King of Beggars

King of Beggars 1992

武状元苏乞儿 wǔ zhuàngyuán sū qǐ'ér

The heir to a noble and influential family finds the love of his life, but she will only accept him if he becomes a kung-fu master. He becomes a legendary folk hero who tries to save the emperor.

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5.02 Advanced Director Gordon Chan IMDb 6.9

Cast

Stephen Chow Stephen Chow So Chan Ha Yee Chan Sharla Cheung Sharla Cheung Yushang Richard Ng Man-Tat Richard Ng Man-Tat General Su of Guangzhou Vindy Chan Wai-Yee Vindy Chan Wai-Yee Tracy Norman Tsui Siu-Keung Norman Tsui Siu-Keung Chiu David Lam Wai David Lam Wai Lord Seng Ko Lin Chin Wong Chung Wong Chung Uncle Mok Natalis Chan Pak-Cheung Natalis Chan Pak-Cheung Secretary of Justice Lawrence Cheng Tan-Shui Lawrence Cheng Tan-Shui Professor Matthew Wong Hin-Mung Matthew Wong Hin-Mung Emperor

Vocabulary

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需要 需要 xū yào to need; to want; to demand; to require; needs HSK 3
时 時 shí o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period HSK 3
就是 就是 jiù shì exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也) even; even if HSK 3
被 被 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
把 把 bǎ 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
说来话长 說來話長 shuō lái huà cháng start explaining and it's a long story (idiom); complicated and not easy to express succinctly Idiom ∼HSK 2
玩完 玩完 wán wán (coll.) to end in failure; to come to grief; to bite the dust Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
假的 假的 jiǎ de bogus; ersatz; fake; mock; phony Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
正好 正好 zhèng hǎo just (in time); just right; just enough; to happen to; to chance to; by chance; it just so happens that Xiehouyu HSK 2
开心 開心 kāi xīn to feel happy; to rejoice; to have a great time; to make fun of sb Xiehouyu HSK 2
没眼看 沒眼看 méi yǎn kàn (coll.) can't bear to look at it; hideous; appalling Colloquialism ∼HSK 2
你个头 你個頭 nǐ ge tóu (coll.) my ass!; yeah, right! (used to mock a claim sb just made, as in "expert", my ass!) Colloquialism ∼HSK 2
够 夠 gòu enough (sufficient); enough (too much); (coll.) (before adj.) really; (coll.) to reach by stretching out Colloquialism HSK 2
拉 拉 lā to pull; to play (a bowed instrument); to drag; to draw; to chat; (coll.) to empty one's bowels Colloquialism HSK 2
打狗 打狗 Dǎ gǒu Takow, Takao or Takau, old name for Kaohsiung in the southwest of Taiwan Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
长毛 長毛 Cháng máo (derog.) the Longhairs (Taiping rebels of the 19th century) Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
成大 成大 Chéng - Dà National Cheng Kung University Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
太平天国 太平天國 Tài píng Tiān guó Taiping Heavenly Kingdom (1851-1864) Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
广西 廣西 Guǎng xī Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, capital Nanning Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
贵姓 貴姓 guì xìng what is your surname?; (May I ask) your surname? Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
大名 大名 Dà míng Daming county in Handan, Hebei Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
成都 成都 Chéng dū Chengdu, sub-provincial city and capital of Sichuan Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
万里 萬里 Wàn Lǐ Wan Li (1916-2015), PRC politician Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
见过 見過 jiànguò seen HSK 2
苏 蘇 sū used in ∼HSK 2
例 例 lì precedent, example; regulation ∼HSK 2
长老 長老 zhǎng lǎo elder; term of respect for a Buddhist monk ∼HSK 2
营 營 yíng encampment, barracks; manage ∼HSK 2
万岁 萬歲 wàn suì Long live (the king, the revolution etc)!; Your Majesty; His Majesty ∼HSK 2
十万 十萬 shí wàn hundred thousand ∼HSK 2
今晚 今晚 jīn wǎn tonight ∼HSK 2
参 參 cān take part in, intervene; ginseng ∼HSK 2
没问题 沒問題 méi wèn tí no problem ∼HSK 2
身 身 shēn body; trunk, hull; rad. no. 158 ∼HSK 2
百万 百萬 bǎi wàn million ∼HSK 2
房 房 Fáng surname Fang ∼HSK 2
身为 身為 shēn wéi in the capacity of; as ∼HSK 2
万人 萬人 wàn rén ten thousand people; all the people; everyman ∼HSK 2
一定要 一定要 yī dìng yào must ∼HSK 2
不周 不周 bù zhōu not satisfactory; thoughtless; inconsiderate ∼HSK 2
小孩子 小孩子 xiǎo hái zi child ∼HSK 2
术 術 shù art, skill, special feat; method, technique ∼HSK 2
喝酒 喝酒 hē jiǔ to drink (alcohol) ∼HSK 2
成全 成全 chéng quán to help sb accomplish his aim; to help sb succeed; to complete; to make whole; to round off ∼HSK 2
交出 交出 jiāo chū to hand over ∼HSK 2
风向 風向 fēng xiàng wind direction; the way the wind is blowing; fig. trends (esp. unpredictable ones); how things are developing; course of events ∼HSK 2
生子 生子 shēng zǐ to give birth to a child or children ∼HSK 2
做完 做完 zuò wán to finish; to complete the task ∼HSK 2
煞气 煞氣 shā qì to vent one's anger on (an innocent party); to take it out on (sb) ∼HSK 2
一只 一隻 yī zhǐ one (measure word for animals, boats, certain objects); a single ... ∼HSK 2