A Better Tomorrow 1986
英雄本色
A reforming ex-gangster tries to reconcile with his estranged policeman brother, but the ties to his former gang are difficult to break.
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Vocabulary
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| 成就 成就 | accomplishment; success; achievement; to achieve (a result); to create; to bring about | |
| 把握 把握 | to grasp (also fig.); to seize; to hold; assurance; certainty; sure (of the outcome) | |
| 展开 展開 | to unfold; to spread out; to open up; to launch; to carry out | |
| 争 爭 | to strive for; to vie for; to argue or debate; deficient or lacking (dialect); how or what (literary) | |
| 始终 始終 | from beginning to end; all along | |
| 谈判 談判 | to negotiate; negotiation; talks; conference | |
| 吵 吵 | to quarrel; to make a noise; noisy; to disturb by making a noise | |
| 啤酒 啤酒 | beer (loanword) | |
| 批准 批准 | to approve; to ratify | |
| 进步 進步 | progress; improvement; to improve; to progress | |
| 亲自 親自 | personally; in person; oneself | |
| 命运 命運 | fate; destiny | |
| 争取 爭取 | to fight for; to strive for; to win over | |
| 联合 聯合 | to combine; to join; unite; alliance | |
| 赶 趕 | to overtake; to catch up with; to hurry; to rush; to try to catch (the bus etc); to drive (cattle etc) forward; to drive (sb) away; to avail oneself of (an opportunity); until; by (a certain time) | |
| 生意 生意 | life force; vitality | |
| 现金 現金 | cash | |
| 反正 反正 | anyway; in any case; to come over from the enemy's side | |
| 浪费 浪費 | to waste; to squander | |
| 通常 通常 | regular; usual; normal; usually; normally | |
| 取消 取消 | to cancel; cancellation | |
| 证据 證據 | evidence; proof; testimony | |
| 旧 舊 | old; opposite: new 新; former; worn (with age) | |
| 钟 鐘 | clock; o'clock; time as measured in hours and minutes; bell | |
| 千万 千萬 | ten million; countless; many; one must by all means | |
| 意外 意外 | unexpected; accident; mishap | |
| 慢慢 慢慢 | slowly | |
| 团 團 | round; lump; ball; to roll into a ball; to gather; regiment; group; society; classifier for a lump or a soft mass: wad (of paper), ball (of wool), cloud (of smoke) | |
| 害怕 害怕 | to be afraid; to be scared | |
| 武器 武器 | weapon; arms | |
| 麻烦 麻煩 | trouble; inconvenience; inconvenient; troublesome; annoying; to bother sb; to put sb to trouble | |
| 外面 外面 | outside (also pr. [wài mian] for this sense); surface; exterior; external appearance | |
| 空 空 | empty; air; sky; in vain | |
| 朝 朝 | abbr. for 朝鲜 Korea | |
| 刀 刀 | surname Dao | |
| 追 追 | to sculpt; to carve; musical instrument (old) | |
| 现实 現實 | reality; actuality; real; actual; realistic; pragmatic; materialistic; self-interested | |
| 从来 從來 | always; at all times; never (if used in negative sentence) | |
| 乱 亂 | 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 | |
| 危险 危險 | danger; dangerous | |
| 老板 老闆 | boss; business proprietor | |
| 照 炤 | according to; in accordance with; to shine; to illuminate; to reflect; to look at (one's reflection); to take (a photo); photo; as requested; as before | |
| 牛 牛 | ox; cow; bull; newton (abbr. for 牛顿); (slang) awesome | |
| 难道 難道 | don't tell me ...; could it be that...? | |
| 警察 警察 | police; police officer | |
| 反应 反應 | to react; to respond; reaction; response; reply; chemical reaction | |
| 久 久 | (long) time; (long) duration of time | |
| 跳 跳 | to jump; to hop; to skip over; to bounce; to palpitate | |
| 本来 本來 | original; originally; at first; it goes without saying; of course | |
| 结婚 結婚 | to marry; to get married |