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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Vocabulary

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huì a moment; a while; in a moment; also pr. [yi1 hui3] ∼HSK 1
practice; flapping wings ∼HSK 1
gàn variant of ∼HSK 1
yǒu bié different; distinct; unequal; variable ∼HSK 1
several times ∼HSK 1
zhǎo bu dào can't find ∼HSK 1
kāi mén to open a door (lit. and fig.); to open for business ∼HSK 1
xià your distinguished self; your majesty; sire ∼HSK 1
zài xià under; myself (humble) ∼HSK 1
tài hǎo le very good ∼HSK 1
ge which; who ∼HSK 1
zài not to be present; to be out; (euphemism) to pass away; to be deceased ∼HSK 1
shì shì kàn to give it a try ∼HSK 1
de Get along with you! ∼HSK 1
bái rén white man or woman; Caucasian ∼HSK 1
kāi luó to beat the gong to open a performance ∼HSK 1
zǒu (neologism c. 2012) (interjection of encouragement) Let’s do this!; Come on, you can do this! ∼HSK 1
zhè zhǒng this kind of ∼HSK 1
first; first time; once; (math.) linear (of degree one) ∼HSK 1
méi yǒu shén me it is nothing; there's nothing... about it ∼HSK 1
míng not clear; unknown; to fail to understand ∼HSK 1
shuō chū to speak out; to declare (one's view) ∼HSK 1
duō how old?; how big?; how much?; so big; that much ∼HSK 1
mǎi xià to purchase (sth expensive, e.g. a house); to acquire (a company, a copyright etc) ∼HSK 1
jiù shì in other words; i.e. ∼HSK 1
bǎi fēn percent; percentage ∼HSK 1
xiǎng chū to figure out; to work out (a solution etc); to think up; to come up with (an idea etc) ∼HSK 1
huà shuō It is said that... (at the start of a narrative); to discuss; to recount ∼HSK 1
shí cross road; cross-shaped; crucifix; the character ten ∼HSK 1
xiān yǒu prior; preexisting ∼HSK 1
zuò shì to work; to handle matters; to have a job ∼HSK 1
zài together ∼HSK 1
yǒu wéi promising; to show promise ∼HSK 1
zuò gōng to work with one's hands; manual work; workmanship ∼HSK 1
zài wài outer; excluded ∼HSK 1
shí forty; 40 ∼HSK 1
de (taboo curse) damn it!; fucking ∼HSK 1
bān chē regular bus (service) ∼HSK 1
shàng to start on a journey; to be on one's way ∼HSK 1
bàn nián half a year HSK 1
qǐng jìn "please come in" HSK 1
yòng shuō needless to say; it goes without saying ∼HSK 1
thirsty HSK 1
kàn bìng to visit a doctor; to see a patient HSK 1
Zhōng wén Chinese language HSK 1
shàng chē to get on or into (a bus, train, car etc) HSK 1
date HSK 1
qǐng wèn Excuse me, may I ask...? HSK 1
zuò xia to sit down HSK 1
r there HSK 1