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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赚 賺 zhuàn to earn; to make a profit HSK 6
滴 滴 dī a drop; to drip HSK 6
为何 為何 wèi hé why HSK 6
混 混 hùn to mix; to mingle; muddled; to drift along; to muddle along; to pass for; to get along with sb; thoughtless; reckless HSK 6
最佳 最佳 zuì jiā optimum; optimal; peak; best (athlete, movie etc) HSK 6
爆炸 爆炸 bào zhà explosion; to explode; to blow up; to detonate HSK 6
自我 自我 zì wǒ self-; ego (psychology) HSK 6
英雄 英雄 yīng xióng hero HSK 6
命 命 mìng life; fate; order or command; to assign a name, title etc HSK 6
逼 偪 bī to force (sb to do sth); to compel; to press for; to extort; to press on towards; to press up to; to close in on; euphemistic variant of 屄 HSK 6
清 清 qīng (of water etc) clear; clean; quiet; still; pure; uncorrupted; clear; distinct; to clear; to settle (accounts) HSK 6
不再 不再 bù zài no more; no longer HSK 6
便 便 biàn plain; informal; suitable; convenient; opportune; to urinate or defecate; equivalent to 就: then; in that case; even if; soon afterwards HSK 6
作 作 zuō worker; workshop; (slang) troublesome; high-maintenance (person) HSK 6
如 如 rú as; as if; such as HSK 6
啦 啦 lā (onom.) sound of singing, cheering etc; (phonetic); (dialect) to chat HSK 6
与 與 yǔ and; to give; together with HSK 6
高抬贵手 高抬貴手 gāo tái guì shǒu to be generous (idiom); to be magnanimous; Give me a break! Idiom ∼HSK 5
歌舞升平 歌舞昇平 gē wǔ - shēng píng lit. to celebrate peace with songs and dance (idiom); fig. to make a show of happiness and prosperity Idiom ∼HSK 5
忽冷忽热 忽冷忽熱 hū lěng hū rè now hot, now cold; (of one's mood, affection etc) to alternate Xiehouyu ∼HSK 5
混蛋 混蛋 hún dàn scoundrel; bastard; hoodlum; wretch Xiehouyu ∼HSK 5
臭 臭 chòu stench; smelly; to smell (bad); repulsive; loathsome; terrible; bad; severely; ruthlessly; dud (ammunition) Xiehouyu HSK 5
骆驼 駱駝 luò tuo camel (CL:,,); (coll.) blockhead; ninny Colloquialism ∼HSK 5
慌 慌 huāng to get panicky; to lose one's head; (coll.) (after 得) unbearably; terribly Colloquialism HSK 5
收拾 收拾 shōu shi to put in order; to tidy up; to pack; to repair; (coll.) to sort sb out; to fix sb Colloquialism HSK 5
红豆 紅豆 hóng dòu azuki bean; red bean ∼HSK 5
桂 桂 Guì cassia or cinnamon ∼HSK 5
阿婆 阿婆 ā pó granny; mother-in-law ∼HSK 5
么 麼 me interrogative particle (variant of 嘛) ∼HSK 5
怎么搞的 怎麼搞的 zěn me gǎo de How did it happen?; What's wrong?; What went wrong?; What's up? ∼HSK 5
赫 赫 Hè bright, radiant, glowing ∼HSK 5
年青 年青 nián qīng youthful ∼HSK 5
痕 痕 hén scar; mark; trace ∼HSK 5
妞 妞 niū girl ∼HSK 5
恭祝 恭祝 gōng zhù to congratulate respectfully; to wish good luck and success (esp. to a superior); with best wishes (in writing) ∼HSK 5
看戏 看戲 kàn xì to watch a play; to watch passively (i.e. from the sidelines, from the crowd) ∼HSK 5
巩 鞏 Gǒng bind; firm, secure, strong ∼HSK 5
杀机 殺機 shā jī desire to commit murder; great danger ∼HSK 5
不忍 不忍 bù rěn cannot bear to ∼HSK 5
大师兄 大師兄 dà shī xiōng eldest senior brother ∼HSK 5
滑水 滑水 huá shuǐ water skiing; to water-ski ∼HSK 5
蓄意 蓄意 xù yì deliberate; premeditated; malice ∼HSK 5
叙旧 敘舊 xù jiù to reminisce; to talk about former times ∼HSK 5
珍 珍 zhēn precious, valuable, rare ∼HSK 5
糗 糗 Qiǔ parched wheat or rice; broken grain ∼HSK 5
觅 覓 mì seek; search ∼HSK 5
饨 飩 tún stuffed dumplings ∼HSK 5
凤 鳳 Fèng male phoenix; symbol of joy ∼HSK 5
菇 菇 gū mushrooms ∼HSK 5
蛙 蛙 wā frog ∼HSK 5