A Better Tomorrow II

A Better Tomorrow II 1987

2 yīng xióng běn

A restauranteur teams up with a police officer and his ex-con brother to avenge the death of a friend's daughter.

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3.88 Beginner Director John Woo 🍅 57%

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Vocabulary

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qiān wàn ten million; countless; many; one must by all means HSK 3
duàn to break; to snap; to cut off; to give up or abstain from sth; to judge; (usu. used in the negative) absolutely; definitely; decidedly HSK 3
màn màn slowly HSK 3
100 ml; one-tenth of a peck; measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth of sheng 升 or liter, or one-hundredth dou 斗 HSK 3
jǐn tight; strict; close at hand; near; urgent; tense; hard up; short of money; to tighten HSK 3
lóng dragon; imperial HSK 3
hài to be afraid; to be scared HSK 3
fan trouble; inconvenience; inconvenient; troublesome; annoying; to bother sb; to put sb to trouble HSK 3
調 diào to transfer; to move (troops or cadres); to investigate; to enquire into; accent; view; argument; key (in music); mode (music); tune; tone; melody HSK 3
shòu shāng to sustain injuries; wounded (in an accident etc); harmed HSK 3
shì room; work unit; grave; scabbard; family or clan; one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy HSK 3
wài miàn outside (also pr. [wài mian] for this sense); surface; exterior; external appearance HSK 3
wén jiàn document; file HSK 3
broken; damaged; worn out; lousy; rotten; to break, split or cleave; to get rid of; to destroy; to break with; to defeat; to capture (a city etc); to expose the truth of HSK 3
duī to sculpt; to carve; musical instrument (old) HSK 3
xiàn shí reality; actuality; real; actual; realistic; pragmatic; materialistic; self-interested HSK 3
jiù to save; to assist; to rescue HSK 3
wēi xiǎn danger; dangerous HSK 3
zhù to pray for; to wish (sb bon voyage, happy birthday etc); person who invokes the spirits during sacrificial ceremonies HSK 3
lǎo bǎn boss; business proprietor HSK 3
huán jìng environment; circumstances; surroundings; ambient HSK 3
zhào according to; in accordance with; to shine; to illuminate; to reflect; to look at (one's reflection); to take (a photo); photo; as requested; as before HSK 3
duì fāng the other person; the other side; the other party HSK 3
nán dào don't tell me ...; could it be that...? HSK 3
kùn nan difficult; challenging; straitened circumstances; difficult situation HSK 3
jǐng chá police; police officer HSK 3
jiǔ (long) time; (long) duration of time HSK 3
tiào to jump; to hop; to skip over; to bounce; to palpitate HSK 3
guà to hang or suspend (from a hook etc); to hang up (the phone); (of a line) to be dead; to be worried or concerned; to make a phone call (dialect); to register or record; classifier for sets or clusters of objects; (slang) to kill; to die; to be finished; to fail (an exam) HSK 3
jǐn zhāng nervous; keyed up; intense; tense; strained; in short supply; scarce HSK 3
zhí de to be worth; to deserve HSK 3
xiǎn shì to show; to illustrate; to display; to demonstrate HSK 3
miàn duì to face; to confront HSK 3
a step; a pace; walk; march; stages in a process; situation HSK 3
bào to announce; to inform; report; newspaper; recompense; revenge HSK 3
shī to lose HSK 3
suí to follow; to comply with; varying according to...; to allow; subsequently HSK 3
gǎn to dare; daring; (polite) may I venture HSK 3
ān pái to arrange; to plan; to set up; arrangements; plans HSK 3
father and mother; parents HSK 3
jiāo to deal; to trade; to transact; transaction; deal HSK 3
to be in charge of; to take responsibility for; to be to blame; conscientious HSK 3
tán to speak; to talk; to converse; to chat; to discuss HSK 3
power; force; strength; ability; strenuously HSK 3
zhèng míng proof; certificate; identification; testimonial; to prove; to testify; to confirm the truth of HSK 3
xià to go down; to descend; to go on; to continue; (of a servant) to withdraw HSK 3
shè huì society HSK 3
qīn father; also pr. [fù qin] HSK 3
sense; meaning; significance; importance HSK 3
wèi everybody; all (guests, colleagues etc); all of you HSK 3