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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洞 洞 dòng cave; hole; zero (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers) HSK 5
猜 猜 cāi to guess HSK 5
人士 人士 rén shì person; figure; public figure HSK 5
之外 之外 zhī wài outside; excluding HSK 5
滚 滾 gǔn to boil; to roll; to take a hike; Get lost! HSK 5
可惜 可惜 kě xī it is a pity; what a pity; unfortunately HSK 5
毒 毒 dú poison; to poison; poisonous; malicious; cruel; fierce; narcotics HSK 5
骗 騙 piàn to cheat; to swindle; to deceive; to get on (a horse etc) by swinging one leg over HSK 5
厉害 厲害 lì hai (used to describe sb or sth that makes a very strong impression, whether favorable or unfavorable) terrible; intense; severe; devastating; amazing; awesome; outstanding; (of a person) stern; strict; harsh; shrewd; tough; (of an animal) fierce; (of a resemblance) striking; (of liquor or chili pepper) strong; (of bacteria) virulent HSK 5
偷 偷 tōu to steal; to pilfer; to snatch; thief; stealthily HSK 5
戏 戲 xì trick; drama; play; show HSK 5
恨 恨 hèn to hate; to regret HSK 5
愿 願 yuàn to hope; to wish; to desire; hoped-for; ready; willing HSK 5
鬼 鬼 guǐ disembodied spirit; ghost; devil; (suffix) person with a certain vice or addiction etc; sly; crafty; resourceful (variant of 诡); one of the 28 constellations of ancient Chinese astronomy HSK 5
人物 人物 rén wù person; personage; figure (esp. sb of importance); character (in a play, novel etc); figure painting (as a genre of traditional Chinese painting) HSK 5
讨厌 討厭 tǎo yàn to dislike; to loathe; disagreeable; troublesome; annoying HSK 5
居然 居然 jū rán unexpectedly; to one's surprise; go so far as to HSK 5
陪 陪 péi to accompany; to keep sb company; to assist; old variant of 赔 HSK 5
神 神 Shén God; abbr. for 舟 HSK 5
声 聲 shēng sound; voice; tone; noise; reputation; classifier for sounds HSK 5
杀 殺 shā to kill; to murder; to attack; to weaken or reduce; to smart (dialect); (used after a verb) extremely HSK 5
其 其 qí his; her; its; their; that; such; it (refers to sth preceding it) HSK 5
可 可 kě (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very HSK 5
飞黄腾达 飛黃騰達 Fēi huáng téng dá lit. the divine steed Feihuang gallops (idiom); fig. to achieve meteoric success in one's career Idiom ∼HSK 4
挑明 挑明 tiǎo míng to illuminate; to open up (a topic) Xiehouyu ∼HSK 4
热闹 熱鬧 rè nao bustling with noise and excitement; lively Xiehouyu HSK 4
受不了 受不了 shòu bù liǎo unbearable; unable to endure; can't stand Xiehouyu HSK 4
苦 苦 kǔ bitter; hardship; pain; to suffer; to bring suffering to; painstakingly Xiehouyu HSK 4
脱光 脫光 tuō guāng to strip naked; to strip nude; (coll.) to find oneself a partner Colloquialism ∼HSK 4
老婆 老婆 lǎo pó (coll.) wife Colloquialism HSK 4
帅 帥 shuài (bound form) commander-in-chief; (bound form) to lead; to command; handsome; graceful; dashing; elegant; (coll.) cool!; sweet!; (Chinese chess) general (on the red side, equivalent to a king in Western chess) Colloquialism HSK 4
俩 倆 liǎ two (colloquial equivalent of 两个); both; some Colloquialism HSK 4
秀才 秀才 xiù cai a person who has passed the county level imperial exam (historical); scholar; skillful writer; fine talent Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
李 李 Lǐ Li (surname) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
乾隆 乾隆 Qián lóng the Qianlong era; Qianlong Emperor (1711-1799), sixth Qing emperor, princely title, personal name, reigned 1735-1799 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
论语 論語 Lún yǔ The Analects of Confucius Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
孔夫子 孔夫子 Kǒng fū zǐ Confucius (551-479 BC), Chinese thinker and social philosopher, also known as Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
东乡 東鄉 Dōng xiāng Dongxiang or East village (place name); Donxiang (ethnic group); Dongxiang County in Fuzhou 撫州|抚州, Jiangxi Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
县长 縣長 xiàn zhǎng county's head commissioner Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
聊斋志异 聊齋志異 Liáo zhāi Zhì yì Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, Qing dynasty book of tales by Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
卧虎藏龙 臥虎藏龍 Wò hǔ Cáng lóng Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, movie by Ang Lee Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
没想到 沒想到 méi xiǎng dào didn't expect HSK 4
徐 徐 Xú slowly, quietly, calmly; composed, dignified ∼HSK 4
王八蛋 王八蛋 wáng bā dàn bastard; son of a bitch ∼HSK 4
大兵 大兵 dà bīng soldier; large army; powerful army; (old) large-scale war ∼HSK 4
何为 何為 hé wéi what is; (old) what for; (in a rhetorical question) it's no use ∼HSK 4
长官 長官 zhǎng guān senior official; senior officer; commanding officer; sir (term of address for senior officer) ∼HSK 4
谢 謝 Xiè thank ∼HSK 4
可不 可不 kě bu that's just the way it is; exactly! ∼HSK 4
怎么会 怎麼會 zěn yāo huì how could it ∼HSK 4