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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饭桶 飯桶 fàn tǒng rice tub (from which cooked rice or other food is served); (fig.) fathead; a good-for-nothing Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
吃不消 吃不消 chī bu xiāo to be unable to tolerate or endure; to find sth difficult to manage Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
不近人情 不近人情 bù jìn - rén qíng (idiom) not amenable to reason; unreasonable Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
活得不耐烦 活得不耐煩 huó de bù nài fán to be tired of living; (coll.) to be asking for trouble Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
满堂红 滿堂紅 mǎn táng hóng success across the board; victory in everything one touches Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
不成 不成 bù chéng won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be? Xiehouyu HSK 6
高手 高手 gāo shǒu expert; past master; dab hand Xiehouyu HSK 6
逆天 逆天 nì tiān (literary) to be in defiance of the natural order; (coll.) extraordinary; incredible Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
半桶水 半桶水 bàn tǒng shuǐ (coll.) (of one's skills, knowledge etc) limited; superficial; half-baked; sb with a smattering of knowledge (of sth); dabbler Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
就算 就算 jiù suàn (coll.) even if Colloquialism HSK 6
雷 雷 léi thunder; (bound form) (military) mine, as in 雷 land mine; (coll.) to shock; to stun; to astound; (Tw) (coll.) spoiler; (Tw) (coll.) to reveal plot details to (sb) Colloquialism HSK 6
嘛 嘛 má used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 6
有没有 有沒有 yǒu méi yǒu (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?; Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)? HSK 6
奖券 獎券 jiǎng quàn raffle or lottery ticket ∼HSK 6
彷徨 彷徨 páng huáng to pace back and forth, not knowing which way to turn; to hesitate; to waver ∼HSK 6
辘轳 轆轤 lù lu well pulley; windlass; potter's wheel ∼HSK 6
文武 文武 wén wǔ civil and military ∼HSK 6
抓痒 抓癢 zhuā yǎng to scratch an itch ∼HSK 6
精神病院 精神病院 jīng shén bìng yuàn mental hospital; psychiatric hospital ∼HSK 6
洋鬼子 洋鬼子 yáng guǐ zi foreign devil; term of abuse for Westerners ∼HSK 6
我儿 我兒 wǒ rén my child ∼HSK 6
俗世 俗世 sú shì the mundane world; the world of mortals ∼HSK 6
多情 多情 duō qíng affectionate; passionate; emotional; sentimental ∼HSK 6
编曲 編曲 biān qǔ to compose (music); arrangement ∼HSK 6
样样 樣樣 yàng yàng all kinds ∼HSK 6
印花 印花 yìn huā tax stamp; to print a pattern or design on fabric ∼HSK 6
为师 為師 wéi shī as your teacher ∼HSK 6
君子之交 君子之交 jūn zǐ zhī jiāo friendship between gentlemen, insipid as water (idiom, from Zhuangzi) ∼HSK 6
雄壮 雄壯 xióng zhuàng majestic; awesome; full of power and grandeur ∼HSK 6
不觉 不覺 bù jué unconsciously ∼HSK 6
识相 識相 shí xiàng sensitive; tactful ∼HSK 6
色诱 色誘 sè yòu to seduce; to lead into sex ∼HSK 6
生灵 生靈 shēng líng (literary) the people; living thing; creature ∼HSK 6
奉劝 奉勸 fèng quàn may I offer a bit of advice ∼HSK 6
讲理 講理 jiǎng lǐ to argue; to reason with sb; to talk sense; to be reasonable ∼HSK 6
电影剧本 電影劇本 diàn yǐng jù běn screenplay ∼HSK 6
不舒服 不舒服 bù shū fu unwell; feeling ill; to feel uncomfortable; uneasy ∼HSK 6
记账 記賬 jì zhàng to keep accounts; bookkeeping; to charge to an account ∼HSK 6
超渡 超渡 chāo dù variant of ∼HSK 6
亡魂 亡魂 wáng hún soul of the deceased; departed spirit ∼HSK 6
孔殷 孔殷 kǒng yīn urgent; numerous ∼HSK 6
大地主 大地主 dà dì zhǔ a large landowner ∼HSK 6
全副武装 全副武裝 quán fù wǔ zhuāng fully armed; armed to the teeth; fig. fully equipped ∼HSK 6
洋人 洋人 yáng rén foreigner; Westerner ∼HSK 6
狗娘养的 狗娘養的 gǒu niáng yǎng de son of a bitch ∼HSK 6
锋芒 鋒芒 fēng máng tip (of pencil, spear etc); sharp point; cutting edge; spearhead; vanguard ∼HSK 6
投胎 投胎 tóu tāi to be reincarnated ∼HSK 6
功名 功名 gōng míng scholarly honor (in imperial exams); rank; achievement; fame; glory ∼HSK 6
生肖 生肖 shēng xiào one of the twelve animals symbolic of the earthly branches; animal from the Chinese zodiac ∼HSK 6
何止 何止 hé zhǐ far more than; not just ∼HSK 6