Once Upon a Time in China and America

Once Upon a Time in China and America 1997

鸿西 huángfēihóng zhī xióngshī

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.

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dùn 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 HSK 3
happy; cheerful; to laugh HSK 3
lóng dragon; imperial HSK 3
zhuā zhù to grab hold of; to capture HSK 3
fan trouble; inconvenience; inconvenient; troublesome; annoying; to bother sb; to put sb to trouble HSK 3
dài to substitute; to act on behalf of others; to replace; generation; dynasty; age; period; (historical) era; (geological) eon HSK 3
shòu shāng to sustain injuries; wounded (in an accident etc); harmed HSK 3
wài miàn outside (also pr. [wài mian] for this sense); surface; exterior; external appearance HSK 3
zuǒ yòu left and right; nearby; approximately; attendant; to control; to influence HSK 3
kōng empty; air; sky; in vain HSK 3
fàn wéi range; scope; limit; extent HSK 3
hòu mian the back; the rear; the last bit; behind; near the end; at the back; later; afterwards HSK 3
Dāo surname Dao HSK 3
yóu reason; grounds; justification HSK 3
zhuī 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 HSK 3
tòng ache; pain; sorrow; deeply; thoroughly HSK 3
cóng lái always; at all times; never (if used in negative sentence) HSK 3
jiù to save; to assist; to rescue HSK 3
wēi xiǎn danger; dangerous HSK 3
gèng jiā more (than sth else); even more HSK 3
lǎo bǎn boss; business proprietor HSK 3
zhào 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 HSK 3
niú ox; cow; bull; newton (abbr. for 牛顿); (slang) awesome HSK 3
nán dào don't tell me ...; could it be that...? HSK 3
kùn nan difficult; challenging; straitened circumstances; difficult situation HSK 3
biǎo yǎn play; show; performance; exhibition; to perform; to act; to demonstrate HSK 3
jiǔ (long) time; (long) duration of time HSK 3
tiào to jump; to hop; to skip over; to bounce; to palpitate HSK 3
shì shí fact HSK 3
guà 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) HSK 3
jǐn zhāng nervous; keyed up; intense; tense; strained; in short supply; scarce HSK 3
yíng to beat; to win; to profit HSK 3
xìng happiness; happy; blessed HSK 3
chéng city walls; city; town HSK 3
jiāo to deal; to trade; to transact; transaction; deal HSK 3
shǒu xiān first (of all); in the first place HSK 3
xià to go down; to descend; to go on; to continue; (of a servant) to withdraw HSK 3
zhèng míng proof; certificate; identification; testimonial; to prove; to testify; to confirm the truth of HSK 3
guāng light; ray; bright; shiny; only; merely; used up; finished; to leave (a part of the body) uncovered HSK 3
wèi everybody; all (guests, colleagues etc); all of you HSK 3
dào finally; in the end; when all is said and done; after all; to the end; to the last HSK 3
jiǎn dān simple; not complicated HSK 3
céng jīng once; already; former; previously; ever; (past tense marker used before verb or clause) HSK 3
shāng to injure; injury; wound HSK 3
shēng mìng life (as the characteristic of living beings); living being; creature HSK 3
róng easy; straightforward; likely; liable to; apt to HSK 3
miàn inside; interior; also pr. [lǐ mian] HSK 3
dài biǎo representative; delegate; to represent; to stand for; on behalf of; in the name of HSK 3
jīng shén spirit; mind; consciousness; thought; mental; psychological; essence; gist HSK 3
zhǐ finger; to point at or to; to indicate or refer to; to depend on; to count on; (of hair) to stand on end HSK 3