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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以为 以為 yǐ wéi to think (i.e. to take it to be true that ...) (Usually there is an implication that the notion is mistaken – except when expressing one's own current opinion.) HSK 2
生 生 shēng to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; raw; uncooked; student HSK 2
万 萬 mò used in 俟 HSK 2
离开 離開 lí kāi to depart; to leave HSK 2
讲 講 jiǎng to speak; to explain; to negotiate; to emphasize; to be particular about; as far as sth is concerned; speech; lecture HSK 2
真正 真正 zhēn zhèng genuine; real; true; really; indeed HSK 2
能够 能夠 néng gòu to be capable of; to be able to; can HSK 2
道 道 dào road; path; principle; truth; morality; reason; skill; method; Dao (of Daoism); to say; to speak; to talk; classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process; (old) circuit (administrative division) HSK 2
分钟 分鐘 fēn zhōng minute HSK 2
刚 剛 gāng hard; firm; strong; just; barely; exactly HSK 2
相信 相信 xiāng xìn to be convinced (that sth is true); to believe; to accept sth as true HSK 2
信 信 xìn letter; mail; to trust; to believe; to profess faith in; truthful; confidence; trust; at will; at random HSK 2
以后 以後 yǐ hòu after; later; afterwards; following; later on; in the future HSK 2
全 全 quán all; whole; entire; every; complete HSK 2
可是 可是 kě shì but; however; (used for emphasis) indeed HSK 2
发 發 fā to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue; to develop; to make a bundle of money; classifier for gunshots (rounds) HSK 2
完 完 wán to finish; to be over; whole; complete; entire HSK 2
机会 機會 jī huì opportunity; chance; occasion HSK 2
完全 完全 wán quán complete; whole; totally; entirely HSK 2
不错 不錯 bù cuò correct; right; not bad; pretty good HSK 2
或者 或者 huò zhě or; possibly; maybe; perhaps HSK 2
安全 安全 ān quán safe; secure; safety; security HSK 2
过去 過去 guò qù (in the) past; former; previous; to go over; to pass by HSK 2
见到 見到 jiàn dào to see HSK 2
头 頭 tou suffix for nouns HSK 2
为什么 為什麼 wèi shén me why?; for what reason? HSK 2
件 件 jiàn item; component; classifier for events, things, clothes etc HSK 2
条 條 tiáo strip; item; article; clause (of law or treaty); classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc) HSK 2
事情 事情 shì qing affair; matter; thing; business HSK 2
成为 成為 chéng wéi to become; to turn into HSK 2
长 長 cháng length; long; forever; always; constantly HSK 2
第一 第一 dì yī first; number one; primary HSK 2
不要 不要 bù yào don't!; must not HSK 2
不过 不過 bù guò only; merely; no more than; but; however; anyway (to get back to a previous topic); cannot be more (after adjectival) HSK 2
大家 大家 dà jiā everyone; influential family; great expert HSK 2
发现 發現 fā xiàn to notice; to become aware of; to discover; to find; to detect; a discovery HSK 2
位 位 wèi position; location; place; seat; classifier for people (honorific); classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes); (physics) potential HSK 2
带 帶 dài band; belt; girdle; ribbon; tire; area; zone; region; to wear; to carry; to take along; to bear (i.e. to have); to lead; to bring; to look after; to raise HSK 2
应该 應該 yīng gāi ought to; should; must HSK 2
这么 這麼 zhè me so much; this much; how much?; this way; like this HSK 2
向 向 xiàng towards; to face; to turn towards; direction; to support; to side with; shortly before; formerly; always; all along; (suffix) suitable for ...; oriented to ... HSK 2
那么 那麼 nà me like that; in that way; or so; so; so very much; about; in that case HSK 2
所以 所以 suǒ yǐ therefore; as a result; so; the reason why HSK 2
当 當 dāng (onom.) dong; ding dong (bell) HSK 2
像 像 xiàng to resemble; to be like; to look as if; such as; appearance; image; portrait; image under a mapping (math.) HSK 2
才 才 cái ability; talent; sb of a certain type; a capable individual; then and only then; just now; (before an expression of quantity) only HSK 2
但是 但是 dàn shì but; however HSK 2
只 只 zhǐ only; merely; just; but HSK 2
又 又 yòu (once) again; also; both... and...; and yet; (used for emphasis) anyway HSK 2
因为 因為 yīn wèi because; owing to; on account of HSK 2