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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拜托 拜託 bài tuō to request sb to do sth; please! HSK 7
震 震 zhèn to shake; to vibrate; to jolt; to quake; excited; shocked; one of the Eight Trigrams 卦, symbolizing thunder; ☳ HSK 7
规矩 規矩 guī ju lit. compass and set square; fig. established standard; rule; customs; practices; fig. upright and honest; well-behaved HSK 7
难怪 難怪 nán guài (it's) no wonder (that...); (it's) not surprising (that) HSK 7
腐败 腐敗 fǔ bài corruption; to corrupt; to rot; rotten HSK 7
开工 開工 kāi gōng to begin work (of a factory or engineering operation); to start a construction job HSK 7
绑 綁 bǎng to tie; bind or fasten together; to kidnap HSK 7
采 採 cǎi to pick; to pluck; to collect; to select; to choose; to gather HSK 7
哎呀 哎呀 āi yā interjection of wonder, shock or admiration HSK 7
宁愿 寧願 nìng yuàn would rather ... (than ...) HSK 7
有意 有意 yǒu yì to intend; intentionally; interested in HSK 7
爹 爹 diē dad HSK 7
讨 討 tǎo to invite; to provoke; to demand or ask for; to send armed forces to suppress; to denounce or condemn; to marry (a woman); to discuss or study HSK 7
欲望 慾望 yù wàng desire; longing; appetite; craving HSK 7
免 免 miǎn to excuse sb; to exempt; to remove or dismiss from office; to avoid; to avert; to escape; to be prohibited HSK 7
不准 不准 bù zhǔn not to allow; to forbid; to prohibit HSK 7
要不 要不 yào bù otherwise; or else; how about...?; either... (or...) HSK 7
娶 娶 qǔ to take a wife; to marry (a woman) HSK 7
脖子 脖子 bó zi neck HSK 7
伴 伴 bàn partner; companion; comrade; associate; to accompany HSK 7
蛮 蠻 mán barbarian; bullying; very; quite; rough; reckless HSK 7
屁股 屁股 pì gu buttocks; bottom; butt; back part HSK 7
惹 惹 rě to provoke; to irritate; to vex; to stir up; to anger; to attract (troubles); to cause (problems) HSK 7
斗 斗 Dǒu abbr. for the Big Dipper constellation 星 HSK 7
灰 灰 huī ash; dust; lime; gray; discouraged; dejected HSK 7
剂 劑 jì dose (medicine) HSK 7
真心 真心 zhēn xīn sincere; heartfelt HSK 7
嘿 嘿 hēi hey HSK 7
枚 枚 méi classifier for coins, rings, badges, pearls, sporting medals, rockets, satellites etc; tree trunk; whip; wooden peg, used as a gag for marching soldiers (old) HSK 7
设 設 shè to set up; to put in place; (math.) given; suppose; if HSK 7
嫁 嫁 jià (of a woman) to marry; to marry off a daughter; to shift (blame etc) HSK 7
许 許 xǔ to allow; to permit; to promise; to praise; somewhat; perhaps HSK 7
灵 靈 líng quick; alert; efficacious; effective; to come true; spirit; departed soul; coffin HSK 7
所谓 所謂 suǒ wèi so-called; what is called HSK 7
不知 不知 bù zhī not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) HSK 7
德 德 dé virtue; goodness; morality; ethics; kindness; favor; character; kind HSK 7
情 情 qíng feeling; emotion; passion; situation HSK 7
之 之 zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it HSK 7
药到病除 藥到病除 yào dào bìng chú lit. the disease is cured the moment the medicine is taken (idiom); fig. (of a medical treatment) to give instant results; (of a solution or method) highly effective Idiom ∼HSK 6
不干不净 不乾不淨 bù gān bù jìng unclean; filthy; foul-mouthed Idiom ∼HSK 6
千载难逢 千載難逢 qiān zǎi nán féng extremely rare (idiom); once in a blue moon Idiom ∼HSK 6
朽木不可雕 朽木不可雕 xiǔ mù bù kě diāo lit. rotten wood cannot be carved (idiom); fig. you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear Idiom ∼HSK 6
生米煮成熟饭 生米煮成熟飯 shēng mǐ zhǔ chéng shú fàn the rice is cooked; what's done is done; it's too late to change anything now (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
抛头露面 拋頭露面 pāo tóu lù miàn to put oneself out in the public eye Idiom ∼HSK 6
对症下药 對症下藥 duì zhèng xià yào lit. to prescribe the right medicine for an illness (idiom); fig. to study a problem to find the right way to solve it; to take appropriate steps Idiom ∼HSK 6
瓜田李下 瓜田李下 guā tián lǐ xià abbr. for 瓜田不納履，李下不整冠|瓜田不纳履， Idiom ∼HSK 6
指腹为婚 指腹為婚 zhǐ fù wéi hūn to propose the future marriage of two unborn babies on condition that one turns out to be a boy, and the other, a girl (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
驴唇不对马嘴 驢唇不對馬嘴 lǘ chún bù duì mǎ zuǐ lit. a donkey's lips do not match a horse's mouth (saying); fig. wide of the mark; irrelevant; incongruous Idiom ∼HSK 6
曲里拐弯 曲裡拐彎 qū lǐ guǎi wān winding and turning (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
大水冲了龙王庙 大水沖了龍王廟 dà shuǐ chōng le Lóng wáng miào lit. surging waters flooded the Dragon King temple (idiom); fig. to fail to recognize a familiar person; a dispute between close people who fail to recognize each other Idiom ∼HSK 6