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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| 半天 半天 | half of the day; a long time; quite a while; midair | |
| 弟 弟 | younger brother; junior male; I (modest word in letter) | |
| 有名 有名 | famous; well-known | |
| 上车 上車 | to get on or into (a bus, train, car etc) | |
| 走路 走路 | to walk; to go on foot | |
| 开玩笑 開玩笑 | to play a joke; to make fun of; to joke | |
| 桌子 桌子 | table; desk | |
| 零 零 | 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 | |
| 坐下 坐下 | to sit down | |
| 姐 姐 | older sister | |
| 那儿 那兒 | there | |
| 听见 聽見 | to hear | |
| 上次 上次 | last time | |
| 火车 火車 | train | |
| 这边 這邊 | this side; here | |
| 常常 常常 | frequently; often | |
| 门口 門口 | doorway; gate | |
| 干什么 幹什麼 | what are you doing?; what's he up to? | |
| 是不是 是不是 | is or isn't; yes or no; whether or not | |
| 不对 不對 | incorrect; wrong; amiss; abnormal; queer | |
| 哪儿 哪兒 | where?; wherever; anywhere; somewhere; (used in rhetorical questions) how can ...?; how could ...? | |
| 这儿 這兒 | here | |
| 再见 再見 | goodbye; see you again later | |
| 百 百 | hundred; numerous; all kinds of | |
| 在家 在家 | 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) | |
| 干净 乾淨 | clean; neat | |
| 那边 那邊 | over there; yonder | |
| 记住 記住 | to remember; to bear in mind; to learn by heart | |
| 贵 貴 | expensive; noble; precious; (honorific) your | |
| 一会儿 一會兒 | a moment; a while; in a moment; now...now...; also pr. [yī huǐ r] | |
| 生气 生氣 | to get angry; to take offense; angry; vitality; liveliness | |
| 九 九 | nine; 9 | |
| 考 攷 | to check; to verify; to test; to examine; to take an exam; to take an entrance exam for; deceased father | |
| 雨 雨 | rain | |
| 茶 茶 | tea; tea plant | |
| 见面 見面 | to meet; to see each other | |
| 进来 進來 | to come in | |
| 北 北 | north; (classical) to be defeated | |
| 同学 同學 | to study at the same school; fellow student; classmate | |
| 慢 慢 | slow | |
| 有时候 有時候 | sometimes | |
| 南 南 | south | |
| 没什么 沒什麼 | nothing; it doesn't matter; it's nothing; never mind | |
| 哥哥 哥哥 | older brother | |
| 进去 進去 | to go in | |
| 小姐 小姐 | young lady; miss; (slang) prostitute | |
| 饭 飯 | cooked rice; meal; (loanword) fan; devotee | |
| 国 國 | country; nation; state; (bound form) national | |
| 右 右 | (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 | |
| 衣服 衣服 | clothes |