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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xiōng jiě mèi brothers and sisters; siblings ∼HSK 5
what (literary) ∼HSK 5
zuǒ assist, aid, second; subordinate ∼HSK 5
dūn esteem; honest, candid, sincere ∼HSK 5
high mound; hilly countryside; wasteland ∼HSK 5
rào dào to go by a roundabout route; to take a detour; (medicine or civil engineering) bypass ∼HSK 5
niū girl ∼HSK 5
gōng unjust; unfair ∼HSK 5
spirit of loyalty and self-sacrifice; code of brotherhood; also pr. [yi4 qi5] ∼HSK 5
ancestor, forefather; grandfather ∼HSK 5
fén burn ∼HSK 5
fǎn Qīng anti-Qing; refers to the revolutionary movements in late 19th and early 20th century leading up to 1911 Xinhai Revolution ∼HSK 5
sǎo (bound form) older brother's wife; sister-in-law ∼HSK 5
zhí nephew ∼HSK 5
yōu sad, grieved; grief, melancholy ∼HSK 5
zhōng loyalty, devotion, fidelity ∼HSK 5
zhuàng chē to crash (into another car); (fig.) (of opinions, schedules etc) to clash; (of subject matter) to be the same ∼HSK 5
yuán karmic affinity ∼HSK 5
cuī decline, falter, decrease; weaken ∼HSK 5
děi must; have to ∼HSK 5
huò guì counter for the display of goods; (Tw) container (for freight transport) ∼HSK 5
jué dig, excavate; excavate cave ∼HSK 5
lǎo shū uncle (familiar) ∼HSK 5
Máo reeds, rushes, grass; surname ∼HSK 5
dǔn sell or buy wholesale; store ∼HSK 5
píng shén me (spoken) why?; for which reason? ∼HSK 5
gōng xìn public trust; credibility ∼HSK 5
xià jiè next office holder; next to serve ∼HSK 5
guǐ suì evil spirit; sneaky; secretive ∼HSK 5
luó gong ∼HSK 5
bass drum ∼HSK 5
lóng dragon dance ∼HSK 5
shī lion dance (traditional Chinese dance form) ∼HSK 5
yán bamboo mat; feast, banquet ∼HSK 5
yàn qǐng to entertain (for dinner); to invite to dinner ∼HSK 5
Róng glory, honor; flourish, prosper ∼HSK 5
chóng zhù damaged by moths or worms ∼HSK 5
shā chóng insecticide ∼HSK 5
huò misfortune, calamity, disaster ∼HSK 5
zuì to get drunk ∼HSK 5
doze off; sleepy ∼HSK 5
jǐn brocade ∼HSK 5
zěn néng how can ∼HSK 5
guǎn zěn yàng in any case; no matter what ∼HSK 5
cào fuck your mother (vulgar) ∼HSK 5
fǒu can/may? ∼HSK 5
kào shackles, manacles ∼HSK 5
gǒu bullshit; nonsense ∼HSK 5
hàn máo hair; soft hair; down ∼HSK 5
guǎn xián shì to meddle; to be a "nosy Parker"; to be too inquisitive about other people's business ∼HSK 5