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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| 毒 毒 | poison; to poison; poisonous; malicious; cruel; fierce; narcotics | |
| 可怜 可憐 | pitiful; pathetic; to have pity on | |
| 尊重 尊重 | to esteem; to respect; to honor; to value; eminent; serious; proper | |
| 厉害 厲害 | (used to describe sb or sth that makes a very strong impression, whether favorable or unfavorable) terrible; intense; severe; devastating; amazing; awesome; outstanding; (of a person) stern; strict; harsh; shrewd; tough; (of an animal) fierce; (of a resemblance) striking; (of liquor or chili pepper) strong; (of bacteria) virulent | |
| 聪明 聰明 | intelligent; clever; bright; smart; acute (of sight and hearing) | |
| 吓 嚇 | to scare; to intimidate; to threaten; (interjection showing disapproval) tut-tut; (interjection showing astonishment) | |
| 运 運 | to move; to transport; to use; to apply; fortune; luck; fate | |
| 愿 願 | to hope; to wish; to desire; hoped-for; ready; willing | |
| 枪 槍 | gun; firearm; rifle; spear; thing with shape or function similar to a gun; to substitute for another person in a test; to knock; classifier for rifle shots | |
| 执行 執行 | to implement; to carry out; to execute; to run | |
| 傻 傻 | foolish | |
| 居然 居然 | unexpectedly; to one's surprise; go so far as to | |
| 尽管 儘管 | despite; although; even though; in spite of; unhesitatingly; do not hesitate (to ask, complain etc); (go ahead and do it) without hesitating | |
| 放弃 放棄 | to renounce; to abandon; to give up | |
| 神 神 | God; abbr. for 舟 | |
| 组织 組織 | to organize; organization; (biology) tissue; (textiles) weave | |
| 杀 殺 | to kill; to murder; to attack; to weaken or reduce; to smart (dialect); (used after a verb) extremely | |
| 肯定 肯定 | to be certain; to be positive; assuredly; definitely; to give recognition; to affirm; affirmative (answer) | |
| 搞 搞 | to do; to make; to go in for; to set up; to get hold of; to take care of | |
| 可 可 | (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very | |
| 受不了 受不了 | unbearable; unable to endure; can't stand | Xiehouyu |
| 冷静 冷靜 | calm; cool-headed; dispassionate; (of a place) deserted; quiet | Xiehouyu |
| 案子 案子 | long table; counter; (coll.) case (criminal, medical etc); matter; project; job | Colloquialism |
| 拜拜 拜拜 | (loanword) bye-bye; also pr. [bai1 bai1] etc; (coll.) to part ways (with sb); (fig.) to have nothing further to do (with sb or sth) | Colloquialism |
| 带货 帶貨 | (coll.) to smuggle | Colloquialism |
| 单车 單車 | (coll.) bicycle; bike (esp. in Hong Kong, Taiwan and southern China and, more generally, used across China to refer to a bike-share bicycle) | Colloquialism |
| 帅 帥 | (bound form) commander-in-chief; (bound form) to lead; to command; handsome; graceful; dashing; elegant; (coll.) cool!; sweet!; (Chinese chess) general (on the red side, equivalent to a king in Western chess) | Colloquialism |
| 西沙 西沙 | Paracel Islands, in the South China Sea | Proper Noun |
| 李 李 | Li (surname) | Proper Noun |
| 新界 新界 | New Territories (in Hong Kong) | Proper Noun |
| 信义 信義 | Xinyi or Hsinyi District of Taipei City, Taiwan; Xinyi or Hsinyi District of Keelung City, Taiwan; Xinyi or Hsinyi Township in Nantou County, central Taiwan | Proper Noun |
| 我的世界 我的世界 | Minecraft (video game) | Proper Noun |
| 港台 港臺 | Hong Kong and Taiwan | Proper Noun |
| 杰 傑 | hero; heroic, outstanding | |
| 宋 宋 | Song dynasty; surname | |
| 坚 堅 | hard, strong, firm; resolute | |
| 警 警 | guard, watch; alert, alarm | |
| 知 知 | know | |
| 什么事 什麼事 | what matter | |
| 伯 伯 | variant of | |
| 坐牢 坐牢 | to be imprisoned | |
| 江湖 江湖 | rivers and lakes; all corners of the country; remote areas to which hermits retreat; section of society operating independently of mainstream society, out of reach of the law; the milieu in which wuxia tales play out (cf.); ( | |
| 警察局 警察局 | police station; police department; police headquarters | |
| 自首 自首 | to give oneself up; to surrender (to the authorities) | |
| 害死 害死 | to kill; to cause death; to do sb to death | |
| 威 威 | pomp, power; powerful; dominate | |
| 仙 仙 | immortal | |
| 奴 奴 | slave, servant | |
| 沙包 沙包 | sandbag; punching bag (trad. filled with sand); sand dune; footbag; hacky sack | |
| 快闪 快閃 | to depart as quick as a flash; flash mob |