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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有眼不识泰山 有眼不識泰山 yǒu yǎn bù shí Tài Shān lit. to have eyes but fail to recognize Mt Tai (idiom); fig. to fail to recognize sb important or sb's great talent; to be blind to the fact Idiom ∼HSK 6
假正经 假正經 jiǎ zhèng jīng demure; prudish; hypocritical Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
装蒜 裝蒜 zhuāng suàn to act stupid; to play dumb; to pretend to not know Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
老糊涂 老糊塗 lǎo hú tu dotard Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
假仁假义 假仁假義 jiǎ rén jiǎ yì hypocrisy; pretended righteousness Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
不成 不成 bù chéng won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be? Xiehouyu HSK 6
洋罪 洋罪 yáng zuì terrible pain; torture; (coll.) pain suffered at the hands of foreigners Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
真格的 真格的 zhēn gé de (coll.) serious; real; true Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
不赖 不賴 bù lài (coll.) not bad; good; fine Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
就算 就算 jiù suàn (coll.) even if Colloquialism HSK 6
嘛 嘛 má used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 6
有没有 有沒有 yǒu méi yǒu (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?; Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)? HSK 6
子曰 子曰 zǐ yuē Confucius says: ∼HSK 6
郎中 郎中 láng zhōng doctor (Chinese medicine); ancient official title; companions (respectful) ∼HSK 6
回绝 回絕 huí jué to rebuff; to refuse; to turn down ∼HSK 6
清风 清風 qīng fēng cool breeze; fig. pure and honest ∼HSK 6
赌钱 賭錢 dǔ qián to gamble ∼HSK 6
铜板 銅板 tóng bǎn copper coin; copper plate; copper clappers (a kind of percussion instrument); (Tw) coin ∼HSK 6
馊主意 餿主意 sōu zhǔ yi rotten idea ∼HSK 6
诊脉 診脈 zhěn mài take pulse (TCM) ∼HSK 6
改嫁 改嫁 gǎi jià to remarry (of a woman) ∼HSK 6
吉星高照 吉星高照 jí xīng gāo zhào the lucky star shines on you (idiom); blessed by good fortune ∼HSK 6
朽木 朽木 xiǔ mù rotten wood ∼HSK 6
孝廉 孝廉 xiào lián xiaolian, two examination subjects in Han, later a single subject in Ming and Qing; successful second degree candidate ∼HSK 6
正人君子 正人君子 zhèng rén jūn zi upright gentleman; man of honor ∼HSK 6
贪财好色 貪財好色 tān cái hào sè greedy for money and fond of women (idiom); covetous and lecherous ∼HSK 6
娇滴滴 嬌滴滴 jiāo dī dī sweet; cute; delicately pretty ∼HSK 6
不清 不清 bù qīng unclear ∼HSK 6
圣水 聖水 shèng shuǐ holy water ∼HSK 6
失敬 失敬 shī jìng I have been remiss (apology) ∼HSK 6
乾坤 乾坤 qián kūn yin and yang; heaven and earth; the universe ∼HSK 6
不成器 不成器 bù chéng qì good-for-nothing; worthless; (of a person) failing to amount to anything (idiom) ∼HSK 6
瞎子 瞎子 xiā zi blind person ∼HSK 6
娘儿们 娘兒們 niáng r men (dialect) woman; wife ∼HSK 6
有情 有情 yǒu qíng to be in love; sentient beings (Buddhism) ∼HSK 6
睡午觉 睡午覺 shuì wǔ jiào to have a nap ∼HSK 6
浮起 浮起 fú qǐ to float; to emerge ∼HSK 6
善言 善言 shàn yán good words ∼HSK 6
仙丹 仙丹 xiān dān elixir of immortality ∼HSK 6
灵丹 靈丹 líng dān miraculous cure; magic elixir; panacea ∼HSK 6
昏过去 昏過去 hūn guo qu to faint ∼HSK 6
娘家姓 孃家姓 niáng jia xìng maiden name (of married woman) ∼HSK 6
混进 混進 hùn jìn to infiltrate; to sneak into ∼HSK 6
屏风 屏風 píng fēng (furniture) screen ∼HSK 6
寸脉 寸脈 cùn mài pulse taken at the wrist (TCM) ∼HSK 6
恍然 恍然 huǎng rán suddenly (perceive); confused; vague; distracted ∼HSK 6
甘草 甘草 gān cǎo licorice root ∼HSK 6
不雅 不雅 bù yǎ graceless; vulgar; indecent ∼HSK 6
活神仙 活神仙 huó shén xiān a god living in our midst (sb who can predict the future like a prophet or who leads a life without constraints) ∼HSK 6
下凡 下凡 xià fán (of immortals) to descend to the human world ∼HSK 6