The Mad Phoenix

The Mad Phoenix 1997

南海十三郎 nán hǎi shísān láng

A Cantonese librettist enjoys immense popularity over the course of decades, followed by decline.

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Vocabulary

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一代 一代 yī dài generation HSK 6
特地 特地 tè dì specially; for a special purpose HSK 6
早晚 早晚 zǎo wǎn morning and evening; (dialect) some time in the future; some day HSK 6
寺 寺 sì Buddhist temple; mosque; government office (old) HSK 6
好不容易 好不容易 hǎo bù róng yì with great difficulty; very difficult HSK 6
师父 師父 shī fu used for 师傅 (in Taiwan); master; qualified worker HSK 6
出动 出動 chū dòng to start out on a trip; to dispatch troops HSK 6
出名 出名 chū míng well-known for sth; to become well known; to make one's mark; to lend one's name (to an event, endeavor etc) HSK 6
艺人 藝人 yì rén performing artist; actor HSK 6
特意 特意 tè yì specially; intentionally HSK 6
前方 前方 qián fāng ahead; the front HSK 6
上台 上台 shàng tái to rise to power (in politics); to go on stage (in the theater) HSK 6
传出 傳出 chuán chū to transmit outwards; to disseminate; efferent (nerve) HSK 6
同胞 同胞 tóng bāo born of the same parents; sibling; fellow citizen; compatriot HSK 6
嫌 嫌 xián to dislike; suspicion; resentment; enmity; abbr. for 犯, criminal suspect HSK 6
游行 遊行 yóu xíng to march; to parade; to demonstrate; procession; march; demonstration; to travel around; to roam HSK 6
心脏病 心臟病 xīn zàng bìng heart disease HSK 6
番 番 fān foreign (non-Chinese); barbarian; classifier for occurrences (of an event, action or speech utterance); classifier for iterations: times, -fold (as in twofold etc); classifier for situations: kind, sort HSK 6
用心 用心 yòng xīn motive; intention; to be diligent or attentive; careful HSK 6
炮 炮 bāo to sauté; to fry; to dry by heating HSK 6
想不到 想不到 xiǎng bu dào unexpected; hard to imagine; it had not occurred to me; who could have thought that HSK 6
崇拜 崇拜 chóng bài to worship; adoration HSK 6
顾 顧 gù to look after; to take into consideration; to attend to HSK 6
跪 跪 guì to kneel HSK 6
皇帝 皇帝 huáng dì emperor HSK 6
债 債 zhài debt HSK 6
沿 沿 yán along; to follow (a line, tradition etc); to carry on; to trim (a border with braid, tape etc); border; edge HSK 6
净 淨 jìng clean; completely; only; net (income, exports etc); (Chinese opera) painted face male role 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
此事 此事 cǐ shì this matter HSK 6
正当 正當 zhèng dāng timely; just (when needed) HSK 6
欺负 欺負 qī fu to bully HSK 6
前来 前來 qián lái to come (formal); before; previously HSK 6
出场 出場 chū chǎng (of a performer) to come onto the stage to perform; (of an athlete) to enter the arena to compete; (fig.) to enter the scene (e.g. a new product); (of an examinee etc) to leave the venue HSK 6
凶 兇 xiōng terrible; fearful HSK 6
放手 放手 fàng shǒu to let go one's hold; to give up; to have a free hand HSK 6
妙 妙 miào clever; wonderful HSK 6
泥 泥 ní mud; clay; paste; pulp HSK 6
街头 街頭 jiē tóu street HSK 6
灭 滅 miè to extinguish or put out; to go out (of a fire etc); to exterminate or wipe out; to drown HSK 6
救命 救命 jiù mìng to save sb's life; (interj.) Help!; Save me! HSK 6
天下 天下 tiān xià land under heaven; the whole world; the whole of China; realm; rule 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
幻想 幻想 huàn xiǎng delusion; fantasy HSK 6
佛 佛 Fó Buddha; Buddhism (abbr. for 陀) HSK 6
惨 慘 cǎn miserable; wretched; cruel; inhuman; disastrous; tragic; dim; gloomy 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
民主 民主 mín zhǔ democracy HSK 6