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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| 当年 當年 | in those days; then; in those years; during that time | |
| 插 插 | to insert; stick in; pierce; to take part in; to interfere; to interpose | |
| 回头 回頭 | to turn round; to turn one's head; later; by and by | |
| 忍 忍 | to bear; to endure; to tolerate; to restrain oneself | |
| 本人 本人 | I; me; myself; oneself; yourself; himself; herself; the person concerned | |
| 滑 滑 | to slip; to slide; slippery; smooth; sly; slippery; not to be trusted | |
| 立 立 | to stand; to set up; to establish; to lay down; to draw up; at once; immediately | |
| 害 害 | to do harm to; to cause trouble to; harm; evil; calamity | |
| 所在 所在 | place; location; (after a noun) place where it is located | |
| 咬 咬 | to bite; to nip | |
| 玻璃 玻璃 | glass; (slang) male homosexual | |
| 硬 硬 | hard; stiff; solid; (fig.) strong; firm; resolutely; uncompromisingly; laboriously; with great difficulty; good (quality); able (person); (of food) filling; substantial | |
| 拼 拼 | to piece together; to join together; to stake all; adventurous; at the risk of one's life; to spell | |
| 私人 私人 | private; personal; interpersonal; sb with whom one has a close personal relationship; a member of one's clique | |
| 扔 扔 | to throw; to throw away | |
| 烂 爛 | soft; mushy; well-cooked and soft; to rot; to decompose; rotten; worn out; chaotic; messy; utterly; thoroughly; crappy; bad | |
| 躲 躲 | to hide; to dodge; to avoid | |
| 碎 碎 | (transitive or intransitive verb) to break into pieces; to shatter; to crumble; broken; fragmentary; scattered; garrulous | |
| 签 籤 | inscribed bamboo stick (used in divination, gambling, drawing lots etc); small wood sliver; label; tag | |
| 暂时 暫時 | temporary; provisional; for the time being | |
| 真相 真相 | the truth about sth; the actual facts | |
| 猜 猜 | to guess | |
| 欠 欠 | to owe; to lack; (literary) to be deficient in; (bound form) yawn; to raise slightly (a part of one's body) | |
| 之外 之外 | outside; excluding | |
| 逃 逃 | to escape; to run away; to flee | |
| 回忆 回憶 | to recall; memories | |
| 滚 滾 | to boil; to roll; to take a hike; Get lost! | |
| 毒 毒 | poison; to poison; poisonous; malicious; cruel; fierce; narcotics | |
| 骗 騙 | to cheat; to swindle; to deceive; to get on (a horse etc) by swinging one leg over | |
| 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) | |
| 记忆 記憶 | to remember; to recall; memory | |
| 戏 戲 | trick; drama; play; show | |
| 恨 恨 | to hate; to regret | |
| 拍摄 拍攝 | to take (a picture); to shoot (a film) | |
| 丢 丟 | to lose; to put aside; to throw | |
| 式 式 | type; form; pattern; style | |
| 疯 瘋 | insane; mad; wild | |
| 颗 顆 | classifier for small spheres, pearls, corn grains, teeth, hearts, satellites etc | |
| 分享 分享 | to share (let others have some of sth good) | |
| 执行 執行 | to implement; to carry out; to execute; to run | |
| 棒 棒 | stick; club; cudgel; smart; capable; strong; wonderful; classifier for legs of a relay race | |
| 傻 傻 | foolish | |
| 抢 搶 | to fight over; to rush; to scramble; to grab; to rob; to snatch | |
| 享受 享受 | to enjoy; to live it up; pleasure | |
| 分析 分析 | to analyze; analysis | |
| 居然 居然 | unexpectedly; to one's surprise; go so far as to | |
| 陪 陪 | to accompany; to keep sb company; to assist; old variant of 赔 | |
| 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 |