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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| 真是 真是 | indeed; truly; (coll.) (used to express disapproval, annoyance etc) | Colloquialism |
| 好不好 好不好 | (coll.) all right?; OK? | Colloquialism |
| 看看 看看 | to take a look at; to examine; to survey; (coll.) pretty soon | Colloquialism |
| 对不对 對不對 | right or wrong?; Is it right?; OK, yes? (colloquial) | Colloquialism |
| 那是 那是 | (coll.) of course; naturally; indeed | Colloquialism |
| 一块 一塊 | a piece; a chunk; (fig.) (coll.) (typically preceded by a specifier such as) aspect; area; dimension (Example: "the emotional aspect (of it)"); (coll.) one yuan; a dollar; together; in the same | Colloquialism |
| 上床 上床 | to go to bed; (coll.) to have sex | Colloquialism |
| 这不 這不 | (coll.) As a matter of fact,... (used to introduce evidence for what one has just asserted) | Colloquialism |
| 吃的 吃的 | (coll.) food | Colloquialism |
| 肉 肉 | meat; flesh; pulp (of a fruit); (coll.) (of a fruit) squashy; (of a person) flabby; irresolute; Kangxi radical 130 | Colloquialism |
| 山 山 | mountain; hill; (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on | Colloquialism |
| 爸爸 爸爸 | (coll.) father; dad | Colloquialism |
| 块 塊 | lump; chunk; piece; classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc; (coll.) classifier for money and currency units | Colloquialism |
| 花 花 | flower; blossom; fancy pattern; florid; to spend (money, time); (coll.) lecherous; lustful | Colloquialism |
| 吗 嗎 | (coll.) what? | Colloquialism |
| 那 那 | (specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nèi]); (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations); then (in that case) | Colloquialism |
| 姊妹 姊妹 | (older and younger) sisters; sister (school, city etc) | Proper Noun |
| 三月 三月 | March; third month (of the lunar year) | Proper Noun |
| 香港 香港 | Hong Kong, special administrative region (SAR) of the PRC | Proper Noun |
| 六月 六月 | June; sixth month (of the lunar year) | Proper Noun |
| 点点 點點 | Diandian (Chinese microblogging and social networking website) | Proper Noun |
| 台湾 台灣 | variant of | Proper Noun |
| 法国 法國 | France | Proper Noun |
| 十一 十一 | PRC National Day (October 1st) | Proper Noun |
| 美国人 美國人 | American; American person; American people | Proper Noun |
| 加拿大 加拿大 | Canada | Proper Noun |
| 太子 太子 | crown prince | |
| 不是 不是 | no; is not; not | |
| 一个 一個 | a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc) | |
| 这个 這個 | (pronoun) this; (adjective) this | |
| 没事 沒事 | it's not important; it's nothing; never mind; to have nothing to do; to be free; to be all right (out of danger or trouble) | |
| 怎么了 怎麼了 | What's up?; What's going on?; What happened? | |
| 一下 一下 | (after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try); all at once; suddenly | |
| 不可以 不可以 | may not | |
| 老爸 老爸 | father; dad | |
| 那个 那個 | that one; that thing; that (as opposed to this); (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis); (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word); (used in speech as a filler | |
| 这是 這是 | this is; this is the ... | |
| 这种 這種 | this kind of | |
| 不想 不想 | unexpectedly; to one's surprise | |
| 有点 有點 | a little | |
| 你好 你好 | hello; hi | |
| 小弟 小弟 | little brother; I, your little brother (humble) | |
| 不在 不在 | not to be present; to be out; (euphemism) to pass away; to be deceased | |
| 车子 車子 | car or other vehicle (bicycle, truck etc) | |
| 不能 不能 | cannot; must not; should not | |
| 二十 二十 | twenty; 20 | |
| 一个人 一個人 | by oneself (without assistance); alone (without company) | |
| 不了 不了 | no thanks (used to politely but informally decline) | |
| 一会 一會 | a moment; a while; in a moment; also pr. [yi1 hui3] | |
| 跑路 跑路 | to travel on foot; (informal) to run off; to abscond |