The Mad Monk

The Mad Monk 1977

fótiàoqiáng

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.

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Vocabulary

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fēng insane; mad; wild HSK 5
classifier for small spheres, pearls, corn grains, teeth, hearts, satellites etc HSK 5
qiǎng to fight over; to rush; to scramble; to grab; to rob; to snatch HSK 5
rán unexpectedly; to one's surprise; go so far as to HSK 5
jǐn guǎn despite; although; even though; in spite of; unhesitatingly; do not hesitate (to ask, complain etc); (go ahead and do it) without hesitating HSK 5
abbr. for 哈萨克斯坦, Kazakhstan; abbr. for 哈尔滨, Harbin HSK 5
shā to kill; to murder; to attack; to weaken or reduce; to smart (dialect); (used after a verb) extremely HSK 5
gǎo to do; to make; to go in for; to set up; to get hold of; to take care of HSK 5
(prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very HSK 5
rén xīn there is no knowing what is in a man's heart (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 4
yìng wài to coordinate outside and inside offensives (idiom); (fig.) to act together Idiom ∼HSK 4
qióng suān (of a scholar) impoverished, shabby and pedantic; impoverished pedant Xiehouyu ∼HSK 4
- tiān (idiom) defiant of the law and lacking any sense of morality; lawless; out of control; unruly Xiehouyu ∼HSK 4
nao bustling with noise and excitement; lively Xiehouyu HSK 4
lái bu there's not enough time (to do sth); it's too late (to do sth) Xiehouyu HSK 4
chǐ cun size; dimensions; measurements (esp. of clothes); (coll.) propriety Colloquialism HSK 4
qióng poor; destitute; to use up; to exhaust; thoroughly; extremely; (coll.) persistently and pointlessly Colloquialism HSK 4
trash; refuse; garbage; (coll.) of poor quality; Taiwan pr. [lè sè] Colloquialism HSK 4
lǎo (coll.) wife Colloquialism HSK 4
shāo 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 HSK 4
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
Qín Huì Qin Hui (1090-1155 AD), Song Dynasty official said to have betrayed General Yue Fei Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Li (surname) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Rén xiàn Renhe county in Zhejiang Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Táng Sānzàng Tang Sanzang Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Lóng yóu xiàn Longyou county in Quzhou, Zhejiang Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Yáng zhōu Yangzhou, prefecture-level city in Jiangsu Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Gāo liáng Takahashi (name); Takahashi city in Okayama prefecture, Japan; Highbridge (name) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
liáng capital of Wei 魏 during Warring states Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Qián táng Qiantang River that loops around Hangzhou in Zhejiang Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
mén Buddhism Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
shèng holy land (of a religion); sacred place; shrine; holy city (such as Jerusalem, Mecca etc); center of historic interest Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
méi xiǎng dào didn't expect HSK 4
Xiāng mutually ∼HSK 4
gōng son of an official; son of nobility; your son (honorific) ∼HSK 4
Qín surname Qin; Qin dynasty (221-207 BC) of the first emperor; short name for ∼HSK 4
fāng zhī to realize only then ∼HSK 4
bu that's just the way it is; exactly! ∼HSK 4
shén me rén what kind of person ∼HSK 4
mài blood vessels, veins, arteries ∼HSK 4
shén me shì what matter ∼HSK 4
huò goods; (derog.) stuff; trash ∼HSK 4
hóng shāo to braise in soy sauce until reddish-brown ∼HSK 4
wáng dàn bastard; son of a bitch ∼HSK 4
gài shang to cover ∼HSK 4
huǐ repent, show remorse, regret ∼HSK 4
dàng pond, pool; wash away, cleanse ∼HSK 4
zěn yāo huì how could it ∼HSK 4
yán one sentence; brief remark ∼HSK 4
zěn yāo néng how could one ∼HSK 4