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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| 做生活 做生活 | to work; to do manual labor | |
| 卖身 賣身 | to prostitute oneself; to sell oneself into slavery | |
| 听懂 聽懂 | to understand (on hearing); to catch (what is spoken) | |
| 在此 在此 | hereto; here | |
| 年轻人 年輕人 | young people; youngster | |
| 成事 成事 | to accomplish the objective; to succeed | |
| 大油 大油 | lard | |
| 上位 上位 | seat of honor; person in a high-ranking position; to be promoted to a more senior role; (genetics) epistatic | |
| 着数 著數 | move (in chess, on stage, in martial arts); gambit; trick; scheme; movement; same as | |
| 十万 十萬 | hundred thousand | |
| 狗肉 狗肉 | dog meat | |
| 蛋黄 蛋黃 | egg yolk | |
| 那种 那種 | that kind of | |
| 口红 口紅 | lipstick | |
| 重头 重頭 | anew; from the beginning; (in poetry and song) repetition of a melody or rhythm | |
| 好办 好辦 | easy to do; easy to manage | |
| 发信 發信 | to post a letter | |
| 借过 借過 | excuse me (i.e. let me through, please) | |
| 换新 換新 | to replace with sth new; to upgrade | |
| 换人 換人 | to replace sb (personnel, sports team player etc); substitution | |
| 千年 千年 | millennium | |
| 生路 生路 | a way to make a living; a way to survive; a way out of a predicament | |
| 成全 成全 | to help sb accomplish his aim; to help sb succeed; to complete; to make whole; to round off | |
| 我靠 我靠 | bosh!; crap!; see also | |
| 过夜 過夜 | to spend the night; overnight | |
| 身家 身家 | oneself and one's family; family background; pedigree; one's property; one's total assets | |
| 举起 舉起 | to heave; to lift; to raise up; to uphold | |
| 全知 全知 | omniscient | |
| 听不懂 聽不懂 | unable to make sense of what one is hearing | |
| 吃得开 吃得開 | to be popular; to be getting on well; much in demand | |
| 街上 街上 | on the street; in town | |
| 算老几 算老幾 | just who do (you) think (you) are? (or "just who does (she) think (she) is?" etc) | |
| 给面子 給面子 | to show deference or praise publicly | |
| 看医生 看醫生 | to visit a doctor | |
| 万人 萬人 | ten thousand people; all the people; everyman | |
| 信得过 信得過 | trustworthy; reliable | |
| 雪茄 雪茄 | cigar (loanword) | |
| 流出 流出 | to flow out; to disgorge; to effuse | |
| 通电 通電 | to set up an electric circuit; to electrify; to switch on; to be connected to an electricity grid; open telegram | |
| 英 英 | petal, flower, leaf; brave, a hero; England, English | |
| 将会 將會 | auxiliary verb introducing future action: may (be able to); will (cause); should (enable); going to | |
| 发给 發給 | to issue; to grant; to distribute | |
| 名下 名下 | under sb's name | |
| 孩子们 孩子們 | children | |
| 成了 成了 | to be done; to be ready; that's enough!; that will do! | |
| 养大 養大 | to raise (a child or animal) | |
| 孩 孩 | baby, child; children | |
| 在身 在身 | to possess; to be occupied or burdened with (work, a contract, a lawsuit) | |
| 正交 正交 | orthogonality | |
| 个位 個位 | the units place (or column) in the decimal system |