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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| 顿 頓 | to stop; to pause; to arrange; to lay out; to kowtow; to stamp (one's foot); at once; classifier for meals, beatings, scoldings etc: time, bout, spell, meal | |
| 乐 樂 | happy; cheerful; to laugh | |
| 龙 龍 | dragon; imperial | |
| 抓住 抓住 | to grab hold of; to capture | |
| 麻烦 麻煩 | trouble; inconvenience; inconvenient; troublesome; annoying; to bother sb; to put sb to trouble | |
| 代 代 | to substitute; to act on behalf of others; to replace; generation; dynasty; age; period; (historical) era; (geological) eon | |
| 受伤 受傷 | to sustain injuries; wounded (in an accident etc); harmed | |
| 外面 外面 | outside (also pr. [wài mian] for this sense); surface; exterior; external appearance | |
| 左右 左右 | left and right; nearby; approximately; attendant; to control; to influence | |
| 空 空 | empty; air; sky; in vain | |
| 范围 範圍 | range; scope; limit; extent | |
| 后面 後面 | the back; the rear; the last bit; behind; near the end; at the back; later; afterwards | |
| 刀 刀 | surname Dao | |
| 理由 理由 | reason; grounds; justification | |
| 追 追 | to chase; to pursue; to look into; to investigate; to reminisce; to recall; to court (one's beloved); to binge-watch (a TV drama); retroactively; posthumously | |
| 痛 痛 | ache; pain; sorrow; deeply; thoroughly | |
| 从来 從來 | always; at all times; never (if used in negative sentence) | |
| 救 捄 | to save; to assist; to rescue | |
| 危险 危險 | danger; dangerous | |
| 更加 更加 | more (than sth else); even more | |
| 老板 老闆 | boss; business proprietor | |
| 照 炤 | according to; in accordance with; to shine; to illuminate; to reflect; to look at (one's reflection); to take (a photo); photo; as requested; as before | |
| 牛 牛 | ox; cow; bull; newton (abbr. for 牛顿); (slang) awesome | |
| 难道 難道 | don't tell me ...; could it be that...? | |
| 困难 困難 | difficult; challenging; straitened circumstances; difficult situation | |
| 表演 表演 | play; show; performance; exhibition; to perform; to act; to demonstrate | |
| 久 久 | (long) time; (long) duration of time | |
| 跳 跳 | to jump; to hop; to skip over; to bounce; to palpitate | |
| 事实 事實 | fact | |
| 挂 掛 | to hang or suspend (from a hook etc); to hang up (the phone); (of a line) to be dead; to be worried or concerned; to make a phone call (dialect); to register or record; classifier for sets or clusters of objects; (slang) to kill; to die; to be finished; to fail (an exam) | |
| 紧张 緊張 | nervous; keyed up; intense; tense; strained; in short supply; scarce | |
| 赢 贏 | to beat; to win; to profit | |
| 幸福 幸福 | happiness; happy; blessed | |
| 城 城 | city walls; city; town | |
| 交易 交易 | to deal; to trade; to transact; transaction; deal | |
| 首先 首先 | first (of all); in the first place | |
| 下去 下去 | to go down; to descend; to go on; to continue; (of a servant) to withdraw | |
| 证明 證明 | proof; certificate; identification; testimonial; to prove; to testify; to confirm the truth of | |
| 光 光 | light; ray; bright; shiny; only; merely; used up; finished; to leave (a part of the body) uncovered | |
| 各位 各位 | everybody; all (guests, colleagues etc); all of you | |
| 到底 到底 | finally; in the end; when all is said and done; after all; to the end; to the last | |
| 简单 簡單 | simple; not complicated | |
| 曾经 曾經 | once; already; former; previously; ever; (past tense marker used before verb or clause) | |
| 伤 傷 | to injure; injury; wound | |
| 生命 生命 | life (as the characteristic of living beings); living being; creature | |
| 容易 容易 | easy; straightforward; likely; liable to; apt to | |
| 里面 裡面 | inside; interior; also pr. [lǐ mian] | |
| 代表 代表 | representative; delegate; to represent; to stand for; on behalf of; in the name of | |
| 精神 精神 | spirit; mind; consciousness; thought; mental; psychological; essence; gist | |
| 指 指 | finger; to point at or to; to indicate or refer to; to depend on; to count on; (of hair) to stand on end |