怕 哪怕 nǎ pà even; even if; even though; no matter how HSK 4
从此 從此 cóng cǐ from now on; since then; henceforth HSK 4
厚 厚 hòu thick; deep or profound; kind; generous; rich or strong in flavor; to favor; to stress HSK 4
帽子 帽子 mào zi hat; cap; (fig.) label; bad name HSK 4
县 縣 xiàn county HSK 4
遇见 遇見 yù jiàn to meet HSK 4
散 㪚 sǎn scattered; loose; to come loose; to fall apart; leisurely; powdered medicine HSK 4
地下 地下 dì xià underground; subterranean; covert HSK 4
引 引 yǐn to draw (e.g. a bow); to pull; to stretch sth; to extend; to lengthen; to involve or implicate in; to attract; to lead; to guide; to leave; to provide evidence or justification for; old unit of distance equal to 10 丈, one-thirtieth of a km or 33.33 meters HSK 4
肚子 肚子 dù zi belly; abdomen; stomach HSK 4
摸 摸 mō to feel with the hand; to touch; to stroke; to grope; to steal; to abstract HSK 4
守 守 shǒu to guard; to defend; to keep watch; to abide by the law; to observe (rules or ritual); nearby; adjoining HSK 4
肥 肥 féi fat; fertile; loose-fitting or large; to fertilize; to become rich by illegal means; fertilizer; manure HSK 4
似的 似的 shì de seems as if; rather like; Taiwan pr. [sì de] HSK 4
维持 維持 wéi chí to keep; to maintain; to preserve HSK 4
兵 兵 bīng soldiers; a force; an army; weapons; arms; military; warlike HSK 4
脱 脫 tuō to shed; to take off; to escape; to get away from HSK 4
盖 蓋 gài lid; top; cover; canopy; to cover; to conceal; to build HSK 4
贴 貼 tiē to stick; to paste; to post (e.g. on a blog); to keep close to; to fit snugly; to subsidize; allowance (e.g. money for food or housing); sticker; classifier for sticking plaster: strip HSK 4
无聊 無聊 wú liáo bored; boring; senseless HSK 4
宝 寶 bǎo jewel; gem; treasure; precious HSK 4
躺 躺 tǎng to recline; to lie down HSK 4
摆 擺 bǎi to arrange; to exhibit; to move to and fro; a pendulum HSK 4
人家 人家 rén jiā household; dwelling; family; sb else's house; household business; house of woman's husband-to-be HSK 4
替 替 tì to substitute for; to take the place of; to replace; for; on behalf of; to stand in for HSK 4
官 官 guān government official; governmental; official; public; organ of the body HSK 4
戴 戴 dài to put on or wear (glasses, hat, gloves etc); to respect; to bear; to support HSK 4
既然 既然 jì rán since; as; this being the case HSK 4
顶 頂 dǐng apex; crown of the head; top; roof; most; to carry on the head; to push to the top; to go against; to replace; to substitute; to be subjected to (an aerial bombing, hailstorm etc); (slang) to "bump" a forum thread to raise its profile; classifier for headwear, hats, veils etc HSK 4
极 極 jí extremely; pole (geography, physics); utmost; top HSK 4
醒 醒 xǐng to wake up; to be awake; to become aware; to sober up; to come to HSK 4
丈夫 丈夫 zhàng fu husband HSK 4
怪 怪 guài bewildering; odd; strange; uncanny; devil; monster; to wonder at; to blame; quite; rather HSK 4
冲 沖 chōng (of water) to dash against; to mix with water; to infuse; to rinse; to flush; to develop (a film); to rise in the air; to clash; to collide with HSK 4
无论 無論 wú lùn no matter what or how; regardless of whether... HSK 4
轮 輪 lún wheel; disk; ring; steamship; to take turns; to rotate; classifier for big round objects: disk, or recurring events: round, turn HSK 4
遇到 遇到 yù dào to meet; to run into; to come across HSK 4
王 王 wáng king or monarch; best or strongest of its type; grand; great HSK 4
方 方 fāng square; power or involution (math.); upright; honest; fair and square; direction; side; party (to a contract, dispute etc); place; method; prescription (medicine); just when; only or just; classifier for square things; abbr. for square or cubic meter HSK 4
应 應 yīng to agree (to do sth); should; ought to; must; (legal) shall HSK 4
非 非 Fēi abbr. for 洲, Africa HSK 4
关于 關於 guān yú pertaining to; concerning; with regard to; about; a matter of HSK 4
呀 呀 ya (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt) HSK 4
此 此 cǐ this; these HSK 4
无 無 wú not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-; -less HSK 4