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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xìng hǎo fortunately HSK 7
kāi qiāng to open fire; to shoot a gun HSK 7
fēng suǒ to blockade; to seal off; to lock down HSK 7
xiàn to limit; to restrict; (bound form) limit; bound HSK 7
hell; infernal; underworld; (Buddhism) Naraka HSK 7
duǎn zàn of short duration; brief; momentary HSK 7
nài (bound form) to bear; to endure; to withstand HSK 7
shì situation; state (of affairs) HSK 7
chóu chip (in gambling); token (for counting); ticket; to prepare; to plan; to raise (funds); resource; way; means HSK 7
fèn a share (in a company); stock HSK 7
lùn whatever the case; in any event; no matter what; by all possible means HSK 7
pīn mìng to do one's utmost; with all one's might; at all costs; (to work or fight) as if one's life depends on it HSK 7
nìng yuàn would rather ... (than ...) HSK 7
huì city; metropolis HSK 7
zōng school; sect; purpose; model; ancestor; clan; to take as one's model (in academic or artistic work); classifier for batches, items, cases (medical or legal), reservoirs HSK 7
zhǔn not to allow; to forbid; to prohibit HSK 7
shàng still; yet; to value; to esteem HSK 7
biāo mark; sign; label; to mark with a symbol, label, lettering etc; to bear (a brand name, registration number etc); prize; award; bid; target; quota; (old) the topmost branches of a tree; visible symptom; classifier for military units HSK 7
gǎng harbor; port HSK 7
táng (main) hall; large room for a specific purpose; relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family; of the same clan; classifier for classes, lectures etc; classifier for sets of furniture HSK 7
zhù dìng to foreordain; to be bound to; to be destined to; to be doomed to; inevitably HSK 7
bàn partner; companion; comrade; associate; to accompany HSK 7
jiē all; each and every; in all cases HSK 7
shī zōng to be missing; to disappear; unaccounted for HSK 7
quán fist; boxing HSK 7
gu buttocks; bottom; butt; back part HSK 7
wàng full moon; to hope; to expect; to visit; to gaze (into the distance); to look towards; towards HSK 7
gào to say; to tell; to announce; to report; to denounce; to file a lawsuit; to sue HSK 7
zhì to install; to place; to put; to buy HSK 7
Dǒu abbr. for the Big Dipper constellation 星 HSK 7
huī ash; dust; lime; gray; discouraged; dejected HSK 7
zhēn xīn sincere; heartfelt HSK 7
luó gauze; to collect; to gather; to catch; to sift HSK 7
zhī not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) HSK 7
jīng classics; sacred book; scripture; to pass through; to undergo; to bear; to endure; warp (textile); longitude; menstruation; channel (TCM); abbr. for economics 经济 HSK 7
wén language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle; (old) classifier for coins; Kangxi radical 67 HSK 7
ér that's all; nothing more HSK 7
qíng feeling; emotion; passion; situation HSK 7
wèi not yet; did not; have not; not; 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep; ancient Chinese compass point: 210° HSK 7
abbr. for Israel 列 HSK 7
tiǎo jiàn to sow dissension (idiom); to drive a wedge between Idiom ∼HSK 6
bīng huāng luàn soldiers munity and troops rebel (idiom); turmoil and chaos of war Idiom ∼HSK 6
tóng guī jìn to die in such a way that sb (or sth) else also perishes; to take sb down with oneself; to end in mutual destruction Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
chéng won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be? Xiehouyu HSK 6
tōng to be obstructed; to be blocked up; to be impassable; to make no sense; to be illogical Xiehouyu HSK 6
zǎi le (coll.) (typically used hyperbolically) to kill (sb) Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
shén jīng (coll.) to go crazy; to lose it; demented; unhinged Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
jiù suàn (coll.) even if Colloquialism HSK 6
used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 6
yǒu méi yǒu (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?; Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)? HSK 6