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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改邪归正 改邪歸正 gǎi xié guī zhèng to mend one's ways (idiom); to turn over a new leaf Idiom HSK 7
垂头丧气 垂頭喪氣 chuí tóu sàng qì hanging one's head dispiritedly (idiom); dejected; crestfallen Idiom HSK 7
内行 內行 nèi háng expert; adept; experienced; an expert; a professional Xiehouyu HSK 7
废物 廢物 fèi wù rubbish; waste material; useless person Xiehouyu HSK 7
做证 做證 zuò zhèng variant of 作证 HSK 7
观感 觀感 guān gǎn one's impressions; observations HSK 7
碍事 礙事 ài shì to be in the way; to be a hindrance; (usu. in the negative) to be of consequence; to matter HSK 7
底子 底子 dǐ zi base; foundation; bottom HSK 7
出丑 出醜 chū chǒu shameful; scandalous; to be humiliated; to make a fool of sb or oneself; to make sb lose face HSK 7
伯伯 伯伯 bó bo father's elder brother; uncle HSK 7
威风 威風 wēi fēng might; awe-inspiring authority; impressive HSK 7
门路 門路 mén lù way of doing sth; the right social connection HSK 7
拉拢 拉攏 lā lǒng to rope in; fig. to involve sb; to entice HSK 7
爽快 爽快 shuǎng kuai refreshed; rejuvenated; frank and straightforward HSK 7
应酬 應酬 yìng chou to engage in social activities; to socialize; dinner party; banquet; social engagement HSK 7
乞讨 乞討 qǐ tǎo to beg; to go begging HSK 7
勾结 勾結 gōu jié to collude with; to collaborate with; to gang up with HSK 7
收留 收留 shōu liú to offer shelter; to have sb in one's care HSK 7
通通 通通 tōng tōng all; entire; complete HSK 7
纵容 縱容 zòng róng to indulge; to connive at HSK 7
好意 好意 hǎo yì good intention; kindness HSK 7
圈套 圈套 quān tào trap; snare; trick HSK 7
磁带 磁帶 cí dài magnetic tape HSK 7
熄灭 熄滅 xī miè to stop burning; to go out (of fire); to die out; extinguished HSK 7
脱身 脫身 tuō shēn to get away; to escape (from obligations); to free oneself; to disengage HSK 7
通缉 通緝 tōng jī to order the arrest of sb as criminal; to list as wanted HSK 7
陷害 陷害 xiàn hài to entrap; to set up; to frame (up); to make false charges against HSK 7
扣除 扣除 kòu chú to deduct HSK 7
执照 執照 zhí zhào license; permit HSK 7
不算 不算 bù suàn to not calculate; to not count; to not be considered (as); to have no weight HSK 7
不肯 不肯 bù kěn Refuse HSK 7
委屈 委屈 wěi qu to feel wronged; to cause sb to feel wronged; grievance HSK 7
破案 破案 pò àn to solve a case; shabby old table HSK 7
庙 廟 miào temple; ancestral shrine; temple fair; great imperial hall; imperial HSK 7
漂 漂 piāo to float; to drift HSK 7
从头 從頭 cóng tóu anew; from the start HSK 7
不容 不容 bù róng must not; cannot; to not allow; cannot tolerate HSK 7
发脾气 發脾氣 fā pí qì to get angry HSK 7
保重 保重 bǎo zhòng to take care of oneself HSK 7
得罪 得罪 dé zuì to commit an offense; to violate the law; excuse me! (formal); see also 罪 HSK 7
评判 評判 píng pàn to judge (a competition); to appraise HSK 7
压制 壓制 yā zhì to suppress; to inhibit; to stifle HSK 7
囚犯 囚犯 qiú fàn prisoner; convict HSK 7
栽 栽 zāi to plant; to grow; to insert; to erect (e.g. a bus stop sign); to impose sth on sb; to stumble; to fall down HSK 7
偿还 償還 cháng huán to repay; to reimburse HSK 7
蜡烛 蠟燭 là zhú candle HSK 7
泄露 泄露 xiè lù to leak (information); to divulge; also pr. [xiè lòu] HSK 7
不妨 不妨 bù fáng there is no harm in; might as well HSK 7
垮 垮 kuǎ to collapse (lit. or fig.) HSK 7
吩咐 吩咐 fēn fù to tell; to instruct; to command HSK 7