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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| 天生 天生 | nature; disposition; innate; natural | |
| 残 殘 | to destroy; to spoil; to ruin; to injure; cruel; oppressive; savage; brutal; incomplete; disabled; to remain; to survive; remnant; surplus | |
| 祈祷 祈禱 | to pray; to say one's prayers; prayer | |
| 驾 駕 | to harness; to draw (a cart etc); to drive; to pilot; to sail; to ride; your good self; prefixed word denoting respect (polite 敬辞) | |
| 附 坿 | to add; to attach; to be close to; to be attached | |
| 应付 應付 | to deal with; to cope | |
| 浪 浪 | wave; breaker; unrestrained; dissipated; to stroll; to ramble | |
| 抛弃 拋棄 | to abandon; to discard; to renounce; to dump (sb) | |
| 趁 趁 | to avail oneself of; to take advantage of | |
| 绑架 綁架 | to kidnap; to abduct; to hijack; a kidnapping; abduction; staking | |
| 亦 亦 | also | |
| 瞎 瞎 | blind; groundlessly; foolishly; to no purpose | |
| 不准 不准 | not to allow; to forbid; to prohibit | |
| 要不 要不 | otherwise; or else; how about...?; either... (or...) | |
| 贼 賊 | thief; traitor; wily; deceitful; evil; extremely | |
| 慈善 慈善 | benevolent; charitable | |
| 娶 娶 | to take a wife; to marry (a woman) | |
| 相对 相對 | relatively; opposite; to resist; to oppose; relative; vis-a-vis; counterpart | |
| 独 獨 | alone; independent; single; sole; only | |
| 寻 尋 | to search; to look for; to seek | |
| 堂 堂 | (main) hall; large room for a specific purpose; relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family; of the same clan; classifier for classes, lectures etc; classifier for sets of furniture | |
| 善 善 | good (virtuous); benevolent; well-disposed; good at sth; to improve or perfect | |
| 监狱 監獄 | prison | |
| 蛮 蠻 | barbarian; bullying; very; quite; rough; reckless | |
| 抢劫 搶劫 | to rob; looting | |
| 失踪 失蹤 | to be missing; to disappear; unaccounted for | |
| 一阵 一陣 | a burst; a fit; a peal; a spell (period of time) | |
| 老大 老大 | old age; very; eldest child in a family; leader of a group; boss; captain of a boat; leader of a criminal gang | |
| 天使 天使 | angel | |
| 竟 竟 | unexpectedly; actually; to go so far as to; indeed | |
| 结局 結局 | conclusion; ending | |
| 拳 拳 | fist; boxing | |
| 望 望 | full moon; to hope; to expect; to visit; to gaze (into the distance); to look towards; towards | |
| 告 告 | to say; to tell; to announce; to report; to denounce; to file a lawsuit; to sue | |
| 斗 斗 | abbr. for the Big Dipper constellation 星 | |
| 眼神 眼神 | expression or emotion showing in one's eyes; meaningful glance; wink; eyesight (dialect) | |
| 率 率 | rate; frequency | |
| 一面 一面 | one side; one aspect; simultaneously... (and...); one's whole face | |
| 曲 曲 | bent; crooked; wrong | |
| 粉 粉 | powder; cosmetic face powder; food prepared from starch; noodles or pasta made from any kind of flour; to turn to powder; (dialect) to whitewash; white; pink; (suffix) fan (abbr. for 粉丝); to be a fan of | |
| 恭喜 恭喜 | to congratulate; (interj.) congratulations! | |
| 嫁 嫁 | (of a woman) to marry; to marry off a daughter; to shift (blame etc) | |
| 推荐 推薦 | to recommend; recommendation | |
| 且 且 | and; moreover; yet; for the time being; to be about to; both (... and...) | |
| 哎 哎 | hey!; (interjection used to attract attention or to express surprise or disapprobation) | |
| 许 許 | to allow; to permit; to promise; to praise; somewhat; perhaps | |
| 灵 靈 | quick; alert; efficacious; effective; to come true; spirit; departed soul; coffin | |
| 袭击 襲擊 | attack (esp. surprise attack); raid; to attack | |
| 需 需 | to require; to need; to want; necessity; need | |
| 丝 絲 | silk; thread; trace; (cuisine) shreds or julienne strips; classifier: a thread (of cloud, smoke etc), a bit, an iota, a hint (of sth) etc |