The Legend of Fong Sai-yuk

The Legend of Fong Sai-yuk 1993

方世玉 fāng shì yù

The secret Red Lotus Flower Society is committed to the overthrow of the evil Manchu Emperor and his minions. One of his Governors is sent on a mission to retrieve a list of members of that secret society. Meanwhile, Canton kung fu practitioner Fong Sai-Yuk falls in love with the beautiful daughter of a rich merchant.

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Vocabulary

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主 主 zhǔ owner; master; host; individual or party concerned; God; Lord; main; to indicate or signify; trump card (in card games) HSK 7
哦 哦 é to chant HSK 7
之 之 zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it HSK 7
作威作福 作威作福 zuò wēi zuò fú tyrannical abuse (idiom); riding roughshod over people Idiom ∼HSK 6
短小精悍 短小精悍 duǎn xiǎo jīng hàn (of a person) short but plucky (idiom); (of an article) concise and forceful Idiom ∼HSK 6
丰衣足食 豐衣足食 fēng yī zú shí having ample food and clothing (idiom); well fed and clothed Idiom ∼HSK 6
国泰民安 國泰民安 guó tài mín ān the country prospers, the people at peace (idiom); peace and prosperity Idiom ∼HSK 6
名不虚传 名不虛傳 míng bù xū chuán (idiom) to live up to one's famous name; its reputation is well deserved Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
命根子 命根子 mìng gēn zi lifeblood; the thing that one cherishes most in life; (coll.) family jewels (male genitals) 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
不通 不通 bù tōng to be obstructed; to be blocked up; to be impassable; to make no sense; to be illogical Xiehouyu HSK 6
就算 就算 jiù suàn (coll.) even if Colloquialism HSK 6
雷 雷 léi thunder; (bound form) (military) mine, as in 雷 land mine; (coll.) to shock; to stun; to astound; (Tw) (coll.) spoiler; (Tw) (coll.) to reveal plot details to (sb) 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
指着 指著 zhǐzhe Poke HSK 6
以德服人 以德服人 yǐ dé fú rén 以: by means of; thereby, therefore; consider as; in order to · 德: ethics, morality, virtue · 服: clothes; wear, dress · 人: man; people; mankind; someone else ∼HSK 6
招亲 招親 zhāo qīn select a spouse ∼HSK 6
提督 提督 tí dū the local commander; provincial governor (in Qing and Ming times) ∼HSK 6
这么样 這麼樣 zhè me yàng thus; in this way ∼HSK 6
泪痕 淚痕 lèi hén tear stains ∼HSK 6
作弄 作弄 zuò nòng to tease; to play tricks on ∼HSK 6
接力赛 接力賽 jiē lì sài relay race ∼HSK 6
圣约 聖約 shèng yuē covenant ∼HSK 6
胸襟 胸襟 xiōng jīn lapel of jacket; heart; aspiration; vision ∼HSK 6
拳打 拳打 quán dǎ to punch ∼HSK 6
凡心 凡心 fán xīn reluctance to leave this world; heart set on the mundane ∼HSK 6
反贼 反賊 fǎn zéi (imperial China) rebel; traitor; (post-1949) enemy of the state; counter-revolutionary; (slang) dissident (used self-referentially, esp. in pro-democracy circles) ∼HSK 6
列祖列宗 列祖列宗 liè zǔ liè zōng 列: a line; to arrange in order, classify · 祖: ancestor, forefather; grandfather · 列: a line; to arrange in order, classify · 宗: lineage, ancestry; ancestor, clan ∼HSK 6
各为其主 各為其主 gè wèi qí zhǔ 各: each, individually, every, all · 为: do, handle, govern, act; be · 其: his, her, its, their; that · 主: master, chief owner; host; lord ∼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
安枕 安枕 ān zhěn to sleep soundly; (fig.) to rest easy; to be free of worries ∼HSK 6
山贼 山賊 shān zéi brigand ∼HSK 6
龟公 龜公 guī gōng pimp ∼HSK 6
洋鬼子 洋鬼子 yáng guǐ zi foreign devil; term of abuse for Westerners ∼HSK 6
出招 出招 chū zhāo to make a move (in martial arts or figuratively) ∼HSK 6
一程 一程 yī chéng a journey ∼HSK 6
显身 顯身 xiǎn shēn show one's true form ∼HSK 6
竖起 豎起 shù qǐ to erect (a tent etc); to prick up (one's ears); to raise (one's eyebrows); to stick up (one's thumb); to turn up (one's collar); (of a bird) to puff up (one's feathers) ∼HSK 6
干你娘 幹你娘 gàn nǐ niáng (Tw) (vulgar) fuck you! (literally, "fuck your mother") ∼HSK 6
大盗 大盜 dà dào thief; bandit (esp. one who has gained notoriety) ∼HSK 6
扬名 揚名 yáng míng to become famous; to become notorious ∼HSK 6
爹娘 爹孃 diē niáng (dialect) parents ∼HSK 6
老板娘 老闆娘 lǎo bǎn niáng female proprietor; lady boss; boss's wife ∼HSK 6
出人命 出人命 chū rén mìng fatal; resulting in sb's death ∼HSK 6
何止 何止 hé zhǐ far more than; not just ∼HSK 6
护着 護著 hù zhe to protect; to guard; to shield ∼HSK 6
莫名 莫名 mò míng inexpressible; indescribable; unexplainable; inexplicable ∼HSK 6
和睦相处 和睦相處 hé mù xiāng chǔ to live in harmony; to get along with each other ∼HSK 6
不负 不負 bù fù to live up to ∼HSK 6