Five Tough Guys 1974
五大汉
The plot follows the titular gang of misfits, gathered together by Chen Kuan Tai (a real life martial arts champion who starred in many films for the studio) in order to protect a patriotic general from a scheming usurper. To this end, the unlikely heroes act as the general’s escorts on a dangerous journey to a distant British consulate, beset by enemies and sinister Japanese interference along the way.
Vocabulary
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| 留下 留下 | to leave behind; to stay behind; to remain; to keep; not to let (sb) go | |
| 正是 正是 | is precisely | |
| 通 通 | to go through; to know well; (suffix) expert; to connect; to communicate; open; to clear; classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls etc | |
| 刚才 剛才 | just now; a moment ago | |
| 就要 就要 | will; shall; to be going to | |
| 查 查 | to research; to check; to investigate; to examine; to refer to; to look up (e.g. a word in a dictionary) | |
| 满 滿 | Manchu ethnic group | |
| 弄 弄 | lane; alley | |
| 提 提 | used in 防 and 溜 | |
| 离 離 | mythical beast (archaic) | |
| 怕 怕 | to be afraid; to fear; to dread; to be unable to endure; perhaps | |
| 只能 只能 | can only; obliged to do sth; to have no other choice | |
| 经过 經過 | to pass; to go through; process; course | |
| 数 數 | to count; to count as; to regard as; to enumerate; to list | |
| 收 收 | to receive; to accept; to collect; to put away; to restrain; to stop; in care of (used on address line after name) | |
| 怎样 怎樣 | how; what kind | |
| 边 邊 | side; edge; margin; border; boundary; simultaneously | |
| 原来 原來 | original; former; originally; formerly; at first; so, actually, as it turns out | |
| 倒 倒 | to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally; to fail; to go bankrupt; to overthrow; to change (trains or buses); to move around; to resell at a profit | |
| 故事 故事 | old practice | |
| 停 停 | to stop; to halt; to park (a car) | |
| 清楚 清楚 | clear; distinct; to understand thoroughly; to be clear about | |
| 往 往 | to go (in a direction); to; towards; (of a train) bound for; past; previous | |
| 座 座 | seat; base; stand; (archaic) suffix used in a respectful form of address, e.g. 师座; classifier for buildings, mountains and similar immovable objects | |
| 感谢 感謝 | (express) thanks; gratitude; grateful; thankful; thanks | |
| 装 裝 | adornment; to adorn; dress; clothing; costume (of an actor in a play); to play a role; to pretend; to install; to fix; to wrap (sth in a bag); to load; to pack | |
| 愿意 願意 | to wish; to want; ready; willing (to do sth) | |
| 好像 好像 | as if; to seem like | |
| 想到 想到 | to think of; to call to mind; to anticipate | |
| 黑 黑 | abbr. for Heilongjiang province 黑龙江 | |
| 全部 全部 | whole; all | |
| 套 套 | to cover; to encase; cover; sheath; to overlap; to interleave; to model after; to copy; formula; harness; loop of rope; (fig.) to fish for; to obtain slyly; classifier for sets, collections; bend (of a river or mountain range, in place names); tau (Greek letter Ττ) | |
| 留 㽞 | to leave (a message etc); to retain; to stay; to remain; to keep; to preserve | |
| 算 算 | to regard as; to figure; to calculate; to compute | |
| 过来 過來 | to come over; to manage; to handle; to be able to take care of | |
| 办 辦 | to do; to manage; to handle; to go about; to run; to set up; to deal with | |
| 懂 懂 | to understand; to comprehend | |
| 脸 臉 | face | |
| 靠 靠 | to lean against or on; to stand by the side of; to come near to; to depend on; to trust; to fuck (vulgar); traditional military costume drama where the performers wear armor (old) | |
| 狗 狗 | dog | |
| 最近 最近 | recently; soon; nearest | |
| 份 份 | classifier for gifts, newspaper, magazine, papers, reports, contracts etc; variant of 分 | |
| 活动 活動 | to exercise; to move about; to operate; to use connections (personal influence); loose; shaky; active; movable; activity; campaign; maneuver; behavior | |
| 面 面 | face; side; surface; aspect; top; classifier for objects with flat surfaces such as drums, mirrors, flags etc | |
| 方面 方面 | respect; aspect; field; side | |
| 句 句 | sentence; clause; phrase; classifier for phrases or lines of verse | |
| 卖 賣 | to sell; to betray; to spare no effort; to show off or flaunt | |
| 越 越 | generic word for peoples or states of south China or south Asia at different historical periods; abbr. for Vietnam 越南 | |
| 以为 以為 | to think (i.e. to take it to be true that ...) (Usually there is an implication that the notion is mistaken – except when expressing one's own current opinion.) | |
| 同时 同時 | at the same time; simultaneously |