Once Upon a Time in Shanghai

Once Upon a Time in Shanghai 2014

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A laborer moves to Shanghai in the hope of becoming rich. But ends up using his kung fu skills to survive. Remake of The Boxer From Shantung.

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3.76 Beginner Director Wong Ching-Po IMDb 6.7

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jiǎn scissors; shears; clippers; to cut with scissors; to trim; to wipe out or exterminate HSK 5
zhī xià under; beneath; less than HSK 5
hòu huǐ to regret; to feel remorse HSK 5
to stand; to set up; to establish; to lay down; to draw up; at once; immediately HSK 5
to scold; to abuse; to curse HSK 5
yìng hard; stiff; solid; (fig.) strong; firm; resolutely; uncompromisingly; laboriously; with great difficulty; good (quality); able (person); (of food) filling; substantial HSK 5
xīn exhausting; hard; tough; arduous; to work hard; to go to a lot of trouble; hardship(s) HSK 5
gift; rite; ceremony; propriety; etiquette; courtesy HSK 5
zuì intoxicated HSK 5
yóu especially; particularly HSK 5
làn soft; mushy; well-cooked and soft; to rot; to decompose; rotten; worn out; chaotic; messy; utterly; thoroughly; crappy; bad HSK 5
bèi zi (for) a lifetime HSK 5
xīn shǎng to appreciate; to enjoy; to admire HSK 5
qiān inscribed bamboo stick (used in divination, gambling, drawing lots etc); small wood sliver; label; tag HSK 5
qiàn to owe; to lack; (literary) to be deficient in; (bound form) yawn; to raise slightly (a part of one's body) HSK 5
gǔn to boil; to roll; to take a hike; Get lost! HSK 5
it is a pity; what a pity; unfortunately HSK 5
hai (used to describe sb or sth that makes a very strong impression, whether favorable or unfavorable) terrible; intense; severe; devastating; amazing; awesome; outstanding; (of a person) stern; strict; harsh; shrewd; tough; (of an animal) fierce; (of a resemblance) striking; (of liquor or chili pepper) strong; (of bacteria) virulent HSK 5
shǒu duàn method; means (of doing sth); strategy; trick HSK 5
shèng xià to remain; to be left over HSK 5
tōu to steal; to pilfer; to snatch; thief; stealthily HSK 5
to dance; to wield; to brandish HSK 5
guǐ disembodied spirit; ghost; devil; (suffix) person with a certain vice or addiction etc; sly; crafty; resourceful (variant of 诡); one of the 28 constellations of ancient Chinese astronomy HSK 5
tǎo yàn to dislike; to loathe; disagreeable; troublesome; annoying HSK 5
bàng stick; club; cudgel; smart; capable; strong; wonderful; classifier for legs of a relay race HSK 5
qiǎng to fight over; to rush; to scramble; to grab; to rob; to snatch HSK 5
péi to accompany; to keep sb company; to assist; old variant of 赔 HSK 5
shēng sound; voice; tone; noise; reputation; classifier for sounds HSK 5
shā to kill; to murder; to attack; to weaken or reduce; to smart (dialect); (used after a verb) extremely HSK 5
kěn dìng to be certain; to be positive; assuredly; definitely; to give recognition; to affirm; affirmative (answer) HSK 5
like this; so; such HSK 5
wéi only; sole HSK 5
gǎo to do; to make; to go in for; to set up; to get hold of; to take care of HSK 5
jiāng will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把) HSK 5
(prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very HSK 5
guāng - shí (idiom) bright and multicolored; of rich variety; dazzling; glitzy Idiom ∼HSK 4
cháng zhì jiǔ ān long-term peace and stability (of governments) Idiom ∼HSK 4
pán sǎn shā lit. like a sheet of loose sand; fig. unable to cooperate (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 4
qióng extraordinary strength; super strong; strong as an ox Xiehouyu ∼HSK 4
qióng poor; destitute; to use up; to exhaust; thoroughly; extremely; (coll.) persistently and pointlessly Colloquialism HSK 4
lǎo (coll.) wife Colloquialism HSK 4
shāo to burn; to cook; to stew; to bake; to roast; to heat; to boil (tea, water etc); fever; to run a temperature; (coll.) to let things go to one's head Colloquialism HSK 4
liǎ two (colloquial equivalent of 两个); both; some Colloquialism HSK 4
Dōng yáng Japan (old); East Asian countries Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
běn guǐ zi Japanese devil (common term of abuse in wartime China and in subsequent writing) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
tóng xiāng person from the same village, town, or province Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
yīng Daying county in Suining, Sichuan; Great Britain Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Dōng bìng (derog.) the sick man of Asia (term used in the West in the late 19th and early 20th centuries to refer to China in its weakened state after the Opium Wars) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
méi xiǎng dào didn't expect HSK 4
yǒng long, perpetual, eternal, forever ∼HSK 4