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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qián lái to come (formal); before; previously HSK 6
xiōng terrible; fearful HSK 6
diē to fall; to tumble; to trip; (of prices etc) to drop; Taiwan pr. [dié] HSK 6
cóng méi never (in the past); never did HSK 6
tóng identical; the same HSK 6
guò to pass by or through HSK 6
wa baby; small child; doll HSK 6
miè to extinguish or put out; to go out (of a fire etc); to exterminate or wipe out; to drown HSK 6
jiù mìng to save sb's life; (interj.) Help!; Save me! HSK 6
hěn ruthless; fierce; ferocious; determined; to harden (one's heart); old variant of 很 HSK 6
suàn le let it be; let it pass; forget about it HSK 6
huàn xiǎng delusion; fantasy HSK 6
cǎn miserable; wretched; cruel; inhuman; disastrous; tragic; dim; gloomy HSK 6
běn local; this locality HSK 6
pàn to judge; to sentence; to discriminate; to discern; clearly distinguishable HSK 6
dàng zuò to treat as; to regard as HSK 6
guān unrelated; having nothing to do (with sth else) HSK 6
méng drizzle; mist HSK 6
to bet; to gamble HSK 6
yūn confused; dizzy; giddy; to faint; to swoon; to lose consciousness; to pass out HSK 6
race; nationality; ethnicity; clan; by extension, social group (e.g. office workers 上班族) HSK 6
shì mín city resident HSK 6
lòu to show; to reveal; to betray; to expose HSK 6
hāi oh alas; hey!; hi! (loanword); a high (natural or drug-induced) (loanword) HSK 6
Shàng God HSK 6
zài shuō to say again; to put off a discussion until later; moreover; what's more; besides HSK 6
liáo to chat; to depend upon (literary); temporarily; just; slightly HSK 6
zhuàn to earn; to make a profit HSK 6
yìn to print; to mark; to engrave; a seal; a print; a stamp; a mark; a trace; image HSK 6
zuì guilt; crime; fault; blame; sin HSK 6
zhèn to press down; to calm; to subdue; to suppress; to guard; garrison; small town; to cool or chill (food or drinks) HSK 6
mìng life; fate; order or command; to assign a name, title etc HSK 6
ruò to seem; like; as; if HSK 6
secondary; auxiliary; deputy; assistant; vice-; abbr. for 副词 adverb; classifier for pairs, sets of things & facial expressions HSK 6
qīng (of water etc) clear; clean; quiet; still; pure; uncorrupted; clear; distinct; to clear; to settle (accounts) HSK 6
便 便 biàn plain; informal; suitable; convenient; opportune; to urinate or defecate; equivalent to 就: then; in that case; even if; soon afterwards HSK 6
to enter; to go into; to join; to become a member of; to confirm or agree with; abbr. for 入声 HSK 6
yīn cause; reason; because HSK 6
yǒu guān to have sth to do with; to relate to; related to; to concern; concerning HSK 6
as; as if; such as HSK 6
(onom.) sound of singing, cheering etc; (phonetic); (dialect) to chat HSK 6
and; to give; together with HSK 6
pèng yùn qi to try one's luck; to leave sth to chance Xiehouyu ∼HSK 5
duō guǎn xián shì meddling in other people's business Xiehouyu ∼HSK 5
chòu stench; smelly; to smell (bad); repulsive; loathsome; terrible; bad; severely; ruthlessly; dud (ammunition) Xiehouyu HSK 5
shōu shi to put in order; to tidy up; to pack; to repair; (coll.) to sort sb out; to fix sb Colloquialism HSK 5
zhī Zoysia pungens ∼HSK 5
yún bamboo skin; bamboo ∼HSK 5
mile ∼HSK 5
dòu beans, peas; bean-shaped ∼HSK 5