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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| 耶稣 耶穌 | Jesus | Proper Noun |
| 黑龙江 黑龍江 | Heilongjiang Province, capital Harbin; Heilong River or Amur River, forming the border between northeast China and Russia | Proper Noun |
| 五代 五代 | Five Dynasties, period of history between the fall of the Tang dynasty (907) and the founding of the Song dynasty (960), when five would-be dynasties were established in quick succession in North China | Proper Noun |
| 中环 中環 | Central, Hong Kong Island | Proper Noun |
| 马克 馬克 | Mark (name) | Proper Noun |
| 叔 叔 | uncle; father's younger brother; husband's younger brother; Taiwan pr. [shu2] | |
| 唐 唐 | Tang dynasty; Chinese | |
| 爷 爺 | father, grandfather | |
| 打死 打死 | to kill; to beat to death | |
| 过目 過目 | to look over | |
| 糕 糕 | cakes, pastry | |
| 干嘛 幹嘛 | what are you doing?; whatever for?; why on earth? | |
| 有空 有空 | to have time (to do sth) | |
| 志 志 | purpose, will, determination; annals | |
| 芳心 芳心 | the affection, or heart, of a young woman | |
| 饿死 餓死 | to starve to death; to be very hungry | |
| 活像 活像 | to look exactly like; to be the spitting image of | |
| 少爷 少爺 | son of the boss; young master of the house; your son (honorific) | |
| 甜心 甜心 | delighted to oblige; sweetheart | |
| 准备好了 準備好了 | to be ready | |
| 中板 中板 | moderato | |
| 音 音 | sound, tone, pitch, pronunciation | |
| 另一 另一 | another; the other | |
| 敌 敵 | enemy, foe, rival; resist | |
| 去死 去死 | go to hell!; drop dead! | |
| 相思 相思 | to yearn; to pine | |
| 卖相 賣相 | outward appearance; demeanor | |
| 出世 出世 | to be born; to come into being; to withdraw from worldly affairs | |
| 民 民 | people, subjects, citizens | |
| 马拉糕 馬拉糕 | Cantonese sponge cake also known as mara cake | |
| 奇 奇 | strange, unusual, uncanny, occult | |
| 早死 早死 | to die while still relatively young; to have been dead (for some years) | |
| 人马 人馬 | men and horses; troops; group of people; troop; staff; centaur | |
| 异 異 | different, unusual, strange | |
| 新一代 新一代 | new generation | |
| 输给 輸給 | to lose to (sb); to be outdone by | |
| 物力 物力 | physical resources (as opposed to labor resources) | |
| 派头 派頭 | manner; style; panache | |
| 大美人 大美人 | gorgeous-looking woman | |
| 想像力 想像力 | conception; imagination | |
| 人保 人保 | personal guarantee; to sign as guarantor | |
| 慢板 慢板 | slow tempo; adagio | |
| 区区 區區 | insignificant; trifling; merely | |
| 富贵 富貴 | riches and honor | |
| 开金 開金 | carated gold (alloy containing stated proportion of gold) | |
| 心头 心頭 | one's heart; one's mind | |
| 讯 訊 | inquire; ask; examine; reproach | |
| 迷乱 迷亂 | confusion | |
| 订做 訂做 | to make to order; to have sth made to order | |
| 重金 重金 | large sum of money |