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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| 正 正 | first month of the lunar year | |
| 高 高 | high; tall; above average; loud; your (honorific) | |
| 拿 㧱 | to hold; to seize; to catch; to apprehend; to take; (used in the same way as 把: to mark the following noun as a direct object) | |
| 放 放 | to put; to place; to release; to free; to let go; to let out; to set off (fireworks) | |
| 住 住 | to live; to dwell; to stay; to reside; to stop; (suffix indicating firmness, steadiness, or coming to a halt) | |
| 行 行 | row; line; commercial firm; line of business; profession; to rank (first, second etc) among one's siblings (by age); (in data tables) row; (Tw) column | |
| 老 老 | prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity; old (of people); venerable (person); experienced; of long standing; always; all the time; of the past; very; outdated; (of meat etc) tough | |
| 地方 地方 | region; regional (away from the central administration); local | |
| 出来 出來 | to come out; to appear; to arise | |
| 告诉 告訴 | to press charges; to file a complaint | |
| 问 問 | to ask; to inquire | |
| 买 買 | to buy; to purchase | |
| 重要 重要 | important; significant; major | |
| 一样 一樣 | same; like; equal to; the same as; just like | |
| 三 三 | three; 3 | |
| 东西 東西 | east and west | |
| 回 迴 | to circle; to go back; to turn around; to answer; to return; to revolve; Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims); time; classifier for acts of a play; section or chapter (of a classic book) | |
| 钱 錢 | coin; money; unit of weight, one tenth of a tael 两 | |
| 请 請 | to ask; to invite; please (do sth); to treat (to a meal etc); to request | |
| 别 別 | to leave; to part (from); (literary) to differentiate; to distinguish; (bound form) other; another; different; don't ...!; to fasten with a pin or clip; to stick in; to insert (in order to hinder movement); (noun suffix) category (e.g. 性别, 派别) | |
| 这里 這裡 | here | |
| 叫 叫 | to shout; to call; to order; to ask; to be called; by (indicates agent in the passive mood) | |
| 开 開 | to open (transitive or intransitive); (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start; to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run; to boil; to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc); (directional complement) away; off; carat (gold); abbr. for Kelvin, 开尔文; abbr. for 开本, book format | |
| 非常 非常 | very; really; unusual; extraordinary | |
| 手 手 | hand; (formal) to hold; person engaged in certain types of work; person skilled in certain types of work; personal(ly); convenient; classifier for skill | |
| 听 听 | smile (archaic) | |
| 一些 一些 | some; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er | |
| 见 見 | to see; to meet; to appear (to be sth); to interview; opinion; view | |
| 起 起 | to rise; to raise; to get up; to set out; to start; to appear; to launch; to initiate (action); to draft; to establish; to get (from a depot or counter); verb suffix, to start; starting from (a time, place, price etc); classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance; classifier for groups: batch, group | |
| 起来 起來 | to stand up; to get up; also pr. [qǐ lái] | |
| 一起 一起 | in the same place; together; with; altogether (in total) | |
| 看到 看到 | to see | |
| 还是 還是 | still (as before); had better; unexpectedly; or | |
| 话 話 | dialect; language; spoken words; speech; talk; words; conversation; what sb said | |
| 今天 今天 | today; at the present; now | |
| 比 比 | Belgium; Belgian; abbr. for 比利时 | |
| 打 打 | to beat; to strike; to hit; to break; to type; to mix up; to build; to fight; to fetch; to make; to tie up; to issue; to shoot; to calculate; to play (a game); since; from | |
| 快 快 | rapid; quick; speed; rate; soon; almost; to make haste; clever; sharp (of knives or wits); forthright; plainspoken; gratified; pleased; pleasant | |
| 还有 還有 | furthermore; in addition; still; also | |
| 找 找 | to try to find; to look for; to call on sb; to find; to seek; to return; to give change | |
| 新 新 | new; newly; meso- (chemistry) | |
| 谁 誰 | who; also pr. [shuí] | |
| 吃 吃 | to eat; to consume; to eat at (a cafeteria etc); to eradicate; to destroy; to absorb; to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc) | |
| 喜欢 喜歡 | to like; to be fond of | |
| 跟 跟 | heel; to follow closely; to go with; (of a woman) to marry sb; with; compared with; to; towards; and (joining two nouns) | |
| 这些 這些 | these | |
| 地 地 | -ly; structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct | |
| 爱 愛 | to love; to be fond of; to like; affection; to be inclined (to do sth); to tend to (happen) | |
| 怎么 怎麼 | how?; what?; why? | |
| 你们 你們 | you (plural) |