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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居然 居然 jū rán unexpectedly; to one's surprise; go so far as to HSK 5
神 神 Shén God; abbr. for 舟 HSK 5
声 聲 shēng sound; voice; tone; noise; reputation; classifier for sounds HSK 5
杀 殺 shā to kill; to murder; to attack; to weaken or reduce; to smart (dialect); (used after a verb) extremely HSK 5
搞 搞 gǎo to do; to make; to go in for; to set up; to get hold of; to take care of HSK 5
可 可 kě (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very HSK 5
从天而降 從天而降 cóng tiān ér jiàng (idiom) to fall from the sky; (idiom) (fig.) to appear unexpectedly; to drop into one's lap Idiom ∼HSK 4
老公 老公 lǎo gōng (coll.) husband Colloquialism HSK 4
老婆 老婆 lǎo pó (coll.) wife Colloquialism HSK 4
烧 燒 shāo to burn; to cook; to stew; to bake; to roast; to heat; to boil (tea, water etc); fever; to run a temperature; (coll.) to let things go to one's head Colloquialism HSK 4
帅 帥 shuài (bound form) commander-in-chief; (bound form) to lead; to command; handsome; graceful; dashing; elegant; (coll.) cool!; sweet!; (Chinese chess) general (on the red side, equivalent to a king in Western chess) Colloquialism HSK 4
俩 倆 liǎ two (colloquial equivalent of 两个); both; some Colloquialism HSK 4
抱 抱 bào to hold; to carry (in one's arms); to hug; to embrace; to surround; to cherish; (coll.) (of clothes) to fit nicely Colloquialism HSK 4
武功 武功 Wǔ gōng Wugong County in Xianyang, Shaanxi Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
童子军 童子軍 Tóng zǐ jūn Scout (youth organization) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
洪家 洪家 Hóng Jiā the Hong family (household); Hung Gar Kung Fu - Martial Art Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
神雕侠侣 神雕俠侶 Shén diāo Xiá lǚ variant of Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
昆仑 崑崙 Kūn lún Kunlun (Karakorum) mountain range in Xinjiang Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
仔 仔 zǎi small thing, child; young animal ∼HSK 4
王八蛋 王八蛋 wáng bā dàn bastard; son of a bitch ∼HSK 4
武 武 Wǔ military; martial, warlike ∼HSK 4
世界和平 世界和平 shì jiè hé píng world peace ∼HSK 4
终极 終極 zhōng jí ultimate; final ∼HSK 4
死定 死定 sǐ dìng to be screwed; to be toast ∼HSK 4
江湖 江湖 jiāng hú rivers and lakes; all corners of the country; remote areas to which hermits retreat; section of society operating independently of mainstream society, out of reach of the law; the milieu in which wuxia tales play out (cf.); ( ∼HSK 4
顶嘴 頂嘴 dǐng zuǐ to talk back; to answer back ∼HSK 4
材 材 cái material, stuff; timber; talent ∼HSK 4
脉 脈 mài blood vessels, veins, arteries ∼HSK 4
郎 郎 Láng gentleman, young man; husband ∼HSK 4
王法 王法 wáng fǎ the law; the law of the land; the law of a state (in former times); criterion ∼HSK 4
早安 早安 zǎo ān Good morning! ∼HSK 4
呼 呼 hū breathe sigh, exhale; call, shout ∼HSK 4
睡醒 睡醒 shuì xǐng to wake up ∼HSK 4
单挑 單挑 dān tiǎo to pick; to choose; to fight a duel; Taiwan pr. [dan1 tiao1] ∼HSK 4
一把年纪 一把年紀 yī bǎ nián jì to be of an advanced age; to be old; an advanced age ∼HSK 4
矮子 矮子 ǎi zi short person; dwarf ∼HSK 4
站稳 站穩 zhàn wěn to stand firm ∼HSK 4
怎么会 怎麼會 zěn yāo huì how could it ∼HSK 4
警 警 jǐng guard, watch; alert, alarm ∼HSK 4
艺 藝 yì art; talent, ability; craft ∼HSK 4
透红 透紅 tòu hóng rosy ∼HSK 4
有罪 有罪 yǒu zuì guilty ∼HSK 4
不自量力 不自量力 bù zì liàng lì (idiom) to overestimate one's capabilities ∼HSK 4
父老 父老 fù lǎo elders ∼HSK 4
说说而已 說說而已 shuō shuō ér yǐ nothing serious; just hot air ∼HSK 4
败类 敗類 bài lèi scum of a community; degenerate ∼HSK 4
尤其是 尤其是 yóu qí shì especially; most of all; above all; in particular ∼HSK 4
长官 長官 zhǎng guān senior official; senior officer; commanding officer; sir (term of address for senior officer) ∼HSK 4
坚 堅 jiān hard, strong, firm; resolute ∼HSK 4
盖世 蓋世 gài shì unrivalled; matchless ∼HSK 4