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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| 跑路 跑路 | to travel on foot; (informal) to run off; to abscond | |
| 妈咪 媽咪 | mommy (loanword) | |
| 小子 小子 | (literary) youngster; (old) young fellow (term of address used by the older generation); (old) I, me (used in speaking to one's elders) | |
| 做事 做事 | to work; to handle matters; to have a job | |
| 我去 我去 | (slang) what the...!; oh my god!; that's insane! | |
| 一次 一次 | first; first time; once; (math.) linear (of degree one) | |
| 分子 分子 | (chemistry) molecule; (math) numerator of a fraction | |
| 在那儿 在那兒 | (adverbial expression indicating that the attention of the subject of the verb is focused on what they are doing, not distracted by anything else); just...ing (and nothing else) | |
| 开走 開走 | to go (of car, train etc); to drive off | |
| 不到 不到 | not to arrive; not reaching; insufficient; less than | |
| 自己人 自己人 | those on our side; ourselves; one's own people; one of us | |
| 天天 天天 | every day | |
| 婊子 婊子 | prostitute; whore | |
| 最少 最少 | at least; minimum; lowest (amount); minimal | |
| 找不到 找不到 | can't find | |
| 在一起 在一起 | together | |
| 说好 說好 | to come to an agreement; to complete negotiations | |
| 一家 一家 | the whole family; the same family; the family... (when preceded by a family name); group | |
| 桌 桌 | table, desk, stand | |
| 一种 一種 | one kind of; one type of | |
| 这位 這位 | this (person) | |
| 每天 每天 | every day | |
| 几年 幾年 | a few years; several years; how many years? | |
| 出新 出新 | to make new advances; to move forwards | |
| 什么的 什麼的 | and so on; and so forth; and what not | |
| 对了 對了 | Correct!; Oh, that's right,... (when one suddenly remembers sth one wanted to mention); Oh, by the way,... | |
| 三十 三十 | thirty; 30 | |
| 有了 有了 | I've got a solution!; to have a bun in the oven | |
| 几多 幾多 | (dialect) how much; how many; how (smart etc); such... | |
| 几次 幾次 | several times | |
| 他妈的 他媽的 | (taboo curse) damn it!; fucking | |
| 用脑 用腦 | to undertake mental work | |
| 再不 再不 | or else; alternatively | |
| 打中 打中 | to hit (a target) | |
| 做小 做小 | to be sb's concubine | |
| 那天 那天 | that day; the other day | |
| 几个 幾個 | a few; several; how many | |
| 飙车 飆車 | to drive recklessly at high speed; street racing (motorbikes or cars) | |
| 会不会 會不會 | (posing a question: whether sb, something) can or cannot?; is able to or not | |
| 放开 放開 | to let go; to release | |
| 年来 年來 | this past year; over the last years | |
| 正点 正點 | (of a train etc) on time; punctual; (slang) awesome; (Tw) on the hour | |
| 回事 回事 | (old) to report to one's master | |
| 每个 每個 | each; every | |
| 儿 兒 | son, child; KangXi radical 10 | |
| 干妈 乾媽 | adoptive mother (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications) | |
| 师姐 師姐 | senior female fellow student or apprentice; daughter (older than oneself) of one's teacher | |
| 还给 還給 | to return sth to sb | |
| 十二 十二 | twelve; 12 | |
| 教坏 教壞 | to misguide; to corrupt (sb) |