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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同 同 tóng like; same; similar; together; alike; with HSK 6
如 如 rú as; as if; such as HSK 6
于 于 yú (of time or place) in; at; on; (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for; (indicating a source) from; out of; (used in comparison) than; (used in the passive voice) by HSK 6
与 與 yǔ and; to give; together with HSK 6
自食其力 自食其力 zì shí qí lì lit. to eat off one's own strength (idiom); fig. to stand on one's own feet; to earn one's own living Idiom ∼HSK 5
混蛋 混蛋 hún dàn scoundrel; bastard; hoodlum; wretch Xiehouyu ∼HSK 5
闹鬼 鬧鬼 nào guǐ haunted Xiehouyu ∼HSK 5
害人不浅 害人不淺 hài rén - bù qiǎn (idiom) (usu. of behaviors, systems or trends etc) to cause people tremendous harm Xiehouyu ∼HSK 5
臭 臭 chòu stench; smelly; to smell (bad); repulsive; loathsome; terrible; bad; severely; ruthlessly; dud (ammunition) Xiehouyu HSK 5
破烂 破爛 pò làn worn-out; dilapidated; tattered; ragged; (coll.) rubbish; junk Colloquialism ∼HSK 5
慌 慌 huāng to get panicky; to lose one's head; (coll.) (after 得) unbearably; terribly Colloquialism HSK 5
神经 神經 shén jīng nerve; mental state; (coll.) unhinged; nutjob Colloquialism HSK 5
么 麼 me interrogative particle (variant of 嘛) ∼HSK 5
甚 甚 shèn what (literary, = 什么) ∼HSK 5
老爷 老爺 lǎo ye master, sir ∼HSK 5
燕 燕 Yān swallow (bird); comfort, enjoy ∼HSK 5
洪 洪 Hóng vast, immense; flood, deluge ∼HSK 5
舍 捨 shě to give up; to abandon; to give alms ∼HSK 5
帐 帳 zhàng tent; account ∼HSK 5
杏 杏 xìng apricot; almond ∼HSK 5
瑞 瑞 ruì felicitous omen; auspicious ∼HSK 5
勒索 勒索 lè suǒ to blackmail; to extort ∼HSK 5
老兄 老兄 lǎo xiōng elder brother (often used self-referentially); (form of address between male friends) old chap; buddy ∼HSK 5
巡 巡 xún patrol ∼HSK 5
巴豆 巴豆 bā dòu croton (Croton tiglium), evergreen bush of Euphorbiaceae family; croton seed, a strong purgative ∼HSK 5
祸 禍 huò misfortune, calamity, disaster ∼HSK 5
糟了 糟了 zāo le gosh!; oh no!; darn! ∼HSK 5
财神 財神 cái shén god of wealth ∼HSK 5
鹤 鶴 hè crane; Grus species (various) ∼HSK 5
炳 炳 bǐng bright, luminous; glorious ∼HSK 5
师妹 師妹 shī mèi younger sister disciple ∼HSK 5
掌柜 掌櫃 zhǎng guì shopkeeper ∼HSK 5
智多星 智多星 zhì duō xīng resourceful person; mastermind ∼HSK 5
契 契 qì deed, contract, bond; engrave ∼HSK 5
鞭 鞭 biān whip; whip; string of firecrackers ∼HSK 5
失陪 失陪 shī péi Excuse me, I must be leaving now. ∼HSK 5
柴 柴 Chái firewood, faggots, fuel ∼HSK 5
尸 屍 shī corpse; to impersonate the dead; to preside; KangXi radical 44 ∼HSK 5
籐 籐 téng climbing plants, vines, cane ∼HSK 5
阿弥陀佛 阿彌陀佛 Ēmítuófó Amitabha Buddha (also a Buddhist greeting) ∼HSK 5
袄 襖 ǎo outer garments; coat, jacket ∼HSK 5
驱 驅 qū spur a horse on; expel, drive away ∼HSK 5
殡 殯 bìn encoffin; embalm; funeral ∼HSK 5
死鬼 死鬼 sǐ guǐ devil (used jocularly or contemptuously); the departed ∼HSK 5
孝子 孝子 xiào zǐ filial son ∼HSK 5
惩 懲 chéng punish, reprimand; warn ∼HSK 5
诫 誡 jiè warn, admonish; warning ∼HSK 5
跪下 跪下 guì xia to kneel down ∼HSK 5
一品 一品 yī pǐn superb; first-rate; (of officials in imperial times) the highest rank ∼HSK 5
嘴硬 嘴硬 zuǐ yìng reluctant to admit a mistake ∼HSK 5