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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| 反正 反正 | anyway; in any case; to come over from the enemy's side | |
| 文章 文章 | article; essay; literary works; writings; hidden meaning | |
| 成熟 成熟 | mature; ripe; to mature; to ripen; Taiwan pr. [chéng shóu] | |
| 香 香 | fragrant; sweet smelling; aromatic; savory or appetizing; (to eat) with relish; (of sleep) sound; perfume or spice; joss or incense stick | |
| 任 任 | to assign; to appoint; to take up a post; office; responsibility; to let; to allow; to give free rein to; no matter (how, what etc); classifier for terms served in office, or for spouses, girlfriends etc (as in 前任男友) | |
| 浪费 浪費 | to waste; to squander | |
| 经营 經營 | to engage in (business etc); to run; to operate | |
| 付 付 | to pay; to hand over to; classifier for pairs or sets of things | |
| 幸运 幸運 | fortunate; lucky; fortune; luck | |
| 退 退 | to retreat; to withdraw; to reject; to return (sth); to decline | |
| 简直 簡直 | simply; really | |
| 板 板 | board; plank; plate; shutter; table tennis bat; clappers (music); accented beat in Chinese music; hard; stiff; to stop smiling or look serious | |
| 和平 和平 | Heping District of Shenyang city 沈阳市, Liaoning; Heping or Hoping Township in Taichung County 台中县, Taiwan | |
| 钟 鐘 | clock; o'clock; time as measured in hours and minutes; bell | |
| 千万 千萬 | ten million; countless; many; one must by all means | |
| 断 斷 | to break; to snap; to cut off; to give up or abstain from sth; to judge; (usu. used in the negative) absolutely; definitely; decidedly | |
| 布 佈 | cloth; to declare; to announce; to spread; to make known | |
| 慢慢 慢慢 | slowly | |
| 胜 勝 | victory; success; to beat; to defeat; to surpass; victorious; superior to; to get the better of; better than; surpassing; superb (of vista); beautiful (scenery); wonderful (view); (Taiwan pr. [shēng]) able to bear; equal to (a task) | |
| 复杂 複雜 | complicated; complex | |
| 演员 演員 | actor or actress; performer | |
| 顿 頓 | to stop; to pause; to arrange; to lay out; to kowtow; to stamp (one's foot); at once; classifier for meals, beatings, scoldings etc: time, bout, spell, meal | |
| 演 演 | to develop; to evolve; to practice; to perform; to play; to act | |
| 大概 大概 | roughly; probably; rough; approximate; about; general idea | |
| 保 保 | Bulgaria; Bulgarian; abbr. for 保加利亚 | |
| 团 團 | round; lump; ball; to roll into a ball; to gather; regiment; group; society; classifier for a lump or a soft mass: wad (of paper), ball (of wool), cloud (of smoke) | |
| 猪 豬 | hog; pig; swine | |
| 演出 演出 | to act (in a play); to perform; to put on (a performance); performance; concert; show | |
| 等待 等待 | to wait; to wait for | |
| 配 配 | to join; to fit; to mate; to mix; to match; to deserve; to make up (a prescription); to allocate | |
| 思想 思想 | thought; thinking; idea; ideology | |
| 麻烦 麻煩 | trouble; inconvenience; inconvenient; troublesome; annoying; to bother sb; to put sb to trouble | |
| 姑娘 姑娘 | girl; young woman; young lady; daughter; paternal aunt (old) | |
| 胜利 勝利 | victory | |
| 直 直 | straight; to straighten; fair and reasonable; frank; straightforward; (indicates continuing motion or action); vertical; vertical downward stroke in Chinese characters | |
| 皮 皮 | leather; skin; fur; pico- (one trillionth); naughty | |
| 充满 充滿 | full of; brimming with; very full; permeated | |
| 准 准 | to allow; to grant; in accordance with; in the light of | |
| 哈哈 哈哈 | (onom.) laughing out loud | |
| 伟大 偉大 | huge; great; grand; worthy of the greatest admiration; important (contribution etc) | |
| 时代 時代 | Time, US weekly news magazine | |
| 外面 外面 | outside (also pr. [wài mian] for this sense); surface; exterior; external appearance | |
| 空 空 | to empty; vacant; unoccupied; space; leisure; free time | |
| 朝 朝 | abbr. for 朝鲜 Korea | |
| 职业 職業 | occupation; profession; vocation; professional | |
| 传 傳 | to pass on; to spread; to transmit; to infect; to transfer; to circulate; to conduct (electricity) | |
| 破 破 | broken; damaged; worn out; lousy; rotten; to break, split or cleave; to get rid of; to destroy; to break with; to defeat; to capture (a city etc); to expose the truth of | |
| 集中 集中 | to concentrate; to centralize; to focus; centralized; concentrated; to put together | |
| 经验 經驗 | experience; to experience | |
| 追 追 | to chase; to pursue; to look into; to investigate; to reminisce; to recall; to court (one's beloved); to binge-watch (a TV drama); retroactively; posthumously |