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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如来 如來 rú lái tathagata (Buddha's name for himself, having many layers of meaning - Sanskrit: thus gone, having been Brahman, gone to the absolute etc) ∼HSK 6
老伯 老伯 lǎo bó uncle (polite form of address for older male) ∼HSK 6
大嫂 大嫂 dà sǎo older brother's wife; sister-in-law; elder sister (respectful appellation for an older married woman) ∼HSK 6
耕田 耕田 gēng tián to cultivate soil; to till fields ∼HSK 6
有缘 有緣 yǒu yuán related; brought together by fate ∼HSK 6
哑巴 啞巴 yǎ ba a mute; mute; silent ∼HSK 6
布料 布料 bù liào fabric; cloth; material (for making clothing, curtains etc) ∼HSK 6
烂泥扶不上墙 爛泥扶不上牆 làn ní fú bù shàng qiáng useless (idiom); worthless; inept ∼HSK 6
连招 連招 lián zhāo (gaming or martial arts) a sequence of attacks or moves; combo ∼HSK 6
稀饭 稀飯 xī fàn porridge; gruel; congee ∼HSK 6
睡午觉 睡午覺 shuì wǔ jiào to have a nap ∼HSK 6
墨镜 墨鏡 mò jìng sunglasses ∼HSK 6
决斗 決鬥 jué dòu to duel; a duel; decisive struggle ∼HSK 6
耗子 耗子 hào zi (dialect) mouse; rat ∼HSK 6
炮竹 炮竹 pào zhú firecracker ∼HSK 6
糊口 餬口 hú kǒu to scrape a meager living; to get by with difficulty ∼HSK 6
灵光 靈光 líng guāng divine light (around the Buddha); a halo; a miraculous column of light; (slang) jolly good! ∼HSK 6
天灵盖 天靈蓋 tiān líng gài crown of the head ∼HSK 6
筋骨 筋骨 jīn gǔ muscles and bones; physique; strength; courage ∼HSK 6
苦衷 苦衷 kǔ zhōng secret trouble; sorrow; difficulties ∼HSK 6
上坟 上墳 shàng fén to visit a grave ∼HSK 6
庆功 慶功 qìng gōng to celebrate a heroic deed ∼HSK 6
尿片 尿片 niào piàn diaper ∼HSK 6
吹口哨 吹口哨 chuī kǒu shào to whistle ∼HSK 6
别理 別理 bié lǐ don't get involved; ignore it!; don't have anything to do with (him, her etc); don't speak to ∼HSK 6
暗藏 暗藏 àn cáng to hide; to conceal ∼HSK 6
唏嘘 唏噓 xī xū (onom.) to sigh; to sob ∼HSK 6
恰似 恰似 qià sì just like; exactly like ∼HSK 6
有劳 有勞 yǒu láo thank you for the trouble ∼HSK 6
专业人士 專業人士 zhuān yè rén shì a professional ∼HSK 6
物超所值 物超所值 wù chāo suǒ zhí (of a product, service etc) worth more than the cost; great value for the money spent ∼HSK 6
醉心于 醉心於 zuì xīn yú to be infatuated with ∼HSK 6
练功 練功 liàn gōng to do tai chi; to practice kung-fu (or other martial art); to train (for dancing, acrobatics etc) ∼HSK 6
走火入魔 走火入魔 zǒu huǒ rù mó to be obsessed with sth; to go overboard; (Buddhism, Taoism) to misguidedly focus on hallucinations that arise during meditation ∼HSK 6
精神病医院 精神病醫院 jīng shén bìng yī yuàn psychiatric hospital ∼HSK 6
同道中人 同道中人 tóng dào zhōng rén kindred spirit ∼HSK 6
切磋 切磋 qiē cuō to compare notes; to learn from one another ∼HSK 6
炒菜 炒菜 chǎo cài to stir-fry; to do the cooking; stir-fried dish ∼HSK 6
识货 識貨 shí huò to know what's what ∼HSK 6
公德心 公德心 gōng dé xīn civility; public spirit ∼HSK 6
不枉 不枉 bù wǎng not in vain ∼HSK 6
冤冤相报何时了 冤冤相報何時了 yuān yuān xiāng bào hé shí liǎo if revenge breeds revenge, will there ever be an end to it? (Buddhist saying) ∼HSK 6
长久以来 長久以來 cháng jiǔ yǐ lái for a long time now; long since ∼HSK 6
打劫 打劫 dǎ jié to loot; to rob; to plunder; to ransack ∼HSK 6
不善 不善 bù shàn bad; ill; not good at; not to be pooh-poohed; quite impressive ∼HSK 6
精神病院 精神病院 jīng shén bìng yuàn mental hospital; psychiatric hospital ∼HSK 6
箭头 箭頭 jiàn tóu arrowhead; arrow symbol ∼HSK 6
虚名 虛名 xū míng false reputation ∼HSK 6
洋枪 洋槍 yáng qiāng western style guns (in former times) ∼HSK 6
同仁 同仁 tóng rén (formal) colleague; fellow member (of an organization or profession) ∼HSK 6