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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| 收下 收下 | to accept; to receive | |
| 喝酒 喝酒 | to drink (alcohol) | |
| 玩意 玩意 | toy; plaything; thing; act; trick (in a performance, stage show, acrobatics etc) | |
| 表弟 表弟 | younger male cousin via female line | |
| 街坊 街坊 | neighborhood; neighbor | |
| 弄坏 弄壞 | to ruin; to spoil; to break | |
| 个位 個位 | the units place (or column) in the decimal system | |
| 鱿鱼 魷魚 | squid | |
| 才不 才不 | by no means; definitely not; as if!; yeah right! | |
| 茶馆 茶館 | teahouse | |
| 上街 上街 | to go onto the streets; to go shopping | |
| 三条 三條 | three of a kind (poker) | |
| 吃完 吃完 | to finish eating | |
| 妓院 妓院 | brothel; whorehouse | |
| 开房 開房 | to rent a room in a hotel; (of two people who are not married to each other) to rent a room for sex | |
| 让开 讓開 | to get out of the way; to step aside | |
| 客船 客船 | passenger ship | |
| 专 專 | monopolize, take sole possession | |
| 交还 交還 | to return sth; to hand back | |
| 案 案 | table, bench; legal case | |
| 丈 丈 | unit of length equal 3.3 meters; gentleman, man, husband | |
| 讲明 講明 | to explain | |
| 草纸 草紙 | rough straw paper; toilet paper; brown paper | |
| 可就 可就 | certainly | |
| 小意思 小意思 | small token; mere trifle (used of one's gifts) | |
| 地地道道 地地道道 | thoroughgoing; authentic; 100%; to the core | |
| 草鞋 草鞋 | straw sandals | |
| 身家 身家 | oneself and one's family; family background; pedigree; one's property; one's total assets | |
| 块头 塊頭 | size; body size | |
| 改错 改錯 | to correct an error | |
| 夫 夫 | man, male adult, husband; those | |
| 过得去 過得去 | lit. can pass through (an opening); fig. can get by (in life); tolerably well; not too bad; How are you getting by?; How's life? | |
| 掉下 掉下 | to drop down; to fall | |
| 床头 床頭 | bedhead; bedside; headboard | |
| 今晚 今晚 | tonight | |
| 不得 不得 | must not; may not; not to be allowed; cannot | |
| 身 身 | body; trunk, hull; rad. no. 158 | |
| 喂奶 餵奶 | to breast-feed | |
| 小孩 小孩 | child | |
| 得很 得很 | (after an adjective) very | |
| 市面上 市面上 | on the market | |
| 得中 得中 | moderate; appropriate; suitable | |
| 一只 一隻 | one (measure word for animals, boats, certain objects); a single ... | |
| 话又说回来 話又說回來 | (but) then again; (but) on the other hand | |
| 没问题 沒問題 | no problem | |
| 在下面 在下面 | underneath | |
| 女宾 女賓 | female guest; female visitor | |
| 弄错 弄錯 | to err; to get sth wrong; to miscalculate; to misunderstand | |
| 水流 水流 | river; stream | |
| 靠得住 靠得住 | reliable; trustworthy |