Chasing the Dragon

Chasing the Dragon 2017

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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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4.07 Intermediate Director Wong Jing, Jason Kwan 🍅 63%

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Vocabulary

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zuò shēng huó to work; to do manual labor ∼HSK 2
mài shēn to prostitute oneself; to sell oneself into slavery ∼HSK 2
tīng dǒng to understand (on hearing); to catch (what is spoken) ∼HSK 2
zài hereto; here ∼HSK 2
nián qīng rén young people; youngster ∼HSK 2
chéng shì to accomplish the objective; to succeed ∼HSK 2
yóu lard ∼HSK 2
shàng wèi seat of honor; person in a high-ranking position; to be promoted to a more senior role; (genetics) epistatic ∼HSK 2
zhāo shù move (in chess, on stage, in martial arts); gambit; trick; scheme; movement; same as ∼HSK 2
shí wàn hundred thousand ∼HSK 2
gǒu ròu dog meat ∼HSK 2
dàn huáng egg yolk ∼HSK 2
zhǒng that kind of ∼HSK 2
kǒu hóng lipstick ∼HSK 2
chóng tóu anew; from the beginning; (in poetry and song) repetition of a melody or rhythm ∼HSK 2
hǎo bàn easy to do; easy to manage ∼HSK 2
xìn to post a letter ∼HSK 2
jiè guò excuse me (i.e. let me through, please) ∼HSK 2
huàn xīn to replace with sth new; to upgrade ∼HSK 2
huàn rén to replace sb (personnel, sports team player etc); substitution ∼HSK 2
qiān nián millennium ∼HSK 2
shēng a way to make a living; a way to survive; a way out of a predicament ∼HSK 2
chéng quán to help sb accomplish his aim; to help sb succeed; to complete; to make whole; to round off ∼HSK 2
kào bosh!; crap!; see also ∼HSK 2
guò to spend the night; overnight ∼HSK 2
shēn jiā oneself and one's family; family background; pedigree; one's property; one's total assets ∼HSK 2
to heave; to lift; to raise up; to uphold ∼HSK 2
quán zhī omniscient ∼HSK 2
tīng bu dǒng unable to make sense of what one is hearing ∼HSK 2
chī de kāi to be popular; to be getting on well; much in demand ∼HSK 2
jiē shang on the street; in town ∼HSK 2
suàn lǎo just who do (you) think (you) are? (or "just who does (she) think (she) is?" etc) ∼HSK 2
gěi miàn zi to show deference or praise publicly ∼HSK 2
kàn shēng to visit a doctor ∼HSK 2
wàn rén ten thousand people; all the people; everyman ∼HSK 2
xìn de guò trustworthy; reliable ∼HSK 2
xuě jiā cigar (loanword) ∼HSK 2
liú chū to flow out; to disgorge; to effuse ∼HSK 2
tōng diàn to set up an electric circuit; to electrify; to switch on; to be connected to an electricity grid; open telegram ∼HSK 2
Yīng petal, flower, leaf; brave, a hero; England, English ∼HSK 2
jiāng huì auxiliary verb introducing future action: may (be able to); will (cause); should (enable); going to ∼HSK 2
gěi to issue; to grant; to distribute ∼HSK 2
míng xià under sb's name ∼HSK 2
hái zi men children ∼HSK 2
chéng le to be done; to be ready; that's enough!; that will do! ∼HSK 2
yǎng to raise (a child or animal) ∼HSK 2
hái baby, child; children ∼HSK 2
zài shēn to possess; to be occupied or burdened with (work, a contract, a lawsuit) ∼HSK 2
zhèng jiāo orthogonality ∼HSK 2
wèi the units place (or column) in the decimal system ∼HSK 2