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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撞死 撞死 zhuàng sǐ to knock down and kill (with a car, train etc) ∼HSK 5
展翅 展翅 zhǎn chì to spread wings ∼HSK 5
摔死 摔死 shuāi sǐ to fall to one's death; to kill by throwing to the ground ∼HSK 5
暗恋 暗戀 àn liàn to be secretly in love with ∼HSK 5
石板 石板 shí bǎn slab; flagstone; slate ∼HSK 5
看清 看清 kàn qīng to see clearly ∼HSK 5
搔 搔 sāo to scratch ∼HSK 5
锁链 鎖鏈 suǒ liàn chains; shackles ∼HSK 5
师兄弟 師兄弟 shī xiōng dì fellow apprentices; fellow students (male) ∼HSK 5
月尾 月尾 yuè wěi end of the month ∼HSK 5
祖 祖 Zǔ ancestor, forefather; grandfather ∼HSK 5
嶂 嶂 zhàng cliff; mountain barrier ∼HSK 5
螂 蜋 láng mantis, dung beetle ∼HSK 5
豆 荳 dòu beans, peas; bean-shaped ∼HSK 5
啄 啄 zhuó to peck; (Cant.) to slander ∼HSK 5
糟了 糟了 zāo le gosh!; oh no!; darn! ∼HSK 5
援 援 yuán aid, assist; lead; cite ∼HSK 5
鬼子 鬼子 guǐ zi devil (derog. term for foreign invaders); (esp. during resistance against Japanese aggression 1931-1945) Jap; Nip ∼HSK 5
不吐不快 不吐不快 bù tǔ bù kuài to have to pour out what's on one's mind (idiom) ∼HSK 5
辈子 輩子 bèi zi all one's life; lifetime ∼HSK 5
相见 相見 xiāng jiàn meet ∼HSK 5
絮 絮 xù waste cotton, raw silk or cotton ∼HSK 5
尘 塵 chén dust; dirt; earth ∼HSK 5
告终 告終 gào zhōng to end; to reach an end ∼HSK 5
遗恨 遺恨 yí hèn eternal regret ∼HSK 5
鸣 鳴 míng cry of bird or animal; make sound ∼HSK 5
樵 樵 qiáo woodcutter; firewood; gather wood ∼HSK 5
骤雨 驟雨 zhòu yǔ shower ∼HSK 5
斋 齋 zhāi vegetarian fast ∼HSK 5
祐 祐 yòu divine intervention, protection ∼HSK 5
仆 僕 pū fall forward; lie prostrate, prone; servant ∼HSK 5
清算 清算 qīng suàn to settle accounts; to clear accounts; to liquidate; to expose and criticize ∼HSK 5
受审 受審 shòu shěn to stand trial; to be on trial (for a crime) ∼HSK 5
山珍海味 山珍海味 shān zhēn hǎi wèi exotic delicacies; luxury foodstuff from distant locations ∼HSK 5
奴才 奴才 nú cai slave; fig. flunkey ∼HSK 5
神智 神智 shén zhì mind; wisdom; consciousness ∼HSK 5
疯癫 瘋癲 fēng diān insane; crazy ∼HSK 5
不敢当 不敢當 bù gǎn dāng lit. I dare not (accept the honor); fig. I don't deserve your praise; you flatter me HSK 5
年前 年前 nián qián by the end of the year; at the end of the year; shortly before New Year HSK 5
大都 大都 Dà dū Dadu, capital of China during the Yuan Dynasty (1280-1368), modern day Beijing HSK 5
先后 先後 xiān hòu early or late; priority; in succession; one after another HSK 5
搞好 搞好 gǎo hǎo to do well at; to do a good job HSK 5
脆 脃 cuì brittle; fragile; crisp; crunchy; clear and loud voice; neat HSK 5
一身 一身 yī shēn whole body; from head to toe; single person; a suit of clothes HSK 5
不得了 不得了 bù dé liǎo desperately serious; disastrous; extremely; exceedingly HSK 5
用不着 用不著 yòng bu zháo not need; have no use for HSK 5
梨 梨 lí pear HSK 5
预备 預備 yù bèi to prepare; to make ready; preparation; preparatory HSK 5
钓 釣 diào to fish with a hook and bait HSK 5
人力 人力 rén lì manpower; labor power HSK 5