The Mad Phoenix 1997
南海十三郎
A Cantonese librettist enjoys immense popularity over the course of decades, followed by decline.
Vocabulary
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| 远远 遠遠 | distant; by far | |
| 天堂 天堂 | paradise; heaven | |
| 宫 宮 | palace; temple; castration (as corporal punishment); first note in pentatonic scale | |
| 肯 肎 | to agree; to consent; to be willing to | |
| 踩 跴 | to step on; to tread; to stamp; to press a pedal; to pedal (a bike); (online) to downvote | |
| 偏 偏 | to lean; to slant; oblique; prejudiced; to deviate from average; to stray from the intended line; stubbornly; contrary to expectations | |
| 界 界 | (bound form) boundary; border; (bound form) realm | |
| 骄傲 驕傲 | pride; arrogance; conceited; proud of sth | |
| 埋 埋 | to bury | |
| 公主 公主 | princess | |
| 股票 股票 | share certificate; stock (finance) | |
| 露 露 | to show; to reveal; to betray; to expose | |
| 至于 至於 | as for; as to; to go so far as to | |
| 托 託 | to trust; to entrust; to be entrusted with; to act as trustee | |
| 公 公 | public; collectively owned; common; international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar); make public; fair; just; Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 位; honorable (gentlemen); father-in-law; male (animal) | |
| 足 足 | foot; to be sufficient; ample | |
| 将军 將軍 | general; high-ranking military officer; to check or checkmate; fig. to embarrass; to challenge; to put sb on the spot | |
| 挖 挖 | to dig; to excavate; to scoop out | |
| 负 負 | to bear; to carry (on one's back); to turn one's back on; to be defeated; negative (math. etc) | |
| 再说 再說 | to say again; to put off a discussion until later; moreover; what's more; besides | |
| 母 母 | mother; elderly female relative; origin; source; (of animals) female | |
| 聊 聊 | to chat; to depend upon (literary); temporarily; just; slightly | |
| 剧 劇 | theatrical work (play, opera, TV series etc); dramatic (change, increase etc); acute; severe | |
| 印 印 | to print; to mark; to engrave; a seal; a print; a stamp; a mark; a trace; image | |
| 算是 算是 | considered to be; at last | |
| 觉 覺 | a nap; a sleep | |
| 情绪 情緒 | mood; state of mind; moodiness | |
| 剑 劍 | double-edged sword; classifier for blows of a sword | |
| 理 理 | texture; grain (of wood); inner essence; intrinsic order; reason; logic; truth; science; natural science (esp. physics); to manage; to pay attention to; to run (affairs); to handle; to put in order; to tidy up | |
| 服 服 | clothes; dress; garment; to serve (in the military, a prison sentence etc); to obey; to be convinced (by an argument); to convince; to admire; to acclimatize; to take (medicine); mourning clothes; to wear mourning clothes | |
| 英雄 英雄 | hero | |
| 藏 藏 | Tibet; abbr. for Xizang or Tibet Autonomous Region 藏 | |
| 招 招 | to recruit; to provoke; to beckon; to incur; to infect; contagious; a move (chess); a maneuver; device; trick; to confess | |
| 命 命 | life; fate; order or command; to assign a name, title etc | |
| 若 若 | to seem; like; as; if | |
| 副 副 | secondary; auxiliary; deputy; assistant; vice-; abbr. for 副词 adverb; classifier for pairs, sets of things & facial expressions | |
| 利 利 | sharp; favorable; advantage; benefit; profit; interest; to do good to; to benefit | |
| 尽 儘 | to the greatest extent; (when used before a noun of location) furthest or extreme; to be within the limits of; to give priority to | |
| 赛 賽 | to compete; competition; match; to surpass; better than; superior to; to excel | |
| 便 便 | plain; informal; suitable; convenient; opportune; to urinate or defecate; equivalent to 就: then; in that case; even if; soon afterwards | |
| 特 特 | special; unique; distinguished; especially; unusual; very; abbr. for 斯, tex | |
| 作 作 | worker; workshop; (slang) troublesome; high-maintenance (person) | |
| 如 如 | as; as if; such as | |
| 啦 啦 | (onom.) sound of singing, cheering etc; (phonetic); (dialect) to chat | |
| 与 與 | and; to give; together with | |
| 天寒地冻 天寒地凍 | (idiom) bitterly cold; frigid | Idiom |
| 歌舞升平 歌舞昇平 | lit. to celebrate peace with songs and dance (idiom); fig. to make a show of happiness and prosperity | Idiom |
| 愧不敢当 愧不敢當 | lit. I'm ashamed and dare not (accept the honor); fig. I do not deserve your praise.; You flatter me too much. | Idiom |
| 势不两立 勢不兩立 | the two cannot exist together (idiom); irreconcilable differences; incompatible standpoints | Idiom |
| 危在旦夕 危在旦夕 | in imminent peril (idiom); on the brink of crisis | Idiom |