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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住口 住口 zhù kǒu shut up; shut your mouth; stop talking ∼HSK 1
再不 再不 zài bù or else; alternatively ∼HSK 1
一会 一會 yī huì a moment; a while; in a moment; also pr. [yi1 hui3] ∼HSK 1
茶杯 茶杯 chá bēi teacup; tea-glass; cup; mug ∼HSK 1
中人 中人 zhōng rén go-between; mediator; intermediary ∼HSK 1
想出 想出 xiǎng chū to figure out; to work out (a solution etc); to think up; to come up with (an idea etc) ∼HSK 1
帮帮忙 幫幫忙 bāng bang máng to help; to do a favor; (Shanghainese) Come on!; Give me a break! ∼HSK 1
从来没 從來沒 cóng lái méi have never; has never ∼HSK 1
下地 下地 xià dì to go down to the fields; to get up from bed; to leave one's sickbed; to be born ∼HSK 1
看一看 看一看 kàn yī kàn to have a look ∼HSK 1
过人 過人 guò rén to surpass others; outstanding; (basketball, soccer etc) to get past an opponent ∼HSK 1
在前 在前 zài qián ahead; formerly; in the past ∼HSK 1
放开 放開 fàng kāi to let go; to release ∼HSK 1
真爱 真愛 zhēn ài true love ∼HSK 1
去你的 去你的 qù nǐ de Get along with you! ∼HSK 1
大鹏 大鵬 dà péng legendary giant bird ∼HSK 1
高干 高幹 gāo gàn high cadre; top party member ∼HSK 1
不可以 不可以 bù kě yǐ may not ∼HSK 1
打中 打中 dǎ zhòng to hit (a target) ∼HSK 1
国人 國人 guó rén compatriots (literary); fellow countrymen ∼HSK 1
想见 想見 xiǎng jiàn to infer; to gather ∼HSK 1
第五 第五 dì wǔ fifth ∼HSK 1
开饭 開飯 kāi fàn to serve a meal ∼HSK 1
想起来 想起來 xiǎng qi lai to remember; to recall ∼HSK 1
看不见 看不見 kàn bu jiàn cannot see; cannot be seen; invisible ∼HSK 1
一口 一口 yī kǒu readily; flatly (deny, admit and so on); a mouthful; a bite ∼HSK 1
他用 他用 tā yòng other use; other purpose ∼HSK 1
每个 每個 měi gè each; every ∼HSK 1
茶楼 茶樓 chá lóu teahouse (usu. of two stories) ∼HSK 1
下一次 下一次 xià yī cì next ∼HSK 1
门前 門前 mén qián in front of the door ∼HSK 1
变得 變得 biàn de to become ∼HSK 1
开锣 開鑼 kāi luó to beat the gong to open a performance ∼HSK 1
重来 重來 chóng lái to start over; to do sth all over again ∼HSK 1
回事 回事 huí shì (old) to report to one's master ∼HSK 1
四十 四十 sì shí forty; 40 ∼HSK 1
教会 教會 jiāo huì to show; to teach ∼HSK 1
重新做人 重新做人 chóng xīn zuò rén to start a new life; to make a fresh start ∼HSK 1
说中 說中 shuō zhòng to hit the nail on the head; to predict correctly ∼HSK 1
上山 上山 shàng shān to climb a hill; to go to the mountains; (of silkworms) to go up bundles of straw (to spin cocoons); to pass away; (of the sun or moon) to rise ∼HSK 1
那天 那天 nà tiān that day; the other day ∼HSK 1
一次 一次 yī cì first; first time; once; (math.) linear (of degree one) ∼HSK 1
几年 幾年 jǐ nián a few years; several years; how many years? ∼HSK 1
是日 是日 shì rì (formal) this day; that day ∼HSK 1
七十 七十 qī shí seventy; 70 ∼HSK 1
榕树 榕樹 róng shù banyan ∼HSK 1
真是的 真是的 zhēn shi de Really! (interj. of annoyance or frustration) ∼HSK 1
买不起 買不起 mǎi bu qǐ cannot afford; can't afford buying ∼HSK 1
跟不上 跟不上 gēn bu shàng not able to keep up with ∼HSK 1
不用说 不用說 bù yòng shuō needless to say; it goes without saying ∼HSK 1