A Better Tomorrow II

A Better Tomorrow II 1987

英雄本色2 yīng xióng běn sè

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%

Cast

Ti Lung Ti Lung Sung Chi Ho Leslie Cheung Leslie Cheung Sung Chi Kit Dean Shek Tin Dean Shek Tin Lung Sei Chow Yun-Fat Chow Yun-Fat Ken Lee Guan Shan Guan Shan Go Ying Pui Emily Chu Bo-Yee Emily Chu Bo-Yee Jackie Kenneth Tsang Kenneth Tsang Kin Shing Fui-On Shing Fui-On Pui's Partner Lam Chung Lam Chung Pui's Partner Richard Ng Man-Tat Richard Ng Man-Tat Boss Wong

Vocabulary

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摸清 摸清 mō qīng to suss out; to figure out; to ascertain ∼HSK 6
心腹大患 心腹大患 xīn fù dà huàn lit. trouble in the heart and belly (idiom); a serious hidden danger; a grave threat from within ∼HSK 6
急症 急症 jí zhèng acute disease; medical emergency ∼HSK 6
炸掉 炸掉 zhà diào to bomb ∼HSK 6
偏心 偏心 piān xīn partial; biased; prejudiced; eccentric ∼HSK 6
衣袖 衣袖 yī xiù the sleeve of a garment ∼HSK 6
中计 中計 zhòng jì to fall into a trap; to be taken in ∼HSK 6
俐落 俐落 lì luo variant of ∼HSK 6
遵命 遵命 zūn mìng obey the order ∼HSK 6
地牢 地牢 dì láo prison; dungeon ∼HSK 6
赶不及 趕不及 gǎn bù jí not enough time (to do sth); too late (to do sth) ∼HSK 6
有情 有情 yǒu qíng to be in love; sentient beings (Buddhism) ∼HSK 6
手足 手足 shǒu zú hands and feet; (fig.) brothers; retinue, henchmen, accomplices ∼HSK 6
打理 打理 dǎ lǐ to take care of; to sort out; to manage; to put in order ∼HSK 6
只得 只得 zhǐ dé to have no alternative but to; to be obliged to HSK 6
外衣 外衣 wài yī outer clothing; semblance; appearance HSK 6
橙 橙 chéng orange tree; orange (color) HSK 6
免得 免得 miǎn de so as not to; so as to avoid HSK 6
通行 通行 tōng xíng to go through; to pass through; to be in general use HSK 6
不怎么 不怎麼 bù zěn me not very; not particularly HSK 6
一道 一道 yī dào together HSK 6
海外 海外 hǎi wài overseas; abroad HSK 6
要不然 要不然 yào bù rán otherwise; or else; or HSK 6
炸药 炸藥 zhà yào explosive (material) HSK 6
开头 開頭 kāi tóu beginning; to start HSK 6
有事 有事 yǒu shì to be occupied with sth; to have sth on one's mind; there is something the matter HSK 6
出路 出路 chū lù a way out (lit. and fig.); opportunity for advancement; a way forward; outlet (for one's products) HSK 6
亲眼 親眼 qīn yǎn with one's own eyes; personally HSK 6
捉 捉 zhuō to clutch; to grab; to capture HSK 6
意愿 意願 yì yuàn aspiration; wish (for); desire HSK 6
信用 信用 xìn yòng trustworthiness; (commerce) credit; (literary) to trust and appoint HSK 6
想不到 想不到 xiǎng bu dào unexpected; hard to imagine; it had not occurred to me; who could have thought that HSK 6
掌声 掌聲 zhǎng shēng applause HSK 6
放手 放手 fàng shǒu to let go one's hold; to give up; to have a free hand HSK 6
狠 狠 hěn ruthless; fierce; ferocious; determined; to harden (one's heart); old variant of 很 HSK 6
总部 總部 zǒng bù general headquarters HSK 6
赚钱 賺錢 zhuàn qián to earn money; moneymaking HSK 6
一时 一時 yī shí a period of time; a while; for a short while; temporary; momentary; at the same time HSK 6
夺 奪 duó to seize; to take away forcibly; to wrest control of; to compete or strive for; to force one's way through; to leave out; to lose HSK 6
判 判 pàn to judge; to sentence; to discriminate; to discern; clearly distinguishable HSK 6
道歉 道歉 dào qiàn to apologize HSK 6
全力 全力 quán lì with all one's strength; full strength; all-out (effort); fully (support) HSK 6
肯 肎 kěn to agree; to consent; to be willing to HSK 6
炸 炸 zhá to deep fry; Taiwan pr. [zhà] HSK 6
赌 賭 dǔ to bet; to gamble HSK 6
危机 危機 wēi jī crisis HSK 6
顺 順 shùn to obey; to follow; to arrange; to make reasonable; along; favorable HSK 6
上帝 上帝 Shàng dì God HSK 6
法庭 法庭 fǎ tíng court of law HSK 6
炒 炒 chǎo to sauté; to stir-fry; to speculate; to hype; to fire (sb) HSK 6