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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威胁 威脅 wēi xié to threaten; to menace HSK 6
英雄 英雄 yīng xióng hero HSK 6
原 原 yuán former; original; primary; raw; level; cause; source HSK 6
逼 偪 bī to force (sb to do sth); to compel; to press for; to extort; to press on towards; to press up to; to close in on; euphemistic variant of 屄 HSK 6
犯罪 犯罪 fàn zuì to commit a crime; crime; offense HSK 6
清 清 qīng (of water etc) clear; clean; quiet; still; pure; uncorrupted; clear; distinct; to clear; to settle (accounts) HSK 6
不再 不再 bù zài no more; no longer HSK 6
入 入 rù to enter; to go into; to join; to become a member of; to confirm or agree with; abbr. for 入声 HSK 6
啦 啦 lā (onom.) sound of singing, cheering etc; (phonetic); (dialect) to chat HSK 6
与 與 yǔ and; to give; together with HSK 6
混蛋 混蛋 hún dàn scoundrel; bastard; hoodlum; wretch Xiehouyu ∼HSK 5
滚蛋 滾蛋 gǔn dàn get out of here!; beat it! Xiehouyu ∼HSK 5
臭 臭 chòu stench; smelly; to smell (bad); repulsive; loathsome; terrible; bad; severely; ruthlessly; dud (ammunition) Xiehouyu HSK 5
豪 豪 háo brave, heroic, chivalrous ∼HSK 5
黑社会 黑社會 hēi shè huì criminal underworld; organized crime syndicate ∼HSK 5
姚 姚 Yáo handsome, elegant; surname ∼HSK 5
呐 吶 na modal particle ∼HSK 5
忠 忠 zhōng loyalty, devotion, fidelity ∼HSK 5
计程车 計程車 jì chéng chē (Tw) taxi; cab ∼HSK 5
叙 敘 xù express, state, relate, narrate ∼HSK 5
莫 莫 mò do not (literary) ∼HSK 5
怎 怎 zěn how (variant of 怎么) ∼HSK 5
弟兄 弟兄 dì xiong brothers ∼HSK 5
枪声 槍聲 qiāng shēng crack; shooting sound; gunshot ∼HSK 5
道义 道義 dào yì morality; righteousness and justice ∼HSK 5
汰 汰 tài excessive; scour, wash out ∼HSK 5
老爷 老爺 lǎo ye master, sir ∼HSK 5
玫 玫 méi rose ∼HSK 5
义气 義氣 yì qì spirit of loyalty and self-sacrifice; code of brotherhood; also pr. [yi4 qi5] ∼HSK 5
年青 年青 nián qīng youthful ∼HSK 5
柴 柴 Chái firewood, faggots, fuel ∼HSK 5
洞房 洞房 dòng fáng secret inner room; bridal room ∼HSK 5
搜身 搜身 sōu shēn to do a body search; to frisk ∼HSK 5
身孕 身孕 shēn yùn pregnancy; pregnant ∼HSK 5
害得 害得 hài de to cause or lead to sth bad ∼HSK 5
柏 柏 Bǎi cypress, cedar ∼HSK 5
枪口 槍口 qiāng kǒu muzzle of a gun ∼HSK 5
不对劲 不對勁 bù duì jìn not in good condition; wrong; fishy ∼HSK 5
神经病 神經病 shén jīng bìng mental disorder; neuropathy; (derog.) mental case ∼HSK 5
迫 廹 pò coerce, force, compel; urgent ∼HSK 5
枫 楓 fēng maple tree ∼HSK 5
踪 蹤 zōng footprints, traces, tracks ∼HSK 5
蹟 蹟 jì trace, tracks; footprints ∼HSK 5
出价 出價 chū jià to bid ∼HSK 5
管闲事 管閒事 guǎn xián shì to meddle; to be a "nosy Parker"; to be too inquisitive about other people's business ∼HSK 5
怎能 怎能 zěn néng how can ∼HSK 5
婆 婆 pó old woman; grandmother ∼HSK 5
搞定 搞定 gǎo dìng to fix; to settle; to wangle ∼HSK 5
分毫 分毫 fēn háo fraction; slightest difference; hairsbreadth ∼HSK 5
引渡 引渡 yǐn dù to extradite ∼HSK 5