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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茅屋 茅屋 máo wū thatched cottage ∼HSK 6
舞榭歌台 舞榭歌臺 wǔ xiè gē tái dance pavilions and singing terraces (idiom); halls of music and revelry; places of past splendor ∼HSK 6
色狼 色狼 sè láng lecher; pervert; wolf ∼HSK 6
声名大噪 聲名大噪 shēng míng dà zào to rise to fame ∼HSK 6
罗嗦 羅嗦 luō suo erroneous variant of ∼HSK 6
洋葱 洋蔥 yáng cōng onion (Allium cepa); bulb onion ∼HSK 6
瓦特 瓦特 wǎ tè watt (loanword) ∼HSK 6
脑充血 腦充血 nǎo chōng xuè stroke; cerebral hemorrhage ∼HSK 6
电筒 電筒 diàn tǒng flashlight ∼HSK 6
何来 何來 hé lái wherefore ∼HSK 6
野火 野火 yě huǒ wildfire; (spreading like) wildfire; bush fire; farm fire (for clearing fields) ∼HSK 6
柔情蜜意 柔情蜜意 róu qíng mì yì tender feelings and sweet affection (idiom); loving devotion between sweethearts ∼HSK 6
下垂 下垂 xià chuí to droop; to sag; to hang down; sagging; drooping; prolapse (medicine) ∼HSK 6
痴痴 痴痴 chī chī foolish; stupid; lost in thought; in a daze ∼HSK 6
断续 斷續 duàn xù intermittent ∼HSK 6
罪案 罪案 zuì àn a criminal case ∼HSK 6
算命 算命 suàn mìng fortune-telling; to tell fortune ∼HSK 6
废人 廢人 fèi rén handicapped person; useless person ∼HSK 6
善事 善事 shàn shì good deeds ∼HSK 6
护着 護著 hù zhe to protect; to guard; to shield ∼HSK 6
天文台 天文臺 tiān wén tái astronomical observatory ∼HSK 6
比翼 比翼 bǐ yì (flying) wing to wing ∼HSK 6
植物园 植物園 zhí wù yuán botanical garden; arboretum ∼HSK 6
善款 善款 shàn kuǎn contributions; donations ∼HSK 6
捐给 捐給 juān gěi to donate ∼HSK 6
超额 超額 chāo é above quota ∼HSK 6
保险柜 保險櫃 bǎo xiǎn guì a safe; strongbox ∼HSK 6
慈善家 慈善家 cí shàn jiā philanthropist; humanitarian; charity donor ∼HSK 6
乐善好施 樂善好施 lè shàn hào shī kind and charitable ∼HSK 6
许愿 許願 xǔ yuàn to make a wish; to make a vow; to promise a reward ∼HSK 6
我儿 我兒 wǒ rén my child ∼HSK 6
稀饭 稀飯 xī fàn porridge; gruel; congee ∼HSK 6
残障 殘障 cán zhàng handicapped ∼HSK 6
之恩 之恩 zhī ēn kindness; favor; grace (of one's benefactor), as in "the kindness of ..." ∼HSK 6
混球 混球 hún qiú bastard; wretch; scoundrel ∼HSK 6
庄家 莊家 zhuāng jiā farmhouse; banker (gambling) ∼HSK 6
消防车 消防車 xiāo fáng chē fire engine; fire truck ∼HSK 6
绳之以法 繩之以法 shéng zhī yǐ fǎ to punish according to the law; to bring to justice ∼HSK 6
蠢猪 蠢豬 chǔn zhū stupid swine; idiot ∼HSK 6
筵席 筵席 yán xí banquet; mat for sitting ∼HSK 6
孤身 孤身 gū shēn alone; lonely ∼HSK 6
解缆 解纜 jiě lǎn to untie a mooring rope ∼HSK 6
看得起 看得起 kàn de qǐ to show respect for; to think highly of HSK 6
恩人 恩人 ēn rén a benefactor; a person who has significantly helped sb else HSK 6
霞 霞 xiá rose-tinted sky or clouds at sunrise or sunset HSK 6
合身 合身 hé shēn well-fitting (of clothes) HSK 6
不值 不值 bù zhí not worth HSK 6
馒头 饅頭 mán tou steamed roll; steamed bun; steamed bread HSK 6
只得 只得 zhǐ dé to have no alternative but to; to be obliged to HSK 6
把戏 把戲 bǎ xì acrobatics; jugglery; trick; ploy HSK 6