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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大腹便便 大腹便便 dà fù pián pián big-bellied (idiom); paunchy Idiom ∼HSK 6
一意孤行 一意孤行 yī yì gū xíng obstinately clinging to one's course (idiom); willful; one's own way; dogmatic Idiom ∼HSK 6
出生入死 出生入死 chū shēng rù sǐ from the cradle to the grave (idiom); to go through fire and water; brave; willing to risk life and limb Idiom ∼HSK 6
浑蛋 渾蛋 hún dàn variant of Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
心虚 心虛 xīn xū lacking in confidence; diffident; to have a guilty conscience Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
不通 不通 bù tōng to be obstructed; to be blocked up; to be impassable; to make no sense; to be illogical Xiehouyu HSK 6
就算 就算 jiù suàn (coll.) even if Colloquialism HSK 6
嘛 嘛 má used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 6
指着 指著 zhǐzhe Poke HSK 6
塞车 塞車 sāi chē traffic jam ∼HSK 6
伪钞 偽鈔 wěi chāo counterfeit currency ∼HSK 6
洋人 洋人 yáng rén foreigner; Westerner ∼HSK 6
威士忌 威士忌 wēi shì jì whiskey (loanword) ∼HSK 6
撒尿 撒尿 sā niào to pass water; to piss; to urinate; to wee wee ∼HSK 6
卸货 卸貨 xiè huò to unload cargo; (fig.) to give birth to a baby ∼HSK 6
嫖妓 嫖妓 piáo jì to visit a prostitute ∼HSK 6
黑手党 黑手黨 hēi shǒu dǎng mafia ∼HSK 6
形迹可疑 形跡可疑 xíng jì kě yí 形: form, shape, appearance · 迹: traces, impressions, footprints · 可: may, can, -able; possibly · 疑: doubt, question, suspect ∼HSK 6
拒捕 拒捕 jù bǔ to resist arrest ∼HSK 6
袭警 襲警 xí jǐng to assault a police officer ∼HSK 6
口供 口供 kǒu gòng oral confession (as opposed to); statement; deposition ∼HSK 6
不误 不誤 bù wù used in expressions of the form 照V不誤|照V, in which V is a verb, means "as before", and the overall meaning is "carry on (doing sth) regardless" or "continue (to do sth) in spite of changed circumstances", e.g. 照 ∼HSK 6
薪金 薪金 xīn jīn salary; wage ∼HSK 6
熟识 熟識 shú shi to be well acquainted with; to know well ∼HSK 6
渗入 滲入 shèn rù to permeate ∼HSK 6
说废话 說廢話 shuō fèi huà to talk nonsense; to bullshit ∼HSK 6
打劫 打劫 dǎ jié to loot; to rob; to plunder; to ransack ∼HSK 6
精神崩溃 精神崩潰 jīng shén bēng kuì nervous breakdown ∼HSK 6
溜冰 溜冰 liū bīng ice skating; (slang) to do meth ∼HSK 6
作主 作主 zuò zhǔ to decide; to have the final say ∼HSK 6
主顾 主顧 zhǔ gù client; customer ∼HSK 6
串通 串通 chuàn tōng to collude; to collaborate; to gang up ∼HSK 6
重犯 重犯 zhòng fàn serious criminal; felon ∼HSK 6
追缉 追緝 zhuī jī to pursue; to be after; to hunt down (the perpetrator of a crime, an escaped prisoner etc) ∼HSK 6
侦破 偵破 zhēn pò to investigate (as detective); to solve (crime); to uncover (a plot); to sniff out; to break in and analyze; detective work; to scout ∼HSK 6
刑警 刑警 xíng jǐng criminal police ∼HSK 6
兮兮 兮兮 xī xī (particle used to exaggerate certain adjectives, in particular 神經兮兮|神经兮兮, 髒兮兮|脏兮兮, 可憐兮兮|可怜兮兮, and 慘兮兮|惨兮兮) ∼HSK 6
分清 分清 fēn qīng to distinguish (between different things); to make distinctions clear ∼HSK 6
行踪 行蹤 xíng zōng whereabouts; (lose) track (of) ∼HSK 6
通风报讯 通風報訊 tōng fēng bào xùn 通: pass through, common, communicate · 风: wind; air; manners, atmosphere · 报: report, tell, announce · 讯: inquire; ask; examine; reproach ∼HSK 6
再犯 再犯 zài fàn to re-offend; repeat offender; recidivist ∼HSK 6
讲理 講理 jiǎng lǐ to argue; to reason with sb; to talk sense; to be reasonable ∼HSK 6
夜景 夜景 yè jǐng nightscape ∼HSK 6
大祸 大禍 dà huò disaster; calamity ∼HSK 6
内哄 內鬨 nèi hòng variant of ∼HSK 6
好惹 好惹 hǎo rě accommodating; easy to push around ∼HSK 6
好容易 好容易 hǎo róng yì (idiomatic usage) with great difficulty; to have a hard time (convincing sb, relinquishing sth etc); (literal usage) so easy HSK 6
舟 舟 zhōu boat HSK 6
花瓶 花瓶 huā píng flower vase; (fig.) female employee considered to be just a pretty face (attractive but not very competent) HSK 6
养老 養老 yǎng lǎo to provide for the elderly (family members); to enjoy a life in retirement HSK 6