Election

Election 2005

hēishèhuì

After losing an election to become chairman of the Wo Lin Shing triad, a gang leader lashes out and tries to seize the dragon-head baton, the official symbol of a chairman's authority.

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4.65 Intermediate Director Johnnie To 🍅 86%

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fán róng prosperous; booming (economy) HSK 5
fēng guāng scene; view; sight; landscape; to be well-regarded; to be well-off; grand (dialect); impressive (dialect) HSK 5
diào to fish with a hook and bait HSK 5
yuè qiú the moon HSK 5
to hand over; to pass on; to deliver; (bound form) progressively; in the proper order HSK 5
jiāo dài 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 HSK 5
zhōng shēn lifelong; all one's life; marriage HSK 5
miàn zi outer surface; the outside of sth; social prestige; face HSK 5
jià to fight; to scuffle; to come to blows HSK 5
zāo dregs; draff; pickled in wine; rotten; messy; ruined HSK 5
shì li power; influence; a force (military, political etc) HSK 5
liǎn complexion; look HSK 5
shī fu master; qualified worker; respectful form of address for older men HSK 5
gān cuì candid; direct and to the point; simply; just; might as well HSK 5
xiàng always (previously); a period of time in the recent past HSK 5
wán le to be finished; to be done for; ruined; gone to the dogs; oh no HSK 5
广 广 yǎn "house on a cliff" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 53), occurring in 店, 序, 底 etc HSK 5
chí late; delayed; slow HSK 5
péi cháng to compensate HSK 5
not to allow; must not; can't HSK 5
tái to lift; to raise; (of two or more persons) to carry HSK 5
shì major event; major political event (war or change of regime); major social event (wedding or funeral); (do sth) in a big way HSK 5
dòng shǒu to set about (a task); to hit; to punch; to touch HSK 5
zài chǎng to be present; to be on the scene HSK 5
chōng conflict; to conflict; clash of opposing forces; collision (of interests); contention HSK 5
cháng to taste; to try (food); to experience; (literary) ever; once HSK 5
rèn to recognize; to know; to admit HSK 5
jiè to arrive at (place or time); period; to become due; classifier for events, meetings, elections, sporting fixtures, years (of graduation) HSK 5
jīn today HSK 5
quán dōu all; without exception HSK 5
sōu suǒ to search (a place); to search (a database); to search for (sth) HSK 5
small box; case HSK 5
dāng nián in those days; then; in those years; during that time HSK 5
duī to pile up; to heap up; a mass; pile; heap; stack; large amount HSK 5
chā to insert; stick in; pierce; to take part in; to interfere; to interpose HSK 5
páng one side; other; different; lateral component of a Chinese character (such as 刂, 亻 etc) HSK 5
dào lái to arrive; arrival; advent HSK 5
zhī xià under; beneath; less than HSK 5
huí tóu to turn round; to turn one's head; later; by and by HSK 5
to stand; to set up; to establish; to lay down; to draw up; at once; immediately HSK 5
hài to do harm to; to cause trouble to; harm; evil; calamity HSK 5
suǒ to lock; to lock up; a lock HSK 5
certainly; must; will; necessarily HSK 5
xīn exhausting; hard; tough; arduous; to work hard; to go to a lot of trouble; hardship(s) HSK 5
gift; rite; ceremony; propriety; etiquette; courtesy HSK 5
rēng to throw; to throw away HSK 5
mào to emit; to give off; to send out (or up, forth); to brave; to face; reckless; to falsely adopt (sb's identity etc); to feign; (literary) to cover HSK 5
duǒ to hide; to dodge; to avoid HSK 5
bèi zi (for) a lifetime HSK 5
mìng lìng order; command HSK 5