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Meaning of chopsocky | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A genre of exaggerated martial arts films made primarily in Hong Kong and Taiwan during the 1960s and 1970s.
    colloquial, derogatory, sometimes, uncountable
  2. An individual film of this kind.
    countable

Examples

“Chopsocky actioner with standard fight scenes and atrocious dubbing.”
“The chopsocky films garnered a small following in this country precisely because of their often-ludicrous dubbing and the unrealistically-hard smacking […]”
“[…] bad enough that we settle for the typical chopsocky fare or do we protest and demand more realistic portrayals […]”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

chopstick chopstick land chopstick legs chopstick rest chopstick stand chopsticker

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