Two Con Men 1975
扭计祖宗陈梦吉
This 1975 comedy is about two tricksters, one who is bad and will work for the highest bidder and the other who works always for good, a Robin Hood in China film.
Vocabulary
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| 裤子 褲子 | trousers; pants | |
| 属 屬 | category; genus (taxonomy); family members; dependents; to belong to; subordinate to; affiliated with; be born in the year of (one of the 12 animals); to be; to prove to be; to constitute | |
| 主意 主意 | plan; idea; decision; Beijing pr. [zhú yi] | |
| 去世 去世 | to pass away; to die | |
| 整天 整天 | all day long; whole day | |
| 年纪 年紀 | age | |
| 才能 才能 | talent; ability; capacity | |
| 石头 石頭 | stone | |
| 上来 上來 | to come up; to approach; (verb complement indicating success) | |
| 打破 打破 | to break; to smash | |
| 富 富 | rich; abundant; wealthy | |
| 卫生 衛生 | health; hygiene; sanitation | |
| 订 訂 | to agree; to conclude; to draw up; to subscribe to (a newspaper etc); to order | |
| 长期 長期 | long term; long time; long range (of a forecast) | |
| 补 補 | to repair; to patch; to mend; to make up for; to fill (a vacancy); to supplement | |
| 福 福 | good fortune; happiness; luck | |
| 声明 聲明 | to state; to declare; statement; declaration | |
| 吵 吵 | to quarrel; to make a noise; noisy; to disturb by making a noise | |
| 赶快 趕快 | quickly; at once | |
| 双方 雙方 | bilateral; both sides; both parties involved | |
| 合法 合法 | lawful; legitimate; legal | |
| 银 銀 | silver; silver-colored; relating to money or currency | |
| 成立 成立 | to establish; to set up; to be tenable; to hold water | |
| 村 村 | village | |
| 念 唸 | to read; to study (a subject); to attend (a school); to read aloud; to give (sb) a tongue-lashing; to miss (sb); idea; remembrance; twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿) | |
| 亲自 親自 | personally; in person; oneself | |
| 尽量 儘量 | as much as possible; to the greatest extent | |
| 自从 自從 | since (a time); ever since | |
| 上去 上去 | to go up | |
| 赶 趕 | to overtake; to catch up with; to hurry; to rush; to try to catch (the bus etc); to drive (cattle etc) forward; to drive (sb) away; to avail oneself of (an opportunity); until; by (a certain time) | |
| 生意 生意 | life force; vitality | |
| 烟 煙 | cigarette or pipe tobacco; smoke; mist; vapour; tobacco plant; (of the eyes) to be irritated by smoke | |
| 现金 現金 | cash | |
| 费 費 | to cost; to spend; fee; wasteful; expenses | |
| 反正 反正 | anyway; in any case; to come over from the enemy's side | |
| 香 香 | fragrant; sweet smelling; aromatic; savory or appetizing; (to eat) with relish; (of sleep) sound; perfume or spice; joss or incense stick | |
| 任 任 | to assign; to appoint; to take up a post; office; responsibility; to let; to allow; to give free rein to; no matter (how, what etc); classifier for terms served in office, or for spouses, girlfriends etc (as in 前任男友) | |
| 立刻 立刻 | forthwith; immediate; prompt; promptly; straightway; thereupon; at once | |
| 付 付 | to pay; to hand over to; classifier for pairs or sets of things | |
| 证据 證據 | evidence; proof; testimony | |
| 前面 前面 | ahead; in front; preceding; above; also pr. [qián mian] | |
| 旧 舊 | old; opposite: new 新; former; worn (with age) | |
| 板 板 | board; plank; plate; shutter; table tennis bat; clappers (music); accented beat in Chinese music; hard; stiff; to stop smiling or look serious | |
| 和平 和平 | Heping District of Shenyang city 沈阳市, Liaoning; Heping or Hoping Township in Taichung County 台中县, Taiwan | |
| 千万 千萬 | ten million; countless; many; one must by all means | |
| 意外 意外 | unexpected; accident; mishap | |
| 慢慢 慢慢 | slowly | |
| 合 合 | 100 ml; one-tenth of a peck; measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth of sheng 升 or liter, or one-hundredth dou 斗 | |
| 顿 頓 | to stop; to pause; to arrange; to lay out; to kowtow; to stamp (one's foot); at once; classifier for meals, beatings, scoldings etc: time, bout, spell, meal | |
| 证 証 | to admonish; variant of 证 |