The Mad Phoenix

The Mad Phoenix 1997

nán hǎi shísān láng

A Cantonese librettist enjoys immense popularity over the course of decades, followed by decline.

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shuāi to throw down; to fall; to drop and break HSK 5
cháng to taste; to try (food); to experience; (literary) ever; once HSK 5
rèn to recognize; to know; to admit HSK 5
dàng to arrange; to put in order HSK 5
quán dōu all; without exception HSK 5
tīng (reception) hall; living room; office; provincial government department HSK 5
nǎo zi brains; mind HSK 5
bào jǐng to sound an alarm; to report sth to the police HSK 5
dāng nián in those days; then; in those years; during that time HSK 5
xiáng detailed; in detail; minute HSK 5
shā to kill oneself; to commit suicide; to attempt suicide HSK 5
huà in a word; in short HSK 5
Qīng abbr. for 海, Qinghai Province HSK 5
hòu huǐ to regret; to feel remorse HSK 5
běn rén I; me; myself; oneself; yourself; himself; herself; the person concerned HSK 5
to scold; to abuse; to curse HSK 5
to stand; to set up; to establish; to lay down; to draw up; at once; immediately HSK 5
hài to do harm to; to cause trouble to; harm; evil; calamity HSK 5
suǒ to lock; to lock up; a lock HSK 5
yǎo to bite; to nip HSK 5
dàn crossball; bullet; shot; shell; ball HSK 5
song HSK 5
jìng after all; all in all; when all is said and done; in the final analysis HSK 5
yìng hard; stiff; solid; (fig.) strong; firm; resolutely; uncompromisingly; laboriously; with great difficulty; good (quality); able (person); (of food) filling; substantial HSK 5
dào virtue; morality; ethics HSK 5
huò shì or; either one or the other HSK 5
gift; rite; ceremony; propriety; etiquette; courtesy HSK 5
rēng to throw; to throw away HSK 5
zuì intoxicated HSK 5
mào to emit; to give off; to send out (or up, forth); to brave; to face; reckless; to falsely adopt (sb's identity etc); to feign; (literary) to cover HSK 5
bèi zi (for) a lifetime HSK 5
xīn shǎng to appreciate; to enjoy; to admire HSK 5
mìng lìng order; command HSK 5
píng to lean against; to rely on; on the basis of; no matter (how, what etc); proof HSK 5
jià price; value; (chemistry) valence HSK 5
cāi to guess HSK 5
kuáng mad; wild; violent HSK 5
hǎo yùn good luck HSK 5
gǔn to boil; to roll; to take a hike; Get lost! HSK 5
it is a pity; what a pity; unfortunately HSK 5
poison; to poison; poisonous; malicious; cruel; fierce; narcotics HSK 5
lián pitiful; pathetic; to have pity on HSK 5
piàn to cheat; to swindle; to deceive; to get on (a horse etc) by swinging one leg over HSK 5
hai (used to describe sb or sth that makes a very strong impression, whether favorable or unfavorable) terrible; intense; severe; devastating; amazing; awesome; outstanding; (of a person) stern; strict; harsh; shrewd; tough; (of an animal) fierce; (of a resemblance) striking; (of liquor or chili pepper) strong; (of bacteria) virulent HSK 5
shǒu duàn method; means (of doing sth); strategy; trick HSK 5
to scare; to intimidate; to threaten; (interjection showing disapproval) tut-tut; (interjection showing astonishment) HSK 5
to remember; to recall; memory HSK 5
tōu to steal; to pilfer; to snatch; thief; stealthily HSK 5
trick; drama; play; show HSK 5
nán hard to (predict, imagine etc) HSK 5