Once Upon a Time in China V

Once Upon a Time in China V 1994

鸿 huángfēihóng zhī lóngchéng jiān

After the authorities flee China with public funds, Wong Fei-Hung battles pirates and corrupt officials to help the government restore peace.

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Vocabulary

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shén deity; soul; spirit; unusual; mysterious; lively; expressive; expression; look; (slang) awesome; amazing HSK 5
lìng 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 HSK 5
zhī to organize; organization; (biology) tissue; (textiles) weave HSK 5
shēng sound; voice; tone; noise; reputation; classifier for sounds HSK 5
shā to kill; to murder; to attack; to weaken or reduce; to smart (dialect); (used after a verb) extremely HSK 5
gǎo to do; to make; to go in for; to set up; to get hold of; to take care of HSK 5
jiāng will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把) HSK 5
(prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very HSK 5
pán sǎn shā lit. like a sheet of loose sand; fig. unable to cooperate (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 4
suí yìng biàn to change according to the situation (idiom); pragmatic Idiom ∼HSK 4
jiǔ náng fàn dài wine sack, food bag (idiom); useless person, only fit for guzzling and boozing Idiom ∼HSK 4
sào xīng comet; person who brings bad luck; jinx Xiehouyu ∼HSK 4
- tiān (idiom) defiant of the law and lacking any sense of morality; lawless; out of control; unruly Xiehouyu ∼HSK 4
lái bu there's not enough time (to do sth); it's too late (to do sth) Xiehouyu HSK 4
gāo cháo high tide; high water; upsurge; peak of activity; climax (of a story, a competition etc); to have an orgasm Xiehouyu HSK 4
liáo tiān to chat; to gossip Xiehouyu HSK 4
bitter; hardship; pain; to suffer; to bring suffering to; painstakingly Xiehouyu HSK 4
lǎo gōng (coll.) husband Colloquialism HSK 4
lǎo (coll.) wife Colloquialism HSK 4
shāo to burn; to cook; to stew; to bake; to roast; to heat; to boil (tea, water etc); fever; to run a temperature; (coll.) to let things go to one's head Colloquialism HSK 4
liǎ two (colloquial equivalent of 两个); both; some Colloquialism HSK 4
xiàn guān district magistrate; county magistrate Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Xīn jūn New Armies (modernized Qing armies, trained and equipped according to Western standards, founded after Japan's victory in the First Sino-Japanese War in 1895) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Ā sēn Assen, city in the Netherlands Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Qīng cháo Qing dynasty (1644-1911) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
guó Lián jūn Eight-Nation Alliance, involved in a military intervention in northern China in 1900 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
shān Foshan, prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Zhí Zhili, a province from Ming times until 1928, roughly corresponding to present-day Hebei Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Pān Panyu District of Guangzhou City, Guangdong; Panyu County in Guangdong province Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Lǎo title of respect for the queen mother or the emperor's father; nickname for Empress Dowager Cixi Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Duō Dover Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
yīng Daying county in Suining, Sichuan; Great Britain Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Hóng Hongqi district of Xinxiang city, Henan Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Jiā qìng Jiaqing Emperor (1760-1820), seventh Qing emperor, personal name, reigned 1796-1820 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
dài Budai (the Laughing Buddha); Budai or Putai Town in Chiayi County, west Taiwan Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Sūn Sun (surname) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Míng Tài Ming Taizu, temple name of first Ming emperor Hongwu Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Guāng reign name of penultimate Qing emperor Guangxu or Guang-hsu (1875-1908) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Yán luó wáng (Buddhism) Yama, the King of Hell Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
鸿 Hóng zhāng Li Hung-chang or Li Hongzhang (1823-1901), Qing dynasty general, politician and diplomat Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Lái ān Lai'an, a county in Chuzhou, Anhui Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
méi xiǎng dào didn't expect HSK 4
zǎi small thing, child; young animal ∼HSK 4
wáng king; magnate; person having expert skill in something ∼HSK 4
dān yǎn ommatidium (single component of insect's compound eye); one eye (i.e. one's left or right eye) ∼HSK 4
shén me shì what matter ∼HSK 4
banner, flag, streamer ∼HSK 4
zuò guān to take an official post; to become a government employee ∼HSK 4
bu that's just the way it is; exactly! ∼HSK 4
mín tuán civil corps; militia ∼HSK 4