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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| 变化 變化 | (intransitive) to change; to vary; change; variation | |
| 观众 觀眾 | spectators; audience; visitors (to an exhibition etc) | |
| 感情 感情 | emotion; sentiment; affection; feelings between two persons | |
| 痛 痛 | ache; pain; sorrow; deeply; thoroughly | |
| 上面 上面 | on top of; above-mentioned; also pr. [shàng mian] | |
| 救 捄 | to save; to assist; to rescue | |
| 适合 適合 | to fit; to suit | |
| 老板 老闆 | boss; business proprietor | |
| 更加 更加 | more (than sth else); even more | |
| 环境 環境 | environment; circumstances; surroundings; ambient | |
| 群 羣 | group; crowd; flock, herd, pack etc | |
| 警察 警察 | police; police officer | |
| 反应 反應 | to react; to respond; reaction; response; reply; chemical reaction | |
| 以来 以來 | since (a previous event) | |
| 久 久 | (long) time; (long) duration of time | |
| 跳 跳 | to jump; to hop; to skip over; to bounce; to palpitate | |
| 挂 掛 | to hang or suspend (from a hook etc); to hang up (the phone); (of a line) to be dead; to be worried or concerned; to make a phone call (dialect); to register or record; classifier for sets or clusters of objects; (slang) to kill; to die; to be finished; to fail (an exam) | |
| 紧张 緊張 | nervous; keyed up; intense; tense; strained; in short supply; scarce | |
| 仍 仍 | still; yet; to remain; (literary) frequently; often | |
| 仍然 仍然 | still; as before; yet | |
| 深 㴱 | deep (lit. and fig.) | |
| 结婚 結婚 | to marry; to get married | |
| 面对 面對 | to face; to confront | |
| 步 步 | a step; a pace; walk; march; stages in a process; situation | |
| 报 報 | to announce; to inform; report; newspaper; recompense; revenge | |
| 赢 贏 | to beat; to win; to profit | |
| 自然 自然 | nature; natural; naturally | |
| 幸福 幸福 | happiness; happy; blessed | |
| 人生 人生 | life (one's time on earth) | |
| 支 支 | to support; to sustain; to erect; to raise; branch; division; to draw money; classifier for rods such as pens and guns, for army divisions and for songs or compositions | |
| 随 隨 | to follow; to comply with; varying according to...; to allow; subsequently | |
| 某 某 | some; a certain; sb or sth indefinite; such-and-such | |
| 敢 敢 | to dare; daring; (polite) may I venture | |
| 安排 安排 | to arrange; to plan; to set up; arrangements; plans | |
| 谈 談 | to speak; to talk; to converse; to chat; to discuss | |
| 下去 下去 | to go down; to descend; to go on; to continue; (of a servant) to withdraw | |
| 证明 證明 | proof; certificate; identification; testimonial; to prove; to testify; to confirm the truth of | |
| 金 金 | gold; chemical element Au; generic term for lustrous and ductile metals; money; golden; highly respected; one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 音 | |
| 光 光 | light; ray; bright; shiny; only; merely; used up; finished; to leave (a part of the body) uncovered | |
| 抓 抓 | to grab; to catch; to arrest; to snatch; to scratch | |
| 各位 各位 | everybody; all (guests, colleagues etc); all of you | |
| 性 性 | nature; character; property; quality; attribute; sexuality; sex; gender; suffix forming adjective from verb; suffix forming noun from adjective, corresponding to -ness or -ity; essence | |
| 设计 設計 | to design; to plan; design; plan | |
| 派 派 | clique; school; group; faction; to dispatch; to send; to assign; to appoint; pi (Greek letter Ππ); the circular ratio pi = 3.1415926; (loanword) pie | |
| 到底 到底 | finally; in the end; when all is said and done; after all; to the end; to the last | |
| 简单 簡單 | simple; not complicated | |
| 曾经 曾經 | once; already; former; previously; ever; (past tense marker used before verb or clause) | |
| 台 檯 | desk; table; counter | |
| 合作 合作 | to cooperate; to collaborate; to work together; cooperation | |
| 容易 容易 | easy; straightforward; likely; liable to; apt to |