Legend of the Red Dragon

Legend of the Red Dragon 1994

新少林五祖 xīn shàolín wǔ zǔ

A young father and his infant son are beset by forces of evil and corruption. They wander China, upholding their sense of honor and protecting the weak. When they are forced into combat, spectacular and hilarious fast-motion kung fu sequences follow. In the end, they must call on all of their abilities in a battle royale, to attempt to vanquish a supernatural man-monster or die trying.

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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
唯一 唯一 wéi yī only; sole HSK 5
将 將 jiāng will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把) HSK 5
安分守己 安分守己 ān fèn shǒu jǐ to be content with one's lot (idiom); to know one's place Idiom ∼HSK 4
寄人篱下 寄人籬下 jì rén lí xià to lodge under another person's roof (idiom); to live relying on sb else's charity Idiom ∼HSK 4
王八 王八 wáng ba softshell turtle; cuckold; (old) male owner of a brothel Xiehouyu ∼HSK 4
寒酸 寒酸 hán suān wretched; poverty-stricken; unpresentable (for clothing, gifts etc) Xiehouyu ∼HSK 4
大方 大方 dà fāng expert; scholar; mother earth; a type of green tea Xiehouyu HSK 4
热闹 熱鬧 rè nao bustling with noise and excitement; lively Xiehouyu HSK 4
苦 苦 kǔ bitter; hardship; pain; to suffer; to bring suffering to; painstakingly Xiehouyu 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
俩 倆 liǎ two (colloquial equivalent of 两个); both; some Colloquialism HSK 4
洪熙 洪熙 Hóng Xī Hongxi Emperor, reign name of fourth Ming emperor Zhu Gaochi (1378-1425), reigned (1424-1425), temple name Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
少林 少林 Shào lín the Shaolin monastery and martial arts school Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
武功 武功 Wǔ gōng Wugong County in Xianyang, Shaanxi Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
马超 馬超 Mǎ Chāo Ma Chao (176-222), general of Shu in Romance of the Three Kingdoms Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
洪门 洪門 Hóng mén Tiandihui (Chinese fraternal organization) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
清朝 清朝 Qīng cháo Qing dynasty (1644-1911) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
黄泉 黃泉 Huáng quán the Yellow Springs; the underworld of Chinese mythology; the equivalent of Hades or Hell Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
李 李 Lǐ Li (surname) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
魏忠贤 魏忠賢 Wèi Zhōng xián Wei Zhongxian (1568-1627), infamous eunuch politician of late Ming Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
观音 觀音 Guānyīn Guanyin (Goddess of Mercy) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
西域 西域 Xī yù Western Regions (Han Dynasty term for regions beyond Yumen Pass) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
大宝 大寶 Dà bǎo Taiho (a Japanese era) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
清廷 清廷 Qīng tíng the Qing court (as government of China) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
没想到 沒想到 méi xiǎng dào didn't expect HSK 4
伯 伯 bà variant of ∼HSK 4
庄 莊 zhuāng village, hamlet; villa, manor ∼HSK 4
什么事 什麼事 shén me shì what matter ∼HSK 4
宁 寧 nìng calm, peaceful, serene; healthy ∼HSK 4
怎么会 怎麼會 zěn yāo huì how could it ∼HSK 4
婆婆 婆婆 pó po husband's mother; mother-in-law; grandma ∼HSK 4
纹 紋 wén line, streak, stripe; wrinkle ∼HSK 4
可不 可不 kě bu that's just the way it is; exactly! ∼HSK 4
死定 死定 sǐ dìng to be screwed; to be toast ∼HSK 4
相 相 Xiāng mutually ∼HSK 4
针线 針線 zhēn xiàn needle and thread; needlework ∼HSK 4
什么人 什麼人 shén me rén what kind of person ∼HSK 4
各处 各處 gè chù every place ∼HSK 4
投靠 投靠 tóu kào to rely on help from sb ∼HSK 4
蔡 蔡 Cài surname; species of tortoise ∼HSK 4
侠 俠 xiá chivalrous person; knight-errant ∼HSK 4
怎么能 怎麼能 zěn yāo néng how could one ∼HSK 4
知 知 zhī know ∼HSK 4
守活寡 守活寡 shǒu huó guǎ to stay at home while one's husband is away; grass widow ∼HSK 4
接应 接應 jiē yìng to provide support; to come to the rescue ∼HSK 4
戴上 戴上 dài shang to put on (hat etc) ∼HSK 4
没办法 沒辦法 méi bàn fǎ there is nothing to be done; one can't do anything about it ∼HSK 4
地瓜 地瓜 dì guā sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas); yam bean (Pachyrhizus erosus); (TCM) digua fig (Ficus tikoua Bur.) ∼HSK 4