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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| 紧 緊 | tight; strict; close at hand; near; urgent; tense; hard up; short of money; to tighten | |
| 猪 豬 | hog; pig; swine | |
| 害怕 害怕 | to be afraid; to be scared | |
| 破坏 破壞 | destruction; damage; to wreck; to break; to destroy | |
| 麻烦 麻煩 | trouble; inconvenience; inconvenient; troublesome; annoying; to bother sb; to put sb to trouble | |
| 姑娘 姑娘 | girl; young woman; young lady; daughter; paternal aunt (old) | |
| 皮 皮 | leather; skin; fur; pico- (one trillionth); naughty | |
| 准 准 | to allow; to grant; in accordance with; in the light of | |
| 外面 外面 | outside (also pr. [wài mian] for this sense); surface; exterior; external appearance | |
| 值 值 | value; (to be) worth; to happen to; to be on duty | |
| 后面 後面 | the back; the rear; the last bit; behind; near the end; at the back; later; afterwards | |
| 传 傳 | to pass on; to spread; to transmit; to infect; to transfer; to circulate; to conduct (electricity) | |
| 理由 理由 | reason; grounds; justification | |
| 破 破 | broken; damaged; worn out; lousy; rotten; to break, split or cleave; to get rid of; to destroy; to break with; to defeat; to capture (a city etc); to expose the truth of | |
| 追 追 | to chase; to pursue; to look into; to investigate; to reminisce; to recall; to court (one's beloved); to binge-watch (a TV drama); retroactively; posthumously | |
| 上面 上面 | on top of; above-mentioned; also pr. [shàng mian] | |
| 图 圖 | diagram; picture; drawing; chart; map; to plan; to scheme; to attempt; to pursue; to seek | |
| 救 捄 | to save; to assist; to rescue | |
| 老板 老闆 | boss; business proprietor | |
| 火 火 | fire; urgent; ammunition; fiery or flaming; internal heat (Chinese medicine); hot (popular); classifier for military units (old); Kangxi radical 86 | |
| 照 炤 | according to; in accordance with; to shine; to illuminate; to reflect; to look at (one's reflection); to take (a photo); photo; as requested; as before | |
| 群 羣 | group; crowd; flock, herd, pack etc | |
| 规定 規定 | to stipulate; to specify; to prescribe; to fix (a price); to set (a quota); regulations; rules; provisions; stipulations | |
| 难道 難道 | don't tell me ...; could it be that...? | |
| 相当 相當 | equivalent to; appropriate; considerably; to a certain extent; fairly; quite | |
| 久 久 | (long) time; (long) duration of time | |
| 本来 本來 | original; originally; at first; it goes without saying; of course | |
| 挂 掛 | to hang or suspend (from a hook etc); to hang up (the phone); (of a line) to be dead; to be worried or concerned; to make a phone call (dialect); to register or record; classifier for sets or clusters of objects; (slang) to kill; to die; to be finished; to fail (an exam) | |
| 各 各 | each; every | |
| 母亲 母親 | mother; also pr. [mǔ qin] | |
| 报 報 | to announce; to inform; report; newspaper; recompense; revenge | |
| 赢 贏 | to beat; to win; to profit | |
| 自然 自然 | nature; natural; naturally | |
| 敢 敢 | to dare; daring; (polite) may I venture | |
| 城 城 | city walls; city; town | |
| 谈 談 | to speak; to talk; to converse; to chat; to discuss | |
| 证明 證明 | proof; certificate; identification; testimonial; to prove; to testify; to confirm the truth of | |
| 下去 下去 | to go down; to descend; to go on; to continue; (of a servant) to withdraw | |
| 金 金 | gold; chemical element Au; generic term for lustrous and ductile metals; money; golden; highly respected; one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 音 | |
| 父亲 父親 | father; also pr. [fù qin] | |
| 光 光 | light; ray; bright; shiny; only; merely; used up; finished; to leave (a part of the body) uncovered | |
| 抓 抓 | to grab; to catch; to arrest; to snatch; to scratch | |
| 各位 各位 | everybody; all (guests, colleagues etc); all of you | |
| 好好 好好 | well; carefully; nicely; properly | |
| 到底 到底 | finally; in the end; when all is said and done; after all; to the end; to the last | |
| 简单 簡單 | simple; not complicated | |
| 报告 報告 | to inform; to report; to make known; report; speech; talk; lecture | |
| 里面 裡面 | inside; interior; also pr. [lǐ mian] | |
| 双 雙 | two; double; pair; both; even (number) | |
| 除了 除了 | besides; apart from (... also...); in addition to; except (for) |