Kung Fu Hustle

Kung Fu Hustle 2004

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%

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xiǎo lóng snake (as one of the 12 Chinese zodiac animals) ∼HSK 3
sòng zhōng to attend upon a dying parent or other senior family member; to handle the funeral affairs of a senior family member ∼HSK 3
duǎn shí jiān short term; short time ∼HSK 3
jiǎo zhǐ variant of ∼HSK 3
to not conform to; to be unsuited to; to be out of keeping with; should not; ought out ∼HSK 3
xià jué xīn to determine; to resolve ∼HSK 3
yǒu de shì have plenty of; there's no lack of HSK 3
fáng dōng landlord HSK 3
fáng rent for a room or house HSK 3
rèn de to recognize; to remember sth (or sb) on seeing it; to know HSK 3
bān jiā to move house; to relocate; to remove (sth) HSK 3
xíng li luggage HSK 3
qiǎo opportunely; coincidentally; as it happens; skillful; timely HSK 3
shí xíng to implement; to carry out; to put into practice HSK 3
chūn spring (season); gay; joyful; youthful; love; lust; life HSK 3
zi trousers; pants HSK 3
gōng fu skill; art; kung fu; labor; effort HSK 3
zhěng tiān all day long; whole day HSK 3
nián age HSK 3
guǒ rán really; sure enough; as expected; if indeed HSK 3
to grasp (also fig.); to seize; to hold; assurance; certainty; sure (of the outcome) HSK 3
zhēng to strive for; to vie for; to argue or debate; deficient or lacking (dialect); how or what (literary) HSK 3
shǐ zhōng from beginning to end; all along HSK 3
good fortune; happiness; luck HSK 3
chǎo to quarrel; to make a noise; noisy; to disturb by making a noise HSK 3
zhěng to arrange; to tidy up; to sort out; to straighten out; to list systematically; to collate (data, files); to pack (luggage) HSK 3
gǎn kuài quickly; at once HSK 3
退 退 tuì chū to withdraw; to abort; to quit; to log out (computing) HSK 3
jiāng lái in the future; future; the future HSK 3
niàn to read; to study (a subject); to attend (a school); to read aloud; to give (sb) a tongue-lashing; to miss (sb); idea; remembrance; twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿) HSK 3
dòng automatic; voluntarily HSK 3
qualifications; seniority HSK 3
tiě iron (metal); arms; weapons; hard; strong; violent; unshakeable; determined; close; tight (slang) HSK 3
gǎn to overtake; to catch up with; to hurry; to rush; to try to catch (the bus etc); to drive (cattle etc) forward; to drive (sb) away; to avail oneself of (an opportunity); until; by (a certain time) HSK 3
shēng life force; vitality HSK 3
táng sugar; sweets; candy HSK 3
fèi to cost; to spend; fee; wasteful; expenses HSK 3
rèn to assign; to appoint; to take up a post; office; responsibility; to let; to allow; to give free rein to; no matter (how, what etc); classifier for terms served in office, or for spouses, girlfriends etc (as in 前任男友) HSK 3
rational; reasonable; sensible; fair HSK 3
xiāo to cancel; cancellation HSK 3
kùn to trap; to surround; hard-pressed; stranded; destitute HSK 3
jiǎn zhí simply; really HSK 3
xiū to decorate; to embellish; to repair; to build; to write; to cultivate; to study; to take (a class) HSK 3
yǒu to have; to possess HSK 3
zhōng clock; o'clock; time as measured in hours and minutes; bell HSK 3
duàn to break; to snap; to cut off; to give up or abstain from sth; to judge; (usu. used in the negative) absolutely; definitely; decidedly HSK 3
shèng victory; success; to beat; to defeat; to surpass; victorious; superior to; to get the better of; better than; surpassing; superb (of vista); beautiful (scenery); wonderful (view); (Taiwan pr. [shēng]) able to bear; equal to (a task) HSK 3
100 ml; one-tenth of a peck; measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth of sheng 升 or liter, or one-hundredth dou 斗 HSK 3
duì shǒu opponent; rival; competitor; (well-matched) adversary; match HSK 3
zhū hog; pig; swine HSK 3