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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dǎo méi to have bad luck; to be out of luck HSK 7
shè xián to be a suspect (in a crime); to be suspected of HSK 7
to lie on one's stomach; to lean forward, resting one's upper body (on a desktop etc); (Tw) percent HSK 7
gōng meritorious deed or service; achievement; result; service; accomplishment; work (physics) HSK 7
jié to rob; to plunder; to seize by force; to coerce; calamity; abbr. for kalpa 波 HSK 7
bǎo yòu to bless and protect; blessing HSK 7
to complement; to make up for a deficiency HSK 7
yǐn qíng engine (loanword) HSK 7
pāi mài to auction; auction sale; to sell at a reduced price HSK 7
jià to harness; to draw (a cart etc); to drive; to pilot; to sail; to ride; your good self; prefixed word denoting respect (polite 敬辞) HSK 7
yìng fu to deal with; to cope HSK 7
huì city; metropolis HSK 7
shí when HSK 7
zhì order (orderly); order (sequence); social order; the state (of society) HSK 7
chèn to avail oneself of; to take advantage of HSK 7
bǎng jià to kidnap; to abduct; to hijack; a kidnapping; abduction; staking HSK 7
zōng school; sect; purpose; model; ancestor; clan; to take as one's model (in academic or artistic work); classifier for batches, items, cases (medical or legal), reservoirs HSK 7
also HSK 7
xiā blind; groundlessly; foolishly; to no purpose HSK 7
zhǔn not to allow; to forbid; to prohibit HSK 7
biāo mark; sign; label; to mark with a symbol, label, lettering etc; to bear (a brand name, registration number etc); prize; award; bid; target; quota; (old) the topmost branches of a tree; visible symptom; classifier for military units HSK 7
gǎng harbor; port HSK 7
táng (main) hall; large room for a specific purpose; relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family; of the same clan; classifier for classes, lectures etc; classifier for sets of furniture HSK 7
chí to hold; to grasp; to support; to maintain; to persevere; to manage; to run (i.e. administer); to control HSK 7
jiān prison HSK 7
kǎn to chop; to cut down; to throw sth at sb HSK 7
mán barbarian; bullying; very; quite; rough; reckless HSK 7
qiǎng jié to rob; looting HSK 7
lǎo old age; very; eldest child in a family; leader of a group; boss; captain of a boat; leader of a criminal gang HSK 7
gu buttocks; bottom; butt; back part HSK 7
gào to say; to tell; to announce; to report; to denounce; to file a lawsuit; to sue HSK 7
shuǎ to play with; to wield; to act (cool etc); to display (a skill, one's temper etc) HSK 7
Dǒu abbr. for the Big Dipper constellation 星 HSK 7
zhēn xīn sincere; heartfelt HSK 7
rén another person; sb else; other people HSK 7
fěn powder; cosmetic face powder; food prepared from starch; noodles or pasta made from any kind of flour; to turn to powder; (dialect) to whitewash; white; pink; (suffix) fan (abbr. for 粉丝); to be a fan of HSK 7
shī dead body; corpse; carcass HSK 7
gōng to congratulate; (interj.) congratulations! HSK 7
dīng to watch attentively; to fix one's attention on; to stare at; to gaze at HSK 7
háo not in the least; to completely lack HSK 7
to allow; to permit; to promise; to praise; somewhat; perhaps HSK 7
to smash; to pound; to fail; to muck up; to bungle HSK 7
yǒu suǒ somewhat; to some extent HSK 7
namely; that is; i.e.; prompt; at once; at present; even if; prompted (by the occasion); to approach; to come into contact; to assume (office); to draw near HSK 7
zhī not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) HSK 7
ér that's all; nothing more HSK 7
qíng feeling; emotion; passion; situation HSK 7
and; to reach; up to; in time for HSK 7
to use; by means of; according to; in order to; because of; at (a certain date or place) HSK 7
zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it HSK 7