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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| 打架 打架 | to fight; to scuffle; to come to blows | |
| 隔壁 隔壁 | next door; neighbor | |
| 客气 客氣 | polite; courteous; formal; modest | |
| 师傅 師傅 | master; qualified worker; respectful form of address for older men | |
| 打扰 打擾 | to disturb; to bother; to trouble | |
| 闯 闖 | to rush; to charge; to dash; to break through; to temper oneself (through battling hardships) | |
| 也好 也好 | that's fine; may as well; (reduplicated) regardless of whether ... or ... | |
| 天才 天才 | talent; gift; genius; talented; gifted | |
| 完了 完了 | to be finished; to be done for; ruined; gone to the dogs; oh no | |
| 子弹 子彈 | bullet | |
| 起码 起碼 | at the minimum; at the very least | |
| 广 广 | "house on a cliff" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 53), occurring in 店, 序, 底 etc | |
| 迟 遲 | late; delayed; slow | |
| 不许 不許 | not to allow; must not; can't | |
| 友谊 友誼 | companionship; fellowship; friendship | |
| 消除 消除 | to eliminate; to remove | |
| 得了 得了 | all right!; that's enough! | |
| 夹 夾 | to press from either side; to place in between; to sandwich; to carry sth under armpit; wedged between; between; to intersperse; to mix; to mingle; clip; folder; Taiwan pr. [jiá] | |
| 搜 搜 | to search | |
| 抬 抬 | to lift; to raise; (of two or more persons) to carry | |
| 动手 動手 | to set about (a task); to hit; to punch; to touch | |
| 绕 繞 | to wind; to coil (thread); to rotate around; to spiral; to move around; to go round (an obstacle); to by-pass; to make a detour; to confuse; to perplex | |
| 虎 虎 | tiger | |
| 在场 在場 | to be present; to be on the scene | |
| 认 認 | to recognize; to know; to admit | |
| 全都 全都 | all; without exception | |
| 脑子 腦子 | brains; mind | |
| 青 青 | abbr. for 海, Qinghai Province | |
| 回头 回頭 | to turn round; to turn one's head; later; by and by | |
| 本人 本人 | I; me; myself; oneself; yourself; himself; herself; the person concerned | |
| 贷款 貸款 | a loan; to provide a loan (e.g. bank); to raise a loan (from e.g. a bank) | |
| 必 必 | certainly; must; will; necessarily | |
| 辛苦 辛苦 | exhausting; hard; tough; arduous; to work hard; to go to a lot of trouble; hardship(s) | |
| 一辈子 一輩子 | (for) a lifetime | |
| 欣赏 欣賞 | to appreciate; to enjoy; to admire | |
| 暂时 暫時 | temporary; provisional; for the time being | |
| 撞 撞 | to knock against; to bump into; to run into; to meet by accident | |
| 滚 滾 | to boil; to roll; to take a hike; Get lost! | |
| 可惜 可惜 | it is a pity; what a pity; unfortunately | |
| 厉害 厲害 | (used to describe sb or sth that makes a very strong impression, whether favorable or unfavorable) terrible; intense; severe; devastating; amazing; awesome; outstanding; (of a person) stern; strict; harsh; shrewd; tough; (of an animal) fierce; (of a resemblance) striking; (of liquor or chili pepper) strong; (of bacteria) virulent | |
| 记忆 記憶 | to remember; to recall; memory | |
| 舞 舞 | to dance; to wield; to brandish | |
| 之中 之中 | inside; among; in the midst of (doing sth); during | |
| 鬼 鬼 | disembodied spirit; ghost; devil; (suffix) person with a certain vice or addiction etc; sly; crafty; resourceful (variant of 诡); one of the 28 constellations of ancient Chinese astronomy | |
| 疯 瘋 | insane; mad; wild | |
| 拒绝 拒絕 | to refuse; to decline; to reject | |
| 枪 槍 | gun; firearm; rifle; spear; thing with shape or function similar to a gun; to substitute for another person in a test; to knock; classifier for rifle shots | |
| 讨厌 討厭 | to dislike; to loathe; disagreeable; troublesome; annoying | |
| 抢 搶 | to fight over; to rush; to scramble; to grab; to rob; to snatch | |
| 令 令 | to order; to command; an order; warrant; writ; to cause; to make sth happen; virtuous; honorific title; season; government position (old); type of short song or poem |