Drunken Master

Drunken Master 1978

醉拳 zuì quán

After getting into trouble, a mischievous young man is sent to train under a brutal, but slovenly old beggar, who teaches him the secret of the Drunken Fist.

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4.72 Intermediate Director Yuen Woo-Ping 🍅 81%

Cast

Jackie Chan Jackie Chan Fred Wong Simon Yuen Siu-Tien Simon Yuen Siu-Tien Beggar So Hwang Jang-Lee Hwang Jang-Lee Thunderleg Yen Tieh-hsin Dean Shek Tin Dean Shek Tin Kai Hsin Hsu Hsia Hsu Hsia King of Sticks Hsu Ching-tien Linda Lin Ying Linda Lin Ying Fei-hung's Aunt Lam Kau Lam Kau Wong Kei-ying Max Lee Chiu-Chun Max Lee Chiu-Chun Kei-ying's Student Chiang Kam Chiang Kam Da Kuai-dai Richard Cheung Kuen Richard Cheung Kuen (extra) (uncredited)

Vocabulary

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只有 只有 zhǐ yǒu only have ...; there is only ...; (used in combination with 才) it is only if one ... (that one can ...) (Example: 只有通过治疗才能痊愈 "the only way to cure it is with therapy"); it is only ... (who ...) (Example: 要 "only men would have such a requirement"); (used to indicate that one has no alternative) one can only (do a certain thing) (Example: 服 "the only thing you can do is give in") HSK 3
由 由 yóu to follow; from; because of; due to; by; via; through; (before a noun and a verb) it is for ... to ... HSK 3
每 每 měi each; every HSK 3
张 張 zhāng to open up; to spread; sheet of paper; classifier for flat objects, sheet; classifier for votes HSK 3
已 已 yǐ already; to stop; then; afterwards HSK 3
心 心 xīn heart; mind; intention; center; core HSK 3
继续 繼續 jì xù to continue; to proceed with; to go on with HSK 3
世界 世界 shì jiè world HSK 3
只是 只是 zhǐ shì merely; only; just; nothing but; simply; but; however HSK 3
死 死 sǐ to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned HSK 3
开始 開始 kāi shǐ to begin; beginning; to start; initial HSK 3
就是 就是 jiù shì exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也) even; even if HSK 3
被 被 bèi quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅游 to "go on a trip", for example) HSK 3
把 把 bǎ to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把 + {noun} + {verb}) HSK 3
五湖四海 五湖四海 wǔ hú sì hǎi all parts of the country Idiom ∼HSK 2
四海为家 四海為家 sì hǎi wéi jiā to regard the four corners of the world all as home (idiom); to feel at home anywhere; to roam about unconstrained; to consider the entire country, or world, to be one's own Idiom ∼HSK 2
揩油 揩油 kāi yóu to secretively take advantage of others or public resources for minor personal gain; to grope a woman or girl Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
近在眼前 近在眼前 jìn zài yǎn qián right under one's nose; right in front of one's eyes; close at hand; imminent Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
说风凉话 說風涼話 shuō fēng liáng huà to sneer; to make cynical remarks; sarcastic talk Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
老头子 老頭子 lǎo tóu zi (coll.) old man; (said of an aging husband) my old man Colloquialism ∼HSK 2
够 夠 gòu enough (sufficient); enough (too much); (coll.) (before adj.) really; (coll.) to reach by stretching out Colloquialism HSK 2
猫 貓 māo cat; (dialect) to hide oneself; (coll.) modem Colloquialism HSK 2
挺 挺 tǐng straight; erect; to stick out (a part of the body); to (physically) straighten up; to support; to withstand; outstanding; (coll.) quite; very; classifier for machine guns Colloquialism HSK 2
拉 拉 lā to pull; to play (a bowed instrument); to drag; to draw; to chat; (coll.) to empty one's bowels Colloquialism HSK 2
黄飞鸿 黃飛鴻 Huáng Fēi hóng Wong Fei-hung (1847-1925), martial arts master Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
四平 四平 Sì píng Siping, prefecture-level city in Jilin Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
苏 蘇 sū used in ∼HSK 2
英 英 Yīng petal, flower, leaf; brave, a hero; England, English ∼HSK 2
陈 陳 Chén exhibit, display; plead; a surname ∼HSK 2
教头 教頭 jiào tóu sporting coach; military drill master (in Song times) ∼HSK 2
油鸡 油雞 yóu jī a variety of chicken ∼HSK 2
老头 老頭 lǎo tóu old fellow; old man; father; husband ∼HSK 2
人称 人稱 rén chēng person (first person, second person etc in grammar); called; known as ∼HSK 2
一定要 一定要 yī dìng yào must ∼HSK 2
才不 才不 cái bù by no means; definitely not; as if!; yeah right! ∼HSK 2
还嘴 還嘴 huán zuǐ to retort; to answer back ∼HSK 2
有道是 有道是 yǒu dào shì as they say,...; as the saying goes,... ∼HSK 2
长得 長得 zhǎng de to look (pretty, the same etc) ∼HSK 2
表妹 表妹 biǎo mèi younger female cousin via female line ∼HSK 2
别客气 別客氣 bié kè qi don't mention it; no formalities, please ∼HSK 2
喝酒 喝酒 hē jiǔ to drink (alcohol) ∼HSK 2
韩 韓 Hán fence; surname; Korea ∼HSK 2
吹箫 吹簫 chuī xiāo to play the xiao (mouth organ); to beg while playing pipes; cf politician Wu Zixu, c. 520 BC destitute refugee in Wu town,; to busk; virtuoso piper wins a beauty, cf 玉人吹簫|玉人吹箫[yu4 ∼HSK 2
今晚 今晚 jīn wǎn tonight ∼HSK 2
杀人 殺人 shā rén homicide; to murder; to kill (a person) ∼HSK 2
放倒 放倒 fàng dǎo to knock over; to knock down; to lay flat; to fell; to bring down ∼HSK 2
巴 巴 Bā greatly desire, anxiously hope ∼HSK 2
回嘴 回嘴 huí zuǐ to answer back; to retort ∼HSK 2
表哥 表哥 biǎo gē older male cousin via female line ∼HSK 2
专 專 zhuān monopolize, take sole possession ∼HSK 2