A True Mob Story 1998
龙在江湖
A low level gangster in Hong Kong gains new respect after saving a boss's life in a gang fight. Despite his wife's death in this attack, he appears to be moving up in the Triad family until he discovers the other bosses are not looking out for him when he is double crossed and the gangster he previously hospitalized in the gang fight comes back for revenge.
Vocabulary
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| 途人 途人 | passer-by; stranger | |
| 呐 吶 | modal particle | |
| 渐 漸 | gradually | |
| 默认 默認 | to agree tacitly; tacit approval; default (setting) | |
| 无尽 無盡 | endless; inexhaustible | |
| 正版 正版 | genuine; legal; see also 盗版 | |
| 年前 年前 | by the end of the year; at the end of the year; shortly before New Year | |
| 快活 快活 | happy; cheerful | |
| 儿女 兒女 | children; sons and daughters; a young man and a young woman (in love) | |
| 无奈 無奈 | to have no alternative; frustrated; exasperated; helpless; (conjunction) but unfortunately | |
| 鸭子 鴨子 | duck; male prostitute (slang) | |
| 风光 風光 | scene; view; sight; landscape; to be well-regarded; to be well-off; grand (dialect); impressive (dialect) | |
| 预备 預備 | to prepare; to make ready; preparation; preparatory | |
| 叉 叉 | fork; pitchfork; prong; pick; cross; intersect; "X" | |
| 钓 釣 | to fish with a hook and bait | |
| 消毒 消毒 | to disinfect; to sterilize | |
| 交代 交代 | to transfer (duties to sb else); to give instructions; to tell (sb to do sth); to explain; to give an account; to brief; to confess; to account for oneself; (jocular) to come to a bad end | |
| 近来 近來 | recently; lately | |
| 面子 面子 | outer surface; the outside of sth; social prestige; face | |
| 职务 職務 | post; position; job; duties | |
| 胆 膽 | gall bladder; courage; guts; gall; inner container (e.g. bladder of a football, inner container of a thermos) | |
| 展览 展覽 | to put on display; to exhibit; exhibition; show | |
| 闲 閒 | idle; unoccupied; leisure | |
| 打架 打架 | to fight; to scuffle; to come to blows | |
| 糟 糟 | dregs; draff; pickled in wine; rotten; messy; ruined | |
| 赔 賠 | to compensate for loss; to indemnify; to suffer a financial loss | |
| 转换 轉換 | to change; to switch; to convert; to transform | |
| 联络 聯絡 | to get in touch with; to contact; to stay in contact (with); liaison; (math.) connection | |
| 一向 一向 | always (previously); a period of time in the recent past | |
| 寸 寸 | a unit of length; inch; thumb | |
| 正义 正義 | justice; righteousness; just; righteous | |
| 完了 完了 | to be finished; to be done for; ruined; gone to the dogs; oh no | |
| 脾气 脾氣 | character; temperament; disposition; bad temper | |
| 冲动 衝動 | to have an urge; to be impetuous; impulse; urge | |
| 珍惜 珍惜 | to treasure; to value; to cherish | |
| 劝 勸 | to advise; to urge; to try to persuade; to exhort; to console; to soothe | |
| 抬 抬 | to lift; to raise; (of two or more persons) to carry | |
| 扮演 扮演 | to play the role of; to act | |
| 画面 畫面 | scene; tableau; picture; image; screen (displayed by a computer); (motion picture) frame; field of view | |
| 罚 罰 | to punish; to penalize | |
| 动手 動手 | to set about (a task); to hit; to punch; to touch | |
| 用来 用來 | to be used for | |
| 认 認 | to recognize; to know; to admit | |
| 挡 擋 | to resist; to obstruct; to hinder; to keep off; to block (a blow); to get in the way of; cover; gear (e.g. in a car's transmission) | |
| 偶像 偶像 | idol | |
| 全都 全都 | all; without exception | |
| 注册 註冊 | to register; to enroll | |
| 搜索 搜索 | to search (a place); to search (a database); to search for (sth) | |
| 乘 乘 | to ride; to mount; to make use of; to avail oneself of; to take advantage of; to multiply (math.); Buddhist sect or creed | |
| 警告 警告 | to warn; to admonish |