Once Upon a Time in China

Once Upon a Time in China 1991

鸿 huángfēihóng zhīzhuàng zhì líng yún

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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4.57 Intermediate Director Tsui Hark 🍅 90%

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de to remember HSK 1
bēi cup; trophy cup; classifier for certain containers of liquids: glass, cup HSK 1
míng bai clear; obvious; unequivocal; to understand; to realize HSK 1
èr two; 2; (Beijing dialect) stupid HSK 1
kǒu mouth; classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc); classifier for bites or mouthfuls HSK 1
son; child; seed; egg; small thing; 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the Rat; Viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 位; ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north); subsidiary; subordinate; sub- HSK 1
zhēn de really, truly, indeed HSK 1
dòng (of sth) to move; to set in movement; to displace; to touch; to make use of; to stir (emotions); to alter; abbr. for 动词, verb HSK 1
xiān sheng teacher; gentleman; sir; mister (Mr.); husband; (dialect) doctor HSK 1
Shū abbr. for 书经 HSK 1
wǎn evening; night; late HSK 1
huí jiā to return home HSK 1
páo (of an animal) to paw (the ground) HSK 1
jiān between; among; within a definite time or space; room; section of a room or lateral space between two pairs of pillars; classifier for rooms HSK 1
nán difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good HSK 1
shǎo few; less; to lack; to be missing; to stop (doing sth); seldom HSK 1
cuò mistake; wrong; bad; interlocking; complex; to grind; to polish; to alternate; to stagger; to miss; to let slip; to evade; to inlay with gold or silver HSK 1
èr second; number two; next; secondary HSK 1
duō shǎo number; amount; somewhat HSK 1
xué to learn; to study; to imitate; science; -ology HSK 1
xiè xie to thank; thanks; thank you HSK 1
ma; mom; mother HSK 1
wǎn shang evening; night; in the evening HSK 1
huí lai to return; to come back HSK 1
míng tiān tomorrow HSK 1
shuì to sleep; to lie down HSK 1
rèn shi to know; to recognize; to be familiar with; to get acquainted with sb; knowledge; understanding; awareness; cognition HSK 1
shēn shang on the body; at hand; among HSK 1
men plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals HSK 1
Zuò surname Zuo HSK 1
穿 穿 chuān to wear; to put on; to dress; to bore through; to pierce; to perforate; to penetrate; to pass through; to thread HSK 1
to shout HSK 1
mén gate; door; gateway; doorway; opening; valve; switch; way to do something; knack; family; house; (religious) sect; school (of thought); class; category; phylum or division (taxonomy); classifier for large guns; classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology; (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal; derived from Watergate) HSK 1
zhèng zài just at (that time); right in (that place); right in the middle of (doing sth) HSK 1
wán to play; to have fun; to trifle with; toy; sth used for amusement; curio or antique (Taiwan pr. [wàn]); to keep sth for entertainment HSK 1
nán rén a man; a male; men HSK 1
road; journey; route; line (bus etc); sort; kind HSK 1
zhàn station; to stand; to halt; to stop; branch of a company or organization; website HSK 1
bié ren other people; others; other person HSK 1
bāng to help; to assist; to support; for sb (i.e. as a help); hired (as worker); side (of pail, boat etc); outer layer; upper (of a shoe); group; gang; clique; party; secret society HSK 1
rén woman HSK 1
xiào to laugh; to smile; to laugh at HSK 1
fēn to divide; to separate; to distribute; to allocate; to distinguish (good and bad); (bound form) branch of (an organization); sub- (as in 局); fraction; one tenth (of certain units); unit of length equivalent to 0.33 cm; minute (unit of time); minute (angular measurement unit); a point (in sports or games); 0.01 yuan (unit of money) HSK 1
sòng to send; to deliver; to transmit; to give (as a present); to see (sb) off; to accompany; to go along with HSK 1
xiě to write HSK 1
jìn to go forward; to advance; to go in; to enter; to put in; to submit; to take in; to admit; (math.) base of a number system; classifier for sections in a building or residential compound HSK 1
shuǐ water; river; liquid; beverage; additional charges or income; (of clothes) classifier for number of washes HSK 1
zhǔn bèi preparation; to prepare; to intend; to be about to; reserve (fund) HSK 1
xiē those HSK 1
xiān early; prior; former; in advance; first HSK 1