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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Vocabulary

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zhù (verb complement) unable to firmly or securely (grasp, recall etc); repeatedly; continuously; constantly ∼HSK 1
kāi mén to open a door (lit. and fig.); to open for business ∼HSK 1
tiān tiān every day ∼HSK 1
yào strategic location ∼HSK 1
zài (Tw) local; native (from Taiwanese 在地, Tai-lo pr. [tsāi-tē]) ∼HSK 1
zhè zhǒng this kind of ∼HSK 1
not to get along well; to be on bad terms; to be at odds; discord ∼HSK 1
tiān r the weather ∼HSK 1
nín hǎo hello (polite) ∼HSK 1
jiào school; military field officer ∼HSK 1
bìng not at all; by no means ∼HSK 1
shāng business opportunity; commercial opportunity ∼HSK 1
shàng cài to serve food ∼HSK 1
zài qián ahead; formerly; in the past ∼HSK 1
cóng lái méi yǒu there has never been; has never had; (before a verb) has never ∼HSK 1
several times ∼HSK 1
míng tiān jiàn see you tomorrow; (coll., jocular) food that passes through the digestive system more or less intact (esp. enoki mushrooms) ∼HSK 1
duō how old?; how big?; how much?; so big; that much ∼HSK 1
gēn rén to marry (of woman) ∼HSK 1
ge which; who ∼HSK 1
tiān several days ∼HSK 1
gān ér zi adopted son (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications) ∼HSK 1
zuó wǎn yesterday evening; last night ∼HSK 1
chá 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") ∼HSK 1
duō duō many; much; a lot; lots and lots; more; even more ∼HSK 1
yǒu fēng windy ∼HSK 1
jiù zhe (eat sth) with (sth else); taking advantage of; using ∼HSK 1
wán xiào to joke; joke; jest ∼HSK 1
dào not to arrive; not reaching; insufficient; less than ∼HSK 1
xiǎng jiàn to infer; to gather ∼HSK 1
diǎn cài to order dishes (in a restaurant) ∼HSK 1
shàng ge first (of two parts); last (week etc); previous; the above ∼HSK 1
duì bu zhù to let sb down; to be unfair; I'm sorry; pardon me (formal) ∼HSK 1
qǐng kàn please see...; vide ∼HSK 1
zhe ne comes at the end of the sentence to indicate a strong degree; quite; rather ∼HSK 1
bié yǒu to have other...; to have a special... ∼HSK 1
děng (archaic) you all ∼HSK 1
zhǎo zháo to find ∼HSK 1
gōng labor, work; worker, laborer ∼HSK 1
diǎn shuǐ to skim; lightly touching the water (as the dragonfly in the idiom 蜻蜓點水|蜻蜓点水); skin-deep ∼HSK 1
shí fifty ∼HSK 1
yuè gōng worker employed by the month ∼HSK 1
fēn qián cent; penny ∼HSK 1
měi tiān every day ∼HSK 1
shàng jiā preceding player (in a game) ∼HSK 1
xià to be not less than (a certain quantity, amount etc) ∼HSK 1
guān mén to close a door; to lock a door; (of a shop etc) to close (for the night or permanently) ∼HSK 1
r place; space ∼HSK 1
yǒu diǎn a little ∼HSK 1
nián a few years; several years; how many years? ∼HSK 1