Election 2

Election 2 2006

2: hēishèhuì wéiguì

As election time nears, current Triad chairman Lok faces competition from his godsons. At the same time, Jimmy looks to increase his business relations with mainland China.

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3.87 Beginner Director Johnnie To 🍅 96%

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to continue; to proceed with; to go on with HSK 3
qíng kuàng circumstances; state of affairs; situation HSK 3
zhǐ shì merely; only; just; nothing but; simply; but; however HSK 3
wèi le for; for the purpose of; in order to HSK 3
shēng to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out HSK 3
wàng to hope; a hope; a wish HSK 3
to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned HSK 3
suǒ actually; place; classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc; that which; particle introducing a relative clause or passive HSK 3
kāi shǐ to begin; beginning; to start; initial HSK 3
yào to need; to want; to demand; to require; needs HSK 3
shí o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period HSK 3
jiù shì exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也) even; even if HSK 3
bèi quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅游 to "go on a trip", for example) HSK 3
to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把 + {noun} + {verb}) HSK 3
chū rén tóu to stand out among one's peers (idiom); to excel Idiom ∼HSK 2
fēng chuī - cǎo dòng lit. grass stirring in the wind (idiom); fig. the slightest whiff of trouble Idiom ∼HSK 2
xiǎng dāng dāng resounding; loud; well known; famous Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
kāi xīn to feel happy; to rejoice; to have a great time; to make fun of sb Xiehouyu HSK 2
tuī táng to offer excuses (colloquial); to stall Colloquialism ∼HSK 2
gòu enough (sufficient); enough (too much); (coll.) (before adj.) really; (coll.) to reach by stretching out Colloquialism HSK 2
tǐng straight; erect; to stick out (a part of the body); to (physically) straighten up; to support; to withstand; outstanding; (coll.) quite; very; classifier for machine guns Colloquialism HSK 2
Shēn zhèn Shenzhen, sub-provincial city in Guangdong Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
Zhōu shū History of Zhou of the Northern Dynasties, twelfth of the 24 dynastic histories, compiled under Linghu Defen in 636 during Tang Dynasty, 50 scrolls Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
Wàn nián Wannian county in Shangrao 上饒|上饶, Jiangxi Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
nán Hunan Province, capital Changsha Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
cóng jīn hòu from now on; henceforward ∼HSK 2
used in ∼HSK 2
lián connect, join; associate, ally ∼HSK 2
Lín forest, grove; surname ∼HSK 2
zhǎng section chief ∼HSK 2
jiā qián to pay extra; to pay more ∼HSK 2
de hěn (after an adjective) very ∼HSK 2
must not; may not; not to be allowed; cannot ∼HSK 2
shí time; auspicious time; time and date; long period of time; this day ∼HSK 2
wǎng network (computer, telecom); Internet; Taiwanese term for ∼HSK 2
tiáo (used to modify) serious; grave ∼HSK 2
méi wèn no problem ∼HSK 2
sān tiáo three of a kind (poker) ∼HSK 2
yòng qi you're welcome; don't mention it; no need to stand on ceremony ∼HSK 2
yǒu yǐng xiǎng influential ∼HSK 2
gàn diào to get rid of ∼HSK 2
affairs, business; must, should ∼HSK 2
zuò mǎi mài to buy and sell; to do business; to trade; to deal ∼HSK 2
zhù help, aid, assist ∼HSK 2
a line of verse; a sentence ∼HSK 2
míng zhī to be fully aware of; to know perfectly well ∼HSK 2
shēng shì to make trouble ∼HSK 2
zhōu one week; all the way around; a whole cycle ∼HSK 2
fèn Taiwan variant of ∼HSK 2
diào to tear down; to destroy; to dismantle (a gang); to abort (a fetus) ∼HSK 2