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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警方 警方 jǐng fāng police ∼HSK 2
那倒是 那倒是 nà dào shi Oh that's true! (interjection of sudden realization) ∼HSK 2
半夜三更 半夜三更 bàn yè - sān gēng (idiom) in the depth of the night; very late at night ∼HSK 2
每次 每次 měi cì every time ∼HSK 2
改天 改天 gǎi tiān another day; some other time; to find another day (for appointment etc); to take a rain check ∼HSK 2
房 房 Fáng surname Fang ∼HSK 2
睛 睛 jīng eyeball; pupil of eye ∼HSK 2
茶饭不思 茶飯不思 chá fàn bù sī no thought for tea or rice (idiom); melancholic and suffering; to have no appetite ∼HSK 2
不变 不變 bù biàn constant; unvarying; (math.) invariant ∼HSK 2
弄坏 弄壞 nòng huài to ruin; to spoil; to break ∼HSK 2
弄到 弄到 nòng dào to get hold of; to obtain; to secure; to come by ∼HSK 2
狗男女 狗男女 gǒu nán nǚ a couple engaged in an illicit love affair; a cheating couple ∼HSK 2
没问题 沒問題 méi wèn tí no problem ∼HSK 2
姘头 姘頭 pīn tou lover; mistress ∼HSK 2
咖喱 咖喱 gā lí (loanword) curry ∼HSK 2
身 身 shēn body; trunk, hull; rad. no. 158 ∼HSK 2
长得 長得 zhǎng de to look (pretty, the same etc) ∼HSK 2
长年 長年 cháng nián all the year round ∼HSK 2
不可能 不可能 bù kě néng impossible; cannot; not able ∼HSK 2
吃饱 吃飽 chī bǎo to eat one's fill ∼HSK 2
弄明白 弄明白 nòng míng bai to figure out how to do something ∼HSK 2
名头 名頭 míng tou reputation ∼HSK 2
通奸 通姦 tōng jiān adultery; to commit adultery ∼HSK 2
狗腿 狗腿 gǒu tuǐ lackey; henchman ∼HSK 2
热狗 熱狗 rè gǒu hot dog (loanword) ∼HSK 2
脸蛋 臉蛋 liǎn dàn cheek; face ∼HSK 2
份子 份子 fèn zǐ Taiwan variant of ∼HSK 2
洗碗 洗碗 xǐ wǎn to wash the dishes ∼HSK 2
来得 來得 lái de to emerge (from a comparison); to come out as; to be competent or equal to ∼HSK 2
闻到 聞到 wén dào to smell; to sniff sth out; to perceive by smelling ∼HSK 2
应该的 應該的 yīng gāi de (polite response) you're welcome; just doing my duty; no problem ∼HSK 2
小意思 小意思 xiǎo yì si small token; mere trifle (used of one's gifts) ∼HSK 2
早知道 早知道 zǎo zhī dao If I had known earlier... ∼HSK 2
道人 道人 dào rén Taoist devotee (honorific) ∼HSK 2
身后 身後 shēn hòu the time after one's death; a place behind sb; (fig.) one's social background ∼HSK 2
写信 寫信 xiě xìn to write a letter ∼HSK 2
吃草 吃草 chī cǎo to graze; to eat grass ∼HSK 2
打酒 打酒 dǎ jiǔ to buy liquor ∼HSK 2
难为 難為 nán wei to bother; to press sb, usu. to do sth; it's a tough job; sorry to bother you (polite, used to thank sb for a favor) ∼HSK 2
不正当 不正當 bù zhèng dàng dishonest; unfair; improper ∼HSK 2
那种 那種 nà zhǒng that kind of ∼HSK 2
来讲 來講 lái jiǎng as to; considering; for ∼HSK 2
过当 過當 guò dàng excessive ∼HSK 2
杀人 殺人 shā rén homicide; to murder; to kill (a person) ∼HSK 2
不太 不太 bù tài Not too HSK 2
外卖 外賣 wài mài (of a restaurant) to provide a takeout or home delivery meal; takeout (business); takeout (meal) HSK 2
拿出 拿出 ná chū to take out; to put out; to provide; to put forward (a proposal); to come up with (evidence) HSK 2
站住 站住 zhàn zhù to stand HSK 2
看样子 看樣子 kàn yàng zi it seems; it looks as if ∼HSK 2
走进 走進 zǒu jìn to enter HSK 2