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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lóng dragon; imperial HSK 3
fan trouble; inconvenience; inconvenient; troublesome; annoying; to bother sb; to put sb to trouble HSK 3
dài to substitute; to act on behalf of others; to replace; generation; dynasty; age; period; (historical) era; (geological) eon HSK 3
shòu shāng to sustain injuries; wounded (in an accident etc); harmed HSK 3
lǐng dǎo lead; leading; to lead; leadership; leader HSK 3
nián dài a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties); age; era; period HSK 3
zhí straight; to straighten; fair and reasonable; frank; straightforward; (indicates continuing motion or action); vertical; vertical downward stroke in Chinese characters HSK 3
Shí dài Time, US weekly news magazine HSK 3
shì room; work unit; grave; scabbard; family or clan; one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy HSK 3
wài miàn outside (also pr. [wài mian] for this sense); surface; exterior; external appearance HSK 3
chuán to pass on; to spread; to transmit; to infect; to transfer; to circulate; to conduct (electricity) HSK 3
dāo knife; blade; single-edged sword; cutlass; (slang) dollar (loanword); classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper); classifier for knife cuts or stabs HSK 3
broken; damaged; worn out; lousy; rotten; to break, split or cleave; to get rid of; to destroy; to break with; to defeat; to capture (a city etc); to expose the truth of HSK 3
shàng miàn on top of; above-mentioned; also pr. [shàng mian] HSK 3
jiù to save; to assist; to rescue HSK 3
guǎn to supervise; to manage; to administer; management; administration HSK 3
yào necessary; essential; indispensable; required HSK 3
lǎo bǎn boss; business proprietor HSK 3
huǒ fire; urgent; ammunition; fiery or flaming; internal heat (Chinese medicine); hot (popular); classifier for military units (old); Kangxi radical 86 HSK 3
zhào according to; in accordance with; to shine; to illuminate; to reflect; to look at (one's reflection); to take (a photo); photo; as requested; as before HSK 3
niú ox; cow; bull; newton (abbr. for 牛顿); (slang) awesome HSK 3
nán dào don't tell me ...; could it be that...? HSK 3
jǐng chá police; police officer HSK 3
local; regional; district (not necessarily formal administrative unit); region; area; as suffix to city name, means prefecture or county (area administered by a prefecture-level city or, county-level city) HSK 3
jiǔ (long) time; (long) duration of time HSK 3
tiào to jump; to hop; to skip over; to bounce; to palpitate HSK 3
guà to hang or suspend (from a hook etc); to hang up (the phone); (of a line) to be dead; to be worried or concerned; to make a phone call (dialect); to register or record; classifier for sets or clusters of objects; (slang) to kill; to die; to be finished; to fail (an exam) HSK 3
zhí de to be worth; to deserve HSK 3
each; every HSK 3
bào to announce; to inform; report; newspaper; recompense; revenge HSK 3
yíng to beat; to win; to profit HSK 3
gǎn to dare; daring; (polite) may I venture HSK 3
ān pái to arrange; to plan; to set up; arrangements; plans HSK 3
chéng city walls; city; town HSK 3
father and mother; parents HSK 3
to be in charge of; to take responsibility for; to be to blame; conscientious HSK 3
tán to speak; to talk; to converse; to chat; to discuss HSK 3
power; force; strength; ability; strenuously HSK 3
xià to go down; to descend; to go on; to continue; (of a servant) to withdraw HSK 3
zhèng míng proof; certificate; identification; testimonial; to prove; to testify; to confirm the truth of HSK 3
shè huì society HSK 3
guāng light; ray; bright; shiny; only; merely; used up; finished; to leave (a part of the body) uncovered HSK 3
zhuā to grab; to catch; to arrest; to snatch; to scratch HSK 3
hǎo hǎo well; carefully; nicely; properly HSK 3
pài clique; school; group; faction; to dispatch; to send; to assign; to appoint; pi (Greek letter Ππ); the circular ratio pi = 3.1415926; (loanword) pie HSK 3
jiǎn dān simple; not complicated HSK 3
lìng wài additional; in addition; besides; separate; other; moreover; furthermore HSK 3
shāng to injure; injury; wound HSK 3
zuò to cooperate; to collaborate; to work together; cooperation HSK 3
róng easy; straightforward; likely; liable to; apt to HSK 3