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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| 够 夠 | enough (sufficient); enough (too much); (coll.) (before adj.) really; (coll.) to reach by stretching out | Colloquialism |
| 挺 挺 | straight; erect; to stick out (a part of the body); to (physically) straighten up; to support; to withstand; outstanding; (coll.) quite; very; classifier for machine guns | Colloquialism |
| 拉 拉 | to pull; to play (a bowed instrument); to drag; to draw; to chat; (coll.) to empty one's bowels | Colloquialism |
| 泰国 泰國 | Thailand | Proper Noun |
| 大名 大名 | Daming county in Handan, Hebei | Proper Noun |
| 伦敦 倫敦 | London, capital of United Kingdom | Proper Noun |
| 会馆 會館 | provincial or county guild hall | Proper Noun |
| 西班牙 西班牙 | Spain | Proper Noun |
| 挺好 挺好 | very good | |
| 见过 見過 | seen | |
| 颜 顏 | face, facial appearance | |
| 今晚 今晚 | tonight | |
| 世 世 | generation; world; era | |
| 不怕 不怕 | fearless; not worried (by setbacks or difficulties); even if; even though | |
| 司 司 | take charge of, control, manage; officer | |
| 华 華 | flowery; illustrious; Chinese | |
| 让开 讓開 | to get out of the way; to step aside | |
| 包租 包租 | to rent; to charter; to rent land or a house for subletting; fixed rent for farmland | |
| 百万 百萬 | million | |
| 知道了 知道了 | OK!; Got it! | |
| 没问题 沒問題 | no problem | |
| 一定要 一定要 | must | |
| 不用客气 不用客氣 | you're welcome; don't mention it; no need to stand on ceremony | |
| 驼背 駝背 | hunchbacked; stooping; hunchback | |
| 油水 油水 | grease; profit; ill-gotten gains | |
| 收下 收下 | to accept; to receive | |
| 小意思 小意思 | small token; mere trifle (used of one's gifts) | |
| 骑师 騎師 | jockey; horse rider; horseman; equestrian | |
| 两句 兩句 | (say) a few words | |
| 说了算 說了算 | to have the final say; to be the one in charge | |
| 鲍鱼 鮑魚 | abalone | |
| 带上 帶上 | to take along with one | |
| 收租 收租 | to collect rent | |
| 夫 夫 | man, male adult, husband; those | |
| 历史上 歷史上 | historical; in history | |
| 手笔 手筆 | sth written or painted in one's own hand; (of a writer, calligrapher or painter) skill; style; hand; (fig.) style shown in spending money, handling business etc; scale | |
| 排场 排場 | ostentation; a show of extravagance; grand style; red tape | |
| 正眼 正眼 | facing directly (with one's eyes); (to look sb) in the eyes | |
| 每次 每次 | every time | |
| 停手 停手 | to stop (what one is doing) | |
| 那倒是 那倒是 | Oh that's true! (interjection of sudden realization) | |
| 个数 個數 | number of items or individuals | |
| 鸡毛 雞毛 | chicken feather; trivial | |
| 明知 明知 | to be fully aware of; to know perfectly well | |
| 过场 過場 | interlude; to cross the stage; to do sth as a mere formality; to go through the motions | |
| 长眼 長眼 | to have eyes; (fig.) to look where one is going; to watch one's step; to be cautious | |
| 菠萝油 菠蘿油 | pineapple bun with a slice of butter inserted | |
| 拉屎 拉屎 | to defecate; to shit; to crap | |
| 办好 辦好 | to take care of (a matter); to get (a task) done; to handle (a project) expeditiously | |
| 警方 警方 | police |