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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| 的确 的確 | really; indeed | |
| 传统 傳統 | tradition; traditional; convention; conventional | |
| 冲 沖 | (of water) to dash against; to mix with water; to infuse; to rinse; to flush; to develop (a film); to rise in the air; to clash; to collide with | |
| 轮 輪 | wheel; disk; ring; steamship; to take turns; to rotate; classifier for big round objects: disk, or recurring events: round, turn | |
| 遇到 遇到 | to meet; to run into; to come across | |
| 兄弟 兄弟 | brothers; younger brother; I, me (humble term used by men in public speech); brotherly; fraternal | |
| 似乎 似乎 | it seems; seemingly; as if | |
| 解释 解釋 | explanation; to explain; to interpret; to resolve | |
| 不管 不管 | not to be concerned; regardless of; no matter | |
| 法 㳒 | France; French; abbr. for 法国; Taiwan pr. [Fà] | |
| 些 些 | classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several | |
| 定 定 | to set; to fix; to determine; to decide; to order | |
| 自 自 | self; oneself; from; since; naturally; surely | |
| 甚至 甚至 | even; so much so that | |
| 呀 呀 | (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt) | |
| 作为 作為 | one's conduct; deed; activity; accomplishment; achievement; to act as; as (in the capacity of); qua; to view as; to look upon (sth as); to take sth to be | |
| 此 此 | this; these | |
| 无 無 | not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-; -less | |
| 了解 了解 | to understand; to realize; to find out | |
| 而 而 | and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast) | |
| 后会有期 後會有期 | I'm sure we'll meet again some day. (idiom); Hope to see you again. | Idiom |
| 束手就擒 束手就擒 | lit. to submit to having one's hands tied and being taken prisoner (idiom); fig. to surrender without a fight | Idiom |
| 乱来 亂來 | to act recklessly; to mess around | Xiehouyu |
| 要是 要是 | (coll.) if | Colloquialism |
| 输 輸 | to lose; to be beaten; (bound form) to transport; (literary) to donate; to contribute; (coll.) to enter (a password) | Colloquialism |
| 血 血 | blood; colloquial pr. [xiě] | Colloquialism |
| 金山 金山 | Jinshan suburban district of Shanghai; Jinshan or Chinshan township in New Taipei City, Taiwan | Proper Noun |
| 旧金山 舊金山 | San Francisco, California | Proper Noun |
| 太平洋 太平洋 | Pacific Ocean | Proper Noun |
| 小镇 小鎮 | small town; village | Proper Noun |
| 叔 叔 | uncle; father's younger brother; husband's younger brother; Taiwan pr. [shu2] | |
| 几时 幾時 | at what time?; when? | |
| 兰 蘭 | orchid; elegant, graceful | |
| 绝不 絕不 | in no way; not in the least; absolutely not | |
| 干嘛 幹嘛 | what are you doing?; whatever for?; why on earth? | |
| 衫 衫 | shirt; robe; gown; jacket | |
| 强身健体 強身健體 | to keep fit and healthy | |
| 分光 分光 | (prefix) spectro- | |
| 大叔 大叔 | eldest of father's younger brothers; uncle (term used to address a man about the age of one's father) | |
| 饿死 餓死 | to starve to death; to be very hungry | |
| 心领 心領 | I appreciate your kindness (conventional reply to turn down an offer) | |
| 赶走 趕走 | to drive out; to turn back | |
| 心痛 心痛 | to feel distressed about sth; heartache; cardiac pain | |
| 有兴趣 有興趣 | interested; interesting | |
| 打赢 打贏 | to win; to beat (one's opponent) | |
| 有心 有心 | to have a mind to; to intend to; deliberately; considerate | |
| 终 終 | end; finally, in the end | |
| 转车 轉車 | to transfer; to change trains, buses etc | |
| 变心 變心 | to cease to feel a sense of loyalty (or gratitude etc) to sb or sth; to fall out of love with sb | |
| 有空 有空 | to have time (to do sth) |