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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| 陈词 陳詞 | (formal) to state one's views (esp. in court); stale rhetoric; clichéd remarks | |
| 拖拉 拖拉 | to drag along; to haul; (fig.) to procrastinate; shilly-shallying; sluggish; (computing) drag and drop; (loanword) tola, unit of weight, approx. 11.664 grams | |
| 热吻 熱吻 | to kiss passionately | |
| 抹去 抹去 | to erase | |
| 生辰 生辰 | birthday | |
| 吉祥 吉祥 | lucky; auspicious; propitious | |
| 空闲 空閒 | idle; free time; leisure; unused (place) | |
| 只得 只得 | to have no alternative but to; to be obliged to | |
| 用处 用處 | usefulness | |
| 很难说 很難說 | Hard to say | |
| 外衣 外衣 | outer clothing; semblance; appearance | |
| 免得 免得 | so as not to; so as to avoid | |
| 聘请 聘請 | to engage; to hire (a lawyer etc) | |
| 来往 來往 | to come and go; to have dealings with; to be in relation with | |
| 强壮 強壯 | strong; sturdy; robust | |
| 父子 父子 | father and son | |
| 早晚 早晚 | morning and evening; (dialect) some time in the future; some day | |
| 往后 往後 | from now on; in the future; time to come | |
| 要不然 要不然 | otherwise; or else; or | |
| 拐 枴 | cane; walking stick; crutch; old man's staff | |
| 有事 有事 | to be occupied with sth; to have sth on one's mind; there is something the matter | |
| 账 賬 | account; bill; debt | |
| 出名 出名 | well-known for sth; to become well known; to make one's mark; to lend one's name (to an event, endeavor etc) | |
| 官司 官司 | lawsuit | |
| 洋 洋 | ocean; vast; foreign; silver dollar or coin | |
| 用心 用心 | motive; intention; to be diligent or attentive; careful | |
| 教堂 教堂 | church; chapel | |
| 想不到 想不到 | unexpected; hard to imagine; it had not occurred to me; who could have thought that | |
| 反抗 反抗 | to resist; to rebel | |
| 深深 深深 | deep; profound | |
| 理智 理智 | reason; intellect; rationality; rational | |
| 债 債 | debt | |
| 横 橫 | horizontal; across; crosswise; horizontal stroke (in Chinese characters); to place (sth) flat (on a surface); to cross (a river, etc); in a jumble; chaotic; (in fixed expressions) harsh and unreasonable; violent | |
| 欺负 欺負 | to bully | |
| 从没 從沒 | never (in the past); never did | |
| 首席 首席 | chief (representative, correspondent etc) | |
| 摩托车 摩托車 | (loanword) motorbike; motorcycle | |
| 街头 街頭 | street | |
| 救命 救命 | to save sb's life; (interj.) Help!; Save me! | |
| 倾向 傾向 | trend; tendency; orientation | |
| 合约 合約 | treaty; contract | |
| 适当 適當 | suitable; appropriate | |
| 当成 當成 | to consider as; to take to be | |
| 算了 算了 | let it be; let it pass; forget about it | |
| 被告 被告 | defendant | |
| 赚钱 賺錢 | to earn money; moneymaking | |
| 当天 當天 | on that day | |
| 一时 一時 | a period of time; a while; for a short while; temporary; momentary; at the same time | |
| 判 判 | to judge; to sentence; to discriminate; to discern; clearly distinguishable | |
| 厕所 廁所 | toilet; lavatory |