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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| 自从 自從 | since (a time); ever since | |
| 搬 搬 | to move (i.e. relocate oneself); to move (sth relatively heavy or bulky); to shift; to copy indiscriminately | |
| 铁 鐵 | iron (metal); arms; weapons; hard; strong; violent; unshakeable; determined; close; tight (slang) | |
| 联合 聯合 | to combine; to join; unite; alliance | |
| 上去 上去 | to go up | |
| 存 存 | to exist; to deposit; to store; to keep; to survive | |
| 生意 生意 | life force; vitality | |
| 领 領 | neck; collar; to lead; to receive; classifier for clothes, mats, screens etc | |
| 费 費 | to cost; to spend; fee; wasteful; expenses | |
| 反正 反正 | anyway; in any case; to come over from the enemy's side | |
| 香 香 | fragrant; sweet smelling; aromatic; savory or appetizing; (to eat) with relish; (of sleep) sound; perfume or spice; joss or incense stick | |
| 立刻 立刻 | forthwith; immediate; prompt; promptly; straightway; thereupon; at once | |
| 简直 簡直 | simply; really | |
| 前面 前面 | ahead; in front; preceding; above; also pr. [qián mian] | |
| 钟 鐘 | clock; o'clock; time as measured in hours and minutes; bell | |
| 千万 千萬 | ten million; countless; many; one must by all means | |
| 复杂 複雜 | complicated; complex | |
| 奇怪 奇怪 | strange; odd; to marvel; to be baffled | |
| 演 演 | to develop; to evolve; to practice; to perform; to play; to act | |
| 对手 對手 | opponent; rival; competitor; (well-matched) adversary; match | |
| 紧 緊 | tight; strict; close at hand; near; urgent; tense; hard up; short of money; to tighten | |
| 世纪 世紀 | century | |
| 保 保 | Bulgaria; Bulgarian; abbr. for 保加利亚 | |
| 配 配 | to join; to fit; to mate; to mix; to match; to deserve; to make up (a prescription); to allocate | |
| 害怕 害怕 | to be afraid; to be scared | |
| 破坏 破壞 | destruction; damage; to wreck; to break; to destroy | |
| 姑娘 姑娘 | girl; young woman; young lady; daughter; paternal aunt (old) | |
| 宣布 宣佈 | to declare; to announce; to proclaim | |
| 保险 保險 | insurance; to insure; safe; secure; be sure; be bound to | |
| 准 准 | to allow; to grant; in accordance with; in the light of | |
| 架 架 | to support; frame; rack; framework; classifier for planes, large vehicles, radios etc | |
| 事业 事業 | undertaking; project; activity; (charitable, political or revolutionary) cause; publicly funded institution, enterprise or foundation; career; occupation | |
| 职业 職業 | occupation; profession; vocation; professional | |
| 刀 刀 | knife; blade; single-edged sword; cutlass; (slang) dollar (loanword); classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper); classifier for knife cuts or stabs | |
| 破 破 | broken; damaged; worn out; lousy; rotten; to break, split or cleave; to get rid of; to destroy; to break with; to defeat; to capture (a city etc); to expose the truth of | |
| 追 追 | to sculpt; to carve; musical instrument (old) | |
| 观众 觀眾 | spectators; audience; visitors (to an exhibition etc) | |
| 痛 痛 | ache; pain; sorrow; deeply; thoroughly | |
| 从来 從來 | always; at all times; never (if used in negative sentence) | |
| 救 捄 | to save; to assist; to rescue | |
| 老板 老闆 | boss; business proprietor | |
| 照 炤 | according to; in accordance with; to shine; to illuminate; to reflect; to look at (one's reflection); to take (a photo); photo; as requested; as before | |
| 牛 牛 | ox; cow; bull; newton (abbr. for 牛顿); (slang) awesome | |
| 难道 難道 | don't tell me ...; could it be that...? | |
| 警察 警察 | police; police officer | |
| 表演 表演 | play; show; performance; exhibition; to perform; to act; to demonstrate | |
| 以来 以來 | since (a previous event) | |
| 久 久 | (long) time; (long) duration of time | |
| 跳 跳 | to jump; to hop; to skip over; to bounce; to palpitate | |
| 本来 本來 | original; originally; at first; it goes without saying; of course |