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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律师 律師 lǜ shī lawyer HSK 4
兄弟 兄弟 xiōng dì brothers; younger brother; I, me (humble term used by men in public speech); brotherly; fraternal HSK 4
加入 加入 jiā rù to become a member; to join; to mix into; to participate in; to add in HSK 4
王 王 wáng king or monarch; best or strongest of its type; grand; great HSK 4
方 方 fāng square; power or involution (math.); upright; honest; fair and square; direction; side; party (to a contract, dispute etc); place; method; prescription (medicine); just when; only or just; classifier for square things; abbr. for square or cubic meter HSK 4
底 底 de (equivalent to 的 as possessive particle) HSK 4
法律 法律 fǎ lǜ law HSK 4
看来 看來 kàn lai apparently; it seems that HSK 4
法 㳒 Fǎ France; French; abbr. for 法国; Taiwan pr. [Fà] HSK 4
定 定 dìng to set; to fix; to determine; to decide; to order HSK 4
曾 曾 céng once; already; ever (in the past); former; previously; (past tense marker used before verb or clause) HSK 4
之前 之前 zhī qián before; prior to; ago; previously; beforehand HSK 4
呀 呀 ya (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt) HSK 4
此 此 cǐ this; these HSK 4
无 無 wú not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-; -less HSK 4
了解 了解 liǎo jiě to understand; to realize; to find out HSK 4
而 而 ér and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast) HSK 4
后会有期 後會有期 hòu huì yǒu qī I'm sure we'll meet again some day. (idiom); Hope to see you again. Idiom ∼HSK 3
找死 找死 zhǎo sǐ to court death; to take a big risk Xiehouyu ∼HSK 3
没用 沒用 méi yòng useless Xiehouyu HSK 3
痛苦 痛苦 tòng kǔ pain; suffering; painful Xiehouyu HSK 3
输 輸 shū to lose; to be beaten; (bound form) to transport; (literary) to donate; to contribute; (coll.) to enter (a password) Colloquialism HSK 3
耶 耶 yē used in transliteration ∼HSK 3
打死 打死 dǎ sǐ to kill; to beat to death ∼HSK 3
干嘛 幹嘛 gàn má what are you doing?; whatever for?; why on earth? ∼HSK 3
去死 去死 qù sǐ go to hell!; drop dead! ∼HSK 3
有种 有種 yǒu zhǒng to have guts; to have courage; to be brave ∼HSK 3
奇 奇 jī strange, unusual, uncanny, occult ∼HSK 3
嚣张 囂張 xiāo zhāng rampant; unbridled; arrogant; aggressive ∼HSK 3
连累 連累 lián lei to implicate; to get (sb) into trouble; also pr. [lian2lei3] or [lian2lei4] ∼HSK 3
裤 褲 kù trousers, pants ∼HSK 3
朱 朱 Zhū cinnabar, vermilion; surname ∼HSK 3
水费 水費 shuǐ fèi water bill ∼HSK 3
过马路 過馬路 guò mǎ lù to cross the street ∼HSK 3
会死 會死 huì sǐ mortal ∼HSK 3
不争气 不爭氣 bù zhēng qì to be disappointing; to fail to live up to expectations ∼HSK 3
总有 總有 zǒng yǒu inevitably there will be ∼HSK 3
杀死 殺死 shā sǐ to kill ∼HSK 3
留步 留步 liú bù (said by departing guest) no need to see me out ∼HSK 3
香草 香草 xiāng cǎo aromatic herb; vanilla; alternative name for Eupatorium fortunei; (fig.) loyal and dependable person (old) ∼HSK 3
般 般 bān sort, manner, kind, category ∼HSK 3
知音 知音 zhī yīn intimate friend; soul mate ∼HSK 3
并重 並重 bìng zhòng to give equal emphasis to; to attach equal importance to ∼HSK 3
传给 傳給 chuán gěi to pass on to; to transfer to; to hand on to; (in football etc) to pass to ∼HSK 3
奇才 奇才 qí cái genius ∼HSK 3
强奸 強姦 qiáng jiān to rape ∼HSK 3
研究中心 研究中心 yán jiū zhōng xīn research center ∼HSK 3
把风 把風 bǎ fēng to keep watch (during a clandestine activity); to be on the lookout ∼HSK 3
派头 派頭 pài tóu manner; style; panache ∼HSK 3
异 異 yì different, unusual, strange ∼HSK 3