As Tears Go By 1988
旺角卡门
Mid-level gangster Wah falls in love with his beautiful cousin, but must also continue to protect his volatile partner-in-crime and friend, Fly.
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Vocabulary
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| 证人 證人 | witness | |
| 缩 縮 | to withdraw; to pull back; to contract; to shrink; to reduce; abbreviation; also pr. [sù] | |
| 生死 生死 | life or death | |
| 开枪 開槍 | to open fire; to shoot a gun | |
| 虾 蝦 | used in 虾蟆 | |
| 规矩 規矩 | lit. compass and set square; fig. established standard; rule; customs; practices; fig. upright and honest; well-behaved | |
| 姜 薑 | surname Jiang | |
| 亲戚 親戚 | a relative (i.e. family relation) | |
| 筹 籌 | chip (in gambling); token (for counting); ticket; to prepare; to plan; to raise (funds); resource; way; means | |
| 麻 蔴 | variant of 麻; hemp | |
| 罐 罐 | can; jar; pot | |
| 无论如何 無論如何 | whatever the case; in any event; no matter what; by all possible means | |
| 宁愿 寧願 | would rather ... (than ...) | |
| 敬 敬 | (bound form) respectful; to respect; to offer politely | |
| 残 殘 | to destroy; to spoil; to ruin; to injure; cruel; oppressive; savage; brutal; incomplete; disabled; to remain; to survive; remnant; surplus | |
| 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 | |
| 都会 都會 | city; metropolis | |
| 亦 亦 | also | |
| 免 免 | to excuse sb; to exempt; to remove or dismiss from office; to avoid; to avert; to escape; to be prohibited | |
| 要不 要不 | otherwise; or else; how about...?; either... (or...) | |
| 独 獨 | alone; independent; single; sole; only | |
| 抛 拋 | to throw; to toss; to fling; to cast; to abandon | |
| 恶 惡 | used in 恶心 | |
| 钥匙 鑰匙 | key | |
| 一阵 一陣 | a burst; a fit; a peal; a spell (period of time) | |
| 屁股 屁股 | buttocks; bottom; butt; back part | |
| 惹 惹 | to provoke; to irritate; to vex; to stir up; to anger; to attract (troubles); to cause (problems) | |
| 计 計 | to calculate; to compute; to count; to regard as important; to plan; ruse; meter; gauge | |
| 尿 尿 | to urinate; urine | |
| 惊 驚 | to startle; to be frightened; to be scared; alarm | |
| 剂 劑 | dose (medicine) | |
| 供 供 | to provide; to supply | |
| 罗 羅 | surname Luo | |
| 唯 唯 | only; alone; -ism (in Chinese, a prefix, often combined with a suffix such as 主义 or 论, e.g. 唯理论, rationalism) | |
| 即 即 | namely; that is; i.e.; prompt; at once; at present; even if; prompted (by the occasion); to approach; to come into contact; to assume (office); to draw near | |
| 不知 不知 | not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) | |
| 文 文 | language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle; (old) classifier for coins; Kangxi radical 67 | |
| 未 未 | not yet; did not; have not; not; 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep; ancient Chinese compass point: 210° | |
| 自生自灭 自生自滅 | to emerge and perish on its own; to run its course (idiom) | Idiom |
| 有余 有餘 | to have an abundance | Xiehouyu |
| 不通 不通 | to be obstructed; to be blocked up; to be impassable; to make no sense; to be illogical | Xiehouyu |
| 就算 就算 | (coll.) even if | Colloquialism |
| 嘛 嘛 | used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? | Colloquialism |
| 有没有 有沒有 | (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?; Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)? | |
| 阿公 阿公 | (old) grandfather; polite address for an elderly man, or a woman's father-in-law; (Taiwanese) grandfather | |
| 姨婆 姨婆 | (strictly speaking) sister of one's maternal grandmother; (more broadly) grandaunt; sister of one's mother's mother or mother's father; (Tw) (old) husband's maternal aunt | |
| 宵夜 宵夜 | midnight snack; late-night snack | |
| 刀疤 刀疤 | scar from a knife wound | |
| 离谱 離譜 | inappropriate; improper; out of place | |
| 耕田 耕田 | to cultivate soil; to till fields |