A Better Tomorrow III: Love and Death in Saigon

A Better Tomorrow III: Love and Death in Saigon 1989

3: yīng xióng běn yáng zhī

During the Vietnam War, Mark 'Gor' Lee heads to Saigon to bring home his uncle and cousin. However, the task gets dangerous when a well-known criminal tries to help him.

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3.97 Beginner Director Tsui Hark IMDb 5.9

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shēng life force; vitality HSK 3
yìn xiàng impression (sth that stays in one's mind); a memory HSK 3
jǐn urgent; emergency HSK 3
jìn to go a step further; (develop, understand, improve etc) more; further HSK 3
chū to issue (an order, decree etc); to send out; to dispatch; to produce (a sound); to let out (a laugh) HSK 3
fǎn zhèng anyway; in any case; to come over from the enemy's side HSK 3
xìn rèn to trust; to have confidence in HSK 3
làng fèi to waste; to squander HSK 3
forthwith; immediate; prompt; promptly; straightway; thereupon; at once HSK 3
chū at first; (at the) beginning; first; junior; basic HSK 3
to pay; to hand over to; classifier for pairs or sets of things HSK 3
zhì zuò to make; to manufacture HSK 3
退 退 tuì to retreat; to withdraw; to reject; to return (sth); to decline HSK 3
qián miàn ahead; in front; preceding; above; also pr. [qián mian] HSK 3
jiù old; opposite: new 新; former; worn (with age) HSK 3
píng Heping District of Shenyang city 沈阳市, Liaoning; Heping or Hoping Township in Taichung County 台中县, Taiwan HSK 3
qiān wàn ten million; countless; many; one must by all means HSK 3
fēng xiǎn risk; hazard HSK 3
màn màn slowly HSK 3
dùn to stop; to pause; to arrange; to lay out; to kowtow; to stamp (one's foot); at once; classifier for meals, beatings, scoldings etc: time, bout, spell, meal HSK 3
fan trouble; inconvenience; inconvenient; troublesome; annoying; to bother sb; to put sb to trouble HSK 3
zhí straight; to straighten; fair and reasonable; frank; straightforward; (indicates continuing motion or action); vertical; vertical downward stroke in Chinese characters HSK 3
to connect; to relate to; to tie up; to bind; to be (literary) HSK 3
leather; skin; fur; pico- (one trillionth); naughty HSK 3
滿 chōng mǎn full of; brimming with; very full; permeated HSK 3
jià to support; frame; rack; framework; classifier for planes, large vehicles, radios etc HSK 3
wài miàn outside (also pr. [wài mian] for this sense); surface; exterior; external appearance HSK 3
kōng empty; air; sky; in vain HSK 3
cuò mistaken; false; wrong; error; mistake HSK 3
hòu mian the back; the rear; the last bit; behind; near the end; at the back; later; afterwards HSK 3
dāo knife; blade; single-edged sword; cutlass; (slang) dollar (loanword); classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper); classifier for knife cuts or stabs HSK 3
zhuī to chase; to pursue; to look into; to investigate; to reminisce; to recall; to court (one's beloved); to binge-watch (a TV drama); retroactively; posthumously HSK 3
gǎn qíng emotion; sentiment; affection; feelings between two persons HSK 3
duàn unceasing; uninterrupted; continuous; constant HSK 3
cóng lái always; at all times; never (if used in negative sentence) HSK 3
jiù to save; to assist; to rescue HSK 3
luàn in confusion or disorder; in a confused state of mind; disorder; upheaval; riot; illicit sexual relations; to throw into disorder; to mix up; indiscriminate; random; arbitrary HSK 3
wēi xiǎn danger; dangerous HSK 3
lǎo bǎn boss; business proprietor HSK 3
gèng jiā more (than sth else); even more HSK 3
fǎn yìng to react; to respond; reaction; response; reply; chemical reaction 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
běn lái original; originally; at first; it goes without saying; of course 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
shǔ to be classified as; to belong to; to be part of HSK 3
yóu due to; as a result of; thanks to; owing to; since; because HSK 3
yíng to beat; to win; to profit HSK 3