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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yòng to exploit; to make use of; to use; to take advantage of; to utilize HSK 3
pài clique; school; group; faction; to dispatch; to send; to assign; to appoint; pi (Greek letter Ππ); the circular ratio pi = 3.1415926; (loanword) pie HSK 3
dào finally; in the end; when all is said and done; after all; to the end; to the last HSK 3
jiǎn dān simple; not complicated HSK 3
lìng wài additional; in addition; besides; separate; other; moreover; furthermore HSK 3
céng jīng once; already; former; previously; ever; (past tense marker used before verb or clause) HSK 3
shāng to injure; injury; wound HSK 3
zuò to cooperate; to collaborate; to work together; cooperation HSK 3
rèn wu mission; assignment; task; duty; role HSK 3
róng easy; straightforward; likely; liable to; apt to HSK 3
miàn inside; interior; also pr. [lǐ mian] HSK 3
area; region; district; small; distinguish HSK 3
zǒng shì always HSK 3
zhōng at last; in the end; finally; eventually HSK 3
jiào to compare; to contrast; comparatively; relatively; quite; comparison HSK 3
qián at the present time; currently HSK 3
yóu game; to play HSK 3
gēn běn fundamental; basic; root; simply; absolutely (not); (not) at all HSK 3
le extremely; exceedingly HSK 3
bǎo to protect; to defend; to safeguard; protection HSK 3
chǔ to handle; to deal with; to punish; to treat sth by a special process; to process; to sell at reduced prices HSK 3
調 diào chá investigation; inquiry; to investigate; to survey; survey; (opinion) poll HSK 3
zhuǎi see 转文 HSK 3
jiě jué to solve; to resolve; to settle (a problem); to eliminate; to wipe out (an enemy, bandits etc) HSK 3
dāng rán only natural; as it should be; certainly; of course; without doubt HSK 3
lián to link; to join; to connect; continuously; in succession; including; (used with 也, 都 etc) even; company (military) HSK 3
shí actually; in fact; really HSK 3
shòu to receive; to accept; to suffer; subjected to; to bear; to stand; pleasant; (passive marker) HSK 3
zhǐ yǒu only have ...; there is only ...; (used in combination with 才) it is only if one ... (that one can ...) (Example: 只有通过治疗才能痊愈 "the only way to cure it is with therapy"); it is only ... (who ...) (Example: 要 "only men would have such a requirement"); (used to indicate that one has no alternative) one can only (do a certain thing) (Example: 服 "the only thing you can do is give in") HSK 3
rèn any; whatever; whichever; whatsoever HSK 3
yóu to follow; from; because of; due to; by; via; through; (before a noun and a verb) it is for ... to ... HSK 3
qiè everything; every; all HSK 3
zǒng general; overall; to sum up; in every case; always; invariably; anyway; after all; eventually; sooner or later; surely; (after a person's name) abbr. for 总经理 or 总编 etc HSK 3
guān xi relation; relationship; to concern; to affect; to have to do with; guanxi HSK 3
zhāng to open up; to spread; sheet of paper; classifier for flat objects, sheet; classifier for votes HSK 3
sài competition (sports etc); match; to compete HSK 3
shì jiè world HSK 3
zhǐ shì merely; only; just; nothing but; simply; but; however HSK 3
shēng to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out HSK 3
wàng to hope; a hope; a wish HSK 3
to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned HSK 3
yào to need; to want; to demand; to require; needs 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
gǎi tóu huàn miàn to change outwardly while remaining essentially the same (derog.) (idiom); (Tw) (non-derogatory) to change considerably; to undergo a transformation Idiom ∼HSK 2
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
nán guò to feel sad; to feel unwell; (of life) to be difficult Xiehouyu HSK 2
kāi xīn to feel happy; to rejoice; to have a great time; to make fun of sb Xiehouyu HSK 2