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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| 弱 弱 | weak; feeble; young; inferior; not as good as; (following a decimal or fraction) slightly less than | |
| 降 降 | to drop; to fall; to come down; to descend | |
| 登 登 | to scale (a height); to ascend; to mount; to publish or record; to enter (e.g. in a register); to press down with the foot; to step or tread on; to put on (shoes or trousers) (dialect); to be gathered and taken to the threshing ground (old) | |
| 肚子 肚子 | belly; abdomen; stomach | |
| 黄金 黃金 | gold; golden (opportunity); prime (time) | |
| 新鲜 新鮮 | fresh (experience, food etc); freshness; novel; uncommon | |
| 守 守 | to guard; to defend; to keep watch; to abide by the law; to observe (rules or ritual); nearby; adjoining | |
| 暗 晻 | dark; to turn dark; secret; hidden; (literary) confused; ignorant | |
| 湿 濕 | moist; wet | |
| 有趣 有趣 | interesting; fascinating; amusing | |
| 牙 牙 | tooth; ivory | |
| 兵 兵 | soldiers; a force; an army; weapons; arms; military; warlike | |
| 登记 登記 | to register (one's name) | |
| 神秘 神秘 | mysterious; mystery | |
| 放松 放鬆 | to relax; to slacken; to loosen | |
| 脱 脫 | to shed; to take off; to escape; to get away from | |
| 不然 不然 | not so; no; or else; otherwise; if not; How about ...? | |
| 归 歸 | to return; to go back to; to give back to; (of a responsibility) to be taken care of by; to belong to; to gather together; (used between two identical verbs) despite; to marry (of a woman) (old); division on the abacus with a one-digit divisor | |
| 夫人 夫人 | lady; madam; Mrs. | |
| 盖 蓋 | lid; top; cover; canopy; to cover; to conceal; to build | |
| 闹 鬧 | noisy; cacophonous; to make noise; to disturb; to vent (feelings); to fall ill; to have an attack (of sickness); to go in (for some activity); to joke | |
| 治 治 | to rule; to govern; to manage; to control; to harness (a river); to treat (a disease); to wipe out (a pest); to punish; to research | |
| 烦 煩 | to feel vexed; to bother; to trouble; superfluous and confusing; edgy | |
| 转移 轉移 | to shift; to relocate; to transfer; (fig.) to shift (attention); to change (the subject etc); (medicine) to metastasize | |
| 结 結 | (of a plant) to produce (fruit or seeds); Taiwan pr. [jié] | |
| 美女 美女 | beautiful woman | |
| 依然 依然 | still; as before | |
| 宝 寶 | jewel; gem; treasure; precious | |
| 编 編 | to weave; to plait; to organize; to group; to arrange; to edit; to compile; to write; to compose; to fabricate; to make up | |
| 色 色 | color; look; appearance; sex | |
| 摆 擺 | to arrange; to exhibit; to move to and fro; a pendulum | |
| 人家 人家 | household; dwelling; family; sb else's house; household business; house of woman's husband-to-be | |
| 兴趣 興趣 | interest (desire to know about sth); interest (thing in which one is interested); hobby | |
| 替 替 | to substitute for; to take the place of; to replace; for; on behalf of; to stand in for | |
| 戴 戴 | to put on or wear (glasses, hat, gloves etc); to respect; to bear; to support | |
| 毕业 畢業 | graduation; to graduate; to finish school | |
| 既 既 | already; since; both... (and...) | |
| 货 貨 | goods; money; commodity | |
| 既然 既然 | since; as; this being the case | |
| 吸引 吸引 | to attract; to appeal to; to fascinate | |
| 抽 抽 | to draw out; to pull out from in between; to remove part of the whole; (of certain plants) to sprout or bud; to whip or thrash | |
| 失败 失敗 | to be defeated; to lose; to fail (e.g. experiments); failure; defeat | |
| 圈 圈 | to confine; to lock up; to pen in | |
| 安 安 | (bound form) calm; peaceful; to calm; to set at ease; safe; secure; in good health; content; satisfied (as in 安于); to place (sb) in a suitable position (job); to install; to fix; to fit; to bring (a charge against sb); to harbor (certain intentions); ampere (abbr. for 培) | |
| 著名 著名 | famous; noted; well-known; celebrated | |
| 牌 牌 | mahjong tile; playing card; game pieces; signboard; plate; tablet; medal | |
| 否则 否則 | otherwise; if not; or (else) | |
| 的确 的確 | really; indeed | |
| 丈夫 丈夫 | husband | |
| 怪 怪 | bewildering; odd; strange; uncanny; devil; monster; to wonder at; to blame; quite; rather |