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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天不怕地不怕 天不怕地不怕 tiān bù pà dì bù pà fearing nothing in Heaven or Earth (idiom); fearless Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
正好 正好 zhèng hǎo just (in time); just right; just enough; to happen to; to chance to; by chance; it just so happens that Xiehouyu HSK 2
老丈人 老丈人 lǎo zhàng ren (coll.) father-in-law (wife's father) Colloquialism ∼HSK 2
没长眼睛 沒長眼睛 méi zhǎng yǎn jing (coll.) are you blind or something?; look where you're going Colloquialism ∼HSK 2
老头子 老頭子 lǎo tóu zi (coll.) old man; (said of an aging husband) my old man Colloquialism ∼HSK 2
不长眼睛 不長眼睛 bù zhǎng yǎn jing (coll.) are you blind or something?; look where you're going Colloquialism ∼HSK 2
挺 挺 tǐng straight; erect; to stick out (a part of the body); to (physically) straighten up; to support; to withstand; outstanding; (coll.) quite; very; classifier for machine guns Colloquialism HSK 2
拉 拉 lā to pull; to play (a bowed instrument); to drag; to draw; to chat; (coll.) to empty one's bowels Colloquialism HSK 2
天津 天津 Tiān jīn Tianjin municipality Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
贵姓 貴姓 guì xìng what is your surname?; (May I ask) your surname? Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
见过 見過 jiànguò seen HSK 2
不怕 不怕 bù pà fearless; not worried (by setbacks or difficulties); even if; even though ∼HSK 2
英 英 Yīng petal, flower, leaf; brave, a hero; England, English ∼HSK 2
表妹 表妹 biǎo mèi younger female cousin via female line ∼HSK 2
老头 老頭 lǎo tóu old fellow; old man; father; husband ∼HSK 2
观 觀 Guàn see, observe, view; appearance ∼HSK 2
义 義 Yì right conduct, righteousness ∼HSK 2
排长 排長 pái zhǎng platoon leader; sergeant ∼HSK 2
狗腿 狗腿 gǒu tuǐ lackey; henchman ∼HSK 2
操 撡 cāo conduct, run, control, manage ∼HSK 2
刘 劉 Liú surname; kill, destroy ∼HSK 2
个头 個頭 gè tóu size; height ∼HSK 2
战 戰 zhàn war, fighting, battle ∼HSK 2
满门 滿門 mǎn mén the whole family ∼HSK 2
营 營 yíng encampment, barracks; manage ∼HSK 2
那倒是 那倒是 nà dào shi Oh that's true! (interjection of sudden realization) ∼HSK 2
弄到手 弄到手 nòng dào shǒu to get in hand; to get (one's) hands on; to get hold of (in the sense of to acquire) ∼HSK 2
长得 長得 zhǎng de to look (pretty, the same etc) ∼HSK 2
来得 來得 lái de to emerge (from a comparison); to come out as; to be competent or equal to ∼HSK 2
房 房 Fáng surname Fang ∼HSK 2
万事通 萬事通 wàn shì tōng jack-of-all-trades; know-it-all ∼HSK 2
假道 假道 jiǎ dào via; by way of ∼HSK 2
内人 內人 nèi rén my wife (humble) ∼HSK 2
倒楣 倒楣 dǎo méi variant of ∼HSK 2
不得 不得 bù dé must not; may not; not to be allowed; cannot ∼HSK 2
房门 房門 fáng mén door of a room ∼HSK 2
动手动脚 動手動腳 dòng shǒu dòng jiǎo to come to blows; to paw; to grope; to get fresh ∼HSK 2
这还了得 這還了得 zhè hái liǎo dé How dare you!; This is an outrage!; Absolutely disgraceful! ∼HSK 2
往外 往外 wǎng wài out; outbound; departing ∼HSK 2
举人 舉人 jǔ rén graduate; successful candidate in the imperial provincial examination ∼HSK 2
器 器 qì receptacle, vessel; instrument ∼HSK 2
买通 買通 mǎi tōng to bribe ∼HSK 2
名医 名醫 míng yī famous doctor ∼HSK 2
听得见 聽得見 tīng dé jiàn audible ∼HSK 2
所为 所為 suǒ wéi what one does; doings ∼HSK 2
黄花闺女 黃花閨女 huáng huā guī nǚ maiden; virgin ∼HSK 2
吃草 吃草 chī cǎo to graze; to eat grass ∼HSK 2
头上 頭上 tóu shàng overhead; above ∼HSK 2
可看 可看 kě kàn worth seeing ∼HSK 2
知道了 知道了 zhī dào le OK!; Got it! ∼HSK 2