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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| 收养 收養 | to take in and care for (an elderly person, a dog etc); to adopt (a child); adoption | |
| 要不然 要不然 | otherwise; or else; or | |
| 薪水 薪水 | salary; wage | |
| 车牌 車牌 | license plate | |
| 枝 枝 | branch; classifier for sticks, rods, pencils etc | |
| 低头 低頭 | to bow the head; to yield; to give in | |
| 有事 有事 | to be occupied with sth; to have sth on one's mind; there is something the matter | |
| 走私 走私 | to smuggle; to have an illicit affair | |
| 亲眼 親眼 | with one's own eyes; personally | |
| 打断 打斷 | to interrupt; to break off; to break (a bone) | |
| 捉 捉 | to clutch; to grab; to capture | |
| 上台 上台 | to rise to power (in politics); to go on stage (in the theater) | |
| 牢 牢 | firm; sturdy; fold (for animals); sacrifice; prison | |
| 用心 用心 | motive; intention; to be diligent or attentive; careful | |
| 想不到 想不到 | unexpected; hard to imagine; it had not occurred to me; who could have thought that | |
| 崇拜 崇拜 | to worship; adoration | |
| 晓得 曉得 | to know | |
| 扁 扁 | small boat | |
| 赌博 賭博 | to gamble | |
| 看好 看好 | to keep an eye on | |
| 误 誤 | mistake; error; to miss; to harm; to delay; to neglect; mistakenly | |
| 正当 正當 | timely; just (when needed) | |
| 孤儿 孤兒 | orphan | |
| 企图 企圖 | to attempt; to try; attempt | |
| 凶 兇 | terrible; fearful | |
| 从没 從沒 | never (in the past); never did | |
| 总部 總部 | general headquarters | |
| 协助 協助 | to provide assistance; to aid | |
| 钻 鑽 | to drill; to bore; to get into; to make one's way into; to enter (a hole); to thread one's way through; to study intensively; to dig into; to curry favor for personal gain | |
| 赚钱 賺錢 | to earn money; moneymaking | |
| 升级 升級 | to go up by one grade; to be promoted; to escalate (in intensity); (computing) to upgrade | |
| 惨 慘 | miserable; wretched; cruel; inhuman; disastrous; tragic; dim; gloomy | |
| 夺 奪 | to seize; to take away forcibly; to wrest control of; to compete or strive for; to force one's way through; to leave out; to lose | |
| 炸弹 炸彈 | bomb | |
| 撑 撐 | to support; to prop up; to push or move with a pole; to maintain; to open or unfurl; to fill to bursting point; brace; stay; support | |
| 章 章 | chapter; section; clause; movement (of symphony); seal; badge; regulation; order | |
| 趟 䠀 | classifier for times, round trips or rows; a time; a trip | |
| 肯 肎 | to agree; to consent; to be willing to | |
| 踩 跴 | to step on; to tread; to stamp; to press a pedal; to pedal (a bike); (online) to downvote | |
| 界 界 | (bound form) boundary; border; (bound form) realm | |
| 护 護 | to protect | |
| 再说 再說 | to say again; to put off a discussion until later; moreover; what's more; besides | |
| 法庭 法庭 | court of law | |
| 聊 聊 | to chat; to depend upon (literary); temporarily; just; slightly | |
| 搭 搭 | to put up; to build (scaffolding); to hang (clothes on a pole); to connect; to join; to arrange in pairs; to match; to add; to throw in (resources); to take (boat, train); variant of 褡 | |
| 赚 賺 | to earn; to make a profit | |
| 印 印 | to print; to mark; to engrave; a seal; a print; a stamp; a mark; a trace; image | |
| 算是 算是 | considered to be; at last | |
| 混 混 | to mix; to mingle; muddled; to drift along; to muddle along; to pass for; to get along with sb; thoughtless; reckless | |
| 样 樣 | manner; pattern; way; appearance; shape; classifier: kind, type |