A True Mob Story

A True Mob Story 1998

龙在江湖 lóng zài jiāng hú

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.

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Vocabulary

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眉 眉 méi eyebrows; upper margin of book ∼HSK 5
怎 怎 zěn how (variant of 怎么) ∼HSK 5
旦 旦 dàn dawn; morning; day ∼HSK 5
黑社会 黑社會 hēi shè huì criminal underworld; organized crime syndicate ∼HSK 5
婵 嬋 chán beautiful, lovely, pretty, graceful ∼HSK 5
荣 榮 Róng glory, honor; flourish, prosper ∼HSK 5
召 召 Shào imperial decree; summon ∼HSK 5
盅 盅 zhōng small cup or bowl ∼HSK 5
妞 妞 niū girl ∼HSK 5
戏院 戲院 xì yuàn theater ∼HSK 5
贩毒 販毒 fàn dú to traffic narcotics; drugs trade; opium trade ∼HSK 5
锦 錦 jǐn brocade ∼HSK 5
看戏 看戲 kàn xì to watch a play; to watch passively (i.e. from the sidelines, from the crowd) ∼HSK 5
老兄 老兄 lǎo xiōng elder brother (often used self-referentially); (form of address between male friends) old chap; buddy ∼HSK 5
好棒 好棒 hǎo bàng excellent (interjection) ∼HSK 5
石女 石女 shí nǚ female suffering absence or atresia of vagina (as birth defect) ∼HSK 5
侮 侮 wǔ insult, ridicule, disgrace ∼HSK 5
休庭 休庭 xiū tíng to adjourn (law) ∼HSK 5
馍 饃 mó bread ∼HSK 5
卧底 臥底 wò dǐ to hide (as an undercover agent); an insider (in a gang of thieves); a mole ∼HSK 5
开庭 開庭 kāi tíng to begin a (judicial) court session ∼HSK 5
罚单 罰單 fá dān violation ticket; infringement notice ∼HSK 5
恃 恃 shì rely on, presume on, trust to ∼HSK 5
奈 奈 nài but, how; bear, stand, endure ∼HSK 5
何 何 hé what (literary) ∼HSK 5
孤 孤 gū I (used by rulers); alone ∼HSK 5
癖 癖 pǐ craving, weakness for; indigestion ∼HSK 5
岂 豈 qǐ how could (rhetorical) ∼HSK 5
胧 朧 lóng condition or appearance of moon ∼HSK 5
差劲 差勁 chà jìn bad; no good; below average; disappointing ∼HSK 5
浸 浸 jìn soak, immerse, dip, percolate ∼HSK 5
桂 桂 Guì cassia or cinnamon ∼HSK 5
豆腐花 豆腐花 dòu fu huā jellied tofu; soft bean curd ∼HSK 5
遗 遺 yí lose; articles lost; omit ∼HSK 5
可否 可否 kě fǒu can/may? ∼HSK 5
尸 屍 shī corpse; to impersonate the dead; to preside; KangXi radical 44 ∼HSK 5
庭 庭 tíng courtyard; spacious hall or yard ∼HSK 5
退庭 退庭 tuì tíng to retire from the courtroom; to adjourn ∼HSK 5
控方 控方 kòng fāng (law) the prosecution ∼HSK 5
泊 泊 bó anchor vessel; lie at anchor ∼HSK 5
胡说八道 胡說八道 hú shuō bā dào to talk rubbish ∼HSK 5
辉 輝 huī brightness, luster, brilliance ∼HSK 5
屁眼 屁眼 pì yǎn anus ∼HSK 5
蓄意 蓄意 xù yì deliberate; premeditated; malice ∼HSK 5
糟透 糟透 zāo tòu in a bad state; horrible; dreadful; entirely regrettable ∼HSK 5
泳池 泳池 yǒng chí swimming pool ∼HSK 5
小白兔 小白兔 xiǎo bái tù small white rabbit; (fig.) innocent and naive person; (fig.) (slang) breast ∼HSK 5
培 培 péi bank up with dirt; cultivate ∼HSK 5
咀 咀 jǔ suck; chew, masticate ∼HSK 5
烛 燭 zhú candle, taper; shine, illuminate ∼HSK 5