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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| 前来 前來 | to come (formal); before; previously | |
| 凶 兇 | terrible; fearful | |
| 跌 跌 | to fall; to tumble; to trip; (of prices etc) to drop; Taiwan pr. [dié] | |
| 从没 從沒 | never (in the past); never did | |
| 同一 同一 | identical; the same | |
| 路过 路過 | to pass by or through | |
| 娃娃 娃娃 | baby; small child; doll | |
| 灭 滅 | to extinguish or put out; to go out (of a fire etc); to exterminate or wipe out; to drown | |
| 救命 救命 | to save sb's life; (interj.) Help!; Save me! | |
| 狠 狠 | ruthless; fierce; ferocious; determined; to harden (one's heart); old variant of 很 | |
| 算了 算了 | let it be; let it pass; forget about it | |
| 幻想 幻想 | delusion; fantasy | |
| 惨 慘 | miserable; wretched; cruel; inhuman; disastrous; tragic; dim; gloomy | |
| 本地 本地 | local; this locality | |
| 判 判 | to judge; to sentence; to discriminate; to discern; clearly distinguishable | |
| 当作 當作 | to treat as; to regard as | |
| 无关 無關 | unrelated; having nothing to do (with sth else) | |
| 蒙 濛 | drizzle; mist | |
| 赌 賭 | to bet; to gamble | |
| 晕 暈 | confused; dizzy; giddy; to faint; to swoon; to lose consciousness; to pass out | |
| 族 族 | race; nationality; ethnicity; clan; by extension, social group (e.g. office workers 上班族) | |
| 市民 市民 | city resident | |
| 露 露 | to show; to reveal; to betray; to expose | |
| 嗨 嗨 | oh alas; hey!; hi! (loanword); a high (natural or drug-induced) (loanword) | |
| 上帝 上帝 | God | |
| 再说 再說 | to say again; to put off a discussion until later; moreover; what's more; besides | |
| 聊 聊 | to chat; to depend upon (literary); temporarily; just; slightly | |
| 赚 賺 | to earn; to make a profit | |
| 印 印 | to print; to mark; to engrave; a seal; a print; a stamp; a mark; a trace; image | |
| 罪 罪 | guilt; crime; fault; blame; sin | |
| 镇 鎮 | to press down; to calm; to subdue; to suppress; to guard; garrison; small town; to cool or chill (food or drinks) | |
| 命 命 | life; fate; order or command; to assign a name, title etc | |
| 若 若 | to seem; like; as; if | |
| 副 副 | secondary; auxiliary; deputy; assistant; vice-; abbr. for 副词 adverb; classifier for pairs, sets of things & facial expressions | |
| 清 清 | (of water etc) clear; clean; quiet; still; pure; uncorrupted; clear; distinct; to clear; to settle (accounts) | |
| 便 便 | plain; informal; suitable; convenient; opportune; to urinate or defecate; equivalent to 就: then; in that case; even if; soon afterwards | |
| 入 入 | to enter; to go into; to join; to become a member of; to confirm or agree with; abbr. for 入声 | |
| 因 囙 | cause; reason; because | |
| 有关 有關 | to have sth to do with; to relate to; related to; to concern; concerning | |
| 如 如 | as; as if; such as | |
| 啦 啦 | (onom.) sound of singing, cheering etc; (phonetic); (dialect) to chat | |
| 与 與 | and; to give; together with | |
| 碰运气 碰運氣 | to try one's luck; to leave sth to chance | Xiehouyu |
| 多管闲事 多管閒事 | meddling in other people's business | Xiehouyu |
| 臭 臭 | stench; smelly; to smell (bad); repulsive; loathsome; terrible; bad; severely; ruthlessly; dud (ammunition) | Xiehouyu |
| 收拾 收拾 | to put in order; to tidy up; to pack; to repair; (coll.) to sort sb out; to fix sb | Colloquialism |
| 芝 芝 | Zoysia pungens | |
| 筠 筠 | bamboo skin; bamboo | |
| 哩 哩 | mile | |
| 豆 荳 | beans, peas; bean-shaped |