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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忠 忠 zhōng loyalty, devotion, fidelity ∼HSK 5
禽兽 禽獸 qín shòu birds and animals; creature; beast (brutal person) ∼HSK 5
呸 呸 pēi bah! (contempt) ∼HSK 5
莫 莫 mò do not (literary) ∼HSK 5
叉烧包 叉燒包 chā shāo bāo steamed bun stuffed with skewer-roasted pork ∼HSK 5
祥 祥 xiáng good luck, good omen; happiness ∼HSK 5
塘 塘 táng pond; tank; dike, embankment ∼HSK 5
绡 綃 xiāo raw silk fabric ∼HSK 5
老兄 老兄 lǎo xiōng elder brother (often used self-referentially); (form of address between male friends) old chap; buddy ∼HSK 5
舞会 舞會 wǔ huì dance; ball; party ∼HSK 5
卿 卿 qīng noble, high officer ∼HSK 5
痴 痴 chī foolish, stupid, dumb, silly ∼HSK 5
府第 府第 fǔ dì mansion house; official residence ∼HSK 5
恭候 恭候 gōng hòu to look forward to sth; to wait respectfully ∼HSK 5
断肠 斷腸 duàn cháng heartbroken; to break one's heart ∼HSK 5
宴 宴 yàn banquet ∼HSK 5
冯 馮 Féng surname; gallop; by dint of ∼HSK 5
驹 駒 jū colt; fleet, swift; sun; surname ∼HSK 5
莺 鶯 yīng oriole, green finch; Sylvia species (various) ∼HSK 5
誓 誓 shì swear, pledge; oath ∼HSK 5
芬 芬 fēn fragrance, aroma; perfume ∼HSK 5
旦 旦 dàn dawn; morning; day ∼HSK 5
锣鼓 鑼鼓 luó gǔ gongs and drums; Chinese percussion instruments ∼HSK 5
锣 鑼 luó gong ∼HSK 5
躁 躁 zào tense, excited, irritable ∼HSK 5
策 策 Cè scheme, plan; to whip; urge ∼HSK 5
靓 靚 jìng make up face; ornament; quiet ∼HSK 5
声威 聲威 shēng wēi prestige; renown; influence ∼HSK 5
娥眉 娥眉 é méi variant of ∼HSK 5
肉弹 肉彈 ròu dàn suicide attacker; suicide bomber; voluptuous woman; muscular man ∼HSK 5
敌方 敵方 dí fāng enemy ∼HSK 5
三军 三軍 sān jūn (in former times) upper, middle and lower army; army of right, center and left; (in modern times) the three armed services: Army, Navy and Air Force ∼HSK 5
仗 仗 zhàng rely upon; protector; fight; war, weaponry ∼HSK 5
猩 猩 xīng species of orangutan ∼HSK 5
吓坏 嚇壞 xià huài to be terrified; to terrify sb ∼HSK 5
祸 禍 huò misfortune, calamity, disaster ∼HSK 5
撞伤 撞傷 zhuàng shāng bruise; bump ∼HSK 5
桂 桂 Guì cassia or cinnamon ∼HSK 5
出戏 出戲 chū xì (of an actor) to disengage from the performance (e.g. after the show ends); (of an audience) to lose interest in the performance ∼HSK 5
大便 大便 dà biàn to defecate; excrement; feces ∼HSK 5
凰 凰 huáng female phoenix ∼HSK 5
掩 掩 yǎn to cover (with the hand); shut, conceal; ambush ∼HSK 5
自控 自控 zì kòng automated; automatically regulated; to control oneself; self-control ∼HSK 5
荐 薦 jiàn repeat, reoccur; recommend ∼HSK 5
绝食 絕食 jué shí to go on a hunger strike ∼HSK 5
甲子 甲子 jiǎ zǐ first year of the sixty-year cycle (where each year is numbered with one of the 10 heavenly stems and one of the 12 earthly branches); the sixty-year cycle ∼HSK 5
钦 欽 Qīn respect, admire; respectful ∼HSK 5
翰 翰 Hàn writing brush, pen, pencil ∼HSK 5
宴客 宴客 yàn kè to host a banquet; guest at a banquet ∼HSK 5
食色性也 食色性也 shí sè xìng yě Appetite and lust are only natural (Mencius 6A:4).; By nature we desire food and sex. ∼HSK 5