Once Upon a Time in China

Once Upon a Time in China 1991

黄飞鸿之一：壮志凌云 huángfēihóng zhīyī： zhuàng 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%

Cast

Jet Li Jet Li Wong Fei Hung Yuen Biao Yuen Biao Leung Foon Jacky Cheung Hok-Yau Jacky Cheung Hok-Yau Buck Teeth So Rosamund Kwan Chi-Lam Rosamund Kwan Chi-Lam 13th Aunt Kent Cheng Jak-Si Kent Cheng Jak-Si Porky Wing Yuen Gam-Fai Yuen Gam-Fai Ling Wan Kai Yen Shi-Kwan Yen Shi-Kwan Iron Robe Yim Chun Tung Lau Shun Lau Shun Naval Commander Lau Wu Ma Wu Ma Grand Uncle Chueng Yau Gin-Gwok Yau Gin-Gwok Shaho Gang Leader

Vocabulary

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服 服 fú clothes; dress; garment; to serve (in the military, a prison sentence etc); to obey; to be convinced (by an argument); to convince; to admire; to acclimatize; to take (medicine); mourning clothes; to wear mourning clothes HSK 6
犯 犯 fàn to violate; to offend; to assault; criminal; crime; to make a mistake; recurrence (of mistake or sth bad) HSK 6
藏 藏 Zàng Tibet; abbr. for Xizang or Tibet Autonomous Region 藏 HSK 6
招 招 zhāo to recruit; to provoke; to beckon; to incur; to infect; contagious; a move (chess); a maneuver; device; trick; to confess HSK 6
尽 儘 jǐn to the greatest extent; (when used before a noun of location) furthest or extreme; to be within the limits of; to give priority to HSK 6
不再 不再 bù zài no more; no longer HSK 6
同 同 tóng like; same; similar; together; alike; with HSK 6
如 如 rú as; as if; such as HSK 6
于 於 yú (of time or place) in; at; on; (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for; (indicating a source) from; out of; (used in comparison) than; (used in the passive voice) by HSK 6
与 與 yǔ and; to give; together with HSK 6
穷途末路 窮途末路 qióng tú mò lù lit. the path exhausted, the end of the road (idiom); an impasse; in a plight with no way out; things have reached a dead end Idiom ∼HSK 5
朝令夕改 朝令夕改 zhāo lìng xī gǎi to make frequent or unpredictable changes in policy (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 5
杀鸡儆猴 殺雞儆猴 shā jī - jǐng hóu lit. to kill the chicken to warn the monkey (idiom); fig. to punish an individual as an example to others Idiom ∼HSK 5
偷偷摸摸 偷偷摸摸 tōu tōu - mō mō (idiom) surreptitious; sneaky Idiom ∼HSK 5
过街老鼠 過街老鼠 guò jiē lǎo shǔ sb or sth detested by all; target of scorn; anathema; cf. 老鼠過街，人人喊打|老鼠过街， Idiom ∼HSK 5
背水一战 背水一戰 bèi shuǐ yī zhàn lit. fight with one's back to the river (idiom); fig. to fight to win or die Idiom ∼HSK 5
所向无敌 所向無敵 suǒ xiàng wú dí to be invincible; unrivalled Idiom ∼HSK 5
婆婆妈妈 婆婆媽媽 pó po mā mā effeminate; old-womanish; garrulous; fainthearted; overly careful; overly sensitive; maudlin Idiom ∼HSK 5
滚开 滾開 gǔn kāi (of a liquid) to boil; boiling hot; (rude) get out!; go away!; fuck off! Xiehouyu ∼HSK 5
混蛋 混蛋 hún dàn scoundrel; bastard; hoodlum; wretch Xiehouyu ∼HSK 5
滚蛋 滾蛋 gǔn dàn get out of here!; beat it! Xiehouyu ∼HSK 5
臭 臭 chòu stench; smelly; to smell (bad); repulsive; loathsome; terrible; bad; severely; ruthlessly; dud (ammunition) Xiehouyu HSK 5
一路 一路 yī lù the whole journey; all the way; going the same way; going in the same direction; of the same kind Xiehouyu HSK 5
荣 榮 Róng glory, honor; flourish, prosper ∼HSK 5
芝 芝 zhī Zoysia pungens ∼HSK 5
楷 楷 jiē model style of Chinese writing ∼HSK 5
看戏 看戲 kàn xì to watch a play; to watch passively (i.e. from the sidelines, from the crowd) ∼HSK 5
师兄 師兄 shīxiōng elder fellow disciple ∼HSK 5
俺 俺 ǎn I, me (northern dialect) ∼HSK 5
财神 財神 cái shén god of wealth ∼HSK 5
大师兄 大師兄 dà shī xiōng eldest senior brother ∼HSK 5
徒 徒 Tú disciple ∼HSK 5
振 振 zhèn raise, excite, arouse action ∼HSK 5
叉烧包 叉燒包 chā shāo bāo steamed bun stuffed with skewer-roasted pork ∼HSK 5
师兄弟 師兄弟 shī xiōng dì fellow apprentices; fellow students (male) ∼HSK 5
棚 棚 péng tent, awning; booth; shed ∼HSK 5
洪 洪 Hóng vast, immense; flood, deluge ∼HSK 5
武馆 武館 wǔ guǎn martial arts school ∼HSK 5
比武 比武 bǐ wǔ martial arts competition; tournament; to compete in a contest ∼HSK 5
战舰 戰艦 zhàn jiàn battleship; warship ∼HSK 5
舅 舅 jiù maternal uncle ∼HSK 5
武生 武生 wǔ shēng male military role in a Chinese opera ∼HSK 5
婆子 婆子 pó zi old woman ∼HSK 5
怎 怎 zěn how (variant of 怎么) ∼HSK 5
么 麼 me interrogative particle (variant of 嘛) ∼HSK 5
仗 仗 zhàng rely upon; protector; fight; war, weaponry ∼HSK 5
兔崽子 兔崽子 tù zǎi zi brat; bastard ∼HSK 5
贩 販 fàn peddler, hawker, street merchant ∼HSK 5
婆 婆 pó old woman; grandmother ∼HSK 5
兵器 兵器 bīng qì weapon ∼HSK 5