A Better Tomorrow

A Better Tomorrow 2018

2018 yīng xióng běn 08

A former smuggler attempts to start his life anew and repair his relationship with his estranged brother after his release from prison.

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3.77 Beginner Director Ding Sheng IMDb 4.9

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shì jiè world HSK 3
zhǐ shì merely; only; just; nothing but; simply; but; however HSK 3
wèi le for; for the purpose of; in order to HSK 3
wàng to hope; a hope; a wish HSK 3
zhǒng seed; species; kind; type; classifier for types, kinds, sorts HSK 3
to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned HSK 3
kāi shǐ to begin; beginning; to start; initial HSK 3
shí o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period HSK 3
jiù shì exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也) even; even if HSK 3
bèi quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅游 to "go on a trip", for example) HSK 3
to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把 + {noun} + {verb}) HSK 3
hǎi wéi jiā to regard the four corners of the world all as home (idiom); to feel at home anywhere; to roam about unconstrained; to consider the entire country, or world, to be one's own Idiom ∼HSK 2
huài dàn bad egg; scoundrel; bastard Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
gǎi háng to change profession Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
lǎo tào the same old stuff Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
wán wán (coll.) to end in failure; to come to grief; to bite the dust Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
nán shòu to feel unwell; to suffer pain; to be difficult to bear Xiehouyu HSK 2
zhèng hǎo just (in time); just right; just enough; to happen to; to chance to; by chance; it just so happens that Xiehouyu HSK 2
kāi xīn to feel happy; to rejoice; to have a great time; to make fun of sb Xiehouyu HSK 2
gòu enough (sufficient); enough (too much); (coll.) (before adj.) really; (coll.) to reach by stretching out Colloquialism HSK 2
tǐng straight; erect; to stick out (a part of the body); to (physically) straighten up; to support; to withstand; outstanding; (coll.) quite; very; classifier for machine guns Colloquialism HSK 2
to pull; to play (a bowed instrument); to drag; to draw; to chat; (coll.) to empty one's bowels Colloquialism HSK 2
Zhōng huá Rén mín Gòng guó People's Republic of China Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
Dào Daoli, a district of Harbin in Heilongjiang Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
jiànguò seen HSK 2
bié le say no more; don't bring it up; drop the subject ∼HSK 2
jīn wǎn tonight ∼HSK 2
chū hǎi to go out to sea; (neologism) to expand into overseas markets ∼HSK 2
to heave; to lift; to raise up; to uphold ∼HSK 2
zhī dào le OK!; Got it! ∼HSK 2
shì urgent matter ∼HSK 2
shàng chuán to get on the boat ∼HSK 2
ràng kāi to get out of the way; to step aside ∼HSK 2
jǐng fāng police ∼HSK 2
piān r sheet; thin film ∼HSK 2
dài huí to bring back ∼HSK 2
míng zhī to be fully aware of; to know perfectly well ∼HSK 2
dài shàng to take along with one ∼HSK 2
xiǎo si small token; mere trifle (used of one's gifts) ∼HSK 2
hǎo si to have the nerve; what a cheek!; to feel no shame; to overcome the shame; (is it) proper? (rhetorical question) ∼HSK 2
shēn shǒu skill; talent; agility ∼HSK 2
měi every time ∼HSK 2
duàn zi item of storytelling or performed dialogue (folk arts); sketch ∼HSK 2
gòu si wonderful; great; delightful; very kind; generous ∼HSK 2
kāi chuán to set sail ∼HSK 2
zài zuò to be present ∼HSK 2
fēng shēng shuǐ lit. a breeze springs up and creates waves on the water (idiom); fig. flourishing; thriving; prosperous ∼HSK 2
méi wèn no problem ∼HSK 2
biàn one time (all the way through); once through ∼HSK 2
nòng huài to ruin; to spoil; to break ∼HSK 2