Once Upon a Time in China 1991
黄飞鸿之一：壮志凌云
In late 19th-century Canton, legendary hero Wong Fei-Hung battles foreign forces' (English, French and American) plundering of China. When Aunt Yee returns from America totally westernised, Wong assumes the role of protector. This proves difficult when his martial arts school and local militia become involved in fierce battles with foreign and local governments. As violence escalates, even Aunt Yee has to question her new western ideals, but is it possible to fight guns with Kung Fu?
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Vocabulary
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| 味儿 味兒 | taste | |
| 不要紧 不要緊 | unimportant; not serious; it doesn't matter; never mind; it looks all right, but | |
| 大爷 大爺 | arrogant idler; self-centered show-off | |
| 着火 著火 | to catch fire | |
| 台阶 臺階 | steps; flight of steps; step (over obstacle); fig. way out of an embarrassing situation; bench (geology) | |
| 咸 咸 | all; everyone; each; widespread; harmonious | |
| 老家 老家 | native place; place of origin; home state or region | |
| 伞 傘 | umbrella; parasol | |
| 避 避 | to avoid; to shun; to flee; to escape; to keep away from; to leave; to hide from | |
| 严 嚴 | tight (closely sealed); stern; strict; rigorous; severe; father | |
| 招呼 招呼 | to call out to; to greet; to say hello to; to inform; to take care of; to take care that one does not | |
| 误会 誤會 | to misunderstand; to mistake; misunderstanding | |
| 说不定 說不定 | can't say for sure; maybe | |
| 吃惊 吃驚 | to be startled; to be shocked; to be amazed | |
| 阿姨 阿姨 | maternal aunt; step-mother; childcare worker; nursemaid; woman of similar age to one's parents (term of address used by child) | |
| 薄 薄 | thin; cold in manner; indifferent; weak; light; infertile | |
| 伙 夥 | companion; partner; group; classifier for groups of people; to combine; together | |
| 眼镜 眼鏡 | spectacles; eyeglasses | |
| 投诉 投訴 | complaint; to complain; to register a complaint (esp. as a customer) | |
| 从此 從此 | from now on; since then; henceforth | |
| 转身 轉身 | (of a person) to turn round; to face about; (of a widow) to remarry (archaic) | |
| 笨 笨 | stupid; foolish; silly; slow-witted; clumsy | |
| 约会 約會 | appointment; engagement; date; to arrange to meet | |
| 怀念 懷念 | to cherish the memory of; to think of; to reminisce | |
| 大哥 大哥 | eldest brother; big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself); gang leader; boss | |
| 反而 反而 | on the contrary; instead | |
| 密 密 | secret; confidential; close; thick; dense | |
| 县 縣 | county | |
| 宽 寬 | wide; broad; loose; relaxed; lenient | |
| 运气 運氣 | luck (good or bad) | |
| 对付 對付 | to handle; to deal with; to tackle; to get by with; to make do; (dialect) (usu. used in the negative) to get along with (sb) | |
| 想念 想念 | to miss; to remember with longing; to long to see again | |
| 刷 刷 | to brush; to paint; to daub; to paste up; to skip class (of students); to fire from a job | |
| 划 划 | to row; to paddle; profitable; worth (the effort); it pays (to do sth) | |
| 散 㪚 | scattered; loose; to come loose; to fall apart; leisurely; powdered medicine | |
| 引 引 | to draw (e.g. a bow); to pull; to stretch sth; to extend; to lengthen; to involve or implicate in; to attract; to lead; to guide; to leave; to provide evidence or justification for; old unit of distance equal to 10 丈, one-thirtieth of a km or 33.33 meters | |
| 登 登 | to scale (a height); to ascend; to mount; to publish or record; to enter (e.g. in a register); to press down with the foot; to step or tread on; to put on (shoes or trousers) (dialect); to be gathered and taken to the threshing ground (old) | |
| 肚子 肚子 | belly; abdomen; stomach | |
| 守 守 | to guard; to defend; to keep watch; to abide by the law; to observe (rules or ritual); nearby; adjoining | |
| 肥 肥 | fat; fertile; loose-fitting or large; to fertilize; to become rich by illegal means; fertilizer; manure | |
| 牙 牙 | tooth; ivory | |
| 阻止 阻止 | to prevent; to block | |
| 不然 不然 | not so; no; or else; otherwise; if not; How about ...? | |
| 归 歸 | to return; to go back to; to give back to; (of a responsibility) to be taken care of by; to belong to; to gather together; (used between two identical verbs) despite; to marry (of a woman) (old); division on the abacus with a one-digit divisor | |
| 量 量 | to measure | |
| 治 治 | to rule; to govern; to manage; to control; to harness (a river); to treat (a disease); to wipe out (a pest); to punish; to research | |
| 尽快 儘快 | as quickly as possible; as soon as possible | |
| 擦 擦 | to rub; to scratch; to towel; to wipe with a towel; to apply (lipstick, lotion etc); to touch; to brush (past); to shred (vegetables etc) | |
| 宝 寶 | jewel; gem; treasure; precious | |
| 人家 人家 | household; dwelling; family; sb else's house; household business; house of woman's husband-to-be |