The Legend of Fong Sai-yuk 1993
方世玉
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.
Vocabulary
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| 鬼 鬼 | 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 | |
| 枪 槍 | gun; firearm; rifle; spear; thing with shape or function similar to a gun; to substitute for another person in a test; to knock; classifier for rifle shots | |
| 棒 棒 | stick; club; cudgel; smart; capable; strong; wonderful; classifier for legs of a relay race | |
| 傻 傻 | foolish | |
| 抢 搶 | to fight over; to rush; to scramble; to grab; to rob; to snatch | |
| 冠军 冠軍 | champion | |
| 享受 享受 | to enjoy; to live it up; pleasure | |
| 陪 陪 | to accompany; to keep sb company; to assist; old variant of 赔 | |
| 尽管 儘管 | despite; although; even though; in spite of; unhesitatingly; do not hesitate (to ask, complain etc); (go ahead and do it) without hesitating | |
| 神 神 | God; abbr. for 舟 | |
| 令 令 | to order; to command; an order; warrant; writ; to cause; to make sth happen; virtuous; honorific title; season; government position (old); type of short song or poem | |
| 声 聲 | sound; voice; tone; noise; reputation; classifier for sounds | |
| 杀 殺 | to kill; to murder; to attack; to weaken or reduce; to smart (dialect); (used after a verb) extremely | |
| 肯定 肯定 | to be certain; to be positive; assuredly; definitely; to give recognition; to affirm; affirmative (answer) | |
| 将 將 | will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把) | |
| 入乡随俗 入鄉隨俗 | When you enter a village, follow the local customs (idiom); do as the natives do; When in Rome, do as the Romans do | Idiom |
| 落地生根 落地生根 | air plant (Bryophyllum pinnatum); to put down roots | Idiom |
| 加官进爵 加官進爵 | promotion to the nobility (idiom) | Idiom |
| 明摆着 明擺著 | evident; clear; undoubted | Xiehouyu |
| 王八 王八 | softshell turtle; cuckold; (old) male owner of a brothel | Xiehouyu |
| 热闹 熱鬧 | bustling with noise and excitement; lively | Xiehouyu |
| 来不及 來不及 | there's not enough time (to do sth); it's too late (to do sth) | Xiehouyu |
| 受不了 受不了 | unbearable; unable to endure; can't stand | Xiehouyu |
| 苦 苦 | bitter; hardship; pain; to suffer; to bring suffering to; painstakingly | Xiehouyu |
| 老公 老公 | (coll.) husband | Colloquialism |
| 老婆 老婆 | (coll.) wife | Colloquialism |
| 烧 燒 | to burn; to cook; to stew; to bake; to roast; to heat; to boil (tea, water etc); fever; to run a temperature; (coll.) to let things go to one's head | Colloquialism |
| 俩 倆 | two (colloquial equivalent of 两个); both; some | Colloquialism |
| 刑部 刑部 | Ministry of Justice (in imperial China) | Proper Noun |
| 广东人 廣東人 | Cantonese (people) | Proper Noun |
| 乾隆 乾隆 | the Qianlong era; Qianlong Emperor (1711-1799), sixth Qing emperor, princely title, personal name, reigned 1735-1799 | Proper Noun |
| 满洲 滿洲 | Manchuria | Proper Noun |
| 武功 武功 | Wugong County in Xianyang, Shaanxi | Proper Noun |
| 苏杭 蘇杭 | Suzhou and Hangzhou | Proper Noun |
| 广东话 廣東話 | Cantonese language | Proper Noun |
| 李 李 | Li (surname) | Proper Noun |
| 大清 大清 | Great Qing dynasty (1644-1911) | Proper Noun |
| 江山 江山 | Jiangshan, county-level city in Quzhou, Zhejiang | Proper Noun |
| 有型 有型 | stylish | |
| 方家 方家 | learned person; expert in a certain field; abbr. for | |
| 什么事 什麼事 | what matter | |
| 怎么会 怎麼會 | how could it | |
| 兄 兄 | elder brother | |
| 没办法 沒辦法 | there is nothing to be done; one can't do anything about it | |
| 可不 可不 | that's just the way it is; exactly! | |
| 冠 冠 | cap, crown, headgear | |
| 自爱 自愛 | self-respect; self-love; self-regard; regard for oneself; to cherish one's good name; to take good care of one's health | |
| 尾 尾 | tail, extremity; end, stern | |
| 父老 父老 | elders | |
| 知 知 | know |