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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孝子 孝子 xiào zǐ filial son ∼HSK 5
芳 芳 fāng fragrant; virtuous; beautiful ∼HSK 5
贤 賢 xián virtuous, worthy ∼HSK 5
痨 癆 láo consumption; tuberculosis ∼HSK 5
奉 奉 fèng respectfully offer ∼HSK 5
柴 柴 Chái firewood, faggots, fuel ∼HSK 5
横扫 橫掃 héng sǎo to sweep away; to sweep across ∼HSK 5
必胜 必勝 bì shèng to be certain of victory; to be bound to prevail ∼HSK 5
听清 聽清 tīng qīng to hear clearly ∼HSK 5
掌 掌 zhǎng palm of hand, sole of foot, paw ∼HSK 5
徒刑 徒刑 tú xíng prison sentence ∼HSK 5
桃花 桃花 táo huā peach blossom; (fig.) love affair HSK 5
物价 物價 wù jià (commodity) prices HSK 5
脆 脃 cuì brittle; fragile; crisp; crunchy; clear and loud voice; neat HSK 5
不得了 不得了 bù dé liǎo desperately serious; disastrous; extremely; exceedingly HSK 5
用不着 用不著 yòng bu zháo not need; have no use for HSK 5
上涨 上漲 shàng zhǎng to rise; to go up HSK 5
咳 咳 ké cough HSK 5
来信 來信 lái xìn incoming letter; to send us a letter HSK 5
不顾 不顧 bù gù in spite of; regardless of HSK 5
交代 交代 jiāo dài to transfer (duties to sb else); to give instructions; to tell (sb to do sth); to explain; to give an account; to brief; to confess; to account for oneself; (jocular) to come to a bad end HSK 5
再也 再也 zài yě (not) any more HSK 5
分成 分成 fēn chéng to divide (into); to split a bonus; to break into; tenths; percentage allotment HSK 5
近来 近來 jìn lái recently; lately HSK 5
乡 鄉 xiāng country or countryside; native place; home village or town; township (PRC administrative unit) HSK 5
城里 城裡 chénglǐ In the city HSK 5
打架 打架 dǎ jià to fight; to scuffle; to come to blows HSK 5
隔壁 隔壁 gé bì next door; neighbor HSK 5
签字 簽字 qiān zì to sign (one's name); signature HSK 5
赔 賠 péi to compensate for loss; to indemnify; to suffer a financial loss HSK 5
朵 朵 duǒ flower; earlobe; fig. item on both sides; classifier for flowers, clouds etc HSK 5
也好 也好 yě hǎo that's fine; may as well; (reduplicated) regardless of whether ... or ... HSK 5
扶 扶 fú to support with the hand; to help sb up; to support oneself by holding onto something; to help HSK 5
干脆 乾脆 gān cuì candid; direct and to the point; simply; just; might as well HSK 5
一向 一向 yī xiàng always (previously); a period of time in the recent past HSK 5
打扮 打扮 dǎ ban to decorate; to dress; to make up; to adorn; manner of dressing; style of dress HSK 5
倒是 倒是 dào shi contrary to what one might expect; actually; contrariwise; why don't you HSK 5
码头 碼頭 mǎ tóu dock; pier; wharf HSK 5
情形 情形 qíng xing circumstances; situation HSK 5
涨 漲 zhǎng to rise (of prices, rivers) HSK 5
脾气 脾氣 pí qi character; temperament; disposition; bad temper HSK 5
明明 明明 míng míng obviously; plainly; undoubtedly; definitely HSK 5
不许 不許 bù xǔ not to allow; must not; can't HSK 5
冻 凍 dòng to freeze; to feel very cold; aspic or jelly HSK 5
劝 勸 quàn to advise; to urge; to try to persuade; to exhort; to console; to soothe HSK 5
悲伤 悲傷 bēi shāng sad; sorrowful HSK 5
双手 雙手 shuāng shǒu both hands HSK 5
糟糕 糟糕 zāo gāo too bad; how terrible; what bad luck; terrible; bad HSK 5
动手 動手 dòng shǒu to set about (a task); to hit; to punch; to touch HSK 5
在场 在場 zài chǎng to be present; to be on the scene HSK 5