General Shi, the film's picaresque main character, is a brilliant soldier who is duped by a fellow general, Huo Da (Zhang Fengyi), into acquiesing in a plot to assassinate the empire's crown prince.

Its chorography can vary according to the region where it is danced, but it always keeps a picaresque character, and, like most Argentine dances, is repeated twice.

Always a picaresque character, he is a sort of antihero who solves his problems using his wit, not his talent or work.

They usually revolved around a picaresque central character who comes of age at a crucial historic moment.

He was a great promoter of the minstrel art, and through its counterpoints he earned the nickname "La picana rochense (The rochense goad) for his picaresque character and sharp and mocking responses.

Derec had a sudden flashing memory of having viewed a novel set on Earth in the medieval days, when a derelict like this turned out to be a crusty, cheerful, picaresque, heart-of-gold character who saved the day for the hero and became his closest buddy.

Charlotte, with fewer prospects, came to resemble one of Fielding's picaresque characters.

Lengthy traditional narratives tend to have an episodic or picaresque character.

Subplots relate the romances and eventual marriages of some of the picaresque characters inhabiting the village.

The Times has cleverly informed its readers that "My Life" is a work of fiction and that its author is just another in a long line of American picaresque characters.