Love on Delivery

Love on Delivery 1994

pòhuài zhī wáng

Ho Kam-An is a lovestruck dim sum delivery boy who falls for a beautiful judo student. After being humiliated by her boyfriend, Ho Kam-An seeks the services of an aging master who teaches him a half-assed style of kung fu, "Karate Kid"-style.

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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
liǎ two (colloquial equivalent of 两个); both; some Colloquialism HSK 4
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
gōng Wugong County in Xianyang, Shaanxi Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Wēi wēi ān (name) Vivian; Vivien; Vivienne Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Chāo rén Superman, comic book superhero Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Mary or Marie (name); Mali Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
jǐng yuán police officer; policeman (general term for any police officer); police constable (lowest rank in mainland China and Hong Kong) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Běi tóu Beitou or Peitou District of Taipei City, Taiwan Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Wàn huá Wanhua District of Taipei City, Taiwan Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Shàn wěi Shanwei, prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Shào lín the Shaolin monastery and martial arts school Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Míng Qīng chū late Ming and early Qing; around the middle of the 17th century Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Swatch (Swiss brand) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
西 西 yáng the West (Europe and North America); countries of the Indian Ocean (traditional) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
tiān lóng Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber, wuxia (, martial arts chivalry) novel by Jin Yong and its screen adaptations Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Kōng tóng Kongtong district of Pingliang city, Gansu Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Shuāng fēng Shuangfeng county in Loudi, Hunan; (Tw) Twin Peaks, US television drama series 1990-1991 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Jīn Yōng Jin Yong, pen name of Louis Cha (1924-2018), wuxia novelist, author of the 1957-1961 Condor Trilogy Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Tài lái Tailai county in Qiqihar, Heilongjiang Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
méi xiǎng dào didn't expect HSK 4
beautiful, magnificent, elegant ∼HSK 4
zǎi small thing, child; young animal ∼HSK 4
zěn yāo huì how could it ∼HSK 4
to shout ∼HSK 4
shǐ excrement, shit, dung ∼HSK 4
fēng huǒ lún (martial arts) wind-and-fire wheel, weapon used in hand-to-hand fighting; (Daoism) a magical pair of wheels on which one can stand to ride at great speed, used by Nezha; (fig.) never-ending treadmill ∼HSK 4
zhī know ∼HSK 4
strike, hit, beat; attack, fight ∼HSK 4
zhǎng guān senior official; senior officer; commanding officer; sir (term of address for senior officer) ∼HSK 4
dàn thin; light; flagging; faint ∼HSK 4
shén me shì what matter ∼HSK 4
miàn mask ∼HSK 4
Xiè thank ∼HSK 4
bu that's just the way it is; exactly! ∼HSK 4
jīn restrict, prohibit, forbid ∼HSK 4
yīn xiào sound effect ∼HSK 4
méi bàn there is nothing to be done; one can't do anything about it ∼HSK 4
àn secretly; inwardly; on the sly ∼HSK 4
yīng to deserve ∼HSK 4
nuò ruò cowardly; weak ∼HSK 4
bài shī to formally become an apprentice to a master ∼HSK 4
jiāng 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
tuō xià to take off (clothing) ∼HSK 4
zhè yàng zi so; such; this way; like this ∼HSK 4
dàng pond, pool; wash away, cleanse ∼HSK 4
zhī (onom.) creaking ∼HSK 4
jìn guǒ forbidden fruit (esp. premarital sex) ∼HSK 4
bìng skin disease; skin condition; dermatosis ∼HSK 4
zuò láo to be imprisoned ∼HSK 4