Iron Monkey

Iron Monkey 1993

鸿 huángfēihóng zhī tiě liú

In this Hong Kong variation of Robin Hood, corrupt officials of a Chinese village are robbed by a masked bandit known as "Iron Monkey", named after a benevolent deity. When all else fails, the Governor forces a traveling physician into finding the bandit.

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5.05 Advanced Director Yuen Woo-Ping 🍅 91%

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eldest brother; big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself); gang leader; boss HSK 4
wěn settled; steady; stable HSK 4
jiào xun to provide guidance; to lecture sb; to upbraid; a talking-to; a bitter lesson HSK 4
to congregate; to assemble; to mass; to gather together; to amass; to polymerize HSK 4
duì fu to handle; to deal with; to tackle; to get by with; to make do; (dialect) (usu. used in the negative) to get along with (sb) HSK 4
yáo to shake; to rock; to row; to crank HSK 4
xué medicine; medical science; study of medicine HSK 4
zhēn needle; pin; injection; stitch HSK 4
sǎn scattered; loose; to come loose; to fall apart; leisurely; powdered medicine HSK 4
yǐn to draw (e.g. a bow); to pull; to stretch sth; to extend; to lengthen; to involve or implicate in; to attract; to lead; to guide; to leave; to provide evidence or justification for; old unit of distance equal to 10 丈, one-thirtieth of a km or 33.33 meters HSK 4
hot (spicy); pungent; (of chili pepper, raw onions etc) to sting; to burn HSK 4
dēng to scale (a height); to ascend; to mount; to publish or record; to enter (e.g. in a register); to press down with the foot; to step or tread on; to put on (shoes or trousers) (dialect); to be gathered and taken to the threshing ground (old) HSK 4
zi belly; abdomen; stomach HSK 4
to feel with the hand; to touch; to stroke; to grope; to steal; to abstract HSK 4
huáng jīn gold; golden (opportunity); prime (time) HSK 4
shǒu to guard; to defend; to keep watch; to abide by the law; to observe (rules or ritual); nearby; adjoining HSK 4
湿 shī moist; wet HSK 4
tooth; ivory HSK 4
wàn just in case; if by any chance; contingency HSK 4
xiāng box; trunk; chest HSK 4
tiāo to carry on a shoulder pole; to choose; to pick; to nitpick HSK 4
rán not so; no; or else; otherwise; if not; How about ...? HSK 4
guī to return; to go back to; to give back to; (of a responsibility) to be taken care of by; to belong to; to gather together; (used between two identical verbs) despite; to marry (of a woman) (old); division on the abacus with a one-digit divisor HSK 4
gài lid; top; cover; canopy; to cover; to conceal; to build HSK 4
zhì to rule; to govern; to manage; to control; to harness (a river); to treat (a disease); to wipe out (a pest); to punish; to research HSK 4
bǎo jewel; gem; treasure; precious HSK 4
color; look; appearance; sex HSK 4
immediately HSK 4
bǎi to arrange; to exhibit; to move to and fro; a pendulum HSK 4
rén jiā household; dwelling; family; sb else's house; household business; house of woman's husband-to-be HSK 4
to substitute for; to take the place of; to replace; for; on behalf of; to stand in for HSK 4
guān government official; governmental; official; public; organ of the body HSK 4
jiū jìng to go to the bottom of a matter; after all; when all is said and done; (in an interrogative sentence) finally; outcome; result HSK 4
dài to put on or wear (glasses, hat, gloves etc); to respect; to bear; to support HSK 4
怀 huái to doubt (sth); to be skeptical of; to have one's doubts; to harbor suspicions; to suspect that HSK 4
dǐng apex; crown of the head; top; roof; most; to carry on the head; to push to the top; to go against; to replace; to substitute; to be subjected to (an aerial bombing, hailstorm etc); (slang) to "bump" a forum thread to raise its profile; classifier for headwear, hats, veils etc HSK 4
juān to confine; to lock up; to pen in HSK 4
miǎn fèi free (of charge) HSK 4
xǐng to wake up; to be awake; to become aware; to sober up; to come to HSK 4
jìng rán unexpectedly; to one's surprise; in spite of everything; in that crazy way; actually; to go as far as to HSK 4
fān to turn over; to flip over; to overturn; to rummage through; to translate; to decode; to double; to climb over or into; to cross HSK 4
pán plate; dish; tray; board; hard drive (computing); to build; to coil; to check; to examine; to transfer (property); to make over; classifier for food: dish, helping; to coil; classifier for coils of wire; classifier for games of chess HSK 4
gēn root; basis; classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings; radical (chemistry) HSK 4
xiōng brothers; younger brother; I, me (humble term used by men in public speech); brotherly; fraternal HSK 4
fāng square; power or involution (math.); upright; honest; fair and square; direction; side; party (to a contract, dispute etc); place; method; prescription (medicine); just when; only or just; classifier for square things; abbr. for square or cubic meter HSK 4
mèng dream; (bound form) to dream HSK 4
de (equivalent to 的 as possessive particle) HSK 4
yán zhòng grave; serious; severe; critical HSK 4
kàn lai apparently; it seems that HSK 4
narrow HSK 4