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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| 辣椒 辣椒 | hot pepper; chili | |
| 废话 廢話 | nonsense; rubbish; superfluous words; You don't say!; No kidding! (gently sarcastic) | |
| 性命 性命 | life | |
| 口气 口氣 | tone of voice; the way one speaks; manner of expression; tone | |
| 临 臨 | to face; to overlook; to arrive; to be (just) about to; just before | |
| 坏事 壞事 | bad thing; misdeed; to ruin things | |
| 念头 念頭 | thought; idea; intention | |
| 撕 撕 | to tear | |
| 乃 乃 | to be; thus; so; therefore; then; only; thereupon | |
| 凑 湊 | to gather together, pool or collect; to happen by chance; to move close to; to exploit an opportunity | |
| 疯子 瘋子 | madman; lunatic | |
| 见识 見識 | to gain first-hand knowledge of sth; to experience for oneself; knowledge; experience; insight | |
| 消 消 | to diminish; to subside; to consume; to reduce; to idle away (the time); (after 不 or 只 or 何 etc) to need; to require; to take | |
| 虾 蝦 | used in 虾蟆 | |
| 押 押 | to mortgage; to pawn; to detain in custody; to escort and protect; (literary) to sign | |
| 难怪 難怪 | (it's) no wonder (that...); (it's) not surprising (that) | |
| 浑身 渾身 | all over; from head to foot | |
| 趴 趴 | to lie on one's stomach; to lean forward, resting one's upper body (on a desktop etc); (Tw) percent | |
| 无论如何 無論如何 | whatever the case; in any event; no matter what; by all possible means | |
| 烫 燙 | to scald; to burn (by scalding); to blanch (cooking); to heat (sth) up in hot water; to perm; to iron; scalding hot | |
| 桩 樁 | stump; stake; pile; classifier for items | |
| 驾 駕 | to harness; to draw (a cart etc); to drive; to pilot; to sail; to ride; your good self; prefixed word denoting respect (polite 敬辞) | |
| 亦 亦 | also | |
| 玫瑰 玫瑰 | rugosa rose (shrub) (Rosa rugosa); rose flower | |
| 不准 不准 | not to allow; to forbid; to prohibit | |
| 无比 無比 | incomparable; matchless | |
| 要不 要不 | otherwise; or else; how about...?; either... (or...) | |
| 尚 尚 | still; yet; to value; to esteem | |
| 娶 娶 | to take a wife; to marry (a woman) | |
| 感激 感激 | to be grateful; to appreciate; thankful | |
| 堂 堂 | (main) hall; large room for a specific purpose; relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family; of the same clan; classifier for classes, lectures etc; classifier for sets of furniture | |
| 脖子 脖子 | neck | |
| 皆 皆 | all; each and every; in all cases | |
| 老大 老大 | old age; very; eldest child in a family; leader of a group; boss; captain of a boat; leader of a criminal gang | |
| 惊 驚 | to startle; to be frightened; to be scared; alarm | |
| 哼 哼 | to groan; to snort; to hum; to croon; humph! | |
| 素 素 | raw silk; white; plain, unadorned; vegetarian (food); essence; nature; element; constituent; usually; always; ever | |
| 曲 曲 | bent; crooked; wrong | |
| 哎 哎 | hey!; (interjection used to attract attention or to express surprise or disapprobation) | |
| 灵 靈 | quick; alert; efficacious; effective; to come true; spirit; departed soul; coffin | |
| 不知 不知 | not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) | |
| 经 經 | classics; sacred book; scripture; to pass through; to undergo; to bear; to endure; warp (textile); longitude; menstruation; channel (TCM); abbr. for economics 经济 | |
| 文 文 | language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle; (old) classifier for coins; Kangxi radical 67 | |
| 情 情 | feeling; emotion; passion; situation | |
| 之 之 | (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it | |
| 疑难杂症 疑難雜症 | dubious or hard-to-treat cases (medicine); hard cases | Idiom |
| 听天由命 聽天由命 | (idiom) to submit to the will of heaven; to resign oneself to fate; to trust to luck | Idiom |
| 恻隐之心 惻隱之心 | compassion | Idiom |
| 天公地道 天公地道 | absolutely fair and reasonable (idiom); equitable | Idiom |
| 人命关天 人命關天 | human life is beyond value (idiom) | Idiom |