Election 2005
黑社会
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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Vocabulary
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| 有办法 有辦法 | can find methods; resourceful; creative | |
| 一声 一聲 | first tone in Mandarin (high, level tone) | |
| 有心 有心 | to have a mind to; to intend to; deliberately; considerate | |
| 第一时间 第一時間 | in the first moments (of sth happening); immediately (after an event); first thing | |
| 报上 報上 | in the newspaper | |
| 势 勢 | power, force; tendency | |
| 卖力 賣力 | to work hard; to do one's very best; to throw oneself into the task at hand | |
| 有空 有空 | to have time (to do sth) | |
| 饮茶 飲茶 | to have tea and refreshments; to have dim sum lunch (Cantonese) | |
| 保住 保住 | to preserve; to save | |
| 去死 去死 | go to hell!; drop dead! | |
| 境 境 | boundary, frontier; area, region | |
| 上星期 上星期 | last week; previous week | |
| 参选 參選 | to be a candidate in an election or other selection process; to run for office; to turn out to vote | |
| 报馆 報館 | newspaper office | |
| 连累 連累 | to implicate; to get (sb) into trouble; also pr. [lian2lei3] or [lian2lei4] | |
| 小马 小馬 | colt; pony | |
| 罪名 罪名 | charge; accusation; stigma; bad name; stained reputation | |
| 打死 打死 | to kill; to beat to death | |
| 收容 收容 | to provide a place to stay; to house; to accommodate; (of an institution etc) to take in; to accept | |
| 亲耳 親耳 | with one's own ears | |
| 半小时 半小時 | half hour | |
| 接管 接管 | to take over; to assume control | |
| 财 財 | wealth, valuables, riches | |
| 照做 照做 | to do as instructed; to comply | |
| 众 眾 | multitude, crowd; masses, public | |
| 至高 至高 | paramount; supremacy | |
| 架桥 架橋 | to bridge; to put up a bridge | |
| 旧时 舊時 | in former times; the olden days | |
| 帝 帝 | supreme ruler, emperor; god | |
| 焚香 焚香 | to burn incense | |
| 各人 各人 | each one; everyone | |
| 金兰 金蘭 | profound friendship; sworn brotherhood | |
| 刀口 刀口 | the edge of a knife; cut; incision | |
| 记在心里 記在心裡 | to keep in mind; to store in one's heart; to remember perfectly | |
| 不愿 不願 | unwilling | |
| 老土 老土 | old-fashioned; unstylish | |
| 费心 費心 | to take a lot of trouble (over sb or sth); may I trouble you (to do sth) | |
| 该死 該死 | Damn it!; damned; wretched | |
| 把风 把風 | to keep watch (during a clandestine activity); to be on the lookout | |
| 天下大乱 天下大亂 | the whole country in rebellion | |
| 大部 大部 | the greater part; the majority; most | |
| 不支 不支 | to be unable to endure | |
| 整条 整條 | entire; whole (fish, road etc) | |
| 手相 手相 | palmistry; features of a palm (in palmistry) | |
| 有的是 有的是 | have plenty of; there's no lack of | |
| 夜总会 夜總會 | nightclub; nightspot | |
| 认得 認得 | to recognize; to remember sth (or sb) on seeing it; to know | |
| 干吗 幹嗎 | see 干嘛 | |
| 发达 發達 | well-developed; flourishing; to develop; to promote; to expand; (literary) to achieve fame and fortune; to prosper |