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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泡泡糖 泡泡糖 pào pào táng bubble gum ∼HSK 6
棉花糖 棉花糖 mián huā táng cotton candy; candyfloss; marshmallow ∼HSK 6
不清 不清 bù qīng unclear ∼HSK 6
妖僧 妖僧 yāo sēng demon monk ∼HSK 6
三妻四妾 三妻四妾 sān qī sì qiè three wives and four concubines (idiom); a household full of women; polygamy ∼HSK 6
寡廉鲜耻 寡廉鮮恥 guǎ lián xiǎn chǐ shameless and unscrupulous (idiom); devoid of any sense of honor ∼HSK 6
三贞五烈 三貞五烈 sān zhēn wǔ liè three chaste and five virtuous (idiom); women of exemplary chastity and fidelity ∼HSK 6
谷仓 穀倉 gǔ cāng barn ∼HSK 6
掀开 掀開 xiān kāi to lift open; to tear open ∼HSK 6
三十六计 三十六計 sān shí liù jì The Thirty-Six Stratagems, a Chinese essay used to illustrate a series of stratagems used in politics, war, and in civil interaction; all the possible schemes and stratagems ∼HSK 6
走为上策 走為上策 zǒu wéi shàng cè of the 36 stratagems, fleeing is the best (idiom); the best move is to run away ∼HSK 6
诊脉 診脈 zhěn mài take pulse (TCM) ∼HSK 6
暂息 暫息 zàn xī a lull (in the storm); brief break (in rain) ∼HSK 6
号脉 號脈 hào mài to feel sb's pulse ∼HSK 6
摸清 摸清 mō qīng to suss out; to figure out; to ascertain ∼HSK 6
发痒 發癢 fā yǎng to tickle; to itch ∼HSK 6
狠毒 狠毒 hěn dú vicious; malicious; savage ∼HSK 6
等不及 等不及 děng bù jí can't wait ∼HSK 6
修桥补路 修橋補路 xiū qiáo bǔ lù to repair bridges and mend roads (idiom); to do good public works; charitable deeds ∼HSK 6
甭 甭 béng (contraction of 用) need not; please don't HSK 6
用处 用處 yòng chu usefulness HSK 6
强盗 強盜 qiáng dào to rob (with force); bandit; robber HSK 6
诸位 諸位 zhū wèi (pron) everyone; Ladies and Gentlemen; Sirs HSK 6
寺 寺 sì Buddhist temple; mosque; government office (old) HSK 6
要不然 要不然 yào bù rán otherwise; or else; or HSK 6
壶 壺 hú pot; classifier for bottled liquid HSK 6
师父 師父 shī fu used for 师傅 (in Taiwan); master; qualified worker HSK 6
账 賬 zhàng account; bill; debt HSK 6
拿走 拿走 ná zǒu to take away HSK 6
懒 懶 lǎn lazy HSK 6
捉 捉 zhuō to clutch; to grab; to capture HSK 6
皇帝 皇帝 huáng dì emperor HSK 6
捐赠 捐贈 juān zèng to contribute (as a gift); to donate; benefaction HSK 6
重建 重建 chóng jiàn to rebuild; to reestablish; reconstruction; rebuilding HSK 6
抱歉 抱歉 bào qiàn to be sorry; to feel apologetic; sorry! HSK 6
园 園 yuán land used for growing plants; site used for public recreation; abbr. for a place ending in 园, such as a botanical garden 植物园, kindergarten 幼儿园 etc HSK 6
出事 出事 chū shì to have an accident; to meet with a mishap HSK 6
刚好 剛好 gāng hǎo just; exactly; to happen to be HSK 6
外科 外科 wài kē surgery (branch of medicine) HSK 6
放手 放手 fàng shǒu to let go one's hold; to give up; to have a free hand HSK 6
捡 撿 jiǎn to pick up; to collect; to gather HSK 6
算了 算了 suàn le let it be; let it pass; forget about it HSK 6
罢了 罷了 bà le a modal particle indicating (that's all, only, nothing much) HSK 6
佛 佛 Fó Buddha; Buddhism (abbr. for 陀) HSK 6
钻 鑽 zuān to drill; to bore; to get into; to make one's way into; to enter (a hole); to thread one's way through; to study intensively; to dig into; to curry favor for personal gain HSK 6
一时 一時 yī shí a period of time; a while; for a short while; temporary; momentary; at the same time HSK 6
厕所 廁所 cè suǒ toilet; lavatory HSK 6
撑 撐 chēng to support; to prop up; to push or move with a pole; to maintain; to open or unfurl; to fill to bursting point; brace; stay; support HSK 6
大师 大師 dà shī great master; master HSK 6
肯 肎 kěn to agree; to consent; to be willing to HSK 6