A Better Tomorrow

A Better Tomorrow 1986

英雄本色 yīng xióng běn sè

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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3.84 Beginner Director John Woo 🍅 95%

Cast

Ti Lung Ti Lung Sung Chi Ho Chow Yun-Fat Chow Yun-Fat Mark Lee Leslie Cheung Leslie Cheung Sung Chi Kit Emily Chu Bo-Yee Emily Chu Bo-Yee Jackie Waise Lee Chi-Hung Waise Lee Chi-Hung Shing Tien Feng Tien Feng Mr. Sung John Woo John Woo Inspector Wu Sek Yin-Tsi Sek Yin-Tsi Mr. Yiu Kenneth Tsang Kenneth Tsang Kin Wang Hsieh Wang Hsieh Boss Wang

Vocabulary

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发生 發生 fā shēng to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out HSK 3
希望 希望 xī wàng to hope; a hope; a wish HSK 3
死 死 sǐ to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned HSK 3
所 所 suǒ actually; place; classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc; that which; particle introducing a relative clause or passive HSK 3
需要 需要 xū yào to need; to want; to demand; to require; needs HSK 3
就是 就是 jiù shì exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也) even; even if HSK 3
被 被 bèi quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅游 to "go on a trip", for example) HSK 3
把 把 bǎ to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把 + {noun} + {verb}) HSK 3
假的 假的 jiǎ de bogus; ersatz; fake; mock; phony Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
开心 開心 kāi xīn to feel happy; to rejoice; to have a great time; to make fun of sb Xiehouyu HSK 2
够 夠 gòu enough (sufficient); enough (too much); (coll.) (before adj.) really; (coll.) to reach by stretching out Colloquialism HSK 2
泰国 泰國 Tài guó Thailand Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
警方 警方 jǐng fāng police ∼HSK 2
百万 百萬 bǎi wàn million ∼HSK 2
停手 停手 tíng shǒu to stop (what one is doing) ∼HSK 2
一定要 一定要 yī dìng yào must ∼HSK 2
喝酒 喝酒 hē jiǔ to drink (alcohol) ∼HSK 2
才不 才不 cái bù by no means; definitely not; as if!; yeah right! ∼HSK 2
收手 收手 shōu shǒu to stop; to pull back ∼HSK 2
份儿 份兒 fèn r degree; extent; allotted share ∼HSK 2
改过 改過 gǎi guò to correct one's errors; to mend one's ways ∼HSK 2
一句 一句 yī jù a line of verse; a sentence ∼HSK 2
看医生 看醫生 kàn yī shēng to visit a doctor ∼HSK 2
轻佻 輕佻 qīng tiāo frivolous; coquettish ∼HSK 2
生孩子 生孩子 shēng hái zi to give birth to a baby ∼HSK 2
说嘴 說嘴 shuō zuǐ to boast ∼HSK 2
巴 巴 Bā greatly desire, anxiously hope ∼HSK 2
狗屎 狗屎 gǒu shǐ canine excrement; dog poo; bullshit ∼HSK 2
帮办 幫辦 bāng bàn assist in managing; deputy ∼HSK 2
司 司 Sī take charge of, control, manage; officer ∼HSK 2
午夜 午夜 wǔ yè midnight ∼HSK 2
成了 成了 chéng le to be done; to be ready; that's enough!; that will do! ∼HSK 2
来得 來得 lái de to emerge (from a comparison); to come out as; to be competent or equal to ∼HSK 2
林 林 Lín forest, grove; surname ∼HSK 2
酒家 酒家 jiǔ jiā restaurant; bartender; (old) wineshop; tavern ∼HSK 2
案 案 àn table, bench; legal case ∼HSK 2
不一样 不一樣 bù yī yàng different; distinctive; unlike ∼HSK 2
易 易 Yì change; easy ∼HSK 2
倒楣 倒楣 dǎo méi variant of ∼HSK 2
务 務 wù affairs, business; must, should ∼HSK 2
让位 讓位 ràng wèi to abdicate; to yield ∼HSK 2
什么时候 什麼時候 shén me shí hou when?; at what time? ∼HSK 2
别离 別離 bié lí to take leave of; to leave; separation ∼HSK 2
器 器 qì receptacle, vessel; instrument ∼HSK 2
上身 上身 shàng shēn upper part of the body ∼HSK 2
讲到 講到 jiǎng dào to talk about sth ∼HSK 2
杀人 殺人 shā rén homicide; to murder; to kill (a person) ∼HSK 2
吗啡 嗎啡 mǎ fēi morphine (loanword) ∼HSK 2
给面子 給面子 gěi miàn zi to show deference or praise publicly ∼HSK 2
不怕 不怕 bù pà fearless; not worried (by setbacks or difficulties); even if; even though ∼HSK 2