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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够 夠 gòu enough (sufficient); enough (too much); (coll.) (before adj.) really; (coll.) to reach by stretching out Colloquialism HSK 2
猫 貓 māo cat; (dialect) to hide oneself; (coll.) modem Colloquialism HSK 2
挺 挺 tǐng straight; erect; to stick out (a part of the body); to (physically) straighten up; to support; to withstand; outstanding; (coll.) quite; very; classifier for machine guns Colloquialism HSK 2
拉 拉 lā to pull; to play (a bowed instrument); to drag; to draw; to chat; (coll.) to empty one's bowels Colloquialism HSK 2
南海 南海 Nán Hǎi South China Sea Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
黄飞鸿 黃飛鴻 Huáng Fēi hóng Wong Fei-hung (1847-1925), martial arts master Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
贵姓 貴姓 guì xìng what is your surname?; (May I ask) your surname? Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
北越 北越 Běi Yuè North Vietnam; North Vietnamese Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
见过 見過 jiànguò seen HSK 2
挺好 挺好 tǐng hǎo very good HSK 2
从今以后 從今以後 cóng jīn yǐ hòu from now on; henceforward ∼HSK 2
什么时候 什麼時候 shén me shí hou when?; at what time? ∼HSK 2
排行 排行 pái háng to rank; ranking; seniority (among siblings) ∼HSK 2
一定要 一定要 yī dìng yào must ∼HSK 2
得很 得很 de hěn (after an adjective) very ∼HSK 2
鞋子 鞋子 xié zi shoe ∼HSK 2
表妹 表妹 biǎo mèi younger female cousin via female line ∼HSK 2
陈 陳 Chén exhibit, display; plead; a surname ∼HSK 2
街上 街上 jiē shang on the street; in town ∼HSK 2
府 府 fǔ prefecture; prefect; government ∼HSK 2
千里 千里 qiān lǐ a thousand miles; a thousand li (i.e. 500 kilometers); a long distance ∼HSK 2
九流 九流 jiǔ liú the nine schools of thought, philosophical schools of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods (770-220 BC), viz Confucians, Daoists, Yin and Yang, Legalists, Logician ∼HSK 2
没问题 沒問題 méi wèn tí no problem ∼HSK 2
走狗 走狗 zǒu gǒu hunting dog; hound; (fig.) running dog; lackey ∼HSK 2
潦倒 潦倒 liáo dǎo down on one's luck; in straitened circumstances; disappointed; frustrated ∼HSK 2
案 案 àn table, bench; legal case ∼HSK 2
生下 生下 shēng xià to give birth to ∼HSK 2
小孩 小孩 xiǎo hái child ∼HSK 2
知道了 知道了 zhī dào le OK!; Got it! ∼HSK 2
身 身 shēn body; trunk, hull; rad. no. 158 ∼HSK 2
可就 可就 kě jiù certainly ∼HSK 2
住嘴 住嘴 zhù zuǐ to hold one's tongue; Shut up! ∼HSK 2
世 世 Shì generation; world; era ∼HSK 2
易 易 Yì change; easy ∼HSK 2
物 物 wù thing, substance, creature ∼HSK 2
收山 收山 shōu shān (slang) (from Cantonese) to bow out after a long career; to pack it in; (of a gangster, prostitute etc) to get out of the game; (of a business) to cease to operate ∼HSK 2
唱词 唱詞 chàng cí libretto; lyrics ∼HSK 2
二流 二流 èr liú second-rate; second-tier ∼HSK 2
战 戰 zhàn war, fighting, battle ∼HSK 2
郡 郡 jùn administrative division ∼HSK 2
多嘴 多嘴 duō zuǐ talkative; to speak out of turn; to blab; to shoot one's mouth off; rumors fly ∼HSK 2
成名 成名 chéng míng to make one's name; to become famous ∼HSK 2
让开 讓開 ràng kāi to get out of the way; to step aside ∼HSK 2
变通 變通 biàn tōng pragmatic; flexible; to act differently in different situations; to accommodate to circumstances ∼HSK 2
令人 令人 lìng rén to cause one (to do sth); to make one (angry, delighted etc) ∼HSK 2
一遍 一遍 yī biàn one time (all the way through); once through ∼HSK 2
不可能 不可能 bù kě néng impossible; cannot; not able ∼HSK 2
老头 老頭 lǎo tóu old fellow; old man; father; husband ∼HSK 2
来头 來頭 lái tóu cause; reason; interest; influence ∼HSK 2
名叫 名叫 míng jiào called; named ∼HSK 2