Once a Thief

Once a Thief 1991

纵横四海 zònghéng sì hǎi

Three orphans grow up to become art thieves under the tutelage of a crime boss. Romance complicates matters when the trio are double-crossed.

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4.06 Intermediate Director John Woo 🍅 50%

Cast

Chow Yun-Fat Chow Yun-Fat Red Bean Puddin / Joe Leslie Cheung Leslie Cheung James / Jim Cherie Chung Cho-Hung Cherie Chung Cho-Hung Red Bean / Cherie Paul Chu Kong Paul Chu Kong Chu / Godfather Kenneth Tsang Kenneth Tsang Chow / Dad Woo Fung Woo Fung Mr. Cheung Pierre Yves Burton Mr. Burton John Tang Yat-Kwan John Tang Yat-Kwan Young Red Bean Pudding / Young Joe Tong Ka-Fai Tong Ka-Fai Young James / Young Jim Leila Tong Leila Tong Young Red Bean / Young Cherie

Vocabulary

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年来 年來 nián lái this past year; over the last years ∼HSK 1
拿来 拿來 ná lái to bring; to fetch; to get ∼HSK 1
女工 女工 nǚ gōng working woman; variant of ∼HSK 1
电路 電路 diàn lù electric circuit ∼HSK 1
回老家 回老家 huí lǎo jiā to go back to one's roots; to return to one's native place; by ext. to join one's ancestors (i.e. to die) ∼HSK 1
正中 正中 zhèng zhōng middle; center; right in the middle or center; nub ∼HSK 1
等等 等等 děng děng et cetera; and so on...; wait a minute!; hold on! ∼HSK 1
语 語 yǔ language, words; saying, expression ∼HSK 1
要说 要說 yào shuō as for; when it comes to ∼HSK 1
下一个 下一個 xià yī ge the next one ∼HSK 1
拿下 拿下 ná xià to arrest; to capture; to seize; to win (a set, a game etc) ∼HSK 1
出错 出錯 chū cuò to make a mistake; error ∼HSK 1
影 影 yǐng shadow; image, reflection; photograph ∼HSK 1
这种 這種 zhè zhǒng this kind of ∼HSK 1
找不到 找不到 zhǎo bu dào can't find ∼HSK 1
还给 還給 huán gěi to return sth to sb ∼HSK 1
衣 衣 yī clothes, clothing; cover, skin ∼HSK 1
不下 不下 bù xià to be not less than (a certain quantity, amount etc) ∼HSK 1
怎么了 怎麼了 zěn me le What's up?; What's going on?; What happened? ∼HSK 1
上路 上路 shàng lù to start on a journey; to be on one's way ∼HSK 1
有了 有了 yǒu le I've got a solution!; to have a bun in the oven ∼HSK 1
等一等 等一等 děng yī děng wait a moment ∼HSK 1
太好了 太好了 tài hǎo le very good ∼HSK 1
忘不了 忘不了 wàng bù liǎo cannot forget ∼HSK 1
里边 裡邊 lǐ bian inside HSK 1
老人家 老人家 lǎo rén jiā polite term for old woman or man ∼HSK 1
半天 半天 bàn tiān half of the day; a long time; quite a while; midair HSK 1
关上 關上 guān shàng to close (a door); to turn off (light, electrical equipment etc) HSK 1
弟 弟 dì younger brother; junior male; I (modest word in letter) HSK 1
机票 機票 jī piào air ticket; passenger ticket HSK 1
上车 上車 shàng chē to get on or into (a bus, train, car etc) HSK 1
不大 不大 bù dà not very; not too; not often HSK 1
爱好 愛好 ài hào to like; to be fond of; to take pleasure in; to be keen on; interest; hobby HSK 1
小朋友 小朋友 xiǎo péng yǒu child HSK 1
面包 麵包 miàn bāo bread HSK 1
坐下 坐下 zuò xia to sit down HSK 1
那儿 那兒 nà r there HSK 1
女朋友 女朋友 nǚ péng you girlfriend HSK 1
上次 上次 shàng cì last time HSK 1
这边 這邊 zhè biān this side; here HSK 1
干什么 幹什麼 gàn shén me what are you doing?; what's he up to? HSK 1
开车 開車 kāi chē to drive a car HSK 1
是不是 是不是 shì bù shì is or isn't; yes or no; whether or not HSK 1
不对 不對 bù duì incorrect; wrong; amiss; abnormal; queer HSK 1
哪儿 哪兒 nǎ r where?; wherever; anywhere; somewhere; (used in rhetorical questions) how can ...?; how could ...? HSK 1
这儿 這兒 zhè r here HSK 1
妹 妹 mèi younger sister HSK 1
再见 再見 zài jiàn goodbye; see you again later HSK 1
百 百 bǎi hundred; numerous; all kinds of HSK 1
那边 那邊 nà bian over there; yonder HSK 1