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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斯斯文文 斯斯文文 sī sī wén wén refined and gentle; cultured and well-mannered (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 7
日日夜夜 日日夜夜 rì rì yè yè day after day and night after night (idiom); continuously; day and night Idiom ∼HSK 7
思前想后 思前想後 sī qián xiǎng hòu to consider past cause and future effect (idiom); to think over the past and future; to ponder over reasons and connection Idiom HSK 7
岂有此理 豈有此理 qǐ yǒu cǐ lǐ how can this be so? (idiom); preposterous; ridiculous; absurd Idiom HSK 7
七嘴八舌 七嘴八舌 qī zuǐ bā shé lively discussion with everybody talking at once Idiom HSK 7
垂头丧气 垂頭喪氣 chuí tóu sàng qì hanging one's head dispiritedly (idiom); dejected; crestfallen Idiom HSK 7
惊心动魄 驚心動魄 jīng xīn dòng pò (idiom) heart-stopping; hair-raising; breathtaking Idiom HSK 7
神气 神氣 shén qì expression; manner; vigorous; impressive; lofty; pretentious Xiehouyu HSK 7
冤枉 冤枉 yuān wang to accuse wrongly; to treat unjustly; injustice; wronged; not worthwhile Xiehouyu HSK 7
完蛋 完蛋 wán dàn (coll.) to be done for Xiehouyu HSK 7
荒唐 荒唐 huāng táng beyond belief; preposterous; absurd; intemperate; dissipated Xiehouyu HSK 7
莫名其妙 莫名其妙 mò míng qí miào (idiom) baffling; bizarre; without rhyme or reason; inexplicable Xiehouyu HSK 7
开口 開口 kāi kǒu to open one's mouth; to start to talk Xiehouyu HSK 7
衣裳 衣裳 yī shang (coll.) clothes Colloquialism HSK 7
愣 愣 lèng to look distracted; to stare blankly; distracted; blank; (coll.) unexpectedly; rash; rashly Colloquialism HSK 7
揍 揍 zòu to hit; to beat (sb); (coll.) to smash (sth) Colloquialism HSK 7
娘 娘 niáng mother; young lady; (coll.) effeminate Colloquialism HSK 7
家伙 傢伙 jiā huo household dish, implement or furniture; domestic animal; (coll.) guy; chap; weapon Colloquialism HSK 7
私家车 私家車 sī jiā chē private car HSK 7
做证 做證 zuò zhèng variant of 作证 HSK 7
啰唆 囉唆 luō suo variant of 啰嗦 HSK 7
红眼 紅眼 hóng yǎn to become infuriated; to see red; envious; jealous; covetous; pink eye (conjunctivitis); red-eye (flight)(photography) red eye HSK 7
清明 清明 Qīng míng Qingming or Pure Brightness, 5th of the 24 solar terms 二十四节气 5th-19th April; Pure Brightness Festival or Tomb Sweeping Day (in early April) HSK 7
亏本 虧本 kuī běn to make a loss HSK 7
辛酸 辛酸 xīn suān pungent (taste); bitter; fig. sad; miserable HSK 7
受惊 受驚 shòu jīng startled HSK 7
插嘴 插嘴 chā zuǐ to interrupt (sb talking); to butt in; to cut into a conversation HSK 7
赔钱 賠錢 péi qián to lose money; to pay for damages HSK 7
下海 下海 xià hǎi to go out to sea; to enter the sea (to swim etc); (fig.) to take the plunge (e.g. leave a secure job, or enter prostitution etc) HSK 7
总而言之 總而言之 zǒng ér yán zhī in short; in a word; in brief HSK 7
威风 威風 wēi fēng might; awe-inspiring authority; impressive HSK 7
公事 公事 gōng shì work-related matters; documents HSK 7
缩水 縮水 suō shuǐ to shrink (in the wash); fig. to shrink (of profits etc) HSK 7
刨 刨 bào carpenter's plane; to plane (woodwork); to shave off; to peel (with a potato peeler etc) HSK 7
霸占 霸佔 bà zhàn to occupy by force; to seize; to dominate HSK 7
紧凑 緊湊 jǐn còu compact; terse; tight (schedule) HSK 7
私事 私事 sī shì personal matters HSK 7
小贩 小販 xiǎo fàn peddler; hawker HSK 7
糟蹋 糟蹋 zāo tà to waste; to defile; to abuse; to insult; to defile; to trample on; to wreck; also pr. [zāo ta] HSK 7
抢夺 搶奪 qiǎng duó to plunder; to pillage; to forcibly take HSK 7
凄凉 悽涼 qī liáng mournful; miserable HSK 7
平日 平日 píng rì ordinary day; everyday; ordinarily; usually HSK 7
嫌弃 嫌棄 xián qì to regard with disdain; to shun HSK 7
黏 黏 nián sticky; glutinous; (Tw) to adhere; to stick on; to glue HSK 7
记性 記性 jì xing memory (ability to retain information) HSK 7
棍子 棍子 gùn zi stick; rod HSK 7
偷懒 偷懶 tōu lǎn to goof off; to be lazy HSK 7
寡妇 寡婦 guǎ fu widow HSK 7
扣留 扣留 kòu liú to detain; to arrest; to hold; to confiscate HSK 7
顺手 順手 shùn shǒu easily; without trouble; while one is at it; in passing; handy HSK 7