A Better Tomorrow 2018
英雄本色2018
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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Vocabulary
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| 不住 不住 | (verb complement) unable to firmly or securely (grasp, recall etc); repeatedly; continuously; constantly | |
| 开门 開門 | to open a door (lit. and fig.); to open for business | |
| 天天 天天 | every day | |
| 要地 要地 | strategic location | |
| 在地 在地 | (Tw) local; native (from Taiwanese 在地, Tai-lo pr. [tsāi-tē]) | |
| 这种 這種 | this kind of | |
| 不和 不和 | not to get along well; to be on bad terms; to be at odds; discord | |
| 天儿 天兒 | the weather | |
| 您好 您好 | hello (polite) | |
| 校 校 | school; military field officer | |
| 并不 並不 | not at all; by no means | |
| 商机 商機 | business opportunity; commercial opportunity | |
| 上菜 上菜 | to serve food | |
| 在前 在前 | ahead; formerly; in the past | |
| 从来没有 從來沒有 | there has never been; has never had; (before a verb) has never | |
| 几次 幾次 | several times | |
| 明天见 明天見 | see you tomorrow; (coll., jocular) food that passes through the digestive system more or less intact (esp. enoki mushrooms) | |
| 多大 多大 | how old?; how big?; how much?; so big; that much | |
| 跟人 跟人 | to marry (of woman) | |
| 哪个 哪個 | which; who | |
| 几天 幾天 | several days | |
| 干儿子 乾兒子 | adopted son (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications) | |
| 昨晚 昨晚 | yesterday evening; last night | |
| 喝茶 喝茶 | to drink tea; to get engaged; to have a serious conversation; (fig.) to have a meeting with state security agents (to be warned to behave "responsibly") | |
| 多多 多多 | many; much; a lot; lots and lots; more; even more | |
| 有风 有風 | windy | |
| 就着 就著 | (eat sth) with (sth else); taking advantage of; using | |
| 玩笑 玩笑 | to joke; joke; jest | |
| 不到 不到 | not to arrive; not reaching; insufficient; less than | |
| 想见 想見 | to infer; to gather | |
| 点菜 點菜 | to order dishes (in a restaurant) | |
| 上个 上個 | first (of two parts); last (week etc); previous; the above | |
| 对不住 對不住 | to let sb down; to be unfair; I'm sorry; pardon me (formal) | |
| 请看 請看 | please see...; vide | |
| 着呢 著呢 | comes at the end of the sentence to indicate a strong degree; quite; rather | |
| 别有 別有 | to have other...; to have a special... | |
| 你等 你等 | (archaic) you all | |
| 找着 找著 | to find | |
| 工 工 | labor, work; worker, laborer | |
| 点水 點水 | to skim; lightly touching the water (as the dragonfly in the idiom 蜻蜓點水|蜻蜓点水); skin-deep | |
| 五十 五十 | fifty | |
| 月工 月工 | worker employed by the month | |
| 分钱 分錢 | cent; penny | |
| 每天 每天 | every day | |
| 上家 上家 | preceding player (in a game) | |
| 不下 不下 | to be not less than (a certain quantity, amount etc) | |
| 关门 關門 | to close a door; to lock a door; (of a shop etc) to close (for the night or permanently) | |
| 地儿 地兒 | place; space | |
| 有点 有點 | a little | |
| 几年 幾年 | a few years; several years; how many years? |