Iron Monkey

Iron Monkey 1993

黄飞鸿之铁马骝 huángfēihóng zhī tiěmǎ 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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牢房 牢房 láo fáng jail cell; prison cell ∼HSK 5
献丑 獻醜 xiàn chǒu (used self-deprecatingly, e.g. when asked to sing a song) to put one's artistic incompetence on display ∼HSK 5
何 何 hé what (literary) ∼HSK 5
帐 帳 zhàng tent; account ∼HSK 5
卑 卑 bēi humble, low, inferior; despise ∼HSK 5
公文 公文 gōng wén official document ∼HSK 5
有劲 有勁 yǒu jìn vigorous; energetic; interesting; amusing ∼HSK 5
杖 杖 zhàng cane, walking stick ∼HSK 5
芝 芝 zhī Zoysia pungens ∼HSK 5
知府 知府 zhī fǔ prefectural magistrate (during Tang to Qing times) ∼HSK 5
鱼翅汤 魚翅湯 yú chì tāng shark fin soup ∼HSK 5
大本营 大本營 dà běn yíng headquarters; base camp ∼HSK 5
天杀的 天殺的 tiān shā de Goddam!; goddamn; wretched ∼HSK 5
命大 命大 mìng dà lucky (to have escaped death or serious injury) ∼HSK 5
破财 破財 pò cái bankrupt; to suffer financial loss ∼HSK 5
见面礼 見面禮 jiàn miàn lǐ gift given to sb when meeting them for the first time ∼HSK 5
嘘 噓 xū exhale; blow out; deep sigh; hiss; praise ∼HSK 5
燥 燥 zào dry, parched, arid; quick-tempered ∼HSK 5
诊 診 zhěn examine patient, diagnose ∼HSK 5
不方便 不方便 bù fāng biàn inconvenience; inconvenient ∼HSK 5
箍 箍 gū hoop; bind, surround ∼HSK 5
姑 姑 gū paternal aunt; husband's sister; husband's mother (old); nun; for the time being (literary) ∼HSK 5
调戏 調戲 tiáo xì to take liberties with a woman; to dally; to assail a woman with obscenities ∼HSK 5
大庭广众 大庭廣眾 dà tíng - guǎng zhòng (idiom) in public; in front of everyone; openly (typically preceded by and followed by) ∼HSK 5
搽 搽 chá smear; rub, wipe; anoint ∼HSK 5
哩 哩 lǐ mile ∼HSK 5
吃豆腐 吃豆腐 chī dòu fu to take liberties with (a woman); to tease with sexual innuendo; to sexually harass; to take advantage of sb ∼HSK 5
犯法 犯法 fàn fǎ to break the law ∼HSK 5
诀 訣 jué take leave of, bid farewell ∼HSK 5
人武 人武 rén wǔ armed forces ∼HSK 5
成何体统 成何體統 chéng hé tǐ tǒng What a scandal!; Whatever next? ∼HSK 5
岐 岐 Qí high; majestic; fork in road ∼HSK 5
途 途 tú way, road, path, journey; course ∼HSK 5
三军 三軍 sān jūn (in former times) upper, middle and lower army; army of right, center and left; (in modern times) the three armed services: Army, Navy and Air Force ∼HSK 5
做戏 做戲 zuò xì to act in a play; to put on a play ∼HSK 5
老兄 老兄 lǎo xiōng elder brother (often used self-referentially); (form of address between male friends) old chap; buddy ∼HSK 5
靓 靚 jìng make up face; ornament; quiet ∼HSK 5
打鼓 打鼓 dǎ gǔ to beat a drum; to play a drum; (fig.) to feel nervous ∼HSK 5
漱 漱 shù gargle, rinse; wash, scour ∼HSK 5
苔 苔 tāi moss, lichen ∼HSK 5
染上 染上 rǎn shàng to catch (a disease); to get (a bad habit) ∼HSK 5
交待 交待 jiāo dài variant of ∼HSK 5
劳烦 勞煩 láo fán to inconvenience; to trouble (sb with a request) ∼HSK 5
爪 爪 zhǎo claw, nail, talon; animal feet ∼HSK 5
凤 鳳 Fèng male phoenix; symbol of joy ∼HSK 5
锭 錠 dìng spindle, slab, cake, tablet ∼HSK 5
柳 柳 Liǔ willow tree; pleasure ∼HSK 5
缘 緣 yuán karmic affinity ∼HSK 5
奴才 奴才 nú cai slave; fig. flunkey ∼HSK 5
巡视 巡視 xún shì to inspect (a site); (of a dignitary) to visit; to go on an inspection tour; to survey (a scene); to scan with one's eyes ∼HSK 5