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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| 碗 㼝 | bowl; cup | |
| 碰 掽 | to touch; to meet with; to bump | |
| 便宜 便宜 | convenient | |
| 不好意思 不好意思 | to feel embarrassed; to find it embarrassing; to be sorry (for inconveniencing sb) | |
| 客人 客人 | visitor; guest; customer; client | |
| 不久 不久 | not long (after); before too long; soon; soon after | |
| 送给 送給 | to send; to give as a present | |
| 不如 不如 | not equal to; not as good as; inferior to; it would be better to | |
| 好事 好事 | good action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, "a fine thing indeed"); charity; happy occasion; Daoist or Buddhist ceremony for the souls of the dead | |
| 放心 放心 | to feel relieved; to feel reassured; to be at ease | |
| 大人 大人 | adult; grownup; title of respect toward superiors | |
| 舒服 舒服 | comfortable; feeling well | |
| 的话 的話 | if (coming after a conditional clause) | |
| 早就 早就 | already at an earlier time | |
| 放下 放下 | to lay down; to put down; to let go of; to relinquish; to set aside; to lower (the blinds etc) | |
| 到处 到處 | everywhere | |
| 答应 答應 | to answer; to respond; to answer positively; to agree; to accept; to promise | |
| 随便 隨便 | as one wishes; as one pleases; at random; negligent; casual; wanton | |
| 差不多 差不多 | almost; nearly; more or less; about the same; good enough; not bad | |
| 方便 方便 | convenient; suitable; to facilitate; to make things easy; having money to spare; (euphemism) to relieve oneself | |
| 好多 好多 | many; quite a lot; much better | |
| 轻 輕 | light; easy; gentle; soft; reckless; unimportant; frivolous; small in number; unstressed; neutral; to disparage | |
| 千 千 | thousand | |
| 提高 提高 | to raise; to increase; to improve | |
| 平 平 | flat; level; equal; to tie (make the same score); to draw (score); calm; peaceful; abbr. for 平声 | |
| 疼 疼 | (it) hurts; sore; to love dearly | |
| 急 急 | urgent; pressing; rapid; hurried; worried; to make (sb) anxious | |
| 照顾 照顧 | to take care of; to show consideration; to attend to; to look after | |
| 纸 紙 | paper; classifier for documents, letter etc | |
| 想起 想起 | to recall; to think of; to call to mind | |
| 封 封 | to confer; to grant; to bestow a title; to seal; classifier for sealed objects, esp. letters | |
| 交给 交給 | to give; to deliver; to hand over | |
| 借 借 | to lend; to borrow; by means of; to take (an opportunity) | |
| 不行 不行 | won't do; be out of the question; be no good; not work; not be capable | |
| 想法 想法 | way of thinking; opinion; notion; to think of a way (to do sth) | |
| 怎么办 怎麼辦 | what's to be done | |
| 不够 不夠 | not enough; insufficient; inadequate | |
| 小心 小心 | to be careful; to take care | |
| 咱们 咱們 | we or us (including both the speaker and the person(s) spoken to); (dialect) I or me; (dialect) (in a coaxing or familiar way) you; also pr. [zá men] | |
| 打算 打算 | to plan; to intend; to calculate; plan; intention; calculation | |
| 怎么样 怎麼樣 | how?; how about?; how was it?; how are things? | |
| 遍 徧 | everywhere; all over; classifier for actions: one time | |
| 鸡 雞 | fowl; chicken; (slang) prostitute | |
| 船 舩 | boat; vessel; ship | |
| 养 養 | to raise (animals); to bring up (children); to keep (pets); to support; to give birth | |
| 喂 喂 | hello (when answering the phone) | |
| 油 油 | oil; fat; grease; petroleum; to apply tung oil, paint or varnish; oily; greasy; glib; cunning | |
| 听说 聽說 | to hear (sth said); one hears (that); hearsay; listening and speaking | |
| 笔 筆 | pen; pencil; writing brush; to write or compose; the strokes of Chinese characters; classifier for sums of money, deals | |
| 腿 腿 | leg |