A Better Tomorrow

A Better Tomorrow 1986

yīng xióng běn

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%

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fēng to confer; to grant; to bestow a title; to seal; classifier for sealed objects, esp. letters HSK 2
jiāo gěi to give; to deliver; to hand over HSK 2
zhǎng to grow up HSK 2
shùn smoothly; without a hitch HSK 2
xíng won't do; be out of the question; be no good; not work; not be capable HSK 2
gòu not enough; insufficient; inadequate HSK 2
xiǎo xīn to be careful; to take care HSK 2
píng bottle; vase; pitcher; classifier for wine and liquids HSK 2
zěn me yàng how?; how about?; how was it?; how are things? HSK 2
chuán boat; vessel; ship HSK 2
liú to flow; to disseminate; to circulate or spread; to move or drift; to degenerate; to banish or send into exile; stream of water or sth resembling one; class, rate or grade HSK 2
wéi hello (when answering the phone) HSK 2
guó international HSK 2
pen; pencil; writing brush; to write or compose; the strokes of Chinese characters; classifier for sums of money, deals HSK 2
to take; to get; to choose; to fetch HSK 2
liú xià to leave behind; to stay behind; to remain; to keep; not to let (sb) go HSK 2
guān xīn to be concerned about; to care about HSK 2
fish HSK 2
shōu dào to receive HSK 2
gāng cái just now; a moment ago HSK 2
huà to draw; to paint; picture; painting; to draw (a line) (variant of 划); stroke of a Chinese character (variant of 划); (calligraphy) horizontal stroke (variant of 划) HSK 2
gēi used in 掰 HSK 2
shì market; city HSK 2
jiǎo foot; leg (of an animal or an object); base (of an object); classifier for kicks HSK 2
chá to research; to check; to investigate; to examine; to refer to; to look up (e.g. a word in a dictionary) HSK 2
si idea; opinion; meaning; wish; desire; interest; fun; token of appreciation, affection etc; to give as a small token; to do sth as a gesture of goodwill etc HSK 2
shēn biān at one's side; on hand HSK 2
yuè lái yuè more and more HSK 2
miàn qián in front of; facing; (in the) presence (of) HSK 2
used in 防 and 溜 HSK 2
piào liang pretty; beautiful HSK 2
to be afraid; to fear; to dread; to be unable to endure; perhaps HSK 2
to cry; to weep HSK 2
biàn chéng to change into; to turn into; to become HSK 2
shǔ to count; to count as; to regard as; to enumerate; to list HSK 2
zuò dào to accomplish; to achieve HSK 2
yín háng bank HSK 2
qīng chu clear; distinct; to understand thoroughly; to be clear about HSK 2
yǎn eye; small hole; crux (of a matter); classifier for big hollow things (wells, stoves, pots etc) HSK 2
yuàn to wish; to want; ready; willing (to do sth) HSK 2
to serve; service HSK 2
Hēi abbr. for Heilongjiang province 黑龙江 HSK 2
quán whole; all HSK 2
jiāo to hand over; to deliver; to pay (money); to turn over; to make friends; to intersect (lines); variant of 跤 HSK 2
liú to leave (a message etc); to retain; to stay; to remain; to keep; to preserve HSK 2
yào medicine; drug; substance used for a specific purpose (e.g. poisoning, explosion, fermenting); to poison HSK 2
suàn to regard as; to figure; to calculate; to compute HSK 2
guò lái to come over; to manage; to handle; to be able to take care of HSK 2
bàn to do; to manage; to handle; to go about; to run; to set up; to deal with HSK 2
dài lái to bring; (fig.) to bring about; to produce HSK 2