Once Upon a Time in China and America 1997
黄飞鸿之西域雄狮
So goes to the U.S. to open a martial arts school. Around this time, many Chinese people were sold off to U.S. railroad companies, and were brutally treated by the Americans under the harsh working conditions. Thus, the American workers' hatred towards the Chinese immigrants is high. As a result, So gets into trouble with the Americans and the mob, and calls Master Wong for help.
Vocabulary
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| 决 決 | decide, determine, judge | |
| 领班 領班 | supervisor; foreman; head waiter or waitress | |
| 病痛 病痛 | slight illness; indisposition; ailment | |
| 先下手为强 先下手為強 | (idiom) strike first to gain the upper hand | |
| 连累 連累 | to implicate; to get (sb) into trouble; also pr. [lian2lei3] or [lian2lei4] | |
| 死囚 死囚 | prisoner that awaits execution; convict sentenced to death; someone on death row | |
| 去死 去死 | go to hell!; drop dead! | |
| 劲 勁 | strong, unyielding, tough, power | |
| 谈谈 談談 | to discuss; to have a chat | |
| 初一 初一 | first day of lunar month; New Year's Day; first year in junior middle school | |
| 华人 華人 | ethnic Chinese person or people | |
| 故乡 故鄉 | home; homeland; native place | |
| 纪念日 紀念日 | day of commemoration; memorial day | |
| 大夫 大夫 | senior official (in imperial China) | |
| 中华民族 中華民族 | the Chinese nation; the Chinese people (collective reference to all the ethnic groups in China) | |
| 干吗 幹嗎 | see 干嘛 | |
| 发达 發達 | well-developed; flourishing; to develop; to promote; to expand; (literary) to achieve fame and fortune; to prosper | |
| 东部 東部 | the east; eastern part | |
| 行李 行李 | luggage | |
| 家乡 家鄉 | hometown; native place | |
| 考验 考驗 | to test; to put to the test; trial; ordeal | |
| 整天 整天 | all day long; whole day | |
| 上来 上來 | to come up; to approach; (verb complement indicating success) | |
| 只好 只好 | to have no other option but to ...; to have to; to be forced to | |
| 补 補 | to repair; to patch; to mend; to make up for; to fill (a vacancy); to supplement | |
| 声明 聲明 | to state; to declare; statement; declaration | |
| 吵 吵 | to quarrel; to make a noise; noisy; to disturb by making a noise | |
| 双方 雙方 | bilateral; both sides; both parties involved | |
| 啤酒 啤酒 | beer (loanword) | |
| 成立 成立 | to establish; to set up; to be tenable; to hold water | |
| 对待 對待 | to treat; treatment | |
| 念 唸 | to read; to study (a subject); to attend (a school); to read aloud; to give (sb) a tongue-lashing; to miss (sb); idea; remembrance; twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿) | |
| 女子 女子 | woman; female | |
| 恐怕 恐怕 | fear; to dread; I'm afraid that...; perhaps; maybe | |
| 争取 爭取 | to fight for; to strive for; to win over | |
| 铁 鐵 | iron (metal); arms; weapons; hard; strong; violent; unshakeable; determined; close; tight (slang) | |
| 生意 生意 | life force; vitality | |
| 印象 印象 | impression (sth that stays in one's mind); a memory | |
| 互相 互相 | each other; mutually; mutual | |
| 宣传 宣傳 | to disseminate; to give publicity to; propaganda | |
| 阳光 陽光 | sunshine; (of personality) upbeat; energetic; transparent (open to public scrutiny) | |
| 发出 發出 | to issue (an order, decree etc); to send out; to dispatch; to produce (a sound); to let out (a laugh) | |
| 反正 反正 | anyway; in any case; to come over from the enemy's side | |
| 简直 簡直 | simply; really | |
| 意外 意外 | unexpected; accident; mishap | |
| 咖啡 咖啡 | coffee (loanword) | |
| 布 佈 | cloth; to declare; to announce; to spread; to make known | |
| 压 壓 | to press; to push down; to keep under (control); pressure | |
| 合 合 | 100 ml; one-tenth of a peck; measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth of sheng 升 or liter, or one-hundredth dou 斗 | |
| 共同 共同 | common; joint; jointly; together; collaborative |