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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| 上面 上面 | on top of; above-mentioned; also pr. [shàng mian] | |
| 救 捄 | to save; to assist; to rescue | |
| 乱 亂 | in confusion or disorder; in a confused state of mind; disorder; upheaval; riot; illicit sexual relations; to throw into disorder; to mix up; indiscriminate; random; arbitrary | |
| 管理 管理 | to supervise; to manage; to administer; management; administration | |
| 危险 危險 | danger; dangerous | |
| 老板 老闆 | boss; business proprietor | |
| 火 火 | fire; urgent; ammunition; fiery or flaming; internal heat (Chinese medicine); hot (popular); classifier for military units (old); Kangxi radical 86 | |
| 照 炤 | according to; in accordance with; to shine; to illuminate; to reflect; to look at (one's reflection); to take (a photo); photo; as requested; as before | |
| 牛 牛 | ox; cow; bull; newton (abbr. for 牛顿); (slang) awesome | |
| 难道 難道 | don't tell me ...; could it be that...? | |
| 久 久 | (long) time; (long) duration of time | |
| 跳 跳 | to jump; to hop; to skip over; to bounce; to palpitate | |
| 本来 本來 | original; originally; at first; it goes without saying; of course | |
| 事实 事實 | fact | |
| 值得 值得 | to be worth; to deserve | |
| 属于 屬於 | to be classified as; to belong to; to be part of | |
| 深 㴱 | deep (lit. and fig.) | |
| 训练 訓練 | to train; to drill; training | |
| 步 步 | a step; a pace; walk; march; stages in a process; situation | |
| 责任 責任 | responsibility; blame; duty | |
| 支 支 | to support; to sustain; to erect; to raise; branch; division; to draw money; classifier for rods such as pens and guns, for army divisions and for songs or compositions | |
| 敢 敢 | to dare; daring; (polite) may I venture | |
| 负责 負責 | to be in charge of; to take responsibility for; to be to blame; conscientious | |
| 谈 談 | to speak; to talk; to converse; to chat; to discuss | |
| 下去 下去 | to go down; to descend; to go on; to continue; (of a servant) to withdraw | |
| 金 金 | gold; chemical element Au; generic term for lustrous and ductile metals; money; golden; highly respected; one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 音 | |
| 光 光 | light; ray; bright; shiny; only; merely; used up; finished; to leave (a part of the body) uncovered | |
| 抓 抓 | to grab; to catch; to arrest; to snatch; to scratch | |
| 约 約 | to make an appointment; to invite; approximately; pact; treaty; to economize; to restrict; to reduce (a fraction); concise | |
| 各位 各位 | everybody; all (guests, colleagues etc); all of you | |
| 好好 好好 | well; carefully; nicely; properly | |
| 派 派 | clique; school; group; faction; to dispatch; to send; to assign; to appoint; pi (Greek letter Ππ); the circular ratio pi = 3.1415926; (loanword) pie | |
| 坚持 堅持 | to persevere with; to persist in; to insist on | |
| 到底 到底 | finally; in the end; when all is said and done; after all; to the end; to the last | |
| 伤 傷 | to injure; injury; wound | |
| 生命 生命 | life (as the characteristic of living beings); living being; creature | |
| 台 檯 | platform; stage; terrace; stand; support; station; broadcasting station; classifier for vehicles or machines | |
| 容易 容易 | easy; straightforward; likely; liable to; apt to | |
| 里面 裡面 | inside; interior; also pr. [lǐ mian] | |
| 代表 代表 | representative; delegate; to represent; to stand for; on behalf of; in the name of | |
| 精神 精神 | spirit; mind; consciousness; thought; mental; psychological; essence; gist | |
| 个人 個人 | individual; personal; oneself | |
| 下来 下來 | to come down; (completed action marker); (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.); (indicates continuation from the past towards us); to be harvested (of crops); to be over (of a period of time); to go among the masses (said of leaders) | |
| 终于 終於 | at last; in the end; finally; eventually | |
| 马 馬 | horse; horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess; knight in Western chess | |
| 根本 根本 | fundamental; basic; root; simply; absolutely (not); (not) at all | |
| 保证 保證 | guarantee; to guarantee; to ensure; to safeguard; to pledge | |
| 活 活 | to live; alive; living; work; workmanship | |
| 注意 注意 | to take note of; to pay attention to | |
| 保护 保護 | to protect; to defend; to safeguard; protection |