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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| 美人 美人 | beauty; belle | |
| 上司 上司 | boss; superior | |
| 盼 盼 | to hope for; to long for; to expect | |
| 听话 聽話 | to do what one is told; obedient | |
| 妨碍 妨礙 | to hinder; to obstruct | |
| 侮辱 侮辱 | to insult; to humiliate; dishonor | |
| 丸 丸 | ball; pellet; pill | |
| 轰 轟 | explosion; bang; boom; rumble; to attack; to shoo away; to expel | |
| 流浪 流浪 | to drift about; to wander; to roam; nomadic; homeless; unsettled (e.g. population); vagrant | |
| 废话 廢話 | nonsense; rubbish; superfluous words; You don't say!; No kidding! (gently sarcastic) | |
| 何必 何必 | there is no need; why should | |
| 糊涂 糊塗 | muddled; silly; confused | |
| 赐 賜 | to confer; to bestow; to grant; Taiwan pr. [sì] | |
| 丫头 丫頭 | girl; servant girl; (used deprecatingly, but sometimes also as a term of endearment) | |
| 征 征 | journey; trip; expedition; to go on long campaign; to attack | |
| 捧 捧 | to clasp; to cup the hands; to hold up with both hands; to offer (esp. in cupped hands); to praise; to flatter | |
| 口气 口氣 | tone of voice; the way one speaks; manner of expression; tone | |
| 临 臨 | to face; to overlook; to arrive; to be (just) about to; just before | |
| 壮 壯 | Zhuang ethnic group of Guangxi, the PRC's second most numerous ethnic group | |
| 安心 安心 | at ease; to feel relieved; to set one's mind at rest; to keep one's mind on sth | |
| 身子 身子 | body; pregnancy; health | |
| 笨蛋 笨蛋 | fool; idiot | |
| 入侵 入侵 | to invade | |
| 拦 攔 | to block sb's path; to obstruct; to flag down (a taxi) | |
| 疯子 瘋子 | madman; lunatic | |
| 颇 頗 | rather; quite; considerably; oblique; inclined; slanting; Taiwan pr. [pǒ] | |
| 异性 異性 | the opposite sex; of the opposite sex; heterosexual; different in nature | |
| 盗 盜 | to steal; to rob; to plunder; thief; bandit; robber | |
| 凤凰 鳳凰 | Fenghuang County in Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 州 | |
| 谱 譜 | chart; list; table; register; score (music); spectrum (physics); to set to music | |
| 滋味 滋味 | taste; flavor; feeling | |
| 消 消 | to diminish; to subside; to consume; to reduce; to idle away (the time); (after 不 or 只 or 何 etc) to need; to require; to take | |
| 虾 蝦 | used in 虾蟆 | |
| 押 押 | to mortgage; to pawn; to detain in custody; to escort and protect; (literary) to sign | |
| 难怪 難怪 | (it's) no wonder (that...); (it's) not surprising (that) | |
| 傻瓜 傻瓜 | idiot; fool | |
| 指望 指望 | to count on; to hope for; prospect; hope | |
| 魂 䰟 | soul; spirit; immortal soul (that can be detached from the body) | |
| 浑身 渾身 | all over; from head to foot | |
| 闷 悶 | stuffy; shut indoors; to smother; to cover tightly | |
| 功 功 | meritorious deed or service; achievement; result; service; accomplishment; work (physics) | |
| 磅 磅 | scale (instrument for weighing); to weigh; (loanword) pound (unit of weight, about 454 grams); (printing) point (unit used to measure the size of type) | |
| 劫 刦 | to rob; to plunder; to seize by force; to coerce; calamity; abbr. for kalpa 波 | |
| 当晚 當晚 | on that evening | |
| 采 採 | to pick; to pluck; to collect; to select; to choose; to gather | |
| 粒 粒 | grain; granule; classifier for small round things (peas, bullets, peanuts, pills, grains etc) | |
| 有意 有意 | to intend; intentionally; interested in | |
| 敬 敬 | (bound form) respectful; to respect; to offer politely | |
| 假装 假裝 | to feign; to pretend | |
| 灵感 靈感 | inspiration; insight; a burst of creativity in scientific or artistic endeavor |