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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蛮 蠻 mán barbarian; bullying; very; quite; rough; reckless HSK 7
执法 執法 zhí fǎ to enforce a law; law enforcement HSK 7
怀孕 懷孕 huái yùn pregnant; to have conceived; gestation; pregnancy HSK 7
之所以 之所以 zhī suǒ yǐ (after a noun N and before a predicate P) the reason why N P; Example: 我之所以讨厌他 "the reason why I dislike him (is ...)" HSK 7
竟 竟 jìng unexpectedly; actually; to go so far as to; indeed HSK 7
拳 拳 quán fist; boxing HSK 7
惹 惹 rě to provoke; to irritate; to vex; to stir up; to anger; to attract (troubles); to cause (problems) HSK 7
望 望 wàng full moon; to hope; to expect; to visit; to gaze (into the distance); to look towards; towards HSK 7
耍 耍 shuǎ to play with; to wield; to act (cool etc); to display (a skill, one's temper etc) HSK 7
官员 官員 guān yuán official (in an organization or government); administrator HSK 7
斗 斗 Dǒu abbr. for the Big Dipper constellation 星 HSK 7
灰 灰 huī ash; dust; lime; gray; discouraged; dejected HSK 7
眼神 眼神 yǎn shén expression or emotion showing in one's eyes; meaningful glance; wink; eyesight (dialect) HSK 7
尿 尿 niào to urinate; urine HSK 7
率 率 lǜ rate; frequency HSK 7
真心 真心 zhēn xīn sincere; heartfelt HSK 7
恭喜 恭喜 gōng xǐ to congratulate; (interj.) congratulations! HSK 7
嫁 嫁 jià (of a woman) to marry; to marry off a daughter; to shift (blame etc) HSK 7
注 註 zhù to register; to annotate; note; comment HSK 7
格 格 gé square; frame; rule; (legal) case; style; character; standard; pattern; (grammar) case; (classical) to obstruct; to hinder; (classical) to arrive; to come; (classical) to investigate; to study exhaustively HSK 7
即 即 jí namely; that is; i.e.; prompt; at once; at present; even if; prompted (by the occasion); to approach; to come into contact; to assume (office); to draw near HSK 7
不知 不知 bù zhī not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) HSK 7
则 則 zé (literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then; (bound form) standard; norm; (bound form) principle; (literary) to imitate; to follow; classifier for written items HSK 7
感 感 gǎn to feel; to move; to touch; to affect; feeling; emotion; (suffix) sense of ~ HSK 7
主 主 zhǔ owner; master; host; individual or party concerned; God; Lord; main; to indicate or signify; trump card (in card games) HSK 7
未 未 wèi not yet; did not; have not; not; 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep; ancient Chinese compass point: 210° HSK 7
以 㕥 yǐ to use; by means of; according to; in order to; because of; at (a certain date or place) HSK 7
之 之 zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it HSK 7
易如反掌 易如反掌 yì rú fǎn zhǎng easy as a hand's turn (idiom); very easy; no effort at all Idiom ∼HSK 6
家破人亡 家破人亡 jiā pò rén wáng family bankrupt and the people dead (idiom); ruined and orphaned; destitute and homeless Idiom ∼HSK 6
像模像样 像模像樣 xiàng mú xiàng yàng solemn; presentable; decent; Taiwan pr. [xiang4 mo2 xiang4 yang4] Idiom ∼HSK 6
知法犯法 知法犯法 zhī fǎ fàn fǎ to know the law and break it (idiom); consciously going against the rules Idiom ∼HSK 6
害群之马 害群之馬 hài qún zhī mǎ lit. a horse that brings trouble to its herd (idiom); fig. troublemaker; black sheep; rotten apple Idiom ∼HSK 6
卑鄙无耻 卑鄙無恥 bēi bǐ - wú chǐ (idiom) shameless; despicable; devoid of integrity Idiom ∼HSK 6
目不识丁 目不識丁 mù bù shí dīng lit. the eye cannot recognize the letter T (idiom); totally illiterate Idiom ∼HSK 6
文房四宝 文房四寶 wén fáng sì bǎo Four Treasures of the Study, namely,, and; the essentials of calligraphy and scholarship (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
善有善报 善有善報 shàn yǒu shàn bào virtue has its rewards (idiom); one good turn deserves another Idiom ∼HSK 6
赶尽杀绝 趕盡殺絕 gǎn jìn shā jué to kill to the last one (idiom); to exterminate; to eradicate; ruthless Idiom ∼HSK 6
恩将仇报 恩將仇報 ēn jiāng chóu bào to bite the hand that feeds one (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
大彻大悟 大徹大悟 dà chè dà wù to achieve supreme enlightenment or nirvana (Buddhism) Idiom ∼HSK 6
四分五裂 四分五裂 sì fēn - wǔ liè (idiom) fragmented; scattered; in disarray; at sixes and sevens Idiom ∼HSK 6
瞒天过海 瞞天過海 mán tiān guò hǎi to cross the sea by a trick (idiom); to achieve one's aim by underhanded means Idiom ∼HSK 6
打草惊蛇 打草驚蛇 dǎ cǎo jīng shé lit. beat the grass to scare the snake (idiom); fig. to inadvertently alert an enemy; to punish sb as a warning to others Idiom ∼HSK 6
全军覆没 全軍覆沒 quán jūn fù mò total defeat of an army (idiom); fig. a complete wipeout Idiom ∼HSK 6
龙蛇混杂 龍蛇混雜 lóng shé hùn zá lit. dragons and snakes mingle (idiom); fig. a mix of good people and scumbags Idiom ∼HSK 6
龙凤呈祥 龍鳳呈祥 lóng fèng chéng xiáng the dragon and phoenix are symbols of good fortune (idiom); auspicious; decorated with auspicious symbols such as the dragon and the phoenix Idiom ∼HSK 6
龙马精神 龍馬精神 lóng mǎ jīng shén old but still full of vitality (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
引狼入室 引狼入室 yǐn láng - rù shì lit. to show the wolf into the house (idiom); fig. to introduce a potential source of trouble Idiom ∼HSK 6
国泰民安 國泰民安 guó tài mín ān the country prospers, the people at peace (idiom); peace and prosperity Idiom ∼HSK 6
开眼界 開眼界 kāi yǎn jiè to broaden one's horizons Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6