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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| 皮实 皮實 | (of things) durable; (of people) sturdy; tough | |
| 恩 㤙 | kindness, mercy, charity | |
| 会死 會死 | mortal | |
| 绝不 絕不 | in no way; not in the least; absolutely not | |
| 女王 女王 | queen | |
| 跑赢 跑贏 | (finance) to outperform (the market); to outpace (inflation) | |
| 追上 追上 | to overtake | |
| 紧接 緊接 | to follow immediately afterwards; immediately adjacent | |
| 外线 外線 | (military) line of troops encircling an enemy position; (telephony) outside line; (basketball) outside the three-point line | |
| 人心 人心 | popular feeling; the will of the people | |
| 心口 心口 | pit of the stomach; solar plexus; words and thoughts | |
| 派对 派對 | (loanword) party | |
| 在台 在臺 | in Taiwan (used attributively) | |
| 重整 重整 | to restructure; to reorganize; to revamp | |
| 好久不见 好久不見 | long time no see | |
| 出马 出馬 | to set out (on a campaign); to stand for election; to throw one's cap in the ring | |
| 赶走 趕走 | to drive out; to turn back | |
| 澡 澡 | wash, bathe | |
| 有种 有種 | to have guts; to have courage; to be brave | |
| 留步 留步 | (said by departing guest) no need to see me out | |
| 追龙 追龍 | (slang) to inhale the vapor from heroin heated on a piece of aluminum foil; to chase the dragon | |
| 乐子 樂子 | fun; pleasure; laughing matter | |
| 耶 耶 | used in transliteration | |
| 冷饮 冷飲 | cold drink | |
| 敌 敵 | enemy, foe, rival; resist | |
| 正派 正派 | (of a person) upright; respectable; decent; (Tw) (of a business etc) reputable | |
| 麦 麥 | wheat, barley, oats; simplified form of KangXi radical number 199 | |
| 教化 教化 | to enlighten; to civilize; to indoctrinate; to train (an animal) | |
| 罪名 罪名 | charge; accusation; stigma; bad name; stained reputation | |
| 监 監 | supervise, control, direct | |
| 点烟 點煙 | to light a cigarette | |
| 万般 萬般 | every kind; manifold; extremely | |
| 奶茶 奶茶 | milk tea | |
| 公务员 公務員 | functionary; office-bearer | |
| 搬家 搬家 | to move house; to relocate; to remove (sth) | |
| 可乐 可樂 | amusing; entertaining; (loanword) cola | |
| 学费 學費 | tuition fee; tuition | |
| 手续 手續 | procedure; formalities | |
| 巧 巧 | opportunely; coincidentally; as it happens; skillful; timely | |
| 吵架 吵架 | to quarrel; to have a row; quarrel | |
| 跳舞 跳舞 | to dance | |
| 分配 分配 | to distribute; to assign; to allocate; to partition (a hard drive) | |
| 集体 集體 | collective (decision); joint (effort); a group; a team; en masse; as a group | |
| 整天 整天 | all day long; whole day | |
| 手指 手指 | finger | |
| 才能 才能 | talent; ability; capacity | |
| 上来 上來 | to come up; to approach; (verb complement indicating success) | |
| 能不能 能不能 | Can you | |
| 需求 需求 | requirement; to require; (economics) demand | |
| 果然 果然 | really; sure enough; as expected; if indeed |