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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义气 義氣 yì qì spirit of loyalty and self-sacrifice; code of brotherhood; also pr. [yi4 qi5] ∼HSK 5
傻蛋 傻蛋 shǎ dàn stupid young fellow; idiot ∼HSK 5
勾引 勾引 gōu yǐn to seduce; to tempt ∼HSK 5
黄脸婆 黃臉婆 huáng liǎn pó faded old woman ∼HSK 5
薪 薪 xīn fuel, firewood; salary ∼HSK 5
廉 㢘 lián upright, honorable, honest ∼HSK 5
鬼鬼祟祟 鬼鬼祟祟 guǐ guǐ - suì suì (idiom) sneaky; secretive; furtive ∼HSK 5
孝心 孝心 xiào xīn filial piety (a Confucian obligation); respect and obedience to one's parents ∼HSK 5
勤力 勤力 qín lì hardworking; diligent ∼HSK 5
迷途 迷途 mí tú to lose one's way ∼HSK 5
高楼大厦 高樓大廈 gāo lóu dà shà tall building ∼HSK 5
田地 田地 tián dì field; farmland; cropland; plight; extent ∼HSK 5
大姑 大姑 dà gū father's oldest sister; husband's older sister; sister-in-law ∼HSK 5
滑头 滑頭 huá tóu crafty; slippery; slyboots ∼HSK 5
捣 搗 dǎo pound, mash ∼HSK 5
糟透 糟透 zāo tòu in a bad state; horrible; dreadful; entirely regrettable ∼HSK 5
戒酒 戒酒 jiè jiǔ to give up drinking; to abstain from drinking ∼HSK 5
皇家 皇家 huáng jiā imperial family ∼HSK 5
计程车 計程車 jì chéng chē (Tw) taxi; cab ∼HSK 5
何 何 hé what (literary) ∼HSK 5
多姿 多姿 duō zī many postures ∼HSK 5
喝醉 喝醉 hē zuì to get drunk ∼HSK 5
碍手碍脚 礙手礙腳 ài shǒu - ài jiǎo (idiom) to be in the way; to be a hindrance ∼HSK 5
祖 祖 Zǔ ancestor, forefather; grandfather ∼HSK 5
闲事 閒事 xián shì other people's business ∼HSK 5
年华 年華 nián huá years; time; age ∼HSK 5
莫 莫 mò do not (literary) ∼HSK 5
卦 卦 guà fortune telling; tell fortunes ∼HSK 5
风雨无阻 風雨無阻 fēng yǔ wú zǔ regardless of weather conditions; rain, hail or shine ∼HSK 5
逃不出 逃不出 táo bù chū unable to escape; can't get out ∼HSK 5
手掌心 手掌心 shǒu zhǎng xīn palm (of one's hand); control (extended meaning from having something in the palm of one's hand) ∼HSK 5
门神 門神 mén shén door god ∼HSK 5
老兄 老兄 lǎo xiōng elder brother (often used self-referentially); (form of address between male friends) old chap; buddy ∼HSK 5
偷汉子 偷漢子 tōu hàn zi (of a woman) to take a lover ∼HSK 5
老太婆 老太婆 lǎo tài pó old woman (at times contemptuous) ∼HSK 5
徨 徨 huáng doubtful, irresolute, vacillating ∼HSK 5
待人 待人 dài rén to treat people (politely, harshly etc) ∼HSK 5
出粮 出糧 chū liáng (dialect) to pay salary ∼HSK 5
裳 裳 cháng clothes; skirt; beautiful ∼HSK 5
情网 情網 qíng wǎng snare of love ∼HSK 5
帐 帳 zhàng tent; account ∼HSK 5
奸 奸 jiān crafty, villainous, false ∼HSK 5
抵 抵 dǐ resist, oppose; deny; off-set ∼HSK 5
弄糟 弄糟 nòng zāo to spoil; to mess up ∼HSK 5
醉鬼 醉鬼 zuì guǐ drunkard ∼HSK 5
走运 走運 zǒu yùn to have good luck; to be in luck ∼HSK 5
薯 薯 shǔ yam, tuber, potato ∼HSK 5
犯法 犯法 fàn fǎ to break the law ∼HSK 5
脱衣舞 脫衣舞 tuō yī wǔ striptease ∼HSK 5
摔伤 摔傷 shuāi shāng to injure oneself in a fall ∼HSK 5