The Crazy Bumpkins

The Crazy Bumpkins 1974

阿牛入城记 ā niú rù chéng jì

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.

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有办法 有辦法 yǒu bàn fǎ can find methods; resourceful; creative ∼HSK 3
该死 該死 gāi sǐ Damn it!; damned; wretched ∼HSK 3
秀 秀 xiù ear of grain; flowering, luxuriant; refined, elegant, graceful ∼HSK 3
气死 氣死 qì sǐ to infuriate; to be furious; to die from an excess of anger ∼HSK 3
百物 百物 bǎi wù all things ∼HSK 3
菜刀 菜刀 cài dāo vegetable knife; kitchen knife; cleaver ∼HSK 3
连环 連環 lián huán chain ∼HSK 3
赞 贊 zàn help, support, assist, aid ∼HSK 3
瞑目 瞑目 míng mù to close one's eyes; (fig.) to be contented at the time of one's death (Dying without closing one's eyes would signify having unresolved grievances.) ∼HSK 3
叔 叔 shū uncle; father's younger brother; husband's younger brother; Taiwan pr. [shu2] ∼HSK 3
打赢 打贏 dǎ yíng to win; to beat (one's opponent) ∼HSK 3
志 志 zhì purpose, will, determination; annals ∼HSK 3
气力 氣力 qì lì strength; energy; vigor; talent ∼HSK 3
变态 變態 biàn tài to metamorphose (biology); abnormal; perverted; hentai; (slang) pervert ∼HSK 3
伤风 傷風 shāng fēng to catch cold ∼HSK 3
活下去 活下去 huó xià qù to survive; to keep on living ∼HSK 3
死活 死活 sǐ huó life or death; fate; no matter what; anyway; for the life of me ∼HSK 3
线人 線人 xiàn rén spy; informer ∼HSK 3
赵 趙 Zhào surname; ancient state ∼HSK 3
老实说 老實說 lǎo shí shuō honestly speaking; to be frank, ... ∼HSK 3
初一 初一 chū yī first day of lunar month; New Year's Day; first year in junior middle school HSK 3
皮包 皮包 pí bāo handbag; briefcase HSK 3
房东 房東 fáng dōng landlord HSK 3
认得 認得 rèn de to recognize; to remember sth (or sb) on seeing it; to know HSK 3
主张 主張 zhǔ zhāng to advocate; to stand for; view; position; stand; proposition; viewpoint; assertion HSK 3
加工 加工 jiā gōng to process; processing; working (of machinery) HSK 3
早已 早已 zǎo yǐ for a long time; long since; (dialect) in the past HSK 3
实行 實行 shí xíng to implement; to carry out; to put into practice HSK 3
屋子 屋子 wū zi house; room HSK 3
功夫 功夫 gōng fu skill; art; kung fu; labor; effort HSK 3
去世 去世 qù shì to pass away; to die HSK 3
整天 整天 zhěng tiān all day long; whole day HSK 3
应当 應當 yīng dāng should; ought to HSK 3
才能 才能 cái néng talent; ability; capacity HSK 3
打破 打破 dǎ pò to break; to smash HSK 3
能不能 能不能 néng bùnéng Can you HSK 3
团结 團結 tuán jié to unite; unity; solidarity; united HSK 3
长期 長期 cháng qī long term; long time; long range (of a forecast) HSK 3
当初 當初 dāng chū at that time; originally HSK 3
补 補 bǔ to repair; to patch; to mend; to make up for; to fill (a vacancy); to supplement HSK 3
吵 吵 chǎo to quarrel; to make a noise; noisy; to disturb by making a noise HSK 3
赶快 趕快 gǎn kuài quickly; at once HSK 3
看上去 看上去 kàn shang qu it would appear; it seems (that) HSK 3
伤心 傷心 shāng xīn to grieve; to be broken-hearted; to feel deeply hurt HSK 3
工资 工資 gōng zī wages; pay HSK 3
甜 甜 tián sweet HSK 3
对待 對待 duì dài to treat; treatment HSK 3
念 唸 niàn to read; to study (a subject); to attend (a school); to read aloud; to give (sb) a tongue-lashing; to miss (sb); idea; remembrance; twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿) HSK 3
公共 公共 gōng gòng public; common; communal HSK 3
专门 專門 zhuān mén specialist; specialized; customized HSK 3