Island of Greed 1997
黑金
A gutsy police detecive and his team of cops probe into the widespread illegal dealings of a criminal mastermind who schemes to redeem himself by running for government office in taiwan.
Vocabulary
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| 拥有 擁有 | to have; to possess | |
| 杀 殺 | to kill; to murder; to attack; to weaken or reduce; to smart (dialect); (used after a verb) extremely | |
| 其 其 | his; her; its; their; that; such; it (refers to sth preceding it) | |
| 肯定 肯定 | to be certain; to be positive; assuredly; definitely; to give recognition; to affirm; affirmative (answer) | |
| 搞 搞 | to do; to make; to go in for; to set up; to get hold of; to take care of | |
| 将 將 | will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把) | |
| 可 可 | (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very | |
| 大方 大方 | expert; scholar; mother earth; a type of green tea | Xiehouyu |
| 来不及 來不及 | there's not enough time (to do sth); it's too late (to do sth) | Xiehouyu |
| 聊天 聊天 | to chat; to gossip | Xiehouyu |
| 无法 無法 | unable; incapable | Xiehouyu |
| 问候 問候 | to give one's respects; to send a greeting; (fig.) (coll.) to make offensive reference to (somebody dear to the person to whom one is speaking) | Colloquialism |
| 老公 老公 | (coll.) husband | Colloquialism |
| 老婆 老婆 | (coll.) wife | Colloquialism |
| 烧 燒 | to burn; to cook; to stew; to bake; to roast; to heat; to boil (tea, water etc); fever; to run a temperature; (coll.) to let things go to one's head | Colloquialism |
| 绿岛 綠島 | Lüdao or Lutao township in Taitung County, southeast Taiwan | Proper Noun |
| 桃园 桃園 | Taoyuan city and county in Taiwan | Proper Noun |
| 中华民国 中華民國 | Republic of China | Proper Noun |
| 士林 士林 | Shilin or Shihlin District of Taipei City, Taiwan | Proper Noun |
| 妈祖 媽祖 | Matsu, name of a sea goddess still widely worshipped on the SE China coast and in SE Asia | Proper Noun |
| 海协会 海協會 | Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS); abbr. for | Proper Noun |
| 台独 台獨 | Taiwan independence; (of Taiwan) to declare independence | Proper Noun |
| 麦当劳 麥當勞 | McDonald's (fast food company) | Proper Noun |
| 辣妹 辣妹 | Spice Girls (1990s UK pop group) | Proper Noun |
| 梅兰芳 梅蘭芳 | Mei Lanfang (1894-1961), famous master of Beijing opera, specialist in female roles | Proper Noun |
| 贵妃醉酒 貴妃醉酒 | The Drunken Beauty, Qing Dynasty Beijing opera | Proper Noun |
| 北投 北投 | Beitou or Peitou District of Taipei City, Taiwan | Proper Noun |
| 德昌 德昌 | Dechang County in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, southern Sichuan | Proper Noun |
| 六合彩 六合彩 | Mark Six (Hong Kong lotto game) | Proper Noun |
| 劳斯莱斯 勞斯萊斯 | Rolls-Royce | Proper Noun |
| 李 李 | Li (surname) | Proper Noun |
| 兰屿 蘭嶼 | Lanyu or Orchid Island township in Taitung County, southeast Taiwan | Proper Noun |
| 警政署 警政署 | National Police Agency (Taiwan); abbr. for | Proper Noun |
| 日本鬼子 日本鬼子 | Japanese devil (common term of abuse in wartime China and in subsequent writing) | Proper Noun |
| 警员 警員 | police officer; policeman (general term for any police officer); police constable (lowest rank in mainland China and Hong Kong) | Proper Noun |
| 杜月笙 杜月笙 | Du Yuesheng (1888-1951), Shanghai secret-society leader, banker, industrialist | Proper Noun |
| 县长 縣長 | county's head commissioner | Proper Noun |
| 镇长 鎮長 | town headman; mayor (of small town or village); bailiff | Proper Noun |
| 新党 新黨 | New Party (Republic of China) | Proper Noun |
| 佳冬 佳冬 | Chiatung township in Pingtung County, Taiwan | Proper Noun |
| 孙 孫 | Sun (surname) | Proper Noun |
| 没想到 沒想到 | didn't expect | |
| 署 署 | public office | |
| 宋 宋 | Song dynasty; surname | |
| 傅 傅 | tutor, teacher; assist; surname | |
| 这样子 這樣子 | so; such; this way; like this | |
| 例行 例行 | routine (task, procedure etc); as usual | |
| 济 濟 | help, aid, relieve; ferry, cross | |
| 意 意 | meaning, intent | |
| 仔 仔 | small thing, child; young animal |