Chasing the Dragon 2017
追龙
An illegal immigrant from Mainland China sneaks into the corrupt British-colonized Hong Kong in 1963, transforming himself into a ruthless drug lord.
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Vocabulary
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| 抄家 抄家 | to search a house and confiscate possessions | |
| 血腥 血腥 | reeking of blood; bloody (events) | |
| 顶住 頂住 | to withstand; to stand up to | |
| 害死 害死 | to kill; to cause death; to do sb to death | |
| 肚 肚 | belly; abdomen; bowels | |
| 首选 首選 | first choice; premium; to come first in the imperial examinations | |
| 别处 別處 | elsewhere | |
| 严正 嚴正 | sternly; solemn | |
| 翻脸 翻臉 | to fall out with sb; to become hostile | |
| 失血 失血 | to lose blood; to hemorrhage; (fig.) to suffer losses (financial etc) | |
| 骨 骨 | bone; skeleton; frame, framework | |
| 移位 移位 | to shift; shift; translocation; displacement; (medicine) dislocation | |
| 房产 房產 | real estate; the property market (e.g. houses) | |
| 冲出 衝出 | to rush out | |
| 加倍 加倍 | to double; to redouble | |
| 光鲜 光鮮 | bright and neat | |
| 地盘 地盤 | domain; territory under one's control; foundation of a building; base of operations; crust of earth | |
| 作死 作死 | to court disaster; also pr. [zuo1si3] | |
| 密接 密接 | closely connected; inseparably related; (epidemiology) close contact | |
| 断货 斷貨 | to run out of (stock) | |
| 泰 泰 | great, exalted, superior; big | |
| 相 相 | mutually | |
| 加冰块 加冰塊 | on the rocks; with ice; iced | |
| 仙 仙 | immortal | |
| 反派 反派 | villain (of a drama etc) | |
| 一则 一則 | on the one hand | |
| 专责 專責 | specific responsibility | |
| 姬 姬 | beauty; imperial concubine | |
| 专员 專員 | assistant director; commissioner | |
| 抽调 抽調 | to transfer (personnel or material) | |
| 可不 可不 | that's just the way it is; exactly! | |
| 堵住 堵住 | to block up | |
| 犯人 犯人 | convict; prisoner; criminal | |
| 唯有 唯有 | only | |
| 红包 紅包 | money wrapped in red as a gift; bonus payment; kickback; bribe | |
| 能干 能幹 | capable; competent | |
| 茶叶 茶葉 | tea; tea leaves | |
| 大爷 大爺 | arrogant idler; self-centered show-off | |
| 两边 兩邊 | either side; both sides | |
| 智力 智力 | intelligence; intellect | |
| 总共 總共 | altogether; in sum; in all; in total | |
| 得意 得意 | proud of oneself; pleased with oneself; complacent | |
| 鲜 鮮 | fresh; bright (in color); delicious; tasty; delicacy; aquatic foods | |
| 老虎 老虎 | tiger | |
| 招呼 招呼 | to call out to; to greet; to say hello to; to inform; to take care of; to take care that one does not | |
| 前途 前途 | prospects; future outlook; journey | |
| 办事 辦事 | to handle (affairs); to work | |
| 收回 收回 | to regain; to retake; to take back; to withdraw; to revoke | |
| 眼里 眼裡 | In the eyes | |
| 代替 代替 | to replace; to take the place of |