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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| 批准 批准 | to approve; to ratify | |
| 将来 將來 | in the future; future; the future | |
| 话题 話題 | subject (of a talk or conversation); topic | |
| 成立 成立 | to establish; to set up; to be tenable; to hold water | |
| 甜 甜 | sweet | |
| 念 唸 | to read; to study (a subject); to attend (a school); to read aloud; to give (sb) a tongue-lashing; to miss (sb); idea; remembrance; twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿) | |
| 胖 胖 | healthy; at ease | |
| 男子 男子 | a man; a male | |
| 背后 背後 | behind; at the back; in the rear; behind sb's back | |
| 厂 厂 | "cliff" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 27), occurring in 原, 历, 压 etc | |
| 尽量 儘量 | as much as possible; to the greatest extent | |
| 汤 湯 | rushing current | |
| 铁 鐵 | iron (metal); arms; weapons; hard; strong; violent; unshakeable; determined; close; tight (slang) | |
| 上去 上去 | to go up | |
| 生意 生意 | life force; vitality | |
| 互相 互相 | each other; mutually; mutual | |
| 领 領 | neck; collar; to lead; to receive; classifier for clothes, mats, screens etc | |
| 现金 現金 | cash | |
| 费 費 | to cost; to spend; fee; wasteful; expenses | |
| 信任 信任 | to trust; to have confidence in | |
| 香 香 | fragrant; sweet smelling; aromatic; savory or appetizing; (to eat) with relish; (of sleep) sound; perfume or spice; joss or incense stick | |
| 合理 合理 | rational; reasonable; sensible; fair | |
| 浪费 浪費 | to waste; to squander | |
| 立刻 立刻 | forthwith; immediate; prompt; promptly; straightway; thereupon; at once | |
| 付 付 | to pay; to hand over to; classifier for pairs or sets of things | |
| 公开 公開 | open; overt; public; to make public; to release | |
| 制作 製作 | to make; to manufacture | |
| 证据 證據 | evidence; proof; testimony | |
| 前面 前面 | ahead; in front; preceding; above; also pr. [qián mian] | |
| 接近 接近 | to approach; to get close to | |
| 意外 意外 | unexpected; accident; mishap | |
| 咖啡 咖啡 | coffee (loanword) | |
| 足够 足夠 | enough; sufficient | |
| 慢慢 慢慢 | slowly | |
| 奇怪 奇怪 | strange; odd; to marvel; to be baffled | |
| 合 合 | to close; to join; to fit; to be equal to; whole; together; round (in battle); conjunction (astronomy); 1st note of pentatonic scale; old variant of 盒 | |
| 演员 演員 | actor or actress; performer | |
| 顿 頓 | to stop; to pause; to arrange; to lay out; to kowtow; to stamp (one's foot); at once; classifier for meals, beatings, scoldings etc: time, bout, spell, meal | |
| 对手 對手 | opponent; rival; competitor; (well-matched) adversary; match | |
| 保 保 | Bulgaria; Bulgarian; abbr. for 保加利亚 | |
| 猪 豬 | hog; pig; swine | |
| 事实上 事實上 | in fact; in reality; actually; as a matter of fact; de facto; ipso facto | |
| 乐 樂 | happy; cheerful; to laugh | |
| 配 配 | to join; to fit; to mate; to mix; to match; to deserve; to make up (a prescription); to allocate | |
| 龙 龍 | dragon; imperial | |
| 害怕 害怕 | to be afraid; to be scared | |
| 破坏 破壞 | destruction; damage; to wreck; to break; to destroy | |
| 武器 武器 | weapon; arms | |
| 抓住 抓住 | to grab hold of; to capture | |
| 美好 美好 | beautiful; fine |