Two Con Men

Two Con Men 1975

扭计祖宗陈梦吉 niǔ jì zǔzōng chén mèng jí

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.

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Vocabulary

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贱货 賤貨 jiàn huò bitch; slut Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
饱餐一顿 飽餐一頓 bǎo cān yī dùn to eat one's fill; to be full Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
不成 不成 bù chéng won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be? Xiehouyu HSK 6
炒鱿鱼 炒魷魚 chǎo yóu yú (coll.) to fire sb; to sack sb Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
老娘 老孃 lǎo niáng my old mother; I, this old woman; my old lady (colloquial); maternal grandmother; midwife Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
就算 就算 jiù suàn (coll.) even if Colloquialism HSK 6
嘛 嘛 má used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 6
有没有 有沒有 yǒu méi yǒu (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?; Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)? HSK 6
龟公 龜公 guī gōng pimp ∼HSK 6
银洋 銀洋 yín yáng flat silver (former coinage); also written 銀元|银元 ∼HSK 6
麻油 麻油 má yóu sesame oil ∼HSK 6
缺德 缺德 quē dé mean; nasty; reprehensible; unprincipled ∼HSK 6
老伯 老伯 lǎo bó uncle (polite form of address for older male) ∼HSK 6
嫁祸 嫁禍 jià huò to impute; to shift the blame onto someone else ∼HSK 6
高利贷 高利貸 gāo lì dài high-interest loan; usury ∼HSK 6
销案 銷案 xiāo àn to close a case; to bring a case to a close (law) ∼HSK 6
烤火 烤火 kǎo huǒ to warm oneself at a fire ∼HSK 6
淋湿 淋濕 lín shī to get soaked ∼HSK 6
呕气 嘔氣 òu qì variant of ∼HSK 6
我儿 我兒 wǒ rén my child ∼HSK 6
大嫂 大嫂 dà sǎo older brother's wife; sister-in-law; elder sister (respectful appellation for an older married woman) ∼HSK 6
上吊 上吊 shàng diào to hang oneself ∼HSK 6
伙计 伙計 huǒ ji partner; fellow; mate; waiter; servant; shop assistant ∼HSK 6
驱逐出境 驅逐出境 qū zhú chū jìng to deport; to expel ∼HSK 6
勒死 勒死 lēi sǐ to strangle ∼HSK 6
逆子 逆子 nì zǐ unfilial son ∼HSK 6
令郎 令郎 lìng láng your esteemed son (honorific) ∼HSK 6
连本带利 連本帶利 lián běn dài lì both principal and interest; capital plus profit ∼HSK 6
捉弄 捉弄 zhuō nòng to tease ∼HSK 6
呈请 呈請 chéng qǐng to submit (to superiors) ∼HSK 6
呈文 呈文 chéng wén petition (submitted to a superior) ∼HSK 6
禀告 稟告 bǐng gào to report (to one's superior) ∼HSK 6
借据 借據 jiè jù receipt for a loan ∼HSK 6
再犯 再犯 zài fàn to re-offend; repeat offender; recidivist ∼HSK 6
瞎子 瞎子 xiā zi blind person ∼HSK 6
泡泡 泡泡 pào pao bubbles ∼HSK 6
斗智 鬥智 dòu zhì battle of wits ∼HSK 6
热烫 熱燙 rè tàng to burn ∼HSK 6
岂止 豈止 qǐ zhǐ not only; far from; more than ∼HSK 6
精光 精光 jīng guāng nothing left (money, food etc); all finished; bright and shiny; radiant; glorious ∼HSK 6
卷铺盖 捲鋪蓋 juǎn pū gai to roll up one's bedding; to pack one's things; (fig.) to quit; (fig.) to get fired; to get the sack ∼HSK 6
忠厚 忠厚 zhōng hòu honest and considerate ∼HSK 6
祖爷 祖爺 zǔ yé patriarch (honorific) ∼HSK 6
祠堂 祠堂 cí táng ancestral hall; memorial hall ∼HSK 6
善事 善事 shàn shì good deeds ∼HSK 6
堂弟 堂弟 táng dì younger male patrilineal cousin ∼HSK 6
笔墨 筆墨 bǐ mò pen and ink; words; writing ∼HSK 6
抹布 抹布 mā bù cleaning rag; also pr. [mo3 bu4] ∼HSK 6
贵贱 貴賤 guì jiàn noble and lowly; high versus low social hierarchy of ruler to people, father to son, husband to wife in Confucianism ∼HSK 6
正经事 正經事 zhèng jīng shì an important matter (sth work-related or productive etc) ∼HSK 6