Kung Fu Hustle

Kung Fu Hustle 2004

功夫 gōngfu

It's the 1940s, and the notorious Axe Gang terrorizes Shanghai. Small-time criminals Sing and Bone hope to join, but they only manage to make lots of very dangerous enemies. Fortunately for them, kung fu masters and hidden strength can be found in unlikely places. Now they just have to take on the entire Axe Gang.

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4.32 Intermediate Director Stephen Chow 🍅 90%

Cast

Stephen Chow Stephen Chow Sing Yuen Qiu Yuen Qiu Landlady Yuen Wah Yuen Wah Landlord Lam Tze-Chung Lam Tze-Chung Sing's Sidekick Bruce Leung Siu-Lung Bruce Leung Siu-Lung The Beast Eva Huang Shengyi Eva Huang Shengyi Fong Danny Chan Kwok-Kwan Danny Chan Kwok-Kwan Brother Sum Chiu Chi-Ling Chiu Chi-Ling Tailor Xing Yu Xing Yu Coolie Zhihua Dong Zhihua Dong Donut

Vocabulary

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千军万马 千軍萬馬 qiān jūn wàn mǎ magnificent army with thousands of men and horses (idiom); impressive display of manpower; all the King's horses and all the King's men Idiom HSK 7
千变万化 千變萬化 qiān biàn wàn huà countless changes; constant permutation Idiom HSK 7
休想 休想 xiū xiǎng don't think (that); don't imagine (that) Xiehouyu HSK 7
活该 活該 huó gāi (coll.) serve sb right; deservedly; ought; should Xiehouyu HSK 7
废物 廢物 fèi wù rubbish; waste material; useless person Xiehouyu HSK 7
揍 揍 zòu to hit; to beat (sb); (coll.) to smash (sth) Colloquialism HSK 7
邪 衺 xié demonic; iniquitous; nefarious; evil; unhealthy influences that cause disease (Chinese medicine); (coll.) strange; abnormal Colloquialism HSK 7
歪 歪 wāi askew; at a crooked angle; devious; noxious; (coll.) to lie on one's side Colloquialism HSK 7
逗 逗 dòu to tease (playfully); to entice; (coll.) to joke; (coll.) funny; amusing; to stay; to sojourn; brief pause at the end of a phrase (variant of 读) Colloquialism HSK 7
家伙 傢伙 jiā huo household dish, implement or furniture; domestic animal; (coll.) guy; chap; weapon Colloquialism HSK 7
不服气 不服氣 bù fú qì unwilling to concede; defiant; indignant; to find it galling HSK 7
旗袍 旗袍 qí páo Chinese-style dress; cheongsam HSK 7
清明 清明 Qīng míng Qingming or Pure Brightness, 5th of the 24 solar terms 二十四节气 5th-19th April; Pure Brightness Festival or Tomb Sweeping Day (in early April) HSK 7
太极拳 太極拳 tài jí quán shadowboxing or Taiji, T'aichi or T'aichichuan; traditional form of physical exercise or relaxation; a martial art HSK 7
失传 失傳 shī chuán (of skills etc) to die out; lost; extinct HSK 7
苦力 苦力 kǔ lì bitter work; hard toil; (loanword) coolie, unskilled Chinese laborer in colonial times HSK 7
看热闹 看熱鬧 kàn rè nao to enjoy watching a bustling scene; to go where the crowds are HSK 7
乡亲 鄉親 xiāng qīn fellow countryman (from the same village); local people; villager; the folks back home HSK 7
门路 門路 mén lù way of doing sth; the right social connection HSK 7
算账 算賬 suàn zhàng (accounting) to balance the books; to do the accounts; (fig.) to settle an account; to get one's revenge HSK 7
菩萨 菩薩 Pú sà Bodhisattva (Buddhism) HSK 7
心肠 心腸 xīn cháng heart; intention; one's inclination; state of mind; to have the heart for sth; mood HSK 7
晚年 晚年 wǎn nián one's later years HSK 7
摆平 擺平 bǎi píng to be fair; to be impartial; to settle (a matter etc) HSK 7
打猎 打獵 dǎ liè to go hunting HSK 7
凶狠 兇狠 xiōng hěn cruel; vicious; fierce and malicious; vengeful HSK 7
倘若 倘若 tǎng ruò if; supposing; in case HSK 7
体质 體質 tǐ zhì constitution HSK 7
揣 揣 chuāi to put into (one's pockets, clothes); Taiwan pr. [chuǎi] HSK 7
与其 與其 yǔ qí rather than...; 与其 A 如 B (rather than A, better to B) HSK 7
福气 福氣 fú qi good fortune; a blessing HSK 7
偷看 偷看 tōu kàn to peep; to peek; to steal a glance HSK 7
敬礼 敬禮 jìng lǐ to salute; salute HSK 7
嚷 嚷 rǎng to shout; to bellow; to make a big deal of sth; to make a fuss about sth HSK 7
无非 無非 wú fēi only; nothing else HSK 7
复原 復原 fù yuán to restore (sth) to (its) former condition; to recover from illness; recovery HSK 7
哨 哨 shào a whistle; sentry HSK 7
体谅 體諒 tǐ liàng to empathize; to allow (for sth); to show understanding; to appreciate HSK 7
别看 別看 bié kàn don't be fooled by the fact that HSK 7
打通 打通 dǎ tōng to open access; to establish contact; to remove a block; to put through (a phone connection) HSK 7
投机 投機 tóu jī to speculate (on financial markets); opportunistic; congenial; agreeable HSK 7
向来 向來 xiàng lái always (previously) HSK 7
暴躁 暴躁 bào zào irascible; irritable; violent HSK 7
潜能 潛能 qián néng potential; hidden capability HSK 7
鼻涕 鼻涕 bí tì nasal mucus; snivel; snot HSK 7
传授 傳授 chuán shòu to impart; to pass on; to teach HSK 7
认错 認錯 rèn cuò to admit an error; to acknowledge one's mistake HSK 7
棘手 棘手 jí shǒu thorny (problem); intractable HSK 7
冒充 冒充 mào chōng to feign; to pretend to be; to pass oneself off as HSK 7
出头 出頭 chū tóu to get out of a predicament; to stick out; to take the initiative; remaining odd fraction after a division; a little more than HSK 7