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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láo fáng jail cell; prison cell ∼HSK 5
xiàn chǒu (used self-deprecatingly, e.g. when asked to sing a song) to put one's artistic incompetence on display ∼HSK 5
what (literary) ∼HSK 5
zhàng tent; account ∼HSK 5
bēi humble, low, inferior; despise ∼HSK 5
gōng wén official document ∼HSK 5
yǒu jìn vigorous; energetic; interesting; amusing ∼HSK 5
zhàng cane, walking stick ∼HSK 5
zhī Zoysia pungens ∼HSK 5
zhī prefectural magistrate (during Tang to Qing times) ∼HSK 5
chì tāng shark fin soup ∼HSK 5
běn yíng headquarters; base camp ∼HSK 5
tiān shā de Goddam!; goddamn; wretched ∼HSK 5
mìng lucky (to have escaped death or serious injury) ∼HSK 5
cái bankrupt; to suffer financial loss ∼HSK 5
jiàn miàn gift given to sb when meeting them for the first time ∼HSK 5
exhale; blow out; deep sigh; hiss; praise ∼HSK 5
zào dry, parched, arid; quick-tempered ∼HSK 5
zhěn examine patient, diagnose ∼HSK 5
便 便 fāng biàn inconvenience; inconvenient ∼HSK 5
hoop; bind, surround ∼HSK 5
paternal aunt; husband's sister; husband's mother (old); nun; for the time being (literary) ∼HSK 5
調 tiáo to take liberties with a woman; to dally; to assail a woman with obscenities ∼HSK 5
广 tíng - guǎng zhòng (idiom) in public; in front of everyone; openly (typically preceded by and followed by) ∼HSK 5
chá smear; rub, wipe; anoint ∼HSK 5
mile ∼HSK 5
chī dòu fu to take liberties with (a woman); to tease with sexual innuendo; to sexually harass; to take advantage of sb ∼HSK 5
fàn to break the law ∼HSK 5
jué take leave of, bid farewell ∼HSK 5
rén armed forces ∼HSK 5
chéng tǒng What a scandal!; Whatever next? ∼HSK 5
high; majestic; fork in road ∼HSK 5
way, road, path, journey; course ∼HSK 5
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
zuò to act in a play; to put on a play ∼HSK 5
lǎo xiōng elder brother (often used self-referentially); (form of address between male friends) old chap; buddy ∼HSK 5
jìng make up face; ornament; quiet ∼HSK 5
to beat a drum; to play a drum; (fig.) to feel nervous ∼HSK 5
shù gargle, rinse; wash, scour ∼HSK 5
tāi moss, lichen ∼HSK 5
rǎn shàng to catch (a disease); to get (a bad habit) ∼HSK 5
jiāo dài variant of ∼HSK 5
láo fán to inconvenience; to trouble (sb with a request) ∼HSK 5
zhǎo claw, nail, talon; animal feet ∼HSK 5
Fèng male phoenix; symbol of joy ∼HSK 5
dìng spindle, slab, cake, tablet ∼HSK 5
Liǔ willow tree; pleasure ∼HSK 5
yuán karmic affinity ∼HSK 5
cai slave; fig. flunkey ∼HSK 5
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