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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人人 人人 rén rén everyone; every person ∼HSK 1
汉奸 漢奸 hàn jiān traitor (to China) ∼HSK 1
还给 還給 huán gěi to return sth to sb ∼HSK 1
十二 十二 shí èr twelve; 12 ∼HSK 1
我去 我去 wǒ qù (slang) what the...!; oh my god!; that's insane! ∼HSK 1
要看 要看 yào kàn (it) depends on... ∼HSK 1
今 今 jīn now, today, modern era ∼HSK 1
工 工 gōng labor, work; worker, laborer ∼HSK 1
不明 不明 bù míng not clear; unknown; to fail to understand ∼HSK 1
见笑 見笑 jiàn xiào to mock; to be ridiculed; to incur ridicule through one's poor performance (humble) ∼HSK 1
不下 不下 bù xià to be not less than (a certain quantity, amount etc) ∼HSK 1
这就 這就 zhè jiù immediately; at once ∼HSK 1
做人 做人 zuò rén to conduct oneself; to behave with integrity ∼HSK 1
三十 三十 sān shí thirty; 30 ∼HSK 1
汉 漢 Hàn Chinese people; Chinese language ∼HSK 1
不是吗 不是嗎 bù shì ma isn't that so? ∼HSK 1
男的 男的 nán de man ∼HSK 1
女的 女的 nǚ de woman ∼HSK 1
试问 試問 shì wèn I would like to ask (usually used rhetorically); one might well ask ∼HSK 1
拿来 拿來 ná lái to bring; to fetch; to get ∼HSK 1
太好了 太好了 tài hǎo le very good ∼HSK 1
我人 我人 wǒ rén we ∼HSK 1
快进 快進 kuài jìn fast-forward (media player) ∼HSK 1
教书 教書 jiāo shū to teach (in a school) ∼HSK 1
有点 有點 yǒu diǎn a little ∼HSK 1
阁下 閣下 gé xià your distinguished self; your majesty; sire ∼HSK 1
师 師 Shī teacher, master, specialist ∼HSK 1
在下 在下 zài xià under; myself (humble) ∼HSK 1
多多 多多 duō duō many; much; a lot; lots and lots; more; even more ∼HSK 1
十八 十八 shí bā eighteen; 18 ∼HSK 1
年老 年老 nián lǎo aged ∼HSK 1
来着 來著 lái zhe auxiliary showing sth happened in the past ∼HSK 1
用脑 用腦 yòng nǎo to undertake mental work ∼HSK 1
一个人 一個人 yī gè rén by oneself (without assistance); alone (without company) ∼HSK 1
有请 有請 yǒu qǐng to request the pleasure of seeing sb; to ask sb in; to ask sb to do sth (e.g. make a speech) ∼HSK 1
学到 學到 xué dào to learn (sth); to learn about ∼HSK 1
他妈的 他媽的 tā mā de (taboo curse) damn it!; fucking ∼HSK 1
我这儿 我這兒 wǒ zhe r where I am; my place ∼HSK 1
五十 五十 wǔ shí fifty ∼HSK 1
老弟 老弟 lǎo dì (affectionate form of address for a male who is not very much younger than oneself) my boy; old pal ∼HSK 1
男儿 男兒 nán ér a (real) man; boy; son ∼HSK 1
过热 過熱 guò rè too hot; (fig.) (economics) overheated; (physics) to superheat ∼HSK 1
说好 說好 shuō hǎo to come to an agreement; to complete negotiations ∼HSK 1
几个 幾個 jǐ ge a few; several; how many ∼HSK 1
并不 並不 bìng bù not at all; by no means ∼HSK 1
不住 不住 bù zhù (verb complement) unable to firmly or securely (grasp, recall etc); repeatedly; continuously; constantly ∼HSK 1
不到 不到 bù dào not to arrive; not reaching; insufficient; less than ∼HSK 1
上天 上天 shàng tiān Heaven; Providence; God; the sky above; to fly skywards; (euphemism) to die; to pass away; the previous day (or days) ∼HSK 1
话说 話說 huà shuō It is said that... (at the start of a narrative); to discuss; to recount ∼HSK 1
星月 星月 xīng yuè the moon and the stars ∼HSK 1