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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为了 為了 wèi le for; for the purpose of; in order to HSK 3
希望 希望 xī wàng to hope; a hope; a wish HSK 3
死 死 sǐ to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned HSK 3
所 所 suǒ actually; place; classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc; that which; particle introducing a relative clause or passive HSK 3
开始 開始 kāi shǐ to begin; beginning; to start; initial HSK 3
需要 需要 xū yào to need; to want; to demand; to require; needs HSK 3
就是 就是 jiù shì exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也) even; even if HSK 3
被 被 bèi quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅游 to "go on a trip", for example) HSK 3
把 把 bǎ to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把 + {noun} + {verb}) HSK 3
下流 下流 xià liú lower course of a river; low-class; mean and lowly; vulgar; obscene Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
假的 假的 jiǎ de bogus; ersatz; fake; mock; phony Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
正好 正好 zhèng hǎo just (in time); just right; just enough; to happen to; to chance to; by chance; it just so happens that Xiehouyu HSK 2
开心 開心 kāi xīn to feel happy; to rejoice; to have a great time; to make fun of sb Xiehouyu HSK 2
老头子 老頭子 lǎo tóu zi (coll.) old man; (said of an aging husband) my old man Colloquialism ∼HSK 2
够 夠 gòu enough (sufficient); enough (too much); (coll.) (before adj.) really; (coll.) to reach by stretching out Colloquialism HSK 2
猫 貓 māo cat; (dialect) to hide oneself; (coll.) modem Colloquialism HSK 2
挺 挺 tǐng straight; erect; to stick out (a part of the body); to (physically) straighten up; to support; to withstand; outstanding; (coll.) quite; very; classifier for machine guns Colloquialism HSK 2
拉 拉 lā to pull; to play (a bowed instrument); to drag; to draw; to chat; (coll.) to empty one's bowels Colloquialism HSK 2
大名 大名 Dà míng Daming county in Handan, Hebei Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
挺好 挺好 tǐng hǎo very good HSK 2
别提了 別提了 bié tí le say no more; don't bring it up; drop the subject ∼HSK 2
知道了 知道了 zhī dào le OK!; Got it! ∼HSK 2
喝酒 喝酒 hē jiǔ to drink (alcohol) ∼HSK 2
不加 不加 bù jiā without; not; un- ∼HSK 2
韩 韓 Hán fence; surname; Korea ∼HSK 2
老头 老頭 lǎo tóu old fellow; old man; father; husband ∼HSK 2
收租 收租 shōu zū to collect rent ∼HSK 2
一定要 一定要 yī dìng yào must ∼HSK 2
实 實 shí real, true; honest, sincere ∼HSK 2
一点就通 一點就通 yī diǎn jiù tōng a hint is all that is needed; understanding each other without the need to explain ∼HSK 2
可就 可就 kě jiù certainly ∼HSK 2
帮办 幫辦 bāng bàn assist in managing; deputy ∼HSK 2
租钱 租錢 zū qian rent; same as 租金 ∼HSK 2
包租 包租 bāo zū to rent; to charter; to rent land or a house for subletting; fixed rent for farmland ∼HSK 2
刘 劉 Liú surname; kill, destroy ∼HSK 2
不怕 不怕 bù pà fearless; not worried (by setbacks or difficulties); even if; even though ∼HSK 2
才不 才不 cái bù by no means; definitely not; as if!; yeah right! ∼HSK 2
物 物 wù thing, substance, creature ∼HSK 2
天亮 天亮 tiān liàng to grow light (at daybreak) ∼HSK 2
万事 萬事 wàn shì all things ∼HSK 2
老酒 老酒 lǎo jiǔ wine, esp. Shaoxing wine ∼HSK 2
好意思 好意思 hǎo yì si to have the nerve; what a cheek!; to feel no shame; to overcome the shame; (is it) proper? (rhetorical question) ∼HSK 2
收下 收下 shōu xià to accept; to receive ∼HSK 2
小鸡 小雞 xiǎo jī chick ∼HSK 2
没有关系 沒有關係 méi yǒu guān xi it doesn't matter ∼HSK 2
带上 帶上 dài shàng to take along with one ∼HSK 2
带上门 帶上門 dài shàng mén to close the door (when going through it) ∼HSK 2
菜市 菜市 cài shì food market ∼HSK 2
得很 得很 de hěn (after an adjective) very ∼HSK 2
一套 一套 yī tào suit; a set; a collection; of the same kind; the same old stuff; set pattern of behavior ∼HSK 2