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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(since) ancient times; (from) time immemorial ∼HSK 4
shǐ excrement, shit, dung ∼HSK 4
bone; skeleton; frame, framework ∼HSK 4
kuò go, reach; appropriate, suitable ∼HSK 4
kàn bu to look down upon; to despise HSK 4
nán miǎn hard to avoid; difficult to escape from; will inevitably HSK 4
shuài handsome guy; lady-killer; handsome (form of address) HSK 4
to avoid; to shun; to flee; to escape; to keep away from; to leave; to hide from HSK 4
穿 穿 chuān shang to put on (clothes etc) HSK 4
chōu yān to smoke (a cigarette, tobacco) HSK 4
bài to defeat; to overpower; to beat; to be defeated HSK 4
méi cuò that's right; sure!; rest assured!; that's good; can't go wrong HSK 4
lǎo shi honest; sincere; well-behaved; naive; gullible HSK 4
huì to misunderstand; to mistake; misunderstanding HSK 4
qián prospects; future outlook; journey HSK 4
jiāng river HSK 4
yǎn jìng spectacles; eyeglasses HSK 4
ǎi low; short (in length) HSK 4
cóng from now on; since then; henceforth HSK 4
jiǎn to lower; to decrease; to reduce; to subtract; to diminish HSK 4
eldest brother; big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself); gang leader; boss HSK 4
shū shu father's younger brother; uncle; Taiwan pr. [shú shu] HSK 4
husband and wife; married couple HSK 4
yāo waist; lower back; pocket; middle; loins HSK 4
wéi to defend; to safeguard; to protect; to uphold; to maintain HSK 4
qiǎo chocolate (loanword) HSK 4
shuì zháo to fall asleep HSK 4
shǒu to guard; to defend; to keep watch; to abide by the law; to observe (rules or ritual); nearby; adjoining HSK 4
Shī abbr. for Shijing 诗经, the Book of Songs HSK 4
féi fat; fertile; loose-fitting or large; to fertilize; to become rich by illegal means; fertilizer; manure HSK 4
shì de seems as if; rather like; Taiwan pr. [sì de] HSK 4
tooth; ivory HSK 4
fēn shǒu to part company; to split up; to break up HSK 4
rán not so; no; or else; otherwise; if not; How about ...? HSK 4
nào noisy; cacophonous; to make noise; to disturb; to vent (feelings); to fall ill; to have an attack (of sickness); to go in (for some activity); to joke HSK 4
zhēn duì to target; to focus on; to be aimed at or against; in response to HSK 4
biǎo qíng (facial) expression; to express one's feelings HSK 4
bǎi to arrange; to exhibit; to move to and fro; a pendulum HSK 4
rén jiā household; dwelling; family; sb else's house; household business; house of woman's husband-to-be HSK 4
to substitute for; to take the place of; to replace; for; on behalf of; to stand in for HSK 4
dài to put on or wear (glasses, hat, gloves etc); to respect; to bear; to support HSK 4
tóu to throw into; to put into; to throw oneself into; to participate in; to invest in; absorbed; engrossed HSK 4
huò goods; money; commodity HSK 4
rán since; as; this being the case HSK 4
tiǎo zhàn to challenge; challenge HSK 4
ān (bound form) calm; peaceful; to calm; to set at ease; safe; secure; in good health; content; satisfied (as in 安于); to place (sb) in a suitable position (job); to install; to fix; to fit; to bring (a charge against sb); to harbor (certain intentions); ampere (abbr. for 培) HSK 4
miǎn fèi free (of charge) HSK 4
xǐng to wake up; to be awake; to become aware; to sober up; to come to HSK 4
ēn (a groaning sound) HSK 4
chéng rèn to admit; to concede; to recognize; recognition (diplomatic, artistic etc); to acknowledge HSK 4