Election

Election 2005

黑社会 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%

Cast

Simon Yam Simon Yam Lok Tony Leung Ka-fai Tony Leung Ka-fai Big D Louis Koo Louis Koo Jimmy Nick Cheung Ka-Fai Nick Cheung Ka-Fai Jet Gordon Lam Ka-Tung Gordon Lam Ka-Tung Kun Eddie Cheung Siu-Fai Eddie Cheung Siu-Fai Mr. So Lam Suet Lam Suet Big Head Wong Tin-Lam Wong Tin-Lam Uncle Teng Tam Bing-Man Tam Bing-Man Uncle Cocky Maggie Shiu Mei-Kei Maggie Shiu Mei-Kei Mrs. Big D

Vocabulary

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风平浪静 風平浪靜 fēng píng làng jìng lit. breeze is still, waves are quiet (idiom); tranquil environment; all is quiet; a dead calm (at sea) Idiom ∼HSK 6
害群之马 害群之馬 hài qún zhī mǎ lit. a horse that brings trouble to its herd (idiom); fig. troublemaker; black sheep; rotten apple Idiom ∼HSK 6
赶尽杀绝 趕盡殺絕 gǎn jìn shā jué to kill to the last one (idiom); to exterminate; to eradicate; ruthless Idiom ∼HSK 6
另起炉灶 另起爐灶 lìng qǐ lú zào lit. to set up a separate kitchen (idiom); to start from scratch; back to square one; to start of on a new path Idiom ∼HSK 6
报仇雪恨 報仇雪恨 bào chóu xuě hèn to take revenge and wipe out a grudge (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
肝胆相照 肝膽相照 gān dǎn xiāng zhào to treat one another with absolute sincerity (idiom); to show total devotion Idiom ∼HSK 6
手下留情 手下留情 shǒu xià liú qíng lit. start off leniently (idiom); please do not be too strict with me; Do not judge me too harshly.; Look favorably on my humble efforts. Idiom ∼HSK 6
忍气吞声 忍氣吞聲 rěn qì tūn shēng to submit to humiliation (idiom); to suffer in silence; to swallow one's anger; to grin and bear it Idiom ∼HSK 6
惹不起 惹不起 rě bu qǐ can't afford to offend; dare not provoke; difficult to deal with; insufferable Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
逼人太甚 逼人太甚 bī rén tài shèn to push sb too far; to go too far (in oppressing people) Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
混账 混賬 hùn zhàng shameful; absolutely disgraceful! Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
不成 不成 bù chéng won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be? Xiehouyu HSK 6
瘸子 瘸子 qué zi lame person (colloquial) Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
关你屁事 關你屁事 guān nǐ pì shì (coll.) None of your goddamn business!; Mind your own business! Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
就算 就算 jiù suàn (coll.) even if Colloquialism HSK 6
雷 雷 léi thunder; (bound form) (military) mine, as in 雷 land mine; (coll.) to shock; to stun; to astound; (Tw) (coll.) spoiler; (Tw) (coll.) to reveal plot details to (sb) Colloquialism HSK 6
嘛 嘛 má used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 6
有没有 有沒有 yǒu méi yǒu (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?; Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)? HSK 6
干爹 乾爹 gān diē adoptive father (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications) ∼HSK 6
药丸 藥丸 yào wán pill ∼HSK 6
勾手 勾手 gōu shǒu to collude with; to collaborate; (basketball) hook shot ∼HSK 6
相依 相依 xiāng yī to be interdependent ∼HSK 6
白粉 白粉 bái fěn face powder; chalk powder; heroin ∼HSK 6
诛灭 誅滅 zhū miè to wipe out; to exterminate ∼HSK 6
遵命 遵命 zūn mìng obey the order ∼HSK 6
头罩 頭罩 tóu zhào hairnet; hood; cowl ∼HSK 6
路障 路障 lù zhàng roadblock; barricade ∼HSK 6
小混混 小混混 xiǎo hùn hùn hooligan; rogue; a good-for-nothing ∼HSK 6
耍花样 耍花樣 shuǎ huā yàng to play tricks on sb ∼HSK 6
作主 作主 zuò zhǔ to decide; to have the final say ∼HSK 6
杂物 雜物 zá wù junk; items of no value; various bits and bobs ∼HSK 6
尽心 盡心 jìn xīn with all of one's heart ∼HSK 6
混饭 混飯 hùn fàn to work for a living ∼HSK 6
招供 招供 zhāo gòng to confess ∼HSK 6
古惑仔 古惑仔 gǔ huò zǎi gangster; hooligan; problem youth; at-risk youth ∼HSK 6
何事 何事 hé shì what matter ∼HSK 6
富贵荣华 富貴榮華 fù guì róng huá 富: abundant, ample; rich, wealthy · 贵: expensive, costly, valuable · 荣: glory, honor; flourish, prosper · 华: flowery; illustrious; Chinese ∼HSK 6
不尽 不盡 bù jìn not completely; endlessly ∼HSK 6
苏打粉 蘇打粉 sū dá fěn baking soda ∼HSK 6
爽身粉 爽身粉 shuǎng shēn fěn baby powder; talcum powder ∼HSK 6
并吞 併吞 bìng tūn to swallow up; to annex; to merge ∼HSK 6
卸下 卸下 xiè xià to unload ∼HSK 6
禽流感 禽流感 qín liú gǎn bird flu; avian influenza ∼HSK 6
离谱 離譜 lí pǔ inappropriate; improper; out of place ∼HSK 6
盯紧 盯緊 dīng jǐn to keep an eye on ∼HSK 6
摇头丸 搖頭丸 yáo tóu wán Ecstasy; MDMA ∼HSK 6
照理 照理 zhào lǐ according to reason; usually; in the normal course of events; to attend to ∼HSK 6
不知者不罪 不知者不罪 bù zhī zhě bù zuì One who does not know is not guilty; If one does not know any better, one cannot be held responsible ∼HSK 6
名堂 名堂 míng tang item (in a program of entertainments); trick (act of mischief); worthwhile result; accomplishment; sth significant but not immediately apparent; sth more than meets the eye ∼HSK 6
不灵 不靈 bù líng not work; be ineffective ∼HSK 6