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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伴舞 伴舞 bàn wǔ to be a dancing partner to sb; to perform as a backup dancer; taxi dancer (hired dancing partner); escort ∼HSK 6
人精 人精 rén jīng sophisticate; man with extensive experience; child prodigy; Wunderkind (i.e. brilliant child); spirit within a person (i.e. blood and essential breath 血氣|血气 of TCM) ∼HSK 6
痴情 癡情 chī qíng infatuation ∼HSK 6
闯荡江湖 闖蕩江湖 chuǎng dàng jiāng hú to travel around the country ∼HSK 6
喳喳 喳喳 chā chā (onom.) whisper ∼HSK 6
便当 便當 biàn dāng convenient; handy; easy; bento (a meal in a partitioned box); lunchbox ∼HSK 6
清汤 清湯 qīng tāng broth; clear soup; consommé ∼HSK 6
炒米 炒米 chǎo mǐ fried rice; millet stir-fried in butter ∼HSK 6
痒痒 癢癢 yǎng yang to itch; to tickle ∼HSK 6
娇美 嬌美 jiāo měi dainty ∼HSK 6
今生今世 今生今世 jīn shēng jīn shì this present life (idiom); in this lifetime; here and now ∼HSK 6
没命 沒命 méi mìng to lose one's life; to die; recklessly; desperately ∼HSK 6
宵夜 宵夜 xiāo yè midnight snack; late-night snack ∼HSK 6
米粉 米粉 mǐ fěn rice flour; rice-flour noodles; (Internet slang) Xiaomi fan ∼HSK 6
不灵 不靈 bù líng not work; be ineffective ∼HSK 6
贤妻良母 賢妻良母 xián qī liáng mǔ a good wife and loving mother ∼HSK 6
鬼混 鬼混 guǐ hùn to hang around; to fool around; to live aimlessly ∼HSK 6
查清 查清 chá qīng to find out; to ascertain; to get to the bottom of; to clarify ∼HSK 6
砸坏 砸壞 zá huài to smash; to shatter ∼HSK 6
睡袍 睡袍 shuì páo nightgown ∼HSK 6
娘的 孃的 niáng de same as ∼HSK 6
扯皮条 扯皮條 chě pí tiáo to procure; to act as pimp ∼HSK 6
捉奸 捉姦 zhuō jiān to catch a couple in the act (adultery, illicit sexual relations) ∼HSK 6
德行 德行 dé xíng morality and conduct; Taiwan pr. [de2 xing4] ∼HSK 6
盖印 蓋印 gài yìn to affix a seal; to stamp (a document) ∼HSK 6
连番 連番 lián fān repeatedly ∼HSK 6
伙计 伙計 huǒ ji partner; fellow; mate; waiter; servant; shop assistant ∼HSK 6
绝子绝孙 絕子絕孫 jué zǐ jué sūn to be without descendants (curse); may your line die out (idiom) ∼HSK 6
番薯 番薯 fān shǔ (dialect) sweet potato; yam ∼HSK 6
切勿 切勿 qiè wù by no means ∼HSK 6
与世长辞 與世長辭 yǔ shì cháng cí to die; to depart from the world forever ∼HSK 6
弥留之际 彌留之際 mí liú zhī jì on one's deathbed; at the point of death ∼HSK 6
嘱托 囑託 zhǔ tuō to entrust a task to sb else ∼HSK 6
办妥 辦妥 bàn tuǒ to arrange; to settle; to complete; to carry through ∼HSK 6
光宗耀祖 光宗耀祖 guāng zōng yào zǔ to bring honor to one's ancestors ∼HSK 6
不负 不負 bù fù to live up to ∼HSK 6
祭拜 祭拜 jì bài to offer sacrifice (to one's ancestors) ∼HSK 6
诡计 詭計 guǐ jì trick; ruse; crafty scheme ∼HSK 6
依我看 依我看 yī wǒ kàn in my opinion ∼HSK 6
色情狂 色情狂 sè qíng kuáng mad about sex; nymphomania ∼HSK 6
有伤风化 有傷風化 yǒu shāng fēng huà to offend public decency (idiom); harmful to morals and customs ∼HSK 6
赌注 賭注 dǔ zhù stake (in a gamble); (what is at) stake ∼HSK 6
迎头 迎頭 yíng tóu to meet head-on; face-to-face; directly ∼HSK 6
体格 體格 tǐ gé bodily health; one's physical state; physique ∼HSK 6
招请 招請 zhāo qǐng to recruit; to take on (an employee) ∼HSK 6
赚回来 賺回來 zhuàn huí lai to earn back (money one invested, wasted etc) ∼HSK 6
独脚戏 獨腳戲 dú jiǎo xì variant of ∼HSK 6
两手 兩手 liǎng shǒu one's two hands; two prongs (of a strategy); both aspects, eventualities etc; skills; expertise HSK 6
退票 退票 tuì piào to bounce (a check); to return a ticket; ticket refund HSK 6
斯文 斯文 sī wén refined; educate; cultured; intellectual; polite; gentle HSK 6