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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| 交代 交代 | to transfer (duties to sb else); to give instructions; to tell (sb to do sth); to explain; to give an account; to brief; to confess; to account for oneself; (jocular) to come to a bad end | |
| 怨 怨 | to blame; (bound form) resentment; hatred; grudge | |
| 拜访 拜訪 | to pay a visit; to call on | |
| 一带 一帶 | region; district | |
| 猴 猴 | monkey | |
| 饼干 餅乾 | biscuit; cracker; cookie | |
| 相应 相應 | to correspond; answering (one another); to agree (among the part); corresponding; relevant; appropriate; (modify) accordingly | |
| 洒 灑 | to sprinkle; to spray; to spill; to shed | |
| 紫 紫 | purple; violet | |
| 面子 面子 | outer surface; the outside of sth; social prestige; face | |
| 乡 鄉 | country or countryside; native place; home village or town; township (PRC administrative unit) | |
| 猴子 猴子 | monkey | |
| 鼓 皷 | drum; to drum; to strike; to rouse; to bulge; to swell | |
| 赔 賠 | to compensate for loss; to indemnify; to suffer a financial loss | |
| 难得 難得 | seldom; rare; hard to come by | |
| 琴 琴 | guqin 琴 (a type of zither); musical instrument in general | |
| 客气 客氣 | polite; courteous; formal; modest | |
| 眼光 眼光 | gaze; insight; foresight; vision; way of looking at things | |
| 总算 總算 | at long last; finally; on the whole | |
| 朵 朵 | flower; earlobe; fig. item on both sides; classifier for flowers, clouds etc | |
| 师傅 師傅 | master; qualified worker; respectful form of address for older men | |
| 上下 上下 | up and down; top and bottom; old and young; length; about | |
| 闯 闖 | to rush; to charge; to dash; to break through; to temper oneself (through battling hardships) | |
| 模仿 模仿 | to imitate; to copy; to emulate; to mimic; model | |
| 扶 扶 | to support with the hand; to help sb up; to support oneself by holding onto something; to help | |
| 联络 聯絡 | to get in touch with; to contact; to stay in contact (with); liaison; (math.) connection | |
| 剧本 劇本 | script for play, opera, movie etc; screenplay; scenario | |
| 迷人 迷人 | fascinating; enchanting; charming; tempting | |
| 天才 天才 | talent; gift; genius; talented; gifted | |
| 此刻 此刻 | this moment; now; at present | |
| 倒是 倒是 | contrary to what one might expect; actually; contrariwise; why don't you | |
| 不利 不利 | unfavorable; disadvantageous; harmful; detrimental | |
| 超越 超越 | to surpass; to exceed; to transcend | |
| 完了 完了 | to be finished; to be done for; ruined; gone to the dogs; oh no | |
| 码头 碼頭 | dock; pier; wharf | |
| 脾气 脾氣 | character; temperament; disposition; bad temper | |
| 戒 戒 | to guard against; to exhort; to admonish or warn; to give up or stop doing sth; Buddhist monastic discipline; ring (for a finger) | |
| 暖 㬉 | warm; to warm | |
| 友谊 友誼 | companionship; fellowship; friendship | |
| 得了 得了 | all right!; that's enough! | |
| 双手 雙手 | both hands | |
| 悲剧 悲劇 | tragedy | |
| 解放 解放 | to liberate; to emancipate; liberation; refers to the Communists' victory over the Nationalists in 1949 | |
| 抬 抬 | to lift; to raise; (of two or more persons) to carry | |
| 显 顯 | to make visible; to reveal; prominent; conspicuous; (prefix) phanero- | |
| 大事 大事 | major event; major political event (war or change of regime); major social event (wedding or funeral); (do sth) in a big way | |
| 蛇 虵 | snake; serpent | |
| 罚 罰 | to punish; to penalize | |
| 动手 動手 | to set about (a task); to hit; to punch; to touch | |
| 除非 除非 | only if (..., or otherwise, ...); only when; only in the case that; unless |