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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枪林弹雨 槍林彈雨 qiāng lín dàn yǔ lit. a forest of rifles and a rain of bullets (idiom); fig. a hail of gunfire; intense fighting on the battlefield Idiom ∼HSK 7
日日夜夜 日日夜夜 rì rì yè yè day after day and night after night (idiom); continuously; day and night Idiom ∼HSK 7
水落石出 水落石出 shuǐ luò shí chū as the water recedes, the rocks appear (idiom); the truth comes to light Idiom HSK 7
走投无路 走投無路 zǒu tóu wú lù to be at an impasse (idiom); in a tight spot; at the end of one's rope; desperate Idiom HSK 7
一帆风顺 一帆風順 yī fān fēng shùn propitious wind throughout the journey (idiom); plain sailing; to go smoothly; have a nice trip! Idiom HSK 7
千方百计 千方百計 qiān fāng bǎi jì lit. thousand ways, a hundred plans (idiom); by every possible means Idiom HSK 7
留神 留神 liú shén to take care; to be careful Xiehouyu HSK 7
活该 活該 huó gāi (coll.) serve sb right; deservedly; ought; should Xiehouyu HSK 7
不理 不理 bù lǐ to refuse to acknowledge; to pay no attention to; to take no notice of; to ignore Xiehouyu HSK 7
怪物 怪物 guài wu monster; freak; eccentric person Xiehouyu HSK 7
孪生 孿生 luán shēng (adj.) twin HSK 7
底子 底子 dǐ zi base; foundation; bottom HSK 7
骨气 骨氣 gǔ qì unyielding character; courageous spirit; integrity; moral backbone HSK 7
孝敬 孝敬 xiào jìng to show filial respect; to give presents (to one's elders or superiors); to support one's aged parents HSK 7
利害 利害 lì hài pros and cons; advantages and disadvantages; gains and losses HSK 7
威风 威風 wēi fēng might; awe-inspiring authority; impressive HSK 7
遗物 遺物 yí wù remnant HSK 7
算账 算賬 suàn zhàng (accounting) to balance the books; to do the accounts; (fig.) to settle an account; to get one's revenge HSK 7
挂念 掛念 guà niàn concerned HSK 7
刺耳 刺耳 cì ěr ear-piercing HSK 7
催促 催促 cuī cù to urge HSK 7
不解 不解 bù jiě to not understand; to be puzzled by; indissoluble HSK 7
眼界 眼界 yǎn jiè ken; scope HSK 7
瓦解 瓦解 wǎ jiě to collapse; to disintegrate; to crumble; to disrupt; to break up HSK 7
胸膛 胸膛 xiōng táng chest HSK 7
收留 收留 shōu liú to offer shelter; to have sb in one's care HSK 7
寻觅 尋覓 xún mì to look for HSK 7
通通 通通 tōng tōng all; entire; complete HSK 7
改名 改名 gǎi míng to change one's name HSK 7
知己 知己 zhī jǐ to know oneself; to be intimate or close; intimate friend HSK 7
结识 結識 jié shí to get to know sb; to meet sb for the first time HSK 7
敲诈 敲詐 qiāo zhà to rip off; to extort (money); extortion; blackmail HSK 7
日后 日後 rì hòu sometime; someday (in the future) HSK 7
逃亡 逃亡 táo wáng to flee; flight (from danger); fugitive HSK 7
赎 贖 shú to redeem; to ransom HSK 7
插手 插手 chā shǒu to get involved in; to meddle; interference HSK 7
货运 貨運 huò yùn freight transport; cargo; transported goods HSK 7
不肯 不肯 bù kěn Refuse HSK 7
卑鄙 卑鄙 bēi bǐ base; mean; contemptible; despicable HSK 7
探望 探望 tàn wàng to visit; to call on sb; to look around HSK 7
心血 心血 xīn xuè heart's blood; expenditure (for some project); meticulous care HSK 7
镇定 鎮定 zhèn dìng calm; unperturbed; cool HSK 7
细心 細心 xì xīn careful; attentive HSK 7
潇洒 瀟灑 xiāo sǎ confident and at ease; free and easy HSK 7
诚意 誠意 chéng yì sincerity; good faith HSK 7
渡过 渡過 dù guò to cross over; to pass through HSK 7
发财 發財 fā cái to get rich HSK 7
暗中 暗中 àn zhōng in the dark; in secret; on the sly; surreptitiously HSK 7
黑白 黑白 hēi bái black and white; right and wrong; monochrome HSK 7
保重 保重 bǎo zhòng to take care of oneself HSK 7