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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里头 裡頭 lǐ tou inside; interior HSK 2
斤 斤 jīn catty; (PRC) weight equal to 500 g; (Tw) weight equal to 600 g; (HK, Malaysia, Singapore) slightly over 604 g HSK 2
手表 手錶 shǒu biǎo wristwatch HSK 2
大海 大海 dà hǎi sea; ocean HSK 2
得出 得出 dé chū to obtain (a result); to arrive at (a conclusion) HSK 2
打工 打工 dǎ gōng to work a temporary or casual job; (of students) to have a job outside of class time, or during vacation HSK 2
月亮 月亮 yuè liang the moon HSK 2
饱 飽 bǎo to eat till full; satisfied HSK 2
商量 商量 shāng liang to consult; to talk over; to discuss HSK 2
平常 平常 píng cháng ordinary; common; usually; ordinarily HSK 2
太太 太太 tài tai married woman; Mrs.; Madam; wife HSK 2
不一定 不一定 bù yī dìng not necessarily; maybe HSK 2
姓 姓 xìng family name; surname; to be surnamed HSK 2
分开 分開 fēn kāi to separate; to part HSK 2
大声 大聲 dà shēng loud voice; in a loud voice; loudly HSK 2
好人 好人 hǎo rén good person; healthy person; person who tries not to offend anyone, even at the expense of principle HSK 2
平安 平安 píng ān safe and sound; well; without mishap; quiet and safe; at peace HSK 2
全体 全體 quán tǐ all; entire HSK 2
出门 出門 chū mén to go out; to leave home; to go on a journey; away from home; (of a woman) to get married HSK 2
懂得 懂得 dǒng de to understand; to know; to comprehend HSK 2
碗 㼝 wǎn bowl; cup HSK 2
客人 客人 kè rén visitor; guest; customer; client HSK 2
送给 送給 sòng gěi to send; to give as a present HSK 2
顾客 顧客 gù kè customer; client HSK 2
不如 不如 bù rú not equal to; not as good as; inferior to; it would be better to HSK 2
好事 好事 hǎo shì good action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, "a fine thing indeed"); charity; happy occasion; Daoist or Buddhist ceremony for the souls of the dead HSK 2
好处 好處 hǎo chǔ easy to get along with HSK 2
道理 道理 dào li reason; argument; sense; principle; basis; justification HSK 2
放心 放心 fàng xīn to feel relieved; to feel reassured; to be at ease HSK 2
大人 大人 dà ren adult; grownup; title of respect toward superiors HSK 2
租 租 zū to hire; to rent; to charter; to rent out; to lease out; rent; land tax HSK 2
响 響 xiǎng echo; sound; noise; to make a sound; to sound; to ring; loud; classifier for noises HSK 2
的话 的話 de huà if (coming after a conditional clause) HSK 2
到处 到處 dào chù everywhere HSK 2
答应 答應 dā ying to answer; to respond; to answer positively; to agree; to accept; to promise HSK 2
合适 合適 hé shì suitable; fitting; appropriate HSK 2
随便 隨便 suí biàn as one wishes; as one pleases; at random; negligent; casual; wanton HSK 2
讲话 講話 jiǎng huà a speech; to speak; to talk; to address HSK 2
喊 喊 hǎn to yell; to shout; to call out for (a person) HSK 2
差不多 差不多 chà bu duō almost; nearly; more or less; about the same; good enough; not bad HSK 2
方便 方便 fāng biàn convenient; suitable; to facilitate; to make things easy; having money to spare; (euphemism) to relieve oneself HSK 2
好多 好多 hǎo duō many; quite a lot; much better HSK 2
千 千 qiān thousand HSK 2
接到 接到 jiē dào to receive (letter etc) HSK 2
礼物 禮物 lǐ wù gift; present HSK 2
封 封 fēng to confer; to grant; to bestow a title; to seal; classifier for sealed objects, esp. letters HSK 2
交给 交給 jiāo gěi to give; to deliver; to hand over HSK 2
顺利 順利 shùn lì smoothly; without a hitch HSK 2
不行 不行 bù xíng won't do; be out of the question; be no good; not work; not be capable HSK 2
怎么办 怎麼辦 zěn me bàn what's to be done HSK 2