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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咸鱼 鹹魚 xián yú salted fish ∼HSK 4
扫帚 掃帚 sào zhou broom ∼HSK 4
假面具 假面具 jiǎ miàn jù mask; fig. false façade; deceptive front ∼HSK 4
试镜 試鏡 shì jìng to take a screen test; to audition; screen test; audition; tryout ∼HSK 4
悔 悔 huǐ repent, show remorse, regret ∼HSK 4
秦 秦 Qín surname Qin; Qin dynasty (221-207 BC) of the first emperor; short name for ∼HSK 4
效 俲 xiào result, effect; effectiveness ∼HSK 4
抱病 抱病 bào bìng to be ill; to be in poor health ∼HSK 4
肚子痛 肚子痛 dù zi tòng stomachache; bellyache ∼HSK 4
泛 氾 fàn to drift, float; careless, reckless ∼HSK 4
末路 末路 mò lù dead end; impasse; end of the road; final days ∼HSK 4
王爷 王爺 wáng ye prince; marquis; nobleman ∼HSK 4
红牙 紅牙 hóng yá clappers (musical instrument used to mark the time, made from ivory or hardwood and painted red) ∼HSK 4
毕 畢 Bì end, finish, conclude; completed ∼HSK 4
前程 前程 qián chéng future (career etc) prospects ∼HSK 4
后方 後方 hòu fāng the rear; far behind the front line ∼HSK 4
禁 禁 jīn restrict, prohibit, forbid ∼HSK 4
何曾 何曾 hé céng did I ever...? (or "did he ever...?" etc) ∼HSK 4
没办法 沒辦法 méi bàn fǎ there is nothing to be done; one can't do anything about it ∼HSK 4
大闹 大鬧 dà nào to cause havoc; to run amok ∼HSK 4
执 執 zhí hold in hand; keep; carry out ∼HSK 4
威 威 wēi pomp, power; powerful; dominate ∼HSK 4
巾帼 巾幗 jīn guó woman; woman's headdress (ancient) ∼HSK 4
脱皮 脫皮 tuō pí (of paint etc) to peel off; to flake off; (of an insect or snake etc) to molt; (of skin) to peel off due to hard labor, blistering or sunburn etc; (fig.) to go through a grueling experience ∼HSK 4
才怪 才怪 cái guài it'd be a wonder if... (following a verb phrase that is usually negative) ∼HSK 4
受欢迎 受歡迎 shòu huān yíng popular; well-received ∼HSK 4
治好 治好 zhì hǎo to cure ∼HSK 4
什么事 什麼事 shén me shì what matter ∼HSK 4
居无定所 居無定所 jū wú dìng suǒ to be without a fixed residence (idiom) ∼HSK 4
流落 流落 liú luò to wander about destitute; to be stranded ∼HSK 4
这样子 這樣子 zhè yàng zi so; such; this way; like this ∼HSK 4
守住 守住 shǒu zhu to hold on to; to defend; to keep; to guard ∼HSK 4
羽毛 羽毛 yǔ máo feather; plumage; plume ∼HSK 4
虫 蟲 chóng insects, worms; KangXi radical 142 ∼HSK 4
开战 開戰 kāi zhàn to start a war; to make war; to battle against ∼HSK 4
高材生 高材生 gāo cái shēng student of great ability ∼HSK 4
要嘛 要嘛 yào ma either...; or... ∼HSK 4
窗 牎 chuāng window ∼HSK 4
咫尺 咫尺 zhǐ chǐ (literary) very close; very near ∼HSK 4
伯 伯 bà variant of ∼HSK 4
风水轮流转 風水輪流轉 fēng shuǐ lún liú zhuàn fortunes rise and fall; times change ∼HSK 4
变作 變作 biàn zuò to change into; to turn into; to become ∼HSK 4
无常 無常 wú cháng variable; changeable; fickle; impermanence (Sanskrit: anitya); ghost taking away the soul after death; to pass away; to die ∼HSK 4
战后 戰後 zhàn hòu after the war; postwar ∼HSK 4
首演 首演 shǒu yǎn maiden stage role; first performance; first public showing ∼HSK 4
大吵大闹 大吵大鬧 dà chǎo dà nào to shout and scream (idiom); to kick up a fuss; to make a scene ∼HSK 4
反革命 反革命 fǎn gé mìng counterrevolutionary ∼HSK 4
世俗 世俗 shì sú profane; secular; worldly ∼HSK 4
结账 結賬 jié zhàng to pay the bill; to settle accounts; also written 结帐 HSK 4
看不起 看不起 kàn bu qǐ to look down upon; to despise HSK 4