The Mad Monk 1977
佛跳墙
Li's The Mad Monk consists of four stories that see the roaming monk save a mother and daughter from the brink of death and a young man from the hands of unscrupulous debtors. Ji Gong also deals mischievous justice on robbers and corrupt officials.
Vocabulary
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| 雷霆之怒 雷霆之怒 | thunderous rage; towering fury (idiom) | Idiom |
| 头头是道 頭頭是道 | clear and logical | Idiom |
| 多心 多心 | oversensitive; suspicious | Xiehouyu |
| 小气 小氣 | stingy; miserly; narrow-minded; petty | Xiehouyu |
| 捣乱 搗亂 | to disturb; to look for trouble; to stir up a row; to bother sb intentionally | Xiehouyu |
| 活该 活該 | (coll.) serve sb right; deservedly; ought; should | Xiehouyu |
| 小人 小人 | person of low social status (old); I, me (used to refer humbly to oneself); nasty person; vile character | Xiehouyu |
| 多余 多餘 | superfluous; unnecessary; surplus | Xiehouyu |
| 揍 揍 | to hit; to beat (sb); (coll.) to smash (sth) | Colloquialism |
| 家伙 傢伙 | household dish, implement or furniture; domestic animal; (coll.) guy; chap; weapon | Colloquialism |
| 上期 上期 | previous period (week, month or quarter etc) | |
| 强占 強佔 | to occupy by force | |
| 亭子 亭子 | pavilion | |
| 砂糖 砂糖 | granulated sugar | |
| 陪葬 陪葬 | to be buried with or next to dead person (of deceased's partner, or of funerary objects) | |
| 祖传 祖傳 | passed on from ancestors; handed down from generation to generation | |
| 少林寺 少林寺 | Shaolin Temple, Buddhist monastery famous for its kung fu monks | |
| 苗头 苗頭 | first signs; development (of a situation) | |
| 看热闹 看熱鬧 | to enjoy watching a bustling scene; to go where the crowds are | |
| 不平 不平 | uneven; injustice; unfairness; wrong; grievance; indignant; dissatisfied | |
| 不得而知 不得而知 | unknown; unable to find out | |
| 祖宗 祖宗 | ancestor; forebear | |
| 调和 調和 | harmonious; to mediate; to reconcile; mediation; to compromise; to mix; to blend; blended; to season; seasoning; to placate | |
| 死心 死心 | to give up; to admit failure; to drop the matter; to reconcile oneself to loss; to have no more illusions about | |
| 叫好 叫好 | to applaud; to cheer | |
| 世代 世代 | for many generations; generation; era; age | |
| 瘟疫 瘟疫 | plague; pestilence | |
| 就地 就地 | locally; on the spot | |
| 忧愁 憂愁 | to be worried | |
| 放肆 放肆 | wanton; unbridled; presumptuous; impudent | |
| 血脉 血脈 | blood vessels | |
| 竟敢 竟敢 | to have the impertinence; to have the cheek to | |
| 告辞 告辭 | to say goodbye; to take one's leave | |
| 可贵 可貴 | to be treasured; praiseworthy | |
| 敷衍 敷衍 | to elaborate (on a theme); to expound (the classics); perfunctory; to skimp; to botch; to do sth half-heartedly or just for show; barely enough to get by | |
| 选用 選用 | to choose for some purpose; to select and use | |
| 算数 算數 | to count numbers; to keep to one's word; to hold (i.e. to remain valid); to count (i.e. to be important) | |
| 口子 口子 | hole; opening; cut; gap; gash; my husband or wife; classifier for people (used for indicating the number of people in a family etc); precedent | |
| 耽搁 耽擱 | to tarry; to delay; to stop over | |
| 煲 煲 | to cook slowly over a low flame; pot; saucepan | |
| 吃亏 吃虧 | to suffer losses; to come to grief; to lose out; to get the worst of it; to be at a disadvantage; unfortunately | |
| 掀 掀 | to lift (a lid); to rock; to convulse | |
| 体面 體面 | dignity; prestige; face; honorable; creditable; (of sb's appearance) presentable; respectable | |
| 无缘 無緣 | to have no opportunity; no way (of doing sth); no chance; no connection; not placed (in a competition); (in pop lyrics) no chance of love, no place to be together etc | |
| 隐身 隱身 | to hide oneself; invisible (person or online status) | |
| 芽 芽 | bud; sprout | |
| 功效 功效 | efficacy | |
| 迁 遷 | to move; to shift; to change (a position or location etc); to promote | |
| 传授 傳授 | to impart; to pass on; to teach | |
| 神仙 神仙 | Daoist immortal; supernatural entity; (in modern fiction) fairy, elf, leprechaun etc; fig. lighthearted person |