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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to scold; to abuse; to curse HSK 5
hài to do harm to; to cause trouble to; harm; evil; calamity HSK 5
pīn to piece together; to join together; to stake all; adventurous; at the risk of one's life; to spell HSK 5
xīn exhausting; hard; tough; arduous; to work hard; to go to a lot of trouble; hardship(s) HSK 5
xīn shǎng to appreciate; to enjoy; to admire HSK 5
qiān inscribed bamboo stick (used in divination, gambling, drawing lots etc); small wood sliver; label; tag HSK 5
dòng cave; hole; zero (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers) HSK 5
zàn shí temporary; provisional; for the time being HSK 5
cāi to guess HSK 5
tuán group; bloc; corporation; conglomerate HSK 5
qiàn to owe; to lack; (literary) to be deficient in; (bound form) yawn; to raise slightly (a part of one's body) HSK 5
táo to escape; to run away; to flee HSK 5
huí to recall; memories HSK 5
poison; to poison; poisonous; malicious; cruel; fierce; narcotics HSK 5
lián pitiful; pathetic; to have pity on HSK 5
piàn to cheat; to swindle; to deceive; to get on (a horse etc) by swinging one leg over HSK 5
zhōu Europe (abbr. for 欧罗巴洲) HSK 5
zūn zhòng to esteem; to respect; to honor; to value; eminent; serious; proper HSK 5
hai (used to describe sb or sth that makes a very strong impression, whether favorable or unfavorable) terrible; intense; severe; devastating; amazing; awesome; outstanding; (of a person) stern; strict; harsh; shrewd; tough; (of an animal) fierce; (of a resemblance) striking; (of liquor or chili pepper) strong; (of bacteria) virulent HSK 5
shǒu duàn method; means (of doing sth); strategy; trick HSK 5
shèng xià to remain; to be left over HSK 5
tōu to steal; to pilfer; to snatch; thief; stealthily HSK 5
yùn to move; to transport; to use; to apply; fortune; luck; fate HSK 5
to dance; to wield; to brandish HSK 5
qiāng gun; firearm; rifle; spear; thing with shape or function similar to a gun; to substitute for another person in a test; to knock; classifier for rifle shots HSK 5
rén person; personage; figure (esp. sb of importance); character (in a play, novel etc); figure painting (as a genre of traditional Chinese painting) HSK 5
tǎo yàn to dislike; to loathe; disagreeable; troublesome; annoying HSK 5
classifier for small spheres, pearls, corn grains, teeth, hearts, satellites etc HSK 5
shǎ foolish HSK 5
péi to accompany; to keep sb company; to assist; old variant of 赔 HSK 5
fàng to renounce; to abandon; to give up HSK 5
líng used in 令; used in 狐 (Taiwan pr. [lìng]) HSK 5
zhī to organize; organization; (biology) tissue; (textiles) weave HSK 5
kòng zhì to control HSK 5
shā to kill; to murder; to attack; to weaken or reduce; to smart (dialect); (used after a verb) extremely HSK 5
kěn dìng to be certain; to be positive; assuredly; definitely; to give recognition; to affirm; affirmative (answer) HSK 5
wéi only; sole HSK 5
gǎo to do; to make; to go in for; to set up; to get hold of; to take care of HSK 5
(prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very HSK 5
yán wéi dìng (idiom) it's a deal; that's settled then Idiom ∼HSK 4
lěng jìng calm; cool-headed; dispassionate; (of a place) deserted; quiet Xiehouyu HSK 4
àn zi long table; counter; (coll.) case (criminal, medical etc); matter; project; job Colloquialism ∼HSK 4
yún cai (coll.) cloud Colloquialism ∼HSK 4
lǎo (coll.) wife Colloquialism HSK 4
shāo to burn; to cook; to stew; to bake; to roast; to heat; to boil (tea, water etc); fever; to run a temperature; (coll.) to let things go to one's head Colloquialism HSK 4
shuài (bound form) commander-in-chief; (bound form) to lead; to command; handsome; graceful; dashing; elegant; (coll.) cool!; sweet!; (Chinese chess) general (on the red side, equivalent to a king in Western chess) Colloquialism HSK 4
bào to hold; to carry (in one's arms); to hug; to embrace; to surround; to cherish; (coll.) (of clothes) to fit nicely Colloquialism HSK 4
Ā sēn Assen, city in the Netherlands Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Huì ān Hoi An (in Vietnam) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
jié hero; heroic, outstanding ∼HSK 4