Once Upon a Time in China and America

Once Upon a Time in China and America 1997

黄飞鸿之西域雄狮 huángfēihóng zhī xīyù 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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个人 個人 gè rén individual; personal; oneself HSK 3
根本 根本 gēn běn fundamental; basic; root; simply; absolutely (not); (not) at all HSK 3
整个 整個 zhěng gè whole; entire; total HSK 3
拍 拍 pāi to pat; to clap; to slap; to swat; to take (a photo); to shoot (a film); racket (sports); beat (music) HSK 3
活 活 huó to live; alive; living; work; workmanship HSK 3
保护 保護 bǎo hù to protect; to defend; to safeguard; protection HSK 3
者 者 zhě (after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...; (after a noun) person involved in ...; -er; -ist; (used after a number or 后 or 前 to refer to sth mentioned previously); (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term); (old) (used at the end of a command); (old) this HSK 3
当然 當然 dāng rán only natural; as it should be; certainly; of course; without doubt HSK 3
连 連 lián to link; to join; to connect; continuously; in succession; including; (used with 也, 都 etc) even; company (military) HSK 3
其实 其實 qí shí actually; in fact; really HSK 3
只有 只有 zhǐ yǒu only have ...; there is only ...; (used in combination with 才) it is only if one ... (that one can ...) (Example: 只有通过治疗才能痊愈 "the only way to cure it is with therapy"); it is only ... (who ...) (Example: 要 "only men would have such a requirement"); (used to indicate that one has no alternative) one can only (do a certain thing) (Example: 服 "the only thing you can do is give in") HSK 3
决定 決定 jué dìng to decide (to do something); to resolve; decision; certainly HSK 3
由 由 yóu to follow; from; because of; due to; by; via; through; (before a noun and a verb) it is for ... to ... HSK 3
一切 一切 yī qiè everything; every; all HSK 3
美 美 Měi (bound form) the Americas (abbr. for 洲); (bound form) USA (abbr. for 美国) HSK 3
总 總 zǒng general; overall; to sum up; in every case; always; invariably; anyway; after all; eventually; sooner or later; surely; (after a person's name) abbr. for 总经理 or 总编 etc HSK 3
张 張 zhāng to open up; to spread; sheet of paper; classifier for flat objects, sheet; classifier for votes HSK 3
已 已 yǐ already; to stop; then; afterwards HSK 3
心 心 xīn heart; mind; intention; center; core HSK 3
世界 世界 shì jiè world HSK 3
只是 只是 zhǐ shì merely; only; just; nothing but; simply; but; however HSK 3
为了 為了 wèi le for; for the purpose of; in order to HSK 3
发生 發生 fā shēng to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out HSK 3
希望 希望 xī wàng to hope; a hope; a wish HSK 3
死 死 sǐ to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned HSK 3
需要 需要 xū yào to need; to want; to demand; to require; needs HSK 3
时 時 shí o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period HSK 3
就是 就是 jiù shì exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也) even; even if HSK 3
被 被 bèi quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅游 to "go on a trip", for example) HSK 3
把 把 bǎ to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把 + {noun} + {verb}) HSK 3
千里迢迢 千里迢迢 qiān lǐ - tiáo tiáo (idiom) from a great distance; (to come) from afar Idiom ∼HSK 2
开心 開心 kāi xīn to feel happy; to rejoice; to have a great time; to make fun of sb Xiehouyu HSK 2
够 夠 gòu enough (sufficient); enough (too much); (coll.) (before adj.) really; (coll.) to reach by stretching out Colloquialism HSK 2
黄飞鸿 黃飛鴻 Huáng Fēi hóng Wong Fei-hung (1847-1925), martial arts master Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
万里 萬里 Wàn Lǐ Wan Li (1916-2015), PRC politician Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
见过 見過 jiànguò seen HSK 2
苏 蘇 sū used in ∼HSK 2
林 林 Lín forest, grove; surname ∼HSK 2
不怕 不怕 bù pà fearless; not worried (by setbacks or difficulties); even if; even though ∼HSK 2
战 戰 zhàn war, fighting, battle ∼HSK 2
纳 納 Nà admit, take, receive, accept ∼HSK 2
华 華 Huá flowery; illustrious; Chinese ∼HSK 2
听懂 聽懂 tīng dǒng to understand (on hearing); to catch (what is spoken) ∼HSK 2
没问题 沒問題 méi wèn tí no problem ∼HSK 2
成了 成了 chéng le to be done; to be ready; that's enough!; that will do! ∼HSK 2
一周 一週 yī zhōu one week; all the way around; a whole cycle ∼HSK 2
知道了 知道了 zhī dào le OK!; Got it! ∼HSK 2
所有人 所有人 suǒ yǒu rén everyone; owner ∼HSK 2
介 介 jiè forerunner, herald, harbinger; to lie between; sea shell; to wear armor ∼HSK 2
教头 教頭 jiào tóu sporting coach; military drill master (in Song times) ∼HSK 2