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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日本鬼子 日本鬼子 Rì běn guǐ zi Japanese devil (common term of abuse in wartime China and in subsequent writing) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
香港大学 香港大學 Xiāng gǎng Dà xué The University of Hong Kong Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
省港澳 省港澳 shěng Gǎng Ào abbr. for the economic region of Guangdong Province (or Guangzhou), Hong Kong and Macao Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
陆羽 陸羽 Lù Yǔ Lu Yu (733-804), Chinese writer from Tang dynasty, known for his obsession with tea Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
英国人 英國人 Yīng guó rén British person; British people Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
昆仑 崑崙 Kūn lún Kunlun (Karakorum) mountain range in Xinjiang Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
秦淮 秦淮 Qín huái Qinhuai district of Nanjing City 南京市 in Jiangsu 江蘇|江苏 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
江山 江山 Jiāng shān Jiangshan, county-level city in Quzhou, Zhejiang Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
清末 清末 Qīng mò the final years of the Qing dynasty; late Qing Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
乡里 鄉里 xiāng lǐ one's home town or village Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
五四运动 五四運動 Wǔ sì Yùn dòng May Fourth Movement; Chinese national renewal movement that started with 4th May 1919 protest against the Treaty of Versailles Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
芙蓉 芙蓉 Fú róng Furong district of Changsha city, Hunan; Seremban, capital of Sembilan state, Malaysia Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
尖沙咀 尖沙咀 Jiān shā zuǐ Tsim Sha Tsui, urbanized area in Hong Kong Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
潮州 潮州 Cháo zhōu Chaozhou, prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province; Chaozhou, township in Pingtung County, Taiwan; Chaozhou, variant of Minnan dialect spoken in east Guangdong Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
魔障 魔障 Mó zhàng Mara (the demon of temptation) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
广东人 廣東人 Guǎng dōng rén Cantonese (people) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
元曲 元曲 Yuán qǔ Yuan dynasty theater, including poetry, music and comedy Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
广州市 廣州市 Guǎng zhōu Shì Guangzhou, sub-provincial city and capital of Guangdong Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
曲江 曲江 Qǔ jiāng Qujiang district of Shaoguan City 韶關市|韶关市, Guangdong Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
玉山 玉山 Yù Shān Mount Yu, the highest mountain in Taiwan (3952 m) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
水晶宫 水晶宮 Shuǐ jīng gōng The Crystal Palace Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
甘地 甘地 Gān dì (Mahatma) Gandhi Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
西施 西施 Xī shī Xishi (c. 450 BC), famous Chinese beauty, foremost of the four legendary beauties, given by King Gou Jian of Yue as concubine to King of Wu as part of a successful plan to destroy Wu Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
蔺相如 藺相如 Lìn Xiāng rú Ling Xiangru (dates unknown, 3rd century BC), famous statesman of Zhao 趙國|赵国 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
罗密欧 羅密歐 Luó mì ōu Romeo (name) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
茱丽叶 茱麗葉 Zhū lì yè Juliet or Juliette (name) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
永吉 永吉 Yǒng jí Yongji county in Jilin prefecture 吉林, Jilin province Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
港督 港督 gǎng dū governor of Hong Kong (during the period of British rule, 1841-1997) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
德文 德文 Dé wén German (language) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
法文 法文 Fǎ wén French language Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
三反 三反 Sān fǎn "Three Anti" campaign (anti-corruption, anti-waste, anti-bureaucracy), early PRC purge of 1951-52 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
郎 郎 Láng gentleman, young man; husband ∼HSK 4
惜 惜 xī pity, regret, rue, begrudge ∼HSK 4
梅 梅 Méi plums; prunes; surname ∼HSK 4
长官 長官 zhǎng guān senior official; senior officer; commanding officer; sir (term of address for senior officer) ∼HSK 4
仙 仙 xiān immortal ∼HSK 4
公子 公子 gōng zǐ son of an official; son of nobility; your son (honorific) ∼HSK 4
寒 寒 hán cold, wintry, chilly ∼HSK 4
什么人 什麼人 shén me rén what kind of person ∼HSK 4
吾 吾 Wú i, my, our; resist, impede ∼HSK 4
怎么会 怎麼會 zěn yāo huì how could it ∼HSK 4
劳 勞 láo labor, toil, do manual work ∼HSK 4
屎 屎 shǐ excrement, shit, dung ∼HSK 4
奴 奴 nú slave, servant ∼HSK 4
仪 儀 yí ceremony, rites gifts; admire ∼HSK 4
警察局 警察局 jǐng chá jú police station; police department; police headquarters ∼HSK 4
警 警 jǐng guard, watch; alert, alarm ∼HSK 4
赏脸 賞臉 shǎng liǎn (polite) do me the honor ∼HSK 4
自重 自重 zì zhòng to conduct oneself with dignity; to be dignified; deadweight ∼HSK 4
货色 貨色 huò sè goods; (derog.) stuff; trash ∼HSK 4