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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xīn heart; mind; intention; center; core HSK 3
qíng kuàng circumstances; state of affairs; situation HSK 3
zhǐ shì merely; only; just; nothing but; simply; but; however HSK 3
wàng to hope; a hope; a wish HSK 3
zhǒng seed; species; kind; type; classifier for types, kinds, sorts HSK 3
to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned HSK 3
shí o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period HSK 3
jiù shì exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也) even; even if HSK 3
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
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
sān jiǎo māo sb with only rudimentary skills (in a particular area) Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
gòu enough (sufficient); enough (too much); (coll.) (before adj.) really; (coll.) to reach by stretching out Colloquialism HSK 2
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
鸿 Huáng Fēi hóng Wong Fei-hung (1847-1925), martial arts master Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
Zhè jiāng Zhejiang Province, capital Hangzhou Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
shěng fèn province Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
jiànguò seen HSK 2
Yīng petal, flower, leaf; brave, a hero; England, English ∼HSK 2
xiǎo hái child ∼HSK 2
xiàng elephant; ivory; figure, image ∼HSK 2
prefecture; prefect; government ∼HSK 2
dìng yào must ∼HSK 2
shén me shí hou when?; at what time? ∼HSK 2
zǒu gǒu hunting dog; hound; (fig.) running dog; lackey ∼HSK 2
bào abalone ∼HSK 2
shēn body; trunk, hull; rad. no. 158 ∼HSK 2
zài hereto; here ∼HSK 2
zhuān monopolize, take sole possession ∼HSK 2
shàng to climb up ∼HSK 2
gòu běn to break even; to get one's money's worth ∼HSK 2
měi every time ∼HSK 2
fearless; not worried (by setbacks or difficulties); even if; even though ∼HSK 2
jīn wǎn tonight ∼HSK 2
bàn shēng half a lifetime ∼HSK 2
dài shàng to take along with one ∼HSK 2
jiē to receive guests; to receive patrons (of prostitutes) ∼HSK 2
zhí duty, profession; office, post ∼HSK 2
jiè guò excuse me (i.e. let me through, please) ∼HSK 2
chū hǎi to go out to sea; (neologism) to expand into overseas markets ∼HSK 2
yòng qi you're welcome; don't mention it; no need to stand on ceremony ∼HSK 2
Lín forest, grove; surname ∼HSK 2
mài shēn to prostitute oneself; to sell oneself into slavery ∼HSK 2
jiē xià to take on (a responsibility) ∼HSK 2
zhàng fu a manly man; a man of character ∼HSK 2
zài xià miàn underneath ∼HSK 2
yǒu fèn to have a share of (responsibility etc); to be concerned; to be involved ∼HSK 2
suǒ yǒu rén everyone; owner ∼HSK 2
huā hóng flowers on red silk (a traditional gift to celebrate weddings etc); a bonus; crab apple (Malus asiatica) ∼HSK 2
gǎi chéng to convert; to turn into (sth else); to adapt (a story to another medium) ∼HSK 2
yuàn brothel; whorehouse ∼HSK 2