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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| 专 專 | monopolize, take sole possession | |
| 十万 十萬 | hundred thousand | |
| 身分 身分 | variant of | |
| 案 案 | table, bench; legal case | |
| 一定要 一定要 | must | |
| 叫停 叫停 | (sports) to call a time-out; to halt; to put a stop to; to put on hold | |
| 听得见 聽得見 | audible | |
| 接上 接上 | to connect (a cable etc); to hook up (a device); to resume (a conversation); to set (a bone) | |
| 装成 裝成 | to pretend | |
| 吃鸡 吃雞 | (video games) PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG); battle royale game; last-man-standing game; to play PUBG (or similar game); to win at PUBG (or similar game) | |
| 喝酒 喝酒 | to drink (alcohol) | |
| 英 英 | petal, flower, leaf; brave, a hero; England, English | |
| 名儿 名兒 | name; fame | |
| 不一样 不一樣 | different; distinctive; unlike | |
| 吃完 吃完 | to finish eating | |
| 不当 不當 | unsuitable; improper; inappropriate | |
| 干掉 幹掉 | to get rid of | |
| 例 例 | precedent, example; regulation | |
| 动手动脚 動手動腳 | to come to blows; to paw; to grope; to get fresh | |
| 得很 得很 | (after an adjective) very | |
| 让开 讓開 | to get out of the way; to step aside | |
| 加点 加點 | to work extra hours; to do overtime | |
| 街上 街上 | on the street; in town | |
| 身手 身手 | skill; talent; agility | |
| 生事 生事 | to make trouble | |
| 新意 新意 | new idea | |
| 部落 部落 | tribe | |
| 出气 出氣 | to vent one's anger; to breathe out; to exhale | |
| 没有关系 沒有關係 | it doesn't matter | |
| 拉屎 拉屎 | to defecate; to shit; to crap | |
| 女孩子 女孩子 | girl | |
| 洗衣店 洗衣店 | laundry (commercial establishment) | |
| 微 微 | small, prefix micro-, trifling | |
| 打脸 打臉 | to put on theatrical makeup; (neologism c. 2014) to debunk sb's claim; to put egg on sb's face | |
| 才不 才不 | by no means; definitely not; as if!; yeah right! | |
| 明知 明知 | to be fully aware of; to know perfectly well | |
| 易 易 | change; easy | |
| 排行 排行 | to rank; ranking; seniority (among siblings) | |
| 出千 出千 | to cheat (in gambling) | |
| 不用客气 不用客氣 | you're welcome; don't mention it; no need to stand on ceremony | |
| 交出 交出 | to hand over | |
| 史 史 | history, chronicle, annals | |
| 分店 分店 | branch (of a chain store); annex | |
| 生子 生子 | to give birth to a child or children | |
| 在此 在此 | hereto; here | |
| 款 款 | item, article; clause; fund | |
| 取回 取回 | to retrieve | |
| 领导人 領導人 | leader | |
| 一点点 一點點 | a little bit | |
| 碰见 碰見 | to run into; to meet (unexpectedly); to bump into |