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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天生 天生 tiān shēng nature; disposition; innate; natural HSK 7
窝 窩 wō nest; pit or hollow on the human body; lair; den; place; to harbor or shelter; to hold in check; to bend; classifier for litters and broods HSK 7
攻 攻 gōng to attack; to accuse; to study HSK 7
都会 都會 dū huì city; metropolis HSK 7
趁 趁 chèn to avail oneself of; to take advantage of HSK 7
标 標 biāo mark; sign; label; to mark with a symbol, label, lettering etc; to bear (a brand name, registration number etc); prize; award; bid; target; quota; (old) the topmost branches of a tree; visible symptom; classifier for military units HSK 7
杀手 殺手 shā shǒu killer; murderer; hit man; (sports) formidable player HSK 7
寂寞 寂寞 jì mò lonely; lonesome; (of a place) quiet; silent HSK 7
恶 惡 ě used in 恶心 HSK 7
吼 吼 hǒu to roar; to howl; to shriek; roar or howl of an animal; bellow of rage HSK 7
砍 砍 kǎn to chop; to cut down; to throw sth at sb HSK 7
奇迹 奇跡 qí jì miracle; miraculous; wonder; marvel HSK 7
抢劫 搶劫 qiǎng jié to rob; looting HSK 7
老大 老大 lǎo dà old age; very; eldest child in a family; leader of a group; boss; captain of a boat; leader of a criminal gang HSK 7
拳 拳 quán fist; boxing HSK 7
耍 耍 shuǎ to play with; to wield; to act (cool etc); to display (a skill, one's temper etc) HSK 7
穿着 穿著 chuān zhuó attire; clothes; dress HSK 7
他人 他人 tā rén another person; sb else; other people HSK 7
曲 曲 qū bent; crooked; wrong HSK 7
并非 並非 bìng fēi really isn't 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
所谓 所謂 suǒ wèi so-called; what is called HSK 7
丝 絲 sī silk; thread; trace; (cuisine) shreds or julienne strips; classifier: a thread (of cloud, smoke etc), a bit, an iota, a hint (of sth) etc HSK 7
唯 唯 wéi only; alone; -ism (in Chinese, a prefix, often combined with a suffix such as 主义 or 论, e.g. 唯理论, rationalism) HSK 7
不知 不知 bù zhī not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) HSK 7
经 經 jīng classics; sacred book; scripture; to pass through; to undergo; to bear; to endure; warp (textile); longitude; menstruation; channel (TCM); abbr. for economics 经济 HSK 7
文 文 wén language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle; (old) classifier for coins; Kangxi radical 67 HSK 7
而已 而已 ér yǐ that's all; nothing more HSK 7
之 之 zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it HSK 7
鬼哭狼嚎 鬼哭狼嚎 guǐ kū láng háo to wail like ghosts and howl like wolves (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
死有余辜 死有餘辜 sǐ yǒu yú gū (idiom) to be so evil that even death would be insufficient punishment Idiom ∼HSK 6
高深莫测 高深莫測 gāo shēn mò cè profound mystery 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
杀人不眨眼 殺人不眨眼 shā rén bù zhǎ yǎn to murder without blinking an eye (idiom); ruthless; cold-blooded Idiom ∼HSK 6
赴汤蹈火 赴湯蹈火 fù tāng dǎo huǒ lit. to jump into scalding water and plunge into raging fire (idiom); fig. to brave any danger; to go to any lengths (for a noble cause) Idiom ∼HSK 6
自投罗网 自投羅網 zì tóu luó wǎng to walk right into the trap Idiom ∼HSK 6
悬崖勒马 懸崖勒馬 xuán yá lè mǎ lit. to rein in the horse at the edge of the precipice (idiom); fig. to act in the nick of time Idiom ∼HSK 6
开眼界 開眼界 kāi yǎn jiè to broaden one's horizons Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
迷迷糊糊 迷迷糊糊 mí mí hū hū in a daze; bewildered Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
无价之宝 無價之寶 wú jià zhī bǎo (idiom) priceless treasure Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
糊涂虫 糊塗蟲 hú tu chóng blunderer; bungler Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
名不虚传 名不虛傳 míng bù xū chuán (idiom) to live up to one's famous name; its reputation is well deserved Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
甘拜下风 甘拜下風 gān bài xià fēng to step down gracefully (humble expression); to concede defeat; to play second fiddle Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
不成 不成 bù chéng won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be? Xiehouyu HSK 6
高手 高手 gāo shǒu expert; past master; dab hand Xiehouyu HSK 6
关你屁事 關你屁事 guān nǐ pì shì (coll.) None of your goddamn business!; Mind your own business! Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
就算 就算 jiù suàn (coll.) even if Colloquialism HSK 6
嘛 嘛 má used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 6
有没有 有沒有 yǒu méi yǒu (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?; Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)? HSK 6
绝世 絕世 jué shì unique; exceptional ∼HSK 6