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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| 栋 棟 | classifier for houses or buildings; ridgepole (old) | |
| 一阵 一陣 | a burst; a fit; a peal; a spell (period of time) | |
| 老大 老大 | old age; very; eldest child in a family; leader of a group; boss; captain of a boat; leader of a criminal gang | |
| 斗 斗 | abbr. for the Big Dipper constellation 星 | |
| 尿 尿 | to urinate; urine | |
| 释放 釋放 | to release; to set free; to liberate (a prisoner); to discharge | |
| 唉 唉 | interjection or grunt of agreement or recognition (e.g. yes, it's me!); to sigh | |
| 粉 粉 | powder; cosmetic face powder; food prepared from starch; noodles or pasta made from any kind of flour; to turn to powder; (dialect) to whitewash; white; pink; (suffix) fan (abbr. for 粉丝); to be a fan of | |
| 恭喜 恭喜 | to congratulate; (interj.) congratulations! | |
| 注 註 | to register; to annotate; note; comment | |
| 哎 哎 | hey!; (interjection used to attract attention or to express surprise or disapprobation) | |
| 罗 羅 | gauze; to collect; to gather; to catch; to sift | |
| 案件 案件 | case; instance | |
| 不知 不知 | not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) | |
| 而已 而已 | that's all; nothing more | |
| 未 未 | not yet; did not; have not; not; 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep; ancient Chinese compass point: 210° | |
| 及 及 | and; to reach; up to; in time for | |
| 哦 哦 | to chant | |
| 之 之 | (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it | |
| 威震天下 威震天下 | to inspire awe throughout the empire (idiom) | Idiom |
| 丰衣足食 豐衣足食 | having ample food and clothing (idiom); well fed and clothed | Idiom |
| 骨瘦如柴 骨瘦如柴 | (idiom) as thin as a match; emaciated | Idiom |
| 如虎添翼 如虎添翼 | lit. like a tiger that has grown wings; with redoubled power (idiom) | Idiom |
| 有勇无谋 有勇無謀 | bold but not very astute (idiom) | Idiom |
| 伤筋动骨 傷筋動骨 | to suffer serious injury (idiom) | Idiom |
| 河水不犯井水 河水不犯井水 | lit. river water does not interfere with well water (idiom); Do not interfere with one another.; Mind your own business. | Idiom |
| 自甘堕落 自甘墮落 | to abandon oneself (idiom); to let oneself go | Idiom |
| 捷足先登 捷足先登 | the quick-footed climb up first (idiom); the early bird catches the worm; first come, first served | Idiom |
| 短命鬼 短命鬼 | sb who dies prematurely | Xiehouyu |
| 快人快语 快人快語 | a frank, outspoken person who speaks his mind (idiom); forthright in speech | Xiehouyu |
| 睁只眼闭只眼 睜隻眼閉隻眼 | to turn a blind eye | Xiehouyu |
| 不成 不成 | won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be? | Xiehouyu |
| 一模一样 一模一樣 | exactly the same (idiom); carbon copy; also pr. [yī mó yī yàng] | Xiehouyu |
| 瘸子 瘸子 | lame person (colloquial) | Colloquialism |
| 就算 就算 | (coll.) even if | Colloquialism |
| 雷 雷 | thunder; (bound form) (military) mine, as in 雷 land mine; (coll.) to shock; to stun; to astound; (Tw) (coll.) spoiler; (Tw) (coll.) to reveal plot details to (sb) | Colloquialism |
| 嘛 嘛 | used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? | Colloquialism |
| 有没有 有沒有 | (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?; Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)? | |
| 探长 探長 | (police) detective | |
| 灰熊 灰熊 | grizzly bear | |
| 公仔 公仔 | doll; cuddly toy | |
| 白粉 白粉 | face powder; chalk powder; heroin | |
| 大嫂 大嫂 | older brother's wife; sister-in-law; elder sister (respectful appellation for an older married woman) | |
| 生死有命 生死有命 | life and death are ruled by fate (idiom) | |
| 筲箕 筲箕 | bamboo basket for rice-washing | |
| 赌钱 賭錢 | to gamble | |
| 独大 獨大 | to dominate over all others; to wield all the power; to reign supreme | |
| 小不忍则乱大谋 小不忍則亂大謀 | (idiom) great plans can be ruined by just a touch of impatience | |
| 防暴警察 防暴警察 | riot police; riot squad | |
| 警棍 警棍 | police truncheon |