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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Vocabulary

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接上 接上 jiē shàng to connect (a cable etc); to hook up (a device); to resume (a conversation); to set (a bone) ∼HSK 2
义 義 Yì right conduct, righteousness ∼HSK 2
大举 大舉 dà jǔ (do sth) on a large scale ∼HSK 2
不变 不變 bù biàn constant; unvarying; (math.) invariant ∼HSK 2
刘 劉 Liú surname; kill, destroy ∼HSK 2
卖座 賣座 mài zuò (of a movie, show or restaurant) to attract customers; popular with the paying public; high-grossing; number of seats occupied (by moviegoers etc) ∼HSK 2
贞节 貞節 zhēn jié chastity; virginity (of women); moral integrity (of men); loyalty; constancy ∼HSK 2
开灯 開燈 kāi dēng to turn on the light ∼HSK 2
有权 有權 yǒu quán to have the right to; to be entitled to; to have authority; powerful ∼HSK 2
狗眼看人低 狗眼看人低 gǒu yǎn kàn rén dī to act like a snob ∼HSK 2
过得去 過得去 guò dé qù lit. can pass through (an opening); fig. can get by (in life); tolerably well; not too bad; How are you getting by?; How's life? ∼HSK 2
小孩子 小孩子 xiǎo hái zi child ∼HSK 2
千年 千年 qiān nián millennium ∼HSK 2
杀人 殺人 shā rén homicide; to murder; to kill (a person) ∼HSK 2
夫子 夫子 fū zǐ Master (old form of address for teachers, scholars); (used sarcastically) pedant ∼HSK 2
小儿科 小兒科 xiǎo ér kē pediatrics; pediatric (department); sth of little importance; trifle; a child's play; (slang) childish; petty; stingy ∼HSK 2
平平 平平 píng píng average; mediocre ∼HSK 2
才气 才氣 cái qì talent (usually literary or artistic) ∼HSK 2
复 復 fù return; repeat; repeatedly ∼HSK 2
三更 三更 sān gēng third of the five night watch periods 23:00-01:00 (old); midnight; also pr. [san1 jin1] ∼HSK 2
午夜 午夜 wǔ yè midnight ∼HSK 2
阴风 陰風 yīn fēng chill wind; (fig.) evil wind ∼HSK 2
书生 書生 shū shēng scholar; intellectual; egghead ∼HSK 2
信教 信教 xìn jiào religious belief; to practice a faith; to be religious ∼HSK 2
长生不老 長生不老 cháng shēng - bù lǎo (idiom) to live forever and never grow old ∼HSK 2
拉屎 拉屎 lā shǐ to defecate; to shit; to crap ∼HSK 2
英 英 Yīng petal, flower, leaf; brave, a hero; England, English ∼HSK 2
林 林 Lín forest, grove; surname ∼HSK 2
收场 收場 shōu chǎng the end; an ending; to wind down; to conclude ∼HSK 2
不太 不太 bù tài Not too HSK 2
开场白 開場白 kāi chǎng bái prologue of play; opening remarks; preamble (of speeches, articles etc) ∼HSK 2
一点点 一點點 yī diǎn diǎn a little bit HSK 2
凉快 涼快 liáng kuai nice and cold; pleasantly cool HSK 2
流利 流利 liú lì fluent HSK 2
拿出 拿出 ná chū to take out; to put out; to provide; to put forward (a proposal); to come up with (evidence) HSK 2
玩意儿 玩意兒 wán yì r erhua variant of 玩意; toy; thing; trick ∼HSK 2
站住 站住 zhàn zhù to stand HSK 2
看样子 看樣子 kàn yàng zi it seems; it looks as if ∼HSK 2
请客 請客 qǐng kè to give a dinner party; to entertain guests; to invite to dinner HSK 2
送到 送到 sòng dào Deliver HSK 2
走开 走開 zǒu kāi to leave; to walk away; to beat it; to move aside HSK 2
出院 出院 chū yuàn to leave hospital; to be discharged from hospital HSK 2
英文 英文 Yīng wén English (language) HSK 2
护照 護照 hù zhào passport HSK 2
举手 舉手 jǔ shǒu to raise a hand; to put up one's hand (as signal) HSK 2
老是 老是 lǎo shi always HSK 2
走过 走過 zǒu guò to walk past; to pass by HSK 2
快要 快要 kuài yào nearly at the point of (doing sth); about to (do sth) HSK 2
一共 一共 yī gòng altogether HSK 2
从小 從小 cóng xiǎo from childhood; from a young age HSK 2