A Better Tomorrow

A Better Tomorrow 1986

yīng xióng běn

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%

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háng trade; profession; industry; business HSK 4
xiāng box; trunk; chest HSK 4
zhǐ to prevent; to block HSK 4
rán not so; no; or else; otherwise; if not; How about ...? HSK 4
yuán principle; doctrine HSK 4
hào number HSK 4
jiē (of a plant) to produce (fruit or seeds); Taiwan pr. [jié] HSK 4
jǐn kuài as quickly as possible; as soon as possible HSK 4
rán still; as before HSK 4
rén jiā household; dwelling; family; sb else's house; household business; house of woman's husband-to-be HSK 4
xìng interest (desire to know about sth); interest (thing in which one is interested); hobby HSK 4
to substitute for; to take the place of; to replace; for; on behalf of; to stand in for HSK 4
graduation; to graduate; to finish school HSK 4
shǒu in hand; (a situation is) in sb's hands HSK 4
huò goods; money; commodity HSK 4
secret; private; confidential; clandestine; a secret HSK 4
fǒu otherwise; if not; or (else) HSK 4
xǐng to wake up; to be awake; to become aware; to sober up; to come to HSK 4
jìng rán unexpectedly; to one's surprise; in spite of everything; in that crazy way; actually; to go as far as to HSK 4
guài bewildering; odd; strange; uncanny; devil; monster; to wonder at; to blame; quite; rather HSK 4
shī lawyer HSK 4
liào material; resources; data; information; profile (Internet) HSK 4
lùn no matter what or how; regardless of whether... HSK 4
xiōng brothers; younger brother; I, me (humble term used by men in public speech); brotherly; fraternal HSK 4
wèi zhi position; place; seat HSK 4
almost; nearly; practically HSK 4
dān bill; list; form; single; only; sole; odd number HSK 4
jiě shì explanation; to explain; to interpret; to resolve HSK 4
guǎn not to be concerned; regardless of; no matter HSK 4
law HSK 4
kàn lai apparently; it seems that HSK 4
narrow HSK 4
gōng to offer; to supply; to provide; to furnish HSK 4
xiē classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several HSK 4
dìng to set; to fix; to determine; to decide; to order HSK 4
zhī qián before; prior to; ago; previously; beforehand HSK 4
guān pertaining to; concerning; with regard to; about; a matter of HSK 4
zhī jiān (after a noun) between; among; amid; (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 弹指之间) HSK 4
ya (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt) HSK 4
zhī hòu after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then HSK 4
què but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though HSK 4
zhī huó to act recklessly (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 3
zhí de unworthy Xiehouyu ∼HSK 3
luàn lái to act recklessly; to mess around Xiehouyu ∼HSK 3
qīn parent; one's own (flesh and blood); relative; related; marriage; bride; close; intimate; in person; first-hand; in favor of; pro-; to kiss; (Internet slang) dear Xiehouyu HSK 3
yào shi (coll.) if Colloquialism HSK 3
shū to lose; to be beaten; (bound form) to transport; (literary) to donate; to contribute; (coll.) to enter (a password) Colloquialism HSK 3
zhěng exactly; in good order; whole; complete; entire; in order; orderly; to repair; to mend; to renovate; (coll.) to fix sb; to give sb a hard time; to mess with sb Colloquialism HSK 3
guǎn to take care (of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to run; to care about; tube; pipe; woodwind; classifier for tube-shaped objects; particle similar to 把 in 管...叫 constructions; writing brush; (coll.) to; towards Colloquialism HSK 3
Mark (name) Proper Noun ∼HSK 3