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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| 一场春梦 一場春夢 | 一: one; a, an; alone · 场: open space, field, market · 春: spring; wanton · 梦: dream; visionary; wishful | Idiom |
| 翻天覆地 翻天覆地 | sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom); fig. complete confusion; everything turned on its head | Idiom |
| 大惊小怪 大驚小怪 | to make a fuss about nothing (idiom) | Idiom |
| 高明 高明 | Gaoming District of Foshan City 市, Guangdong | Xiehouyu |
| 不服气 不服氣 | unwilling to concede; defiant; indignant; to find it galling | |
| 便利店 便利店 | convenience store | |
| 过奖 過獎 | to overpraise; to flatter | |
| 侍候 侍候 | to serve; to wait upon | |
| 铺路 鋪路 | to pave (with paving stones); to lay a road; (fig.) to lay the groundwork (for sth); to give a present to sb to ensure success | |
| 传人 傳人 | to teach; to impart; a disciple; descendant | |
| 浩劫 浩劫 | calamity; catastrophe; apocalypse | |
| 起劲 起勁 | energetic; vigorous; enthusiastic | |
| 凶恶 兇惡 | fierce; ferocious; fiendish; frightening | |
| 诬陷 誣陷 | to entrap; to frame; to plant false evidence against sb | |
| 大款 大款 | very wealthy person | |
| 绝招 絕招 | unique skill; unexpected tricky move (as a last resort); masterstroke; finishing blow | |
| 标致 標致 | beautiful (of woman); pretty | |
| 告示 告示 | announcement | |
| 喜庆 喜慶 | jubilation; festive | |
| 解围 解圍 | to lift a siege; to help sb out of trouble or embarrassment | |
| 算数 算數 | to count numbers; to keep to one's word; to hold (i.e. to remain valid); to count (i.e. to be important) | |
| 黏 黏 | sticky; glutinous; (Tw) to adhere; to stick on; to glue | |
| 与其 與其 | rather than...; 与其 A 如 B (rather than A, better to B) | |
| 容许 容許 | to permit; to allow | |
| 贯彻 貫徹 | to implement; to put into practice; to carry out | |
| 发扬 發揚 | to develop; to make full use of | |
| 得手 得手 | to go smoothly; to come off; to succeed | |
| 通缉 通緝 | to order the arrest of sb as criminal; to list as wanted | |
| 迁 遷 | to move; to shift; to change (a position or location etc); to promote | |
| 粗暴 粗暴 | rough; cruel | |
| 姨 姨 | mother's sister; aunt | |
| 担当 擔當 | to take upon oneself; to assume | |
| 指点 指點 | to point out; to indicate; to give directions; to show how (to do sth); to censure; to pick at | |
| 上游 上游 | upper reaches (of a river); upper level; upper echelon; upstream | |
| 分明 分明 | clear; distinct; evidently; clearly | |
| 启示 啟示 | to reveal; to enlighten; enlightenment; revelation; illumination; moral (of a story etc); lesson | |
| 从头 從頭 | anew; from the start | |
| 不容 不容 | must not; cannot; to not allow; cannot tolerate | |
| 招牌 招牌 | signboard; shop sign; reputation of a business | |
| 保重 保重 | to take care of oneself | |
| 揉 揉 | to knead; to massage; to rub | |
| 稍后 稍後 | in a little while; in a moment; later on | |
| 点心 點心 | light refreshments; pastry; dim sum (in Cantonese cooking); dessert | |
| 余 餘 | extra; surplus; remaining; remainder after division; (following numerical value) or more; in excess of (some number); residue (math.); after; I; me | |
| 搜查 搜查 | to search | |
| 擅自 擅自 | without permission | |
| 不妨 不妨 | there is no harm in; might as well | |
| 心意 心意 | intention; regard; kindly feelings | |
| 奴隶 奴隸 | slave | |
| 淋 淋 | to sprinkle; to drip; to pour; to drench |