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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点水 點水 diǎn shuǐ to skim; lightly touching the water (as the dragonfly in the idiom 蜻蜓點水|蜻蜓点水); skin-deep ∼HSK 1
等等 等等 děng děng et cetera; and so on...; wait a minute!; hold on! ∼HSK 1
坏了 壞了 huài le shoot!; gosh!; oh, no!; (suffix) to the utmost ∼HSK 1
你好 你好 nǐ hǎo hello; hi ∼HSK 1
老到 老到 lǎo dao experienced and careful ∼HSK 1
你我 你我 nǐ wǒ you and I; everyone; all of us (in society); we (people in general) ∼HSK 1
记不住 記不住 jì bu zhù can't remember ∼HSK 1
第一次 第一次 dì yī cì the first time; first; number one ∼HSK 1
手拿 手拿 shǒu ná to hold in one's hand ∼HSK 1
医书 醫書 yī shū medical book ∼HSK 1
桌 桌 zhuō table, desk, stand ∼HSK 1
怎么回事 怎麼回事 zěn me huí shì what's the matter?; what's going on?; how could that be?; how did that come about?; what's it all about? ∼HSK 1
三十 三十 sān shí thirty; 30 ∼HSK 1
轿子 轎子 jiào zi sedan chair; palanquin; litter ∼HSK 1
不着 不著 bù zháo no need; need not ∼HSK 1
好不 好不 hǎo bù not at all...; how very... ∼HSK 1
不住 不住 bù zhù (verb complement) unable to firmly or securely (grasp, recall etc); repeatedly; continuously; constantly ∼HSK 1
去你的 去你的 qù nǐ de Get along with you! ∼HSK 1
爱上 愛上 ài shàng to fall in love with; to be in love with ∼HSK 1
外甥 外甥 wài shēng sister's son; wife's sibling's son ∼HSK 1
前几天 前幾天 qián jǐ tiān a few days ago; a few days before; the past few days; the previous few days ∼HSK 1
不在 不在 bù zài not to be present; to be out; (euphemism) to pass away; to be deceased ∼HSK 1
找不到 找不到 zhǎo bu dào can't find ∼HSK 1
想要 想要 xiǎng yào to want to; to feel like; to fancy; to care for sb; desirous of ∼HSK 1
明 明 Míng bright, light, brilliant; clear ∼HSK 1
打点 打點 dǎ dian to bribe; to get (luggage) ready; to put in order; to organize things; (baseball) RBI (run batted in) ∼HSK 1
重病 重病 zhòng bìng serious illness ∼HSK 1
大能 大能 dà néng almighty ∼HSK 1
等一等 等一等 děng yī děng wait a moment ∼HSK 1
说上 說上 shuō shàng to say; to speak; to talk ∼HSK 1
一说 一說 yī shuō an expression of opinion; according to some ∼HSK 1
行好 行好 xíng hǎo to be charitable; to do a good deed ∼HSK 1
过门 過門 guò mén to pass through a doorway; (of a woman) to marry; orchestral music interlude in an opera ∼HSK 1
老少 老少 lǎo shào the old and the young ∼HSK 1
的哥 的哥 dī gē male taxi driver; cabbie (slang) ∼HSK 1
不见了 不見了 bù jiàn le to have disappeared; to be missing; nowhere to be found ∼HSK 1
这就 這就 zhè jiù immediately; at once ∼HSK 1
年年 年年 nián nián year after year; yearly; every year; annually ∼HSK 1
本地人 本地人 běn dì rén native person (of a country) ∼HSK 1
一去不回 一去不回 yī qù bù huí gone forever ∼HSK 1
好朋友 好朋友 hǎo péng you good friend; (slang) a visit from Aunt Flo (menstrual period) ∼HSK 1
早点 早點 zǎo diǎn breakfast ∼HSK 1
差点 差點 chà diǎn almost; nearly ∼HSK 1
试试看 試試看 shì shì kàn to give it a try ∼HSK 1
没了 沒了 méi le to be dead; not to be, or cease to exist ∼HSK 1
个个 個個 gè gè each one individually; each and every ∼HSK 1
我人 我人 wǒ rén we ∼HSK 1
回见 回見 huí jiàn See you later! ∼HSK 1
在那儿 在那兒 zài na r (adverbial expression indicating that the attention of the subject of the verb is focused on what they are doing, not distracted by anything else); just...ing (and nothing else) ∼HSK 1
从来没有 從來沒有 cóng lái méi yǒu there has never been; has never had; (before a verb) has never ∼HSK 1