The Crazy Bumpkins 1974
阿牛入城记
A bittersweet comedy about a simple hick who arrives in the big city to seek his fortune, "The Crazy Bumpkins" is about Ah Niu, who leaves his native village to live with an uncle in Hong Kong, not realizing he is a crook. After taking on a hilarious series of illegal jobs with his uncle, he meets and falls for a single mother and decides to find some real work. However, bad luck and naivete soon conspire to keep him from true happiness.
Vocabulary
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| 脱光 脫光 | to strip naked; to strip nude; (coll.) to find oneself a partner | Colloquialism |
| 拜拜 拜拜 | (loanword) bye-bye; also pr. [bai1 bai1] etc; (coll.) to part ways (with sb); (fig.) to have nothing further to do (with sb or sth) | Colloquialism |
| 穷 窮 | poor; destitute; to use up; to exhaust; thoroughly; extremely; (coll.) persistently and pointlessly | Colloquialism |
| 老公 老公 | (coll.) husband | Colloquialism |
| 老婆 老婆 | (coll.) wife | Colloquialism |
| 抱 抱 | to hold; to carry (in one's arms); to hug; to embrace; to surround; to cherish; (coll.) (of clothes) to fit nicely | Colloquialism |
| 牛郎 牛郎 | Cowherd of the folk tale Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎織女|牛郎织女; Altair (star) | Proper Noun |
| 弯弯 彎彎 | Wan Wan (1981-), Taiwanese blogger and cartoonist | Proper Noun |
| 三字经 三字經 | Three Character Classic, 13th century reading primer consisting of Confucian tenets in lines of 3 characters | Proper Noun |
| 九州 九州 | division of China during earliest dynasties; fig. ancient China; Kyūshū, southernmost of Japan's four major islands | Proper Noun |
| 怎么会 怎麼會 | how could it | |
| 可不 可不 | that's just the way it is; exactly! | |
| 博 博 | gamble, play games; wide, broad | |
| 怎么能 怎麼能 | how could one | |
| 守寡 守寡 | to live as widow; to observe widowhood | |
| 无牌 無牌 | unlicensed; unlabeled (goods) | |
| 知 知 | know | |
| 警察局 警察局 | police station; police department; police headquarters | |
| 大吵大闹 大吵大鬧 | to shout and scream (idiom); to kick up a fuss; to make a scene | |
| 才怪 才怪 | it'd be a wonder if... (following a verb phrase that is usually negative) | |
| 预支 預支 | to pay in advance; to get payment in advance | |
| 打赏 打賞 | to reward; to tip; to give a gratuity | |
| 粮 糧 | food, grain, provisions | |
| 郎 郎 | gentleman, young man; husband | |
| 比方说 比方說 | for example; for instance | |
| 伸出 伸出 | to extend | |
| 他乡 他鄉 | foreign land; away from one's native place | |
| 怪人 怪人 | strange person; eccentric | |
| 报案 報案 | to report a case to the authorities | |
| 笨瓜 笨瓜 | fool; blockhead | |
| 扫地 掃地 | to sweep the floor; (fig.) (of one's reputation etc) to reach rock bottom; to be at an all-time low | |
| 轮到 輪到 | to be (sb's or sth's) turn | |
| 扫把 掃把 | broom | |
| 一言不合 一言不合 | (idiom) to have a disagreement; to clash verbally | |
| 败类 敗類 | scum of a community; degenerate | |
| 粗口 粗口 | swear words; obscene language; foul language | |
| 做官 做官 | to take an official post; to become a government employee | |
| 鸭 鴨 | duck; Anas species (various) | |
| 擦干 擦乾 | to wipe dry | |
| 知悉 知悉 | to know; to be informed of | |
| 年老体弱 年老體弱 | old and weak (idiom) | |
| 警局 警局 | police department; police station; abbr. of 警察局 | |
| 坐牢 坐牢 | to be imprisoned | |
| 穷人 窮人 | poor people; the poor | |
| 名片 名片 | (business) card | |
| 袜子 襪子 | socks; stockings | |
| 了不起 了不起 | amazing; terrific; extraordinary | |
| 安置 安置 | to find a place for; to help settle down; to arrange for; to get into bed; placement | |
| 孙子 孫子 | Sun Tzu, also known as Sun Wu 孙武 (c. 500 BC, dates of birth and death uncertain), general, strategist and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn Period (700-475 BC), believed to be the author of the “Art of War” 孙子兵法, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武经七书 | |
| 老实 老實 | honest; sincere; well-behaved; naive; gullible |