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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牛鬼蛇神 牛鬼蛇神 niú guǐ shé shén evil monsters; (fig.) bad characters; (political) bad elements Idiom ∼HSK 5
苦口婆心 苦口婆心 kǔ kǒu pó xīn earnest and well-meaning advice (idiom); to persuade patiently Idiom ∼HSK 5
立竿见影 立竿見影 lì gān jiàn yǐng lit. set up a pole and immediately see its shadow (idiom); fig. to get instant results Idiom ∼HSK 5
顶天立地 頂天立地 dǐng tiān lì dì lit. able to support both heaven and earth; of indomitable spirit (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 5
真刀真枪 真刀真槍 zhēn dāo - zhēn qiāng lit. real swords and spears (idiom); fig. very much for real; genuine Idiom ∼HSK 5
没劲儿 沒勁兒 méi jìn r erhua variant of Xiehouyu ∼HSK 5
为难 為難 wéi nán to feel embarrassed or awkward; to make things difficult (for someone); to find things difficult (to do or manage) Xiehouyu HSK 5
臭 臭 chòu stench; smelly; to smell (bad); repulsive; loathsome; terrible; bad; severely; ruthlessly; dud (ammunition) Xiehouyu HSK 5
长虫 長蟲 cháng chong (coll.) snake Colloquialism ∼HSK 5
仨 仨 sā (coll.) three (cannot be followed by a measure word) Colloquialism ∼HSK 5
有戏 有戲 yǒu xì (coll.) promising; likely to turn out well Colloquialism ∼HSK 5
胡子 鬍子 hú zi beard; mustache or whiskers; facial hair; (coll.) bandit Colloquialism HSK 5
慌 慌 huāng to get panicky; to lose one's head; (coll.) (after 得) unbearably; terribly Colloquialism HSK 5
老爷 老爺 lǎo ye master, sir ∼HSK 5
帐 帳 zhàng tent; account ∼HSK 5
营长 營長 yíng zhǎng battalion commander ∼HSK 5
舅父 舅父 jiù fù mother's brother; maternal uncle ∼HSK 5
吕 呂 Lǚ surname; a musical note ∼HSK 5
跪下 跪下 guì xia to kneel down ∼HSK 5
令嫒 令嬡 lìng ài variant of ∼HSK 5
弁 弁 biàn conical cap worn during Zhou dynasty ∼HSK 5
婆 婆 pó old woman; grandmother ∼HSK 5
什么话 什麼話 shén yāo huà what kind of talk ∼HSK 5
立正 立正 lì zhèng to stand straight; attention! (order to troops) ∼HSK 5
女佣 女傭 nǚ yōng (female) maid ∼HSK 5
似 似 sì resemble (literary) ∼HSK 5
调戏 調戲 tiáo xì to take liberties with a woman; to dally; to assail a woman with obscenities ∼HSK 5
敲锣 敲鑼 qiāo luó to beat a gong ∼HSK 5
舅 舅 jiù maternal uncle ∼HSK 5
还愿 還願 huán yuàn to redeem a vow (to a deity); to fulfill a promise; votive ∼HSK 5
掌柜 掌櫃 zhǎng guì shopkeeper ∼HSK 5
不方便 不方便 bù fāng biàn inconvenience; inconvenient ∼HSK 5
幼 幼 yòu young ∼HSK 5
琢 琢 zhuó polish jade; cut jade ∼HSK 5
老兄 老兄 lǎo xiōng elder brother (often used self-referentially); (form of address between male friends) old chap; buddy ∼HSK 5
来劲 來勁 lái jìn (dialect) to be full of zeal; high-spirited; exhilarating; to stir sb up ∼HSK 5
怎么搞的 怎麼搞的 zěn me gǎo de How did it happen?; What's wrong?; What went wrong?; What's up? ∼HSK 5
媒 媒 méi go-between, matchmaker; medium ∼HSK 5
珍 珍 zhēn precious, valuable, rare ∼HSK 5
婆家 婆家 pó jiā husband's family (traditionally where the wife moves into) ∼HSK 5
勾引 勾引 gōu yǐn to seduce; to tempt ∼HSK 5
寡 寡 guǎ widowed; alone, friendless ∼HSK 5
妇 婦 fù married women; woman; wife ∼HSK 5
俏 俏 qiào like, similar; resemble; pretty ∼HSK 5
有理 有理 yǒu lǐ reasonable; justified; right; (math.) rational ∼HSK 5
淑 淑 shū good, pure, virtuous, charming ∼HSK 5
贞 貞 zhēn virtuous, chaste, pure; loyal ∼HSK 5
山沟 山溝 shān gōu valley; gully; mountain region ∼HSK 5
凤 鳳 Fèng male phoenix; symbol of joy ∼HSK 5
戏院 戲院 xì yuàn theater ∼HSK 5