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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| 找借口 找藉口 | to look for a pretext | |
| 在座 在座 | to be present | |
| 易 易 | change; easy | |
| 在身 在身 | to possess; to be occupied or burdened with (work, a contract, a lawsuit) | |
| 动手动脚 動手動腳 | to come to blows; to paw; to grope; to get fresh | |
| 大头 大頭 | big head; mask in the shape of a big head; the larger end of sth; the main part; the lion's share; dupe; sucker; (old) silver coin with a bust of Yuan Shikai on the obverse side | |
| 长得 長得 | to look (pretty, the same etc) | |
| 上船 上船 | to get on the boat | |
| 后院 後院 | rear court; back garden; backyard (also fig.) | |
| 了当 了當 | frank; outspoken; ready; settled; in order; (old) to deal with; to handle | |
| 没脸 沒臉 | ashamed; embarrassed; not having the face (to meet people); not daring (out of shame) | |
| 借钱 借錢 | to borrow money; to lend money | |
| 息 息 | rest, put stop to, end, cease | |
| 借出 借出 | to lend | |
| 急着 急著 | urgently | |
| 妻 妻 | wife | |
| 物 物 | thing, substance, creature | |
| 呈 呈 | submit, show; appear; petition | |
| 带回 帶回 | to bring back | |
| 凉凉 涼涼 | slightly cold; cool; (neologism) (slang) to be done for; about to be obliterated; (of a place or a person) desolate | |
| 加大 加大 | to increase (e.g. one's effort) | |
| 具 具 | tool, implement; draw up, write | |
| 取回 取回 | to retrieve | |
| 收条 收條 | receipt | |
| 黑钱 黑錢 | dirty money | |
| 好办 好辦 | easy to do; easy to manage | |
| 前年 前年 | the year before last | |
| 拿出 拿出 | to take out; to put out; to provide; to put forward (a proposal); to come up with (evidence) | |
| 干杯 乾杯 | to drink a toast; Cheers! (proposing a toast); Here's to you!; Bottoms up!; lit. dry cup | |
| 站住 站住 | to stand | |
| 个子 個子 | height; stature; build; size | |
| 请客 請客 | to give a dinner party; to entertain guests; to invite to dinner | |
| 斤 斤 | catty; (PRC) weight equal to 500 g; (Tw) weight equal to 600 g; (HK, Malaysia, Singapore) slightly over 604 g | |
| 走开 走開 | to leave; to walk away; to beat it; to move aside | |
| 路边 路邊 | curb; roadside; wayside | |
| 得出 得出 | to obtain (a result); to arrive at (a conclusion) | |
| 一共 一共 | altogether | |
| 脏 臟 | viscera; (anatomy) organ | |
| 拿到 拿到 | to get; to obtain | |
| 等到 等到 | to wait until; by the time when (sth is ready etc) | |
| 商量 商量 | to consult; to talk over; to discuss | |
| 凉 涼 | the five Liang of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Liang 前凉 (314-376), Later Liang 后凉 (386-403), Northern Liang 北凉 (398-439), Southern Liang 南凉 (397-414), Western Liang 西凉 (400-421) | |
| 笑话 笑話 | joke; jest; to laugh at; to mock | |
| 不一定 不一定 | not necessarily; maybe | |
| 姓 姓 | family name; surname; to be surnamed | |
| 大声 大聲 | loud voice; in a loud voice; loudly | |
| 好人 好人 | good person; healthy person; person who tries not to offend anyone, even at the expense of principle | |
| 全身 全身 | the whole body; (typography) em | |
| 早晨 早晨 | early morning; also pr. [zǎo chen] | |
| 好久 好久 | quite a while |