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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好男不跟女斗 好男不跟女鬥 hǎo nán bù gēn nǚ dòu a real man doesn't fight with womenfolk (idiom) ∼HSK 6
良家 良家 liáng jiā respectable family; decent family ∼HSK 6
酸溜溜 酸溜溜 suān liū liū sour; acid ∼HSK 6
吃醋 吃醋 chī cù to feel jealous ∼HSK 6
凑成 湊成 còu chéng to put together; to make up (a set); to round up (a number to a convenient multiple); resulting in... ∼HSK 6
好哇 好哇 hǎo wā hurray!; hurrah!; yippee! ∼HSK 6
寡廉鲜耻 寡廉鮮恥 guǎ lián xiǎn chǐ shameless and unscrupulous (idiom); devoid of any sense of honor ∼HSK 6
家传户颂 家傳戶頌 jiā chuán hù sòng praised in every household (idiom); widely celebrated and passed from family to family ∼HSK 6
被窝 被窩 bèi wō (traditional bedding) quilt wrapped around the body as a tube; (contemporary) bedding; bed cover ∼HSK 6
陪嫁 陪嫁 péi jià dowry ∼HSK 6
下贱 下賤 xià jiàn humble; lowly; depraved; contemptible ∼HSK 6
一言以蔽之 一言以蔽之 yī yán yǐ bì zhī one word says it all (idiom, from Analects); to cut a long story short; in a nutshell ∼HSK 6
讲理 講理 jiǎng lǐ to argue; to reason with sb; to talk sense; to be reasonable ∼HSK 6
驷马难追 駟馬難追 sì mǎ nán zhuī a team of four horses cannot catch it (idiom); fig. what is said cannot be unsaid; a promise must be kept ∼HSK 6
嫁祸 嫁禍 jià huò to impute; to shift the blame onto someone else ∼HSK 6
妩媚 嫵媚 wǔ mèi lovely; charming ∼HSK 6
花丛 花叢 huā cóng cluster of flowers; inflorescence; flowering shrub ∼HSK 6
副官 副官 fù guān aide-de-camp ∼HSK 6
挑逗 挑逗 tiǎo dòu to provoke; to entice; to lure; to tantalize; to tease; to titillate ∼HSK 6
相公 相公 xiàng gong lord; master; young gentleman; male prostitute; catamite; mahjong player disqualified by unintentionally taking in the wrong number of dominoes; (old form of address for one's husband) husband ∼HSK 6
头痛脑热 頭痛腦熱 tóu tòng nǎo rè minor ailments; a slight headache or fever (idiom); small everyday illnesses ∼HSK 6
积德 積德 jī dé to accumulate merit; to do good; to give to charity; virtuous actions ∼HSK 6
出嫁 出嫁 chū jià to get married (of woman) ∼HSK 6
头疼脑热 頭疼腦熱 tóu téng nǎo rè minor ailments; headaches and slight fevers; small illnesses (idiom) ∼HSK 6
踪影 蹤影 zōng yǐng trace; vestige; presence ∼HSK 6
御驾亲征 御駕親征 yù jià qīn zhēng the emperor leads his troops into battle (idiom); to take part personally in an expedition ∼HSK 6
儿媳妇 兒媳婦 ér xí fù daughter-in-law ∼HSK 6
赔罪 賠罪 péi zuì to apologize ∼HSK 6
饶了 饒了 ráo le to spare; to forgive ∼HSK 6
成仙 成仙 chéng xiān become an immortal ∼HSK 6
缺德 缺德 quē dé mean; nasty; reprehensible; unprincipled ∼HSK 6
嫁人 嫁人 jià rén (of a woman) to get married; to take a husband ∼HSK 6
德性 德性 dé xìng moral integrity ∼HSK 6
岂止 豈止 qǐ zhǐ not only; far from; more than ∼HSK 6
主顾 主顧 zhǔ gù client; customer ∼HSK 6
包涵 包涵 bāo han to excuse; to forgive; to bear with; to be tolerant ∼HSK 6
偏门 偏門 piān mén side door; doing things by the side door (i.e. dishonestly) ∼HSK 6
不尽 不盡 bù jìn not completely; endlessly ∼HSK 6
摆荡 擺蕩 bǎi dàng to swing; to sway ∼HSK 6
伪君子 偽君子 wěi jūn zǐ hypocrite ∼HSK 6
礼义廉耻 禮義廉恥 lǐ yì lián chǐ sense of propriety, justice, integrity and honor (i.e. the four social bonds,) ∼HSK 6
待会儿 待會兒 dāi huì r in a moment; later; also pr. [dāi huǐ r] or [dāi hui r] HSK 6
岁数 歲數 suì shu age (number of years old) HSK 6
山坡 山坡 shān pō hillside HSK 6
一齐 一齊 yī qí at the same time; simultaneously HSK 6
书房 書房 shū fáng study (room); studio HSK 6
昏 昏 hūn muddle-headed; twilight; to faint; to lose consciousness HSK 6
醋 醋 cù vinegar; jealousy (in love rivalry) HSK 6
要不然 要不然 yào bù rán otherwise; or else; or HSK 6
好不容易 好不容易 hǎo bù róng yì with great difficulty; very difficult HSK 6