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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杭州 杭州 Háng zhōu Hangzhou, sub-provincial city and capital of Zhejiang Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
道长 道長 Dào Zhǎng Taoist priest; Daoist priest Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
四川 四川 Sì chuān Sichuan Province, capital Chengdu Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
成都 成都 Chéng dū Chengdu, sub-provincial city and capital of Sichuan Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
西湖 西湖 Xī hú Xihu or West lake (place name); West Lake in Hangzhou 杭州, Zhejiang; Xihu or Hsihu township in Miaoli county, northwest Taiwan Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
见过 見過 jiànguò seen HSK 2
大头 大頭 dà tóu big head; mask in the shape of a big head; the larger end of sth; the main part; the lion's share; dupe; sucker; (old) silver coin with a bust of Yuan Shikai on the obverse side ∼HSK 2
府 府 fǔ prefecture; prefect; government ∼HSK 2
小鸡 小雞 xiǎo jī chick ∼HSK 2
老头 老頭 lǎo tóu old fellow; old man; father; husband ∼HSK 2
一定要 一定要 yī dìng yào must ∼HSK 2
卖掉 賣掉 mài diào to sell off ∼HSK 2
房 房 Fáng surname Fang ∼HSK 2
身 身 shēn body; trunk, hull; rad. no. 158 ∼HSK 2
借钱 借錢 jiè qián to borrow money; to lend money ∼HSK 2
算老几 算老幾 suàn lǎo jǐ just who do (you) think (you) are? (or "just who does (she) think (she) is?" etc) ∼HSK 2
喝酒 喝酒 hē jiǔ to drink (alcohol) ∼HSK 2
头上 頭上 tóu shàng overhead; above ∼HSK 2
妻 妻 qī wife ∼HSK 2
始 始 shǐ begin, start; then, only then ∼HSK 2
街坊 街坊 jiē fāng neighborhood; neighbor ∼HSK 2
不休 不休 bù xiū endlessly; ceaselessly ∼HSK 2
河边 河邊 hé biān river bank ∼HSK 2
什么地方 什麼地方 shén me dì fang somewhere; someplace; where ∼HSK 2
吃完 吃完 chī wán to finish eating ∼HSK 2
三流 三流 sān liú third-rate; inferior ∼HSK 2
难为 難為 nán wei to bother; to press sb, usu. to do sth; it's a tough job; sorry to bother you (polite, used to thank sb for a favor) ∼HSK 2
晚生 晚生 wǎn shēng I (self-deprecatory, in front of elders) (old) ∼HSK 2
千里 千里 qiān lǐ a thousand miles; a thousand li (i.e. 500 kilometers); a long distance ∼HSK 2
吃饱 吃飽 chī bǎo to eat one's fill ∼HSK 2
客气话 客氣話 kè qi huà words of politeness; politesse; decorous talking; talk with propriety ∼HSK 2
倒弄 倒弄 dǎo nong to move (things around); to buy and sell at a profit (derog.) ∼HSK 2
来讲 來講 lái jiǎng as to; considering; for ∼HSK 2
杀人 殺人 shā rén homicide; to murder; to kill (a person) ∼HSK 2
什么时候 什麼時候 shén me shí hou when?; at what time? ∼HSK 2
市面上 市面上 shì miàn shàng on the market ∼HSK 2
好意思 好意思 hǎo yì si to have the nerve; what a cheek!; to feel no shame; to overcome the shame; (is it) proper? (rhetorical question) ∼HSK 2
街上 街上 jiē shang on the street; in town ∼HSK 2
有一套 有一套 yǒu yī tào to have a skill; to be savvy; to know how to do sth ∼HSK 2
不只 不只 bù zhǐ not only; not merely ∼HSK 2
不省人事 不省人事 bù xǐng rén shì to lose consciousness; unconscious; in a coma ∼HSK 2
上算 上算 shàng suàn to be worthwhile; to be worth it ∼HSK 2
上身 上身 shàng shēn upper part of the body ∼HSK 2
下身 下身 xià shēn lower part of the body; genitalia; trousers ∼HSK 2
上馆子 上館子 shàng guǎn zi to eat out; to eat at a restaurant ∼HSK 2
馆子 館子 guǎn zi restaurant; theater (old) ∼HSK 2
熟客 熟客 shú kè frequent visitor ∼HSK 2
五加 五加 wǔ jiā Acanthopanax gracilistylus ∼HSK 2
一只 一隻 yī zhǐ one (measure word for animals, boats, certain objects); a single ... ∼HSK 2
外带 外帶 wài dài take-out (fast food); (outer part of) tire; as well; besides; into the bargain; outer zone ∼HSK 2