The Mad Monk

The Mad Monk 1977

佛跳墙 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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曾 曾 céng once; already; ever (in the past); former; previously; (past tense marker used before verb or clause) HSK 4
呀 呀 ya (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt) HSK 4
此 此 cǐ this; these HSK 4
无 無 wú not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-; -less HSK 4
空口说白话 空口說白話 kōng kǒu shuō bái huà to make empty promises Idiom ∼HSK 3
旧病复发 舊病復發 jiù bìng fù fā old illness recurs (idiom); a relapse; fig. to repeat an old error; the same old problem Idiom ∼HSK 3
知人知面不知心 知人知面不知心 zhī rén zhī miàn bù zhī xīn one may know a person for a long time without understanding his true nature (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 3
齐心合力 齊心合力 qí xīn hé lì to work as one (idiom); united in a concerted effort; working hard together Idiom ∼HSK 3
借光 借光 jiè guāng excuse me (i.e. let me through, please); reflected glory; to benefit from sb else's prestige Xiehouyu ∼HSK 3
不值钱 不值錢 bù zhí qián of little value Xiehouyu ∼HSK 3
找死 找死 zhǎo sǐ to court death; to take a big risk Xiehouyu ∼HSK 3
毛病 毛病 máo bìng fault; defect; shortcomings; ailment Xiehouyu HSK 3
没用 沒用 méi yòng useless Xiehouyu HSK 3
死人 死人 sǐ rén dead person; (coll.) to die; (of a death) to happen Colloquialism ∼HSK 3
要是 要是 yào shi (coll.) if Colloquialism HSK 3
整 整 zhěng exactly; in good order; whole; complete; entire; in order; orderly; to repair; to mend; to renovate; (coll.) to fix sb; to give sb a hard time; to mess with sb Colloquialism HSK 3
管 筦 guǎn to take care (of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to run; to care about; tube; pipe; woodwind; classifier for tube-shaped objects; particle similar to 把 in 管...叫 constructions; writing brush; (coll.) to; towards Colloquialism HSK 3
城外 城外 chéng wài outside of a city Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
春秋 春秋 Chūn qiū Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC); Spring and Autumn Annals, chronicle of Lu State (722-481 BC) Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
某人 某人 mǒu rén someone; a certain person; some people; I (self-address after one's surname) Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
三台 三臺 Sān tái Santai county in Mianyang, north Sichuan Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
少爷 少爺 shào ye son of the boss; young master of the house; your son (honorific) ∼HSK 3
爷 爺 yé father, grandfather ∼HSK 3
父 父 fù father; KangXi radical 88 ∼HSK 3
丞相 丞相 chéng xiàng the most senior minister of many kingdoms or dynasties (with varying roles); prime minister ∼HSK 3
派头 派頭 pài tóu manner; style; panache ∼HSK 3
银子 銀子 yín zi money; silver ∼HSK 3
人参 人參 rén shēn ginseng ∼HSK 3
大管 大管 dà guǎn bassoon ∼HSK 3
楚 楚 Chǔ name of feudal state; clear ∼HSK 3
光头 光頭 guāng tóu shaven head; bald head; to go bareheaded; hatless ∼HSK 3
菜心 菜心 cài xīn choy sum; Chinese flowering cabbage; stem of any Chinese cabbage ∼HSK 3
千金 千金 qiān jīn thousand jin 斤 (pounds) of gold; money and riches; (honorific) invaluable (support); (honorific) daughter ∼HSK 3
付钱 付錢 fù qián to pay money ∼HSK 3
叫化子 叫化子 jiào huā zi variant of ∼HSK 3
保人 保人 bǎo rén guarantor; person paying bail ∼HSK 3
劲 勁 jìn strong, unyielding, tough, power ∼HSK 3
大转 大轉 dà zhuǎn to turn left (Shanghainese) ∼HSK 3
搬走 搬走 bān zǒu to carry ∼HSK 3
每月 每月 měi yuè each month ∼HSK 3
陆 陸 Lù land, continental; army ∼HSK 3
味 味 wèi taste, smell, odor; delicacy ∼HSK 3
死皮 死皮 sǐ pí dead skin ∼HSK 3
有眼光 有眼光 yǒu yǎn guāng to have good taste ∼HSK 3
造孽 造孽 zào niè to do evil; to commit sins ∼HSK 3
心机 心機 xīn jī thinking; scheme ∼HSK 3
街坊邻里 街坊鄰里 jiē fang lín lǐ neighbors; the whole neighborhood ∼HSK 3
赶出 趕出 gǎn chū to drive away ∼HSK 3
打死 打死 dǎ sǐ to kill; to beat to death ∼HSK 3
去死 去死 qù sǐ go to hell!; drop dead! ∼HSK 3