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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| 憎 憎 | hate, detest, abhor; hatred | |
| 下辈子 下輩子 | the next life | |
| 兄弟姐妹 兄弟姐妹 | brothers and sisters; siblings | |
| 贩毒 販毒 | to traffic narcotics; drugs trade; opium trade | |
| 枭雄 梟雄 | ambitious and ruthless character; formidable person | |
| 孽 孼 | evil; son of concubine; ghost | |
| 中秋节 中秋節 | the Mid-Autumn Festival on 15th of 8th lunar month | |
| 月饼 月餅 | mooncake (esp. for the Mid-Autumn Festival) | |
| 报答 報答 | to repay; to requite | |
| 不得了 不得了 | desperately serious; disastrous; extremely; exceedingly | |
| 预备 預備 | to prepare; to make ready; preparation; preparatory | |
| 递 遞 | to hand over; to pass on; to deliver; (bound form) progressively; in the proper order | |
| 交代 交代 | to transfer (duties to sb else); to give instructions; to tell (sb to do sth); to explain; to give an account; to brief; to confess; to account for oneself; (jocular) to come to a bad end | |
| 数目 數目 | amount; number | |
| 鼓掌 鼓掌 | to applaud; to clap | |
| 地带 地帶 | zone | |
| 面子 面子 | outer surface; the outside of sth; social prestige; face | |
| 存款 存款 | to deposit money (in a bank etc); bank savings; bank deposit | |
| 喜剧 喜劇 | comedy | |
| 打架 打架 | to fight; to scuffle; to come to blows | |
| 包围 包圍 | to surround; to encircle; to hem in | |
| 赔 賠 | to compensate for loss; to indemnify; to suffer a financial loss | |
| 客气 客氣 | polite; courteous; formal; modest | |
| 偷偷 偷偷 | stealthily; secretly; covertly; furtively; on the sly | |
| 忍受 忍受 | to bear; to endure | |
| 干脆 乾脆 | candid; direct and to the point; simply; just; might as well | |
| 职位 職位 | position; post; job | |
| 一向 一向 | always (previously); a period of time in the recent past | |
| 场面 場面 | scene; spectacle; occasion; situation | |
| 码头 碼頭 | dock; pier; wharf | |
| 返回 返回 | to return to; to come (or go) back | |
| 戒 戒 | to guard against; to exhort; to admonish or warn; to give up or stop doing sth; Buddhist monastic discipline; ring (for a finger) | |
| 辞职 辭職 | to resign | |
| 冲动 衝動 | to have an urge; to be impetuous; impulse; urge | |
| 匹 匹 | mate; one of a pair | |
| 得了 得了 | all right!; that's enough! | |
| 搜 搜 | to search | |
| 显 顯 | to make visible; to reveal; prominent; conspicuous; (prefix) phanero- | |
| 大事 大事 | major event; major political event (war or change of regime); major social event (wedding or funeral); (do sth) in a big way | |
| 耳朵 耳朵 | ear; handle (on a cup) | |
| 糟糕 糟糕 | too bad; how terrible; what bad luck; terrible; bad | |
| 治安 治安 | law and order; public security | |
| 动手 動手 | to set about (a task); to hit; to punch; to touch | |
| 沟通 溝通 | to join; to connect; to link up; to communicate | |
| 认 認 | to recognize; to know; to admit | |
| 软 軟 | soft; flexible | |
| 全都 全都 | all; without exception | |
| 不足 不足 | insufficient; lacking; deficiency; not enough; inadequate; not worth; cannot; should not | |
| 盒 盒 | small box; case | |
| 当年 當年 | in those days; then; in those years; during that time |