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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| 星 星 | a star, planet; any point of light | |
| 今 今 | now, today, modern era | |
| 午 午 | noon; 7th terrestrial branch | |
| 打手 打手 | hired thug | |
| 不好 不好 | no good | |
| 等一会 等一會 | Wait a moment!; after a while | |
| 快点 快點 | to do sth more quickly; Hurry up!; Get a move on! | |
| 小妹 小妹 | little sister; girl; (Tw) young female employee working in a low-level role dealing with the public (assistant, waitress, attendant etc) | |
| 一点 一點 | a bit; a little bit; (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit; (after an adjective, used to form the comparative) a bit more, -er; a point (in a discussion etc); (calligraphy) dot stroke (、); one o'clock (abbr. for 一點鍾|一点钟[yi1 dia | |
| 跟人 跟人 | to marry (of woman) | |
| 站起来 站起來 | to stand up | |
| 元来 元來 | variant of | |
| 明 明 | bright, light, brilliant; clear | |
| 不明 不明 | not clear; unknown; to fail to understand | |
| 老几 老幾 | where in the order of seniority among siblings?; (sometimes used in rhetorical questions to express disparagement) | |
| 五十 五十 | fifty | |
| 中听 中聽 | pleasant to hear (i.e. agreeable news); to one's liking; music to one's ears; Taiwan pr. [zhong4 ting1] | |
| 十五 十五 | fifteen; 15 | |
| 几岁 幾歲 | how old are you? (familiar, or to a child) | |
| 这就 這就 | immediately; at once | |
| 第二次 第二次 | the second time; second; number two | |
| 一对 一對 | couple; pair | |
| 在后 在後 | behind | |
| 手拿 手拿 | to hold in one's hand | |
| 几年来 幾年來 | for the past several years | |
| 老妈 老媽 | mother; mom | |
| 下一次 下一次 | next | |
| 试做 試做 | to try doing (sth) to see how well it turns out; to experiment | |
| 点见 點見 | to check an amount | |
| 有钱 有錢 | well-off; wealthy | |
| 开打 開打 | (of a sports competition or match) to commence; (of a war or battle) to break out; to perform acrobatic or choreographed fighting (in Chinese opera); to brawl; to come to blows | |
| 机 機 | desk; machine; moment | |
| 影碟 影碟 | DVD | |
| 昨晚 昨晚 | yesterday evening; last night | |
| 十四 十四 | fourteen; 14 | |
| 跟着 跟著 | to follow after; immediately afterwards | |
| 从医 從醫 | to work as a doctor | |
| 女孩 女孩 | girl; lass | |
| 上等 上等 | highest quality; top-notch | |
| 明早 明早 | tomorrow morning; tomorrow | |
| 喝茶 喝茶 | to drink tea; to get engaged; to have a serious conversation; (fig.) to have a meeting with state security agents (to be warned to behave "responsibly") | |
| 你妈 你媽 | (interjection) fuck you; (intensifier) fucking | |
| 我这儿 我這兒 | where I am; my place | |
| 你真行 你真行 | you're incredible (often an ironic expression of vexation, but can also express approbation) | |
| 学人 學人 | scholar; learned person | |
| 不太好 不太好 | not so good; not too well | |
| 走出 走出 | to leave (a room etc); to go out through (a door etc) | |
| 多工 多工 | to multiplex; multiple; multi- | |
| 会考 會考 | unified examination | |
| 脑 腦 | brain |