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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Vocabulary

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跟着 跟著 gēn zhe to follow after; immediately afterwards ∼HSK 1
干女儿 乾女兒 gān nǚ ér adopted daughter (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications) ∼HSK 1
妈的 媽的 mā de (taboo curse) damn it!; fucking ∼HSK 1
不可 不可 bù kě cannot; should not; must not ∼HSK 1
奶奶的 奶奶的 nǎi nai de damn it!; blast it! ∼HSK 1
去你的 去你的 qù nǐ de Get along with you! ∼HSK 1
有点 有點 yǒu diǎn a little ∼HSK 1
到了 到了 dào liǎo at last; finally; in the end ∼HSK 1
小子 小子 xiǎo zǐ (literary) youngster; (old) young fellow (term of address used by the older generation); (old) I, me (used in speaking to one's elders) ∼HSK 1
不好 不好 bù hǎo no good ∼HSK 1
一下 一下 yī xià (after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try); all at once; suddenly ∼HSK 1
在那儿 在那兒 zài na r (adverbial expression indicating that the attention of the subject of the verb is focused on what they are doing, not distracted by anything else); just...ing (and nothing else) ∼HSK 1
不可以 不可以 bù kě yǐ may not ∼HSK 1
有了 有了 yǒu le I've got a solution!; to have a bun in the oven ∼HSK 1
不到 不到 bù dào not to arrive; not reaching; insufficient; less than ∼HSK 1
工钱 工錢 gōng qián salary; wages ∼HSK 1
在外 在外 zài wài outer; excluded ∼HSK 1
做人 做人 zuò rén to conduct oneself; to behave with integrity ∼HSK 1
差一点 差一點 chà yī diǎn almost; nearly ∼HSK 1
还给 還給 huán gěi to return sth to sb ∼HSK 1
买菜 買菜 mǎi cài to buy groceries ∼HSK 1
不在 不在 bù zài not to be present; to be out; (euphemism) to pass away; to be deceased ∼HSK 1
等一下 等一下 děng yī xià to wait a moment; later; in awhile ∼HSK 1
这几天 這幾天 zhè jǐ tiān the past few days ∼HSK 1
镯子 鐲子 zhuó zi bracelet ∼HSK 1
放开 放開 fàng kāi to let go; to release ∼HSK 1
热茶 熱茶 rè chá hot tea ∼HSK 1
儿 兒 rén son, child; KangXi radical 10 ∼HSK 1
二十 二十 èr shí twenty; 20 ∼HSK 1
这就 這就 zhè jiù immediately; at once ∼HSK 1
要有 要有 yào yǒu to need; to require; must have ∼HSK 1
婊子 婊子 biǎo zi prostitute; whore ∼HSK 1
不住 不住 bù zhù (verb complement) unable to firmly or securely (grasp, recall etc); repeatedly; continuously; constantly ∼HSK 1
茶水 茶水 chá shuǐ tea prepared in large quantity using inexpensive tea leaves ∼HSK 1
还好 還好 hái hǎo not bad; tolerable; fortunately ∼HSK 1
老老 老老 lǎo lao maternal grandmother; same as 姥姥 ∼HSK 1
话说 話說 huà shuō It is said that... (at the start of a narrative); to discuss; to recount ∼HSK 1
要看 要看 yào kàn (it) depends on... ∼HSK 1
门前 門前 mén qián in front of the door ∼HSK 1
喜 喜 xǐ like, love, enjoy; joyful thing ∼HSK 1
等等 等等 děng děng et cetera; and so on...; wait a minute!; hold on! ∼HSK 1
说好 說好 shuō hǎo to come to an agreement; to complete negotiations ∼HSK 1
回事 回事 huí shì (old) to report to one's master ∼HSK 1
会不会 會不會 huì bù huì (posing a question: whether sb, something) can or cannot?; is able to or not ∼HSK 1
车钱 車錢 chē qián fare; transport costs ∼HSK 1
天哪 天哪 tiān na good heavens!; oh my God! ∼HSK 1
到现在 到現在 dào xiàn zài up until now; to date ∼HSK 1
三分 三分 sān fēn somewhat; to some degree ∼HSK 1
大水 大水 dà shuǐ flood ∼HSK 1
帮帮忙 幫幫忙 bāng bang máng to help; to do a favor; (Shanghainese) Come on!; Give me a break! ∼HSK 1