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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| 非要 非要 | to want absolutely; to insist on (doing sth) | |
| 银票 銀票 | (in former times) banknote with a value in silver | |
| 会死 會死 | mortal | |
| 到时候 到時候 | when the moment comes; at that time | |
| 银两 銀兩 | silver (as currency) | |
| 连日 連日 | day after day; for several days running | |
| 光脚的不怕穿鞋的 光腳的不怕穿鞋的 | lit. the barefooted people are not afraid of those who wear shoes (idiom); fig. the poor, who have nothing to lose, do not fear those in power | |
| 点儿 點兒 | a bit | |
| 吵吵 吵吵 | to make a racket; to quarrel | |
| 无人 無人 | unmanned; uninhabited | |
| 总得 總得 | must; have to; be bound to | |
| 光是 光是 | solely; just | |
| 有福 有福 | to be blessed | |
| 长者 長者 | an elder; a senior | |
| 代为 代為 | to do sth on behalf of sb else | |
| 木 木 | tree; wood, lumber; wooden | |
| 再建 再建 | to reconstruct; to build another | |
| 阴阳 陰陽 | yin and yang | |
| 白糖 白糖 | (refined) white sugar | |
| 红糖 紅糖 | brown sugar | |
| 每个人 每個人 | everybody; everyone | |
| 把门 把門 | to stand as a goalkeeper; to keep guard on a gate | |
| 民 民 | people, subjects, citizens | |
| 强求 強求 | to insist on; to demand; to impose | |
| 有种 有種 | to have guts; to have courage; to be brave | |
| 大美人 大美人 | gorgeous-looking woman | |
| 压住 壓住 | to press down; to crush down; to restrain (anger); to keep down (voice) | |
| 老天爷 老天爺 | God; Heavens | |
| 伤身 傷身 | to be harmful to one's health | |
| 配药 配藥 | to dispense (drugs); to prescribe | |
| 初一 初一 | first day of lunar month; New Year's Day; first year in junior middle school | |
| 口香糖 口香糖 | chewing gum | |
| 认得 認得 | to recognize; to remember sth (or sb) on seeing it; to know | |
| 被子 被子 | quilt | |
| 上衣 上衣 | jacket; upper outer garment | |
| 大夫 大夫 | senior official (in imperial China) | |
| 干吗 幹嗎 | see 干嘛 | |
| 价钱 價錢 | price | |
| 本事 本事 | source material; original story | |
| 巧 巧 | opportunely; coincidentally; as it happens; skillful; timely | |
| 屋子 屋子 | house; room | |
| 裤子 褲子 | trousers; pants | |
| 观看 觀看 | to watch; to view | |
| 手指 手指 | finger | |
| 才能 才能 | talent; ability; capacity | |
| 上来 上來 | to come up; to approach; (verb complement indicating success) | |
| 只好 只好 | to have no other option but to ...; to have to; to be forced to | |
| 争 爭 | to strive for; to vie for; to argue or debate; deficient or lacking (dialect); how or what (literary) | |
| 福 福 | good fortune; happiness; luck | |
| 围 圍 | to encircle; to surround; all around; to wear by wrapping around (scarf, shawl) |