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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| 封 封 | to confer; to grant; to bestow a title; to seal; classifier for sealed objects, esp. letters | |
| 交给 交給 | to give; to deliver; to hand over | |
| 长大 長大 | to grow up | |
| 顺利 順利 | smoothly; without a hitch | |
| 不行 不行 | won't do; be out of the question; be no good; not work; not be capable | |
| 不够 不夠 | not enough; insufficient; inadequate | |
| 小心 小心 | to be careful; to take care | |
| 瓶 瓶 | bottle; vase; pitcher; classifier for wine and liquids | |
| 怎么样 怎麼樣 | how?; how about?; how was it?; how are things? | |
| 船 舩 | boat; vessel; ship | |
| 流 流 | 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 | |
| 喂 喂 | hello (when answering the phone) | |
| 国际 國際 | international | |
| 笔 筆 | pen; pencil; writing brush; to write or compose; the strokes of Chinese characters; classifier for sums of money, deals | |
| 取 取 | to take; to get; to choose; to fetch | |
| 留下 留下 | to leave behind; to stay behind; to remain; to keep; not to let (sb) go | |
| 关心 關心 | to be concerned about; to care about | |
| 鱼 魚 | fish | |
| 收到 收到 | to receive | |
| 刚才 剛才 | just now; a moment ago | |
| 画 畫 | 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) | |
| 假 假 | used in 掰 | |
| 市 市 | market; city | |
| 脚 腳 | foot; leg (of an animal or an object); base (of an object); classifier for kicks | |
| 查 查 | to research; to check; to investigate; to examine; to refer to; to look up (e.g. a word in a dictionary) | |
| 意思 意思 | 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 | |
| 身边 身邊 | at one's side; on hand | |
| 越来越 越來越 | more and more | |
| 面前 面前 | in front of; facing; (in the) presence (of) | |
| 提 提 | used in 防 and 溜 | |
| 漂亮 漂亮 | pretty; beautiful | |
| 怕 怕 | to be afraid; to fear; to dread; to be unable to endure; perhaps | |
| 哭 哭 | to cry; to weep | |
| 变成 變成 | to change into; to turn into; to become | |
| 数 數 | to count; to count as; to regard as; to enumerate; to list | |
| 做到 做到 | to accomplish; to achieve | |
| 银行 銀行 | bank | |
| 清楚 清楚 | clear; distinct; to understand thoroughly; to be clear about | |
| 眼 眼 | eye; small hole; crux (of a matter); classifier for big hollow things (wells, stoves, pots etc) | |
| 愿意 願意 | to wish; to want; ready; willing (to do sth) | |
| 服务 服務 | to serve; service | |
| 黑 黑 | abbr. for Heilongjiang province 黑龙江 | |
| 全部 全部 | whole; all | |
| 交 交 | to hand over; to deliver; to pay (money); to turn over; to make friends; to intersect (lines); variant of 跤 | |
| 留 㽞 | to leave (a message etc); to retain; to stay; to remain; to keep; to preserve | |
| 药 藥 | medicine; drug; substance used for a specific purpose (e.g. poisoning, explosion, fermenting); to poison | |
| 算 算 | to regard as; to figure; to calculate; to compute | |
| 过来 過來 | to come over; to manage; to handle; to be able to take care of | |
| 办 辦 | to do; to manage; to handle; to go about; to run; to set up; to deal with | |
| 带来 帶來 | to bring; (fig.) to bring about; to produce |