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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4.34 Intermediate

Vocabulary

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打家劫舍 打家劫舍 dǎ jiā jié shè to break into a house for robbery (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
漫天要价 漫天要價 màn tiān yào jià to ask for sky-high prices Idiom ∼HSK 6
原封不动 原封不動 yuán fēng - bù dòng lit. the original seal has not been disturbed (idiom); fig. left completely unchanged; untouched; intact Idiom ∼HSK 6
不识好歹 不識好歹 bù shí hǎo dǎi unable to tell good from bad (idiom); undiscriminating Idiom ∼HSK 6
才疏学浅 才疏學淺 cái shū xué qiǎn (humble expr.) of humble talent and shallow learning (idiom); Pray forgive my ignorance,... Idiom ∼HSK 6
另请高明 另請高明 lìng qǐng gāo míng please find sb better qualified than me (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
难缠 難纏 nán chán (usu. of people) difficult; demanding; troublesome; unreasonable; hard to deal with Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
出口伤人 出口傷人 chū kǒu shāng rén to speak hurtful words; to wound someone with one's tongue Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
虚虚实实 虛虛實實 xū xū shí shí hard to tell if it's real or sham Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
混账 混賬 hùn zhàng shameful; absolutely disgraceful! Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
心狠手辣 心狠手辣 xīn hěn - shǒu là (idiom) vicious; merciless Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
不成 不成 bù chéng won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be? Xiehouyu HSK 6
就算 就算 jiù suàn (coll.) even if Colloquialism HSK 6
嘛 嘛 má used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 6
指着 指著 zhǐzhe Poke HSK 6
有没有 有沒有 yǒu méi yǒu (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?; Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)? HSK 6
利钱 利錢 lì qián interest (on a loan etc) ∼HSK 6
瘤子 瘤子 liú zi tumor ∼HSK 6
珠子 珠子 zhū zi pearl; bead ∼HSK 6
郎中 郎中 láng zhōng doctor (Chinese medicine); ancient official title; companions (respectful) ∼HSK 6
借据 借據 jiè jù receipt for a loan ∼HSK 6
相公 相公 xiàng gong lord; master; young gentleman; male prostitute; catamite; mahjong player disqualified by unintentionally taking in the wrong number of dominoes; (old form of address for one's husband) husband ∼HSK 6
付账 付賬 fù zhàng to settle an account ∼HSK 6
家公 家公 jiā gōng head of a family; (polite) my father; (polite) my grandfather; your esteemed father ∼HSK 6
宽限 寬限 kuān xiàn to extend (a deadline etc) ∼HSK 6
讲理 講理 jiǎng lǐ to argue; to reason with sb; to talk sense; to be reasonable ∼HSK 6
识货 識貨 shí huò to know what's what ∼HSK 6
样样 樣樣 yàng yàng all kinds ∼HSK 6
伙计 伙計 huǒ ji partner; fellow; mate; waiter; servant; shop assistant ∼HSK 6
我儿 我兒 wǒ rén my child ∼HSK 6
有缘 有緣 yǒu yuán related; brought together by fate ∼HSK 6
潇潇 瀟瀟 xiāo xiāo (of wind and rain) howling and pounding; (of light rain) pattering ∼HSK 6
啰嗦 囉嗦 luō suo variant of ∼HSK 6
欠债 欠債 qiàn zhài to owe a debt; the sum owed ∼HSK 6
德性 德性 dé xìng moral integrity ∼HSK 6
撕掉 撕掉 sī diào to tear out (and throw away); to rip away ∼HSK 6
秃驴 禿驢 tū lǘ (derog.) Buddhist monk ∼HSK 6
几样 幾樣 jǐ yàng several kinds ∼HSK 6
文武 文武 wén wǔ civil and military ∼HSK 6
花雕 花雕 huā diāo Shaoxing yellow wine ∼HSK 6
亮晶晶 亮晶晶 liàng jīng jīng gleaming; glistening ∼HSK 6
通融 通融 tōng róng flexible; to accommodate; to stretch or get around regulations; a short-term loan ∼HSK 6
大雄宝殿 大雄寶殿 dà xióng bǎo diàn Hall of Great Strength, main hall of a Buddhist temple containing the main image of veneration ∼HSK 6
禀告 稟告 bǐng gào to report (to one's superior) ∼HSK 6
刑具 刑具 xíng jù punishment equipment; torture instrument ∼HSK 6
阴功 陰功 yīn gōng hidden merits ∼HSK 6
邪念 邪念 xié niàn wicked idea; evil thought; evil desire ∼HSK 6
袈裟 袈裟 jiāshā kasaya (monk's robe) ∼HSK 6
兹因 茲因 zī yīn (formal) whereas; since ∼HSK 6
调理 調理 tiáo lǐ to nurse one's health; to recuperate; to take care of; to look after; to discipline; to educate; to train; to prepare food; (dialect) to make fun of; (medicine) to opsonize ∼HSK 6