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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Vocabulary

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péi to compensate for loss; to indemnify; to suffer a financial loss HSK 5
liú top quality; front ranking HSK 5
zi hare; rabbit HSK 5
luó ji logic (loanword) HSK 5
hǎo that's fine; may as well; (reduplicated) regardless of whether ... or ... HSK 5
to support with the hand; to help sb up; to support oneself by holding onto something; to help HSK 5
lián luò to get in touch with; to contact; to stay in contact (with); liaison; (math.) connection HSK 5
yǒu powerful; forceful; vigorous HSK 5
chǎng miàn scene; spectacle; occasion; situation HSK 5
xiàng qián forward; onward HSK 5
dàn bullet HSK 5
zhǐ shì to point out; to indicate; to instruct; directives; instructions HSK 5
shé snake; serpent HSK 5
lín neighbor; next door HSK 5
tiger HSK 5
yòng lái to be used for HSK 5
chú fēi only if (..., or otherwise, ...); only when; only in the case that; unless HSK 5
shuāi to throw down; to fall; to drop and break HSK 5
dǎng to resist; to obstruct; to hinder; to keep off; to block (a blow); to get in the way of; cover; gear (e.g. in a car's transmission) HSK 5
quán dōu all; without exception HSK 5
zhǎng bureau chief HSK 5
jiǎn scissors; shears; clippers; to cut with scissors; to trim; to wipe out or exterminate HSK 5
dāng nián in those days; then; in those years; during that time HSK 5
rén person in charge HSK 5
rěn to bear; to endure; to tolerate; to restrain oneself HSK 5
běn rén I; me; myself; oneself; yourself; himself; herself; the person concerned HSK 5
to stand; to set up; to establish; to lay down; to draw up; at once; immediately HSK 5
yǎo to bite; to nip HSK 5
li glass; (slang) male homosexual HSK 5
zhǐ bu guò only; merely; nothing but; no more than; it's just that ... HSK 5
pīn to piece together; to join together; to stake all; adventurous; at the risk of one's life; to spell HSK 5
gift; rite; ceremony; propriety; etiquette; courtesy HSK 5
rēng to throw; to throw away HSK 5
làn soft; mushy; well-cooked and soft; to rot; to decompose; rotten; worn out; chaotic; messy; utterly; thoroughly; crappy; bad HSK 5
duǒ to hide; to dodge; to avoid HSK 5
bèi zi (for) a lifetime HSK 5
píng to lean against; to rely on; on the basis of; no matter (how, what etc); proof HSK 5
jià price; value; (chemistry) valence HSK 5
qiān inscribed bamboo stick (used in divination, gambling, drawing lots etc); small wood sliver; label; tag HSK 5
rén shì person; figure; public figure HSK 5
qiàn to owe; to lack; (literary) to be deficient in; (bound form) yawn; to raise slightly (a part of one's body) HSK 5
gǔn to boil; to roll; to take a hike; Get lost! HSK 5
to spit; to send out (silk from a silkworm, bolls from cotton flowers etc); to say; to pour out (one's grievances) HSK 5
poison; to poison; poisonous; malicious; cruel; fierce; narcotics HSK 5
piàn to cheat; to swindle; to deceive; to get on (a horse etc) by swinging one leg over HSK 5
hai (used to describe sb or sth that makes a very strong impression, whether favorable or unfavorable) terrible; intense; severe; devastating; amazing; awesome; outstanding; (of a person) stern; strict; harsh; shrewd; tough; (of an animal) fierce; (of a resemblance) striking; (of liquor or chili pepper) strong; (of bacteria) virulent HSK 5
to remember; to recall; memory HSK 5
guǐ disembodied spirit; ghost; devil; (suffix) person with a certain vice or addiction etc; sly; crafty; resourceful (variant of 诡); one of the 28 constellations of ancient Chinese astronomy HSK 5
fēng insane; mad; wild HSK 5
guān jiàn crucial point; crux; key; crucial; pivotal HSK 5