Intermediate - Kung Fu King Comparisons (C2167)

A: 你喜欢看什么片子?
nǐ xǐhuan kàn shénme piānzi?
What kind of movies do you like to watch?
B: 我比较喜欢看功夫片。
wǒ bǐjiào xǐhuan kàn gōngfu piàn.
I prefer watching kung fu movies.
A: 我也是。你的偶像是谁?
wǒ yě shì. nǐ de ǒuxiàng shì shéi?
Me too. Who is your favorite star of all time?
B: 当然是李小龙!他是永远的功夫之王。
dāngrán shì Lǐ Xiǎolóng! tā shì yǒngyuǎn de gōngfu zhī wáng.
Of course it's Bruce Lee. He will always be the kung fu king.
A: 李小龙是不错,不过我更崇拜成龙一些。
Lǐ Xiǎolóng shì bùcuò, bùguò wǒ gèng chóngbài Chéng Lóng yīxiē.
Bruce Lee isn't bad, but I admire Jackie Chan a bit more.
B: 李小龙的功夫比成龙厉害多了。
Lǐ Xiǎolóng de gōngfu bǐ Chéng Lóng lìhai duō le.
Bruce Lee's kung fu is way better than Jackie Chan's.
A: 差不多吧!
chàbuduō ba!
Come on, they're about the same!
B: 差很多!就拿打拳来说,李小龙比他打得快,打得准,打得更有力。
chà hěn duō! jiù ná dǎquán láishuō, Lǐ Xiǎolóng bǐ tā dǎ de kuài, dǎ de zhǔn, dǎ de gèng yǒulì.
About the same?! Look at their punching for instance. Bruce Lee punches faster, more accurately and with more power than him.
A: 但是成龙比他演得好。而且,成龙演的电影也比他多得多。
dànshì Chéng Lóng bǐ tā yǎn de hǎo. érqiě, Chéng Lóng yǎn de diànyǐng yě bǐ tā duō de duō.
But Jackie Chan acts better than him. Also, Jackie Chan has acted in a lot more movies than him.
B: 演的多有什么用?李小龙的名气也比他大多了。
yǎn de duō yǒu shénme yòng? Lǐ Xiǎolóng de míngqì yě bǐ tā dà duō le.
What good is acting in a lot of movies? Bruce Lee's reputation is way bigger than his.
A: 成龙比他会赚钱,会帮助人,会......
Chéng Lóng bǐ tā huì zhuànqián, huì bāngzhù rén, huì......
Jackie Chan has made more money than him, helped more people and...
B: 会什么?会花心吧!
huì shénme? huì huāxīn ba!
And what? Become a playboy!

Key Vocabulary

片子 piānzi movie
比较 bǐjiào to compare to
功夫 gōngfu kung fu
偶像 ǒuxiàng idol
李小龙 Lǐ Xiǎolóng Bruce Lee
永远 yǒngyuǎn eternally
zhī of
wáng king
gèng more
崇拜 chóngbài to admire
成龙 Chéng Lóng Jackie Chan
compared to
厉害 lìhai powerful, awesome
拿......来说 ná ... láishuō to take... for example
打拳 dǎquán to hit
jiù just
zhǔn accurate
有力 yǒulì powerful
yǎn to perform, act
而且 érqiě moreover
电影 diànyǐng movie
名气 míngqì fame
赚钱 zhuànqián to make money
花心 huāxīn promiscuous

Supplementary Vocabulary

看电影 kàn diànyǐng to watch a movie
明星 míngxīng celebrity, star
私生活 sīshēnghuó private life
比较句 bǐjiàojù comparative sentence
电影院 diànyǐngyuàn movie theater

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