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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过不去 過不去 guò bu qù to make life difficult for; to embarrass; unable to make it through ∼HSK 1
半天 半天 bàn tiān half of the day; a long time; quite a while; midair HSK 1
弟 弟 dì younger brother; junior male; I (modest word in letter) HSK 1
有名 有名 yǒu míng famous; well-known HSK 1
上车 上車 shàng chē to get on or into (a bus, train, car etc) HSK 1
走路 走路 zǒu lù to walk; to go on foot HSK 1
开玩笑 開玩笑 kāi wán xiào to play a joke; to make fun of; to joke HSK 1
桌子 桌子 zhuō zi table; desk HSK 1
零 零 líng zero; nought; zero sign; fractional; fragmentary; odd (of numbers); (placed between two numbers to indicate a smaller quantity followed by a larger one); fraction; (in mathematics) remainder (after division); extra; to wither and fall; to wither HSK 1
坐下 坐下 zuò xia to sit down HSK 1
姐 姐 jiě older sister HSK 1
那儿 那兒 nà r there HSK 1
听见 聽見 tīng jiàn to hear HSK 1
上次 上次 shàng cì last time HSK 1
火车 火車 huǒ chē train HSK 1
这边 這邊 zhè biān this side; here HSK 1
常常 常常 cháng cháng frequently; often HSK 1
门口 門口 mén kǒu doorway; gate HSK 1
干什么 幹什麼 gàn shén me what are you doing?; what's he up to? HSK 1
是不是 是不是 shì bù shì is or isn't; yes or no; whether or not HSK 1
不对 不對 bù duì incorrect; wrong; amiss; abnormal; queer HSK 1
哪儿 哪兒 nǎ r where?; wherever; anywhere; somewhere; (used in rhetorical questions) how can ...?; how could ...? HSK 1
这儿 這兒 zhè r here HSK 1
再见 再見 zài jiàn goodbye; see you again later HSK 1
百 百 bǎi hundred; numerous; all kinds of HSK 1
在家 在家 zài jiā to be at home; (at a workplace) to be in (as opposed to being away on official business 差); (Buddhism etc) to remain a layman (as opposed to becoming a monk or a nun 家) HSK 1
干净 乾淨 gān jìng clean; neat HSK 1
那边 那邊 nà bian over there; yonder HSK 1
记住 記住 jì zhu to remember; to bear in mind; to learn by heart HSK 1
贵 貴 guì expensive; noble; precious; (honorific) your HSK 1
一会儿 一會兒 yī huì r a moment; a while; in a moment; now...now...; also pr. [yī huǐ r] HSK 1
生气 生氣 shēng qì to get angry; to take offense; angry; vitality; liveliness HSK 1
九 九 jiǔ nine; 9 HSK 1
考 攷 kǎo to check; to verify; to test; to examine; to take an exam; to take an entrance exam for; deceased father HSK 1
雨 雨 yǔ rain HSK 1
茶 茶 chá tea; tea plant HSK 1
见面 見面 jiàn miàn to meet; to see each other HSK 1
进来 進來 jìn lái to come in HSK 1
北 北 běi north; (classical) to be defeated HSK 1
同学 同學 tóng xué to study at the same school; fellow student; classmate HSK 1
慢 慢 màn slow HSK 1
有时候 有時候 yǒu shí hou sometimes HSK 1
南 南 nán south HSK 1
没什么 沒什麼 méi shén me nothing; it doesn't matter; it's nothing; never mind HSK 1
哥哥 哥哥 gē ge older brother HSK 1
进去 進去 jìn qù to go in HSK 1
小姐 小姐 xiǎo jie young lady; miss; (slang) prostitute HSK 1
饭 飯 fàn cooked rice; meal; (loanword) fan; devotee HSK 1
国 國 guó country; nation; state; (bound form) national HSK 1
右 右 yòu (bound form) right; right-hand side; (bound form) (politics) right of center; (bound form) (old) west; (literary) the right side as the side of precedence HSK 1