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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| 疯 瘋 | insane; mad; wild | |
| 颗 顆 | classifier for small spheres, pearls, corn grains, teeth, hearts, satellites etc | |
| 抢 搶 | to fight over; to rush; to scramble; to grab; to rob; to snatch | |
| 居然 居然 | unexpectedly; to one's surprise; go so far as to | |
| 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 | |
| 哈 哈 | abbr. for 哈萨克斯坦, Kazakhstan; abbr. for 哈尔滨, Harbin | |
| 杀 殺 | to kill; to murder; to attack; to weaken or reduce; to smart (dialect); (used after a verb) extremely | |
| 搞 搞 | to do; to make; to go in for; to set up; to get hold of; to take care of | |
| 可 可 | (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very | |
| 人心隔肚皮 人心隔肚皮 | there is no knowing what is in a man's heart (idiom) | Idiom |
| 里应外合 裡應外合 | to coordinate outside and inside offensives (idiom); (fig.) to act together | Idiom |
| 穷酸 窮酸 | (of a scholar) impoverished, shabby and pedantic; impoverished pedant | Xiehouyu |
| 无法无天 無法無天 | (idiom) defiant of the law and lacking any sense of morality; lawless; out of control; unruly | 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 |
| 尺寸 尺寸 | size; dimensions; measurements (esp. of clothes); (coll.) propriety | Colloquialism |
| 穷 窮 | poor; destitute; to use up; to exhaust; thoroughly; extremely; (coll.) persistently and pointlessly | Colloquialism |
| 垃圾 垃圾 | trash; refuse; garbage; (coll.) of poor quality; Taiwan pr. [lè sè] | 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 |
| 帅 帥 | (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 |
| 秦桧 秦檜 | Qin Hui (1090-1155 AD), Song Dynasty official said to have betrayed General Yue Fei | Proper Noun |
| 李 李 | Li (surname) | Proper Noun |
| 仁和县 仁和縣 | Renhe county in Zhejiang | Proper Noun |
| 唐三藏 唐三藏 | Tang Sanzang | Proper Noun |
| 龙游县 龍遊縣 | Longyou county in Quzhou, Zhejiang | Proper Noun |
| 扬州 揚州 | Yangzhou, prefecture-level city in Jiangsu Province | Proper Noun |
| 高梁 高梁 | Takahashi (name); Takahashi city in Okayama prefecture, Japan; Highbridge (name) | Proper Noun |
| 大梁 大梁 | capital of Wei 魏 during Warring states | Proper Noun |
| 钱塘 錢塘 | Qiantang River that loops around Hangzhou in Zhejiang Province | Proper Noun |
| 佛门 佛門 | Buddhism | Proper Noun |
| 圣地 聖地 | holy land (of a religion); sacred place; shrine; holy city (such as Jerusalem, Mecca etc); center of historic interest | Proper Noun |
| 没想到 沒想到 | didn't expect | |
| 相 相 | mutually | |
| 公子 公子 | son of an official; son of nobility; your son (honorific) | |
| 秦 秦 | surname Qin; Qin dynasty (221-207 BC) of the first emperor; short name for | |
| 方知 方知 | to realize only then | |
| 可不 可不 | that's just the way it is; exactly! | |
| 什么人 什麼人 | what kind of person | |
| 脉 脈 | blood vessels, veins, arteries | |
| 什么事 什麼事 | what matter | |
| 货色 貨色 | goods; (derog.) stuff; trash | |
| 红烧 紅燒 | to braise in soy sauce until reddish-brown | |
| 王八蛋 王八蛋 | bastard; son of a bitch | |
| 盖上 蓋上 | to cover | |
| 悔 悔 | repent, show remorse, regret | |
| 荡 蕩 | pond, pool; wash away, cleanse | |
| 怎么会 怎麼會 | how could it | |
| 一言 一言 | one sentence; brief remark | |
| 怎么能 怎麼能 | how could one |