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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Vocabulary

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cóng from now on; since then; henceforth HSK 4
xíng shì circumstances; situation; terrain HSK 4
eldest brother; big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself); gang leader; boss HSK 4
jiàn to meet HSK 4
hēi àn dark; darkly; darkness HSK 4
to survey; to measure; to conjecture HSK 4
xià underground; subterranean; covert HSK 4
féi fat; fertile; loose-fitting or large; to fertilize; to become rich by illegal means; fertilizer; manure HSK 4
to ascertain; to act on; to criticize; to pass on; classifier for batches, lots, military flights; tier (for the ranking of universities and colleges) HSK 4
xiāng box; trunk; chest HSK 4
guī to return; to go back to; to give back to; (of a responsibility) to be taken care of by; to belong to; to gather together; (used between two identical verbs) despite; to marry (of a woman) (old); division on the abacus with a one-digit divisor HSK 4
benefit; (in sb's) interest HSK 4
tǎng to recline; to lie down HSK 4
rén jiā household; dwelling; family; sb else's house; household business; house of woman's husband-to-be HSK 4
xīng fèn excited; excitement; (physiology) excitation HSK 4
to substitute for; to take the place of; to replace; for; on behalf of; to stand in for HSK 4
dài to put on or wear (glasses, hat, gloves etc); to respect; to bear; to support HSK 4
rén enemy HSK 4
already; since; both... (and...) HSK 4
chè thorough; thoroughly; complete HSK 4
huò goods; money; commodity HSK 4
rán since; as; this being the case HSK 4
dǐng apex; crown of the head; top; roof; most; to carry on the head; to push to the top; to go against; to replace; to substitute; to be subjected to (an aerial bombing, hailstorm etc); (slang) to "bump" a forum thread to raise its profile; classifier for headwear, hats, veils etc HSK 4
ēn (a groaning sound) HSK 4
zhàn zhēng war; conflict HSK 4
gēn root; basis; classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings; radical (chemistry) HSK 4
shì thereupon; as a result; consequently; thus; hence HSK 4
tóu to cast; to send; to throw oneself (into the river etc); to seek refuge; to place oneself into the hands of HSK 4
lùn no matter what or how; regardless of whether... HSK 4
xiōng brothers; younger brother; I, me (humble term used by men in public speech); brotherly; fraternal HSK 4
jiā to become a member; to join; to mix into; to participate in; to add in HSK 4
wáng king or monarch; best or strongest of its type; grand; great HSK 4
de (equivalent to 的 as possessive particle) HSK 4
law; method; way; to emulate; (Buddhism) dharma; (abbr. for 家) the Legalists; (physics) farad (abbr. for 拉) HSK 4
shǒu head; chief; first (occasion, thing etc); classifier for poems, songs etc HSK 4
zhī qián before; prior to; ago; previously; beforehand HSK 4
ya (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt) HSK 4
zuò wéi one's conduct; deed; activity; accomplishment; achievement; to act as; as (in the capacity of); qua; to view as; to look upon (sth as); to take sth to be HSK 4
xuǎn to select; to pick; choice; option; alternative HSK 4
zhī hòu after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then HSK 4
dān xīn anxious; worried; uneasy; to worry; to be anxious HSK 4
ér and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast) HSK 4
sòng to throw away one's life Xiehouyu ∼HSK 3
qīn parent; one's own (flesh and blood); relative; related; marriage; bride; close; intimate; in person; first-hand; in favor of; pro-; to kiss; (Internet slang) dear Xiehouyu HSK 3
shū to lose; to be beaten; (bound form) to transport; (literary) to donate; to contribute; (coll.) to enter (a password) Colloquialism HSK 3
zhěng exactly; in good order; whole; complete; entire; in order; orderly; to repair; to mend; to renovate; (coll.) to fix sb; to give sb a hard time; to mess with sb Colloquialism HSK 3
Martha (biblical name) Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
Qiáo běn Hashimoto (Japanese surname and place name) Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
(name) Louis Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
lóng Helong, county-level city in Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, Jilin Proper Noun ∼HSK 3