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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| 小姐 小姐 | young lady; miss; (slang) prostitute | |
| 有时 有時 | sometimes; now and then | |
| 饭 飯 | cooked rice; meal; (loanword) fan; devotee | |
| 课 課 | subject; course; class; lesson; to levy; tax; form of divination | |
| 姐姐 姐姐 | older sister | |
| 东 東 | east; host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest); landlord | |
| 生日 生日 | birthday | |
| 上班 上班 | to go to work; to be on duty; to start work; to go to the office | |
| 饿 餓 | to be hungry; hungry; to starve (sb) | |
| 七 七 | seven; 7 | |
| 动作 動作 | movement; motion; action; to act; to move | |
| 吃饭 吃飯 | to have a meal; to eat; to make a living | |
| 八 八 | eight; 8 | |
| 房间 房間 | room | |
| 毛 毛 | hair; feather; down; wool; mildew; mold; coarse or semifinished; young; raw; careless; unthinking; nervous; scared; (of currency) to devalue or depreciate; classifier for Chinese fractional monetary unit ( = 角 , = one-tenth of a yuan or 10 fen 分) | |
| 有的 有的 | (there are) some (who are...); some (exist) | |
| 一边 一邊 | one side; either side; on the one hand; on the other hand; doing while | |
| 坏 壞 | bad; spoiled; broken; to break down; (suffix) to the utmost | |
| 休息 休息 | rest; to rest | |
| 打电话 打電話 | to make a telephone call | |
| 累 累 | to accumulate; to involve or implicate (Taiwan pr. [lèi]); continuous; repeated | |
| 回去 回去 | to return; to go back | |
| 爸 爸 | father; dad; pa; papa | |
| 哥 哥 | elder brother | |
| 关 關 | mountain pass; to close; to shut; to turn off; to confine; to lock (sb) up; to shut (sb in a room, a bird in a cage etc); to concern; to involve | |
| 回答 回答 | to reply; to answer; reply; answer | |
| 早上 早上 | early morning | |
| 飞机 飛機 | airplane | |
| 认真 認真 | conscientious; earnest; serious; to take seriously; to take to heart | |
| 忘 忘 | to forget; to overlook; to neglect | |
| 不用 不用 | need not | |
| 教 教 | religion; teaching; to make; to cause; to tell | |
| 家里 家裡 | home | |
| 西 西 | the West; abbr. for Spain 牙; Spanish | |
| 睡觉 睡覺 | to go to bed; to sleep | |
| 试 試 | to test; to try; experiment; examination; test | |
| 热 熱 | to warm up; to heat up; hot (of weather); heat; fervent | |
| 去年 去年 | last year | |
| 白 白 | white; snowy; pure; bright; empty; blank; plain; clear; to make clear; in vain; gratuitous; free of charge; reactionary; anti-communist; funeral; to stare coldly; to write wrong character; to state; to explain; vernacular; spoken lines in opera | |
| 高兴 高興 | happy; glad; willing (to do sth); in a cheerful mood | |
| 字 字 | letter; symbol; character; word; courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China | |
| 说话 說話 | to speak; to say; to talk; to gossip; to tell stories; talk; word | |
| 听到 聽到 | to hear | |
| 看见 看見 | to see; to catch sight of | |
| 十 十 | ten; 10 | |
| 忙 忙 | busy; hurriedly; to hurry; to rush | |
| 病 病 | illness; disease; to fall ill; defect | |
| 医生 醫生 | doctor | |
| 六 六 | six; 6 | |
| 老师 老師 | teacher |