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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| 放弃 放棄 | to renounce; to abandon; to give up | |
| 神 神 | God; abbr. for 舟 | |
| 令 令 | to order; to command; an order; warrant; writ; to cause; to make sth happen; virtuous; honorific title; season; government position (old); type of short song or poem | |
| 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 | |
| 将 將 | will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把) | |
| 可 可 | (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very | |
| 大摇大摆 大搖大擺 | to strut; swaggering | Idiom |
| 好色 好色 | to want sex; given to lust; lecherous; lascivious; horny | Xiehouyu |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 穷 窮 | poor; destitute; to use up; to exhaust; thoroughly; extremely; (coll.) persistently and pointlessly | Colloquialism |
| 老公 老公 | (coll.) husband | Colloquialism |
| 老婆 老婆 | (coll.) wife | Colloquialism |
| 俩 倆 | two (colloquial equivalent of 两个); both; some | Colloquialism |
| 抱 抱 | to hold; to carry (in one's arms); to hug; to embrace; to surround; to cherish; (coll.) (of clothes) to fit nicely | Colloquialism |
| 中国籍 中國籍 | Chinese (i.e. of Chinese nationality) | Proper Noun |
| 李 李 | Li (surname) | Proper Noun |
| 超人 超人 | Superman, comic book superhero | Proper Noun |
| 侏罗纪 侏羅紀 | Jurassic (geological period 205-140m years ago) | Proper Noun |
| 余庆 餘慶 | Yuqing county in Zunyi, Guizhou | Proper Noun |
| 新界 新界 | New Territories (in Hong Kong) | Proper Noun |
| 香港警察 香港警察 | Hong Kong Police Force (since 1997) | Proper Noun |
| 马丁 馬丁 | Martin (name) | Proper Noun |
| 王力 王力 | Wang Li (1900-1986), one of the pioneers of modern Chinese linguistics | Proper Noun |
| 韦 韋 | tanned leather; surname; simplified form of KangXi radical number 178 | |
| 坐牢 坐牢 | to be imprisoned | |
| 长官 長官 | senior official; senior officer; commanding officer; sir (term of address for senior officer) | |
| 何不 何不 | why not?; why not do (sth)? | |
| 什么事 什麼事 | what matter | |
| 屎 屎 | excrement, shit, dung | |
| 知 知 | know | |
| 保释 保釋 | to release on bail; to bail | |
| 泰 泰 | great, exalted, superior; big | |
| 仔 仔 | small thing, child; young animal | |
| 鸭 鴨 | duck; Anas species (various) | |
| 可不 可不 | that's just the way it is; exactly! | |
| 没办法 沒辦法 | there is nothing to be done; one can't do anything about it | |
| 狗仔 狗仔 | paparazzi | |
| 饺 餃 | stuffed dumplings | |
| 屁 屁 | break wind; fart; buttocks | |
| 尾 尾 | tail, extremity; end, stern | |
| 不清楚 不清楚 | unclear; not understood; currently unknown | |
| 这样子 這樣子 | so; such; this way; like this | |
| 死定 死定 | to be screwed; to be toast | |
| 相 相 | mutually | |
| 拘捕 拘捕 | to arrest |