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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袍 袍 páo long gown, robe, cloak ∼HSK 5
荣归 榮歸 róng guī to return home with honor ∼HSK 5
慰 慰 wèi comfort, console, calm ∼HSK 5
辛劳 辛勞 xīn láo laborious ∼HSK 5
喉 喉 hóu throat, gullet, larynx; guttural ∼HSK 5
莹 瑩 yíng luster of gems; bright, lustrous ∼HSK 5
醉酒 醉酒 zuì jiǔ to get drunk ∼HSK 5
低声 低聲 dī shēng in a low voice; softly ∼HSK 5
燥 燥 zào dry, parched, arid; quick-tempered ∼HSK 5
羞 羞 xiū shame ∼HSK 5
煞 煞 shā to terminate; to cut short; to bring to a stop; to squeeze; to tighten; to damage; variant of ∼HSK 5
祷 禱 dǎo pray; entreat, beg, plead; prayer ∼HSK 5
凫 鳧 fú wild duck, teal; swim ∼HSK 5
真棒 真棒 zhēn bàng super!; really great; wonderful ∼HSK 5
拢 攏 lǒng collect, bring together ∼HSK 5
凭什么 憑什麼 píng shén me (spoken) why?; for which reason? ∼HSK 5
等着瞧 等著瞧 děng zhe qiáo wait and see (who is right) ∼HSK 5
年青 年青 nián qīng youthful ∼HSK 5
暴行 暴行 bào xíng savage act; outrage; atrocity ∼HSK 5
辉 輝 huī brightness, luster, brilliance ∼HSK 5
不知所谓 不知所謂 bù zhī suǒ wèi nonsense; nonsensical; incomprehensible; to make no sense ∼HSK 5
轨 軌 guǐ track, rut, path ∼HSK 5
军心 軍心 jūn xīn (military) troop morale; (fig.) team morale ∼HSK 5
和气生财 和氣生財 hé qì shēng cái (idiom) amiability makes you rich ∼HSK 5
君 君 jūn lord, sir ∼HSK 5
做戏 做戲 zuò xì to act in a play; to put on a play ∼HSK 5
蟹 蟹 xiè crab, brachyura ∼HSK 5
娇 嬌 jiāo seductive and loveable; tender ∼HSK 5
侮 侮 wǔ insult, ridicule, disgrace ∼HSK 5
淫 淫 yín obscene, licentious, lewd ∼HSK 5
奸 奸 jiān crafty, villainous, false ∼HSK 5
虏 虜 lǔ to capture, imprison, seize; a prison ∼HSK 5
戈 戈 Gē halberd, spear, lance; rad. 62 ∼HSK 5
杀敌 殺敵 shā dí to attack the enemy ∼HSK 5
从军 從軍 cóng jūn to enlist; to serve in the army ∼HSK 5
习武 習武 xí wǔ to practice martial arts ∼HSK 5
燃眉 燃眉 rán méi to burn one's eyebrows; fig. desperately serious situation ∼HSK 5
芦 蘆 lú rushes, reeds ∼HSK 5
碍 礙 ài obstruct, hinder, block, deter ∼HSK 5
障 障 zhàng separate; shield; barricade ∼HSK 5
仲 仲 Zhòng middle brother; go between, mediator; surname ∼HSK 5
神怪 神怪 shén guài spirits and devils (usually harmful); demon ∼HSK 5
艳舞 艷舞 yàn wǔ erotic dance ∼HSK 5
狱 獄 yù prison, jail; case; lawsuit ∼HSK 5
怎 怎 zěn how (variant of 怎么) ∼HSK 5
激将法 激將法 jī jiàng fǎ indirect, psychological method of getting sb to do as one wishes (e.g. questioning whether they are up to the task) ∼HSK 5
搞错 搞錯 gǎo cuò mistake; to make a mistake; to blunder; mistaken ∼HSK 5
妖 妖 yāo demon, monster ∼HSK 5
狗屁 狗屁 gǒu pì bullshit; nonsense ∼HSK 5
黑社会 黑社會 hēi shè huì criminal underworld; organized crime syndicate ∼HSK 5