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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| 招聘 招聘 | to invite applications for a job; to recruit | |
| 不至于 不至於 | unlikely to go so far as to; not as bad as | |
| 烟花 煙花 | fireworks; prostitute (esp. in Yuan theater) | |
| 有事 有事 | to be occupied with sth; to have sth on one's mind; there is something the matter | |
| 粥 粥 | used in 荤粥 | |
| 杰出 傑出 | outstanding; distinguished; remarkable; prominent; illustrious | |
| 没收 沒收 | to confiscate; to seize | |
| 拿走 拿走 | to take away | |
| 吸毒 吸毒 | to take drugs | |
| 打断 打斷 | to interrupt; to break off; to break (a bone) | |
| 专用 專用 | special; dedicated | |
| 信用 信用 | trustworthiness; (commerce) credit; (literary) to trust and appoint | |
| 心脏病 心臟病 | heart disease | |
| 超出 超出 | to exceed; to overstep; to go too far; to encroach | |
| 发起 發起 | to originate; to initiate; to launch (an attack, an initiative etc); to start; to propose sth (for the first time) | |
| 掏 掏 | to fish out (from pocket); to scoop | |
| 看好 看好 | to keep an eye on | |
| 净 淨 | clean; completely; only; net (income, exports etc); (Chinese opera) painted face male role | |
| 扭 扭 | to turn; to twist; to wring; to sprain; to swing one's hips | |
| 尖 尖 | pointed; tapering; sharp; (of a sound) shrill; piercing; (of one's hearing, sight etc) sharp; acute; keen; to make (one's voice) shrill; sharp point; tip; the best of sth; the cream of the crop | |
| 抱歉 抱歉 | to be sorry; to feel apologetic; sorry! | |
| 放手 放手 | to let go one's hold; to give up; to have a free hand | |
| 铺 鋪 | to spread; to display; to set up; (old) holder for door-knocker | |
| 捡 撿 | to pick up; to collect; to gather | |
| 老鼠 老鼠 | rat; mouse | |
| 救命 救命 | to save sb's life; (interj.) Help!; Save me! | |
| 天下 天下 | land under heaven; the whole world; the whole of China; realm; rule | |
| 账户 賬戶 | bank account; online account | |
| 算了 算了 | let it be; let it pass; forget about it | |
| 总部 總部 | general headquarters | |
| 赚钱 賺錢 | to earn money; moneymaking | |
| 毒品 毒品 | drugs; narcotics; poison | |
| 一时 一時 | a period of time; a while; for a short while; temporary; momentary; at the same time | |
| 判 判 | to judge; to sentence; to discriminate; to discern; clearly distinguishable | |
| 险 險 | danger; dangerous; rugged | |
| 厕所 廁所 | toilet; lavatory | |
| 趟 䠀 | classifier for times, round trips or rows; a time; a trip | |
| 档 檔 | official records; grade (of goods); file; records; shelves; slot; gap; crosspiece; classifier for crosspieces; classifier for events, affairs etc; Taiwan pr. [dǎng] | |
| 炸 炸 | to deep fry; Taiwan pr. [zhà] | |
| 赌 賭 | to bet; to gamble | |
| 晕 暈 | confused; dizzy; giddy; to faint; to swoon; to lose consciousness; to pass out | |
| 埋 埋 | to bury | |
| 公 公 | public; collectively owned; common; international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar); make public; fair; just; Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 位; honorable (gentlemen); father-in-law; male (animal) | |
| 闭 閉 | to close; to stop up; to shut; to obstruct | |
| 将军 將軍 | general; high-ranking military officer; to check or checkmate; fig. to embarrass; to challenge; to put sb on the spot | |
| 再说 再說 | to say again; to put off a discussion until later; moreover; what's more; besides | |
| 聊 聊 | to chat; to depend upon (literary); temporarily; just; slightly | |
| 爽 爽 | bright; clear; crisp; open; frank; straightforward; to feel well; fine; pleasurable; invigorating; to deviate | |
| 搭 搭 | to put up; to build (scaffolding); to hang (clothes on a pole); to connect; to join; to arrange in pairs; to match; to add; to throw in (resources); to take (boat, train); variant of 褡 | |
| 赚 賺 | to earn; to make a profit |