The Underdog Knight

The Underdog Knight 2008

硬汉 yìnghàn

Lao San is a young veteran high in Kungfu power but low in intelligence. After landing on a job as a body guard for a wealthy antique collector, Lao San finds out his boss's plot to rob the National Art Museum.

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3.82 Beginner Director Ding Sheng IMDb 6.0

Cast

Liu Ye Liu Ye Lao San/Wang Tao Anthony Wong Chau-Sang Anthony Wong Chau-Sang Dragon You Yongzhi You Yongzhi Capt Jiang Young Liu Young Liu Daffodil Sun Honglei Sun Honglei Daffodil's lover Yu Rongguang Yu Rongguang C.O. Ellen Chan Nga-Lun Ellen Chan Nga-Lun Nancy Otto Wong Ah Chang Ma Jingwu Ma Jingwu Police Commissioner Mario Li Jie Li Jie Soldier at the Warf

Vocabulary

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无所畏惧 無所畏懼 wú suǒ wèi jù to be utterly fearless (idiom); to be afraid of nothing Idiom ∼HSK 7
马到功成 馬到功成 mǎ dào gōng chéng lit. victory comes as soon as the horses arrive (idiom); fig. to win a swift and easy success Idiom ∼HSK 7
千军万马 千軍萬馬 qiān jūn wàn mǎ magnificent army with thousands of men and horses (idiom); impressive display of manpower; all the King's horses and all the King's men Idiom HSK 7
美中不足 美中不足 měi zhōng bù zú everything is fine except for one small defect (idiom); the fly in the ointment Idiom HSK 7
嫂子 嫂子 sǎo zi (coll.) older brother's wife; sister-in-law Colloquialism HSK 7
揍 揍 zòu to hit; to beat (sb); (coll.) to smash (sth) Colloquialism HSK 7
家伙 傢伙 jiā huo household dish, implement or furniture; domestic animal; (coll.) guy; chap; weapon Colloquialism HSK 7
接听 接聽 jiē tīng to answer the phone HSK 7
逞能 逞能 chěng néng to show off one's ability; to boast one's merits HSK 7
伯母 伯母 bó mǔ wife of father's elder brother; aunt; (polite form of address for a woman who is about the age of one's mother) HSK 7
见义勇为 見義勇為 jiàn yì yǒng wéi to see what is right and act courageously (idiom, from Analects); to stand up bravely for the truth; acting heroically in a just cause HSK 7
探亲 探親 tàn qīn to go home to visit one's family HSK 7
水壶 水壺 shuǐ hú kettle; canteen; watering can HSK 7
私事 私事 sī shì personal matters HSK 7
车速 車速 chē sù vehicle speed HSK 7
用人 用人 yòng rén servant; to employ sb for a job; to manage people; to be in need of staff HSK 7
照常 照常 zhào cháng as usual HSK 7
体质 體質 tǐ zhì constitution HSK 7
刑法 刑法 xíng fǎ criminal law HSK 7
荒 荒 huāng desolate; shortage; scarce; out of practice; absurd; uncultivated; to neglect HSK 7
少有 少有 shǎo yǒu rare; infrequent HSK 7
铸造 鑄造 zhù zào to cast (pour metal into a mold) HSK 7
吃亏 吃虧 chī kuī to suffer losses; to come to grief; to lose out; to get the worst of it; to be at a disadvantage; unfortunately HSK 7
敬礼 敬禮 jìng lǐ to salute; salute HSK 7
触犯 觸犯 chù fàn to violate; to offend HSK 7
毁坏 毀壞 huǐ huài to damage; to devastate; to vandalize; damage; destruction HSK 7
趣味 趣味 qù wèi fun; interest; delight; taste; liking; preference HSK 7
特制 特製 tè zhì special; unique HSK 7
烈士 烈士 liè shì martyr HSK 7
认错 認錯 rèn cuò to admit an error; to acknowledge one's mistake HSK 7
搏斗 搏鬥 bó dòu to wrestle; to fight; to struggle HSK 7
搓 搓 cuō to rub or roll between the hands or fingers; to twist HSK 7
不算 不算 bù suàn to not calculate; to not count; to not be considered (as); to have no weight HSK 7
上瘾 上癮 shàng yǐn to get into a habit; to become addicted HSK 7
试用 試用 shì yòng to try sth out; to be on probation HSK 7
委屈 委屈 wěi qu to feel wronged; to cause sb to feel wronged; grievance HSK 7
荒谬 荒謬 huāng miù absurd; ridiculous HSK 7
幸亏 幸虧 xìng kuī fortunately; luckily HSK 7
古人 古人 gǔ rén people of ancient times; the ancients; extinct human species such as Homo erectus or Homo neanderthalensis; (literary) deceased person HSK 7
同伙 同伙 tóng huǒ colleague; co-conspirator; accomplice HSK 7
展出 展出 zhǎn chū to put on display; to be on show; to exhibit HSK 7
好说 好說 hǎo shuō easy to deal with; not a problem; (polite answer) you flatter me HSK 7
值钱 值錢 zhí qián valuable; costly; expensive HSK 7
预感 預感 yù gǎn to have a premonition; premonition HSK 7
成年 成年 chéng nián to grow to adulthood; fully grown; adult; the whole year HSK 7
窄 窄 zhǎi narrow; narrow-minded; badly off HSK 7
宁可 寧可 nìng kě preferably; one would prefer to...(or not to...); would rather; (would) be better to; (to pick) the lesser of two evils HSK 7
撒谎 撒謊 sā huǎng to tell lies HSK 7
救护车 救護車 jiù hù chē ambulance HSK 7
潜艇 潛艇 qián tǐng submarine HSK 7