The Mad Phoenix 1997
南海十三郎
A Cantonese librettist enjoys immense popularity over the course of decades, followed by decline.
Vocabulary
Filter the words you want to study before watching.
| 重新 重新 | again; once more; re- | |
| 离 離 | mythical beast (archaic) | |
| 怕 怕 | to be afraid; to fear; to dread; to be unable to endure; perhaps | |
| 哭 哭 | to cry; to weep | |
| 变成 變成 | to change into; to turn into; to become | |
| 数 數 | to count; to count as; to regard as; to enumerate; to list | |
| 声音 聲音 | voice; sound | |
| 收 收 | to receive; to accept; to collect; to put away; to restrain; to stop; in care of (used on address line after name) | |
| 怎样 怎樣 | how; what kind | |
| 做到 做到 | to accomplish; to achieve | |
| 眼睛 眼睛 | eye | |
| 边 邊 | side; edge; margin; border; boundary; simultaneously | |
| 欢迎 歡迎 | to welcome; welcome | |
| 红 紅 | red; popular; revolutionary; bonus | |
| 原来 原來 | original; former; originally; formerly; at first; so, actually, as it turns out | |
| 酒 酒 | wine (esp. rice wine); liquor; spirits; alcoholic beverage | |
| 倒 倒 | to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally; to fail; to go bankrupt; to overthrow; to change (trains or buses); to move around; to resell at a profit | |
| 故事 故事 | old practice | |
| 气 氣 | gas; air; smell; weather; to make angry; to annoy; to get angry; vital energy; qi | |
| 停 停 | to stop; to halt; to park (a car) | |
| 清楚 清楚 | clear; distinct; to understand thoroughly; to be clear about | |
| 眼 眼 | eye; small hole; crux (of a matter); classifier for big hollow things (wells, stoves, pots etc) | |
| 往 往 | to go (in a direction); to; towards; (of a train) bound for; past; previous | |
| 那样 那樣 | that kind; that sort | |
| 感谢 感謝 | (express) thanks; gratitude; grateful; thankful; thanks | |
| 装 裝 | adornment; to adorn; dress; clothing; costume (of an actor in a play); to play a role; to pretend; to install; to fix; to wrap (sth in a bag); to load; to pack | |
| 好像 好像 | as if; to seem like | |
| 想到 想到 | to think of; to call to mind; to anticipate | |
| 正常 正常 | regular; normal; ordinary | |
| 刚刚 剛剛 | just recently; just a moment ago | |
| 全部 全部 | whole; all | |
| 交 交 | to hand over; to deliver; to pay (money); to turn over; to make friends; to intersect (lines); variant of 跤 | |
| 套 套 | to cover; to encase; cover; sheath; to overlap; to interleave; to model after; to copy; formula; harness; loop of rope; (fig.) to fish for; to obtain slyly; classifier for sets, collections; bend (of a river or mountain range, in place names); tau (Greek letter Ττ) | |
| 家庭 家庭 | family; household | |
| 留 㽞 | to leave (a message etc); to retain; to stay; to remain; to keep; to preserve | |
| 过来 過來 | to come over; to manage; to handle; to be able to take care of | |
| 办 辦 | to do; to manage; to handle; to go about; to run; to set up; to deal with | |
| 带来 帶來 | to bring; (fig.) to bring about; to produce | |
| 懂 懂 | to understand; to comprehend | |
| 段 段 | paragraph; section; segment; stage (of a process); classifier for stories, periods of time, lengths of thread etc | |
| 脸 臉 | face | |
| 狗 狗 | dog | |
| 换 換 | to exchange; to change (clothes etc); to substitute; to switch; to convert (currency) | |
| 最近 最近 | recently; soon; nearest | |
| 活动 活動 | to exercise; to move about; to operate; to use connections (personal influence); loose; shaky; active; movable; activity; campaign; maneuver; behavior | |
| 面 面 | face; side; surface; aspect; top; classifier for objects with flat surfaces such as drums, mirrors, flags etc | |
| 也许 也許 | perhaps; maybe | |
| 永远 永遠 | forever; eternal | |
| 句 句 | sentence; clause; phrase; classifier for phrases or lines of verse | |
| 影响 影響 | influence; effect; to influence; to affect (usually adversely); to disturb |