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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大鳄 大鱷 dà è lit. big crocodile; fig. major figure; big shot; top boss (esp. criminal) ∼HSK 1
天涯 天涯 tiān yá the other end of the world; a faraway place ∼HSK 1
不下 不下 bù xià to be not less than (a certain quantity, amount etc) ∼HSK 1
八十 八十 bā shí eighty; 80 ∼HSK 1
明 明 Míng bright, light, brilliant; clear ∼HSK 1
上天 上天 shàng tiān Heaven; Providence; God; the sky above; to fly skywards; (euphemism) to die; to pass away; the previous day (or days) ∼HSK 1
做小 做小 zuò xiǎo to be sb's concubine ∼HSK 1
差点 差點 chà diǎn almost; nearly ∼HSK 1
慢走 慢走 màn zǒu Stay a bit!; Wait a minute!; (to a departing guest) Take care! ∼HSK 1
一个个 一個個 yī gè gè a number of; each and every one; one by one; one after another ∼HSK 1
天天 天天 tiān tiān every day ∼HSK 1
十五 十五 shí wǔ fifteen; 15 ∼HSK 1
星 星 xīng a star, planet; any point of light ∼HSK 1
想来 想來 xiǎng lái it may be assumed that ∼HSK 1
等一会 等一會 děng yī huì Wait a moment!; after a while ∼HSK 1
大一 大一 dà yī first-year university student ∼HSK 1
穿衣 穿衣 chuān yī to put on clothes; to get dressed ∼HSK 1
在一起 在一起 zài yī qǐ together ∼HSK 1
再不 再不 zài bù or else; alternatively ∼HSK 1
怎么回事 怎麼回事 zěn me huí shì what's the matter?; what's going on?; how could that be?; how did that come about?; what's it all about? ∼HSK 1
三次 三次 sān cì third; three times; (math.) degree three, cubic (equation) ∼HSK 1
客 客 kè guest, traveller; customer ∼HSK 1
说说 說說 shuō shuo to say sth ∼HSK 1
几个 幾個 jǐ ge a few; several; how many ∼HSK 1
最高 最高 zuì gāo tallest; highest; supreme (court etc) ∼HSK 1
拿起 拿起 ná qǐ to pick up ∼HSK 1
他妈的 他媽的 tā mā de (taboo curse) damn it!; fucking ∼HSK 1
做不到 做不到 zuò bù dào impossible ∼HSK 1
吃不下 吃不下 chī bu xià not feel like eating; be unable to eat any more ∼HSK 1
做事 做事 zuò shì to work; to handle matters; to have a job ∼HSK 1
十二 十二 shí èr twelve; 12 ∼HSK 1
不用谢 不用謝 bù yòng xiè You're welcome; Don't mention it ∼HSK 1
那天 那天 nà tiān that day; the other day ∼HSK 1
那个人 那個人 nà gè rén lit. that person; fig. the person you have been looking for; Mr Right; the girl of one's dreams ∼HSK 1
撵走 攆走 niǎn zǒu to drive out; to oust ∼HSK 1
前几天 前幾天 qián jǐ tiān a few days ago; a few days before; the past few days; the previous few days ∼HSK 1
好几 好幾 hǎo jǐ several; quite a few ∼HSK 1
做大 做大 zuò dà arrogant; to put on airs; (business etc) to expand; to enlarge; to do sth on a big scale ∼HSK 1
我等 我等 wǒ děng we; us (archaic) ∼HSK 1
他日 他日 tā rì (literary) some day; (literary) days in the past ∼HSK 1
好玩 好玩 hǎo wán amusing; fun; interesting ∼HSK 1
十八 十八 shí bā eighteen; 18 ∼HSK 1
做错 做錯 zuò cuò to make an error ∼HSK 1
你好 你好 nǐ hǎo hello; hi ∼HSK 1
说出 說出 shuō chū to speak out; to declare (one's view) ∼HSK 1
说不出 說不出 shuō bu chū unable to say ∼HSK 1
你等 你等 nǐ děng (archaic) you all ∼HSK 1
找不到 找不到 zhǎo bu dào can't find ∼HSK 1
试试看 試試看 shì shì kàn to give it a try ∼HSK 1
要钱 要錢 yào qián to charge; to demand payment ∼HSK 1