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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| 股份 股份 | a share (in a company); stock | |
| 片子 片子 | film; movie; film reel; phonograph record; X-ray image | |
| 当晚 當晚 | on that evening | |
| 捏 捏 | to hold between the thumb and fingers; to pinch; to mold (using the fingers); to hold (lit. in one's hand and fig.); to join together; to fabricate (a story, a report, etc) | |
| 宁愿 寧願 | would rather ... (than ...) | |
| 敬 敬 | (bound form) respectful; to respect; to offer politely | |
| 抹 抹 | to wipe | |
| 羡慕 羨慕 | to envy; to admire | |
| 窝 窩 | nest; pit or hollow on the human body; lair; den; place; to harbor or shelter; to hold in check; to bend; classifier for litters and broods | |
| 引擎 引擎 | engine (loanword) | |
| 角落 角落 | nook; corner | |
| 讨 討 | to invite; to provoke; to demand or ask for; to send armed forces to suppress; to denounce or condemn; to marry (a woman); to discuss or study | |
| 议员 議員 | member (of a legislative body); representative | |
| 都会 都會 | city; metropolis | |
| 兼 兼 | double; twice; simultaneous; holding two or more (official) posts at the same time | |
| 贱 賤 | inexpensive; lowly; despicable; (bound form) (humble) my | |
| 情人 情人 | lover; sweetheart | |
| 宗 宗 | school; sect; purpose; model; ancestor; clan; to take as one's model (in academic or artistic work); classifier for batches, items, cases (medical or legal), reservoirs | |
| 亦 亦 | also | |
| 头部 頭部 | head | |
| 坑 坑 | pit; depression; hollow; tunnel; hole in the ground; (archaic) to bury alive; to hoodwink; to cheat (sb) | |
| 不准 不准 | not to allow; to forbid; to prohibit | |
| 要不 要不 | otherwise; or else; how about...?; either... (or...) | |
| 贼 賊 | thief; traitor; wily; deceitful; evil; extremely | |
| 乖 乖 | (of a child) obedient, well-behaved; clever; shrewd; alert; perverse; contrary to reason; irregular; abnormal | |
| 涂 塗 | to apply (paint etc); to smear; to daub; to blot out; to scribble; to scrawl; (literary) mud; street | |
| 堂 堂 | (main) hall; large room for a specific purpose; relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family; of the same clan; classifier for classes, lectures etc; classifier for sets of furniture | |
| 脖子 脖子 | neck | |
| 持 持 | to hold; to grasp; to support; to maintain; to persevere; to manage; to run (i.e. administer); to control | |
| 完毕 完畢 | to finish; to end; to complete | |
| 砍 砍 | to chop; to cut down; to throw sth at sb | |
| 蛮 蠻 | barbarian; bullying; very; quite; rough; reckless | |
| 老大 老大 | old age; very; eldest child in a family; leader of a group; boss; captain of a boat; leader of a criminal gang | |
| 醒来 醒來 | to waken | |
| 拳 拳 | fist; boxing | |
| 跟踪 跟蹤 | to follow sb's tracks; to tail; to shadow; tracking | |
| 告 告 | to say; to tell; to announce; to report; to denounce; to file a lawsuit; to sue | |
| 婴儿 嬰兒 | infant; baby; lead (Pb) | |
| 公寓 公寓 | apartment building; block of flats | |
| 眼神 眼神 | expression or emotion showing in one's eyes; meaningful glance; wink; eyesight (dialect) | |
| 从未 從未 | never | |
| 吻 吻 | kiss; to kiss; mouth | |
| 释放 釋放 | to release; to set free; to liberate (a prisoner); to discharge | |
| 凌晨 凌晨 | very early in the morning; in the wee hours | |
| 嫁 嫁 | (of a woman) to marry; to marry off a daughter; to shift (blame etc) | |
| 供 供 | to provide; to supply | |
| 袭击 襲擊 | attack (esp. surprise attack); raid; to attack | |
| 罗 羅 | gauze; to collect; to gather; to catch; to sift | |
| 需 需 | to require; to need; to want; necessity; need | |
| 案件 案件 | case; instance |