Island of Greed

Island of Greed 1997

黑金 hēi jīn

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.

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4.43 Intermediate

Vocabulary

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满城风雨 滿城風雨 mǎn chéng fēng yǔ lit. wind and rain sweeping through the town (idiom); fig. a big scandal; an uproar; the talk of the town Idiom ∼HSK 3
缺钱 缺錢 quē qián shortage of money Xiehouyu ∼HSK 3
要是 要是 yào shi (coll.) if Colloquialism HSK 3
输 輸 shū to lose; to be beaten; (bound form) to transport; (literary) to donate; to contribute; (coll.) to enter (a password) Colloquialism HSK 3
整 整 zhěng exactly; in good order; whole; complete; entire; in order; orderly; to repair; to mend; to renovate; (coll.) to fix sb; to give sb a hard time; to mess with sb Colloquialism HSK 3
管 筦 guǎn to take care (of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to run; to care about; tube; pipe; woodwind; classifier for tube-shaped objects; particle similar to 把 in 管...叫 constructions; writing brush; (coll.) to; towards Colloquialism HSK 3
周朝 周朝 Zhōu cháo Zhou Dynasty; Western Zhou 西周 (1046-771 BC) and Eastern Zhou 東周|东周 (770-221 BC) Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
台北市 臺北市 Tái běi Shì Taibei or Taipei, capital of Taiwan Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
台大 臺大 Tái Dà abbr. for Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
民国 民國 Mín guó Republic of China (1912-1949); used in Taiwan as the name of the calendar era (e.g. 民國六十年|民国六十年 is 1971, the 60th year after 1911) Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
星期六 星期六 Xīng qī liù Saturday Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
老总 老總 lǎo zǒng boss; sir (person with a leading role in an organization); (after a surname) high ranking commander in the PLA; (Qing dynasty) high ranking government official; (old) courteous term used by the general populace in addressing a rank-and-file Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
台北 臺北 Tái běi Taipei, capital of Taiwan Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
耶稣 耶穌 Yē sū Jesus Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
红酒 紅酒 hóng jiǔ red wine HSK 3
调查员 調查員 diào chá yuán investigator ∼HSK 3
在台 在臺 zài Tái in Taiwan (used attributively) ∼HSK 3
湾 灣 wān bay, cove, inlet, bend of stream ∼HSK 3
赶时间 趕時間 gǎn shí jiān to be in a hurry ∼HSK 3
有办法 有辦法 yǒu bàn fǎ can find methods; resourceful; creative ∼HSK 3
帝 帝 dì supreme ruler, emperor; god ∼HSK 3
退选 退選 tuì xuǎn to withdraw from an election; to drop out of an elective course ∼HSK 3
某某 某某 mǒu mǒu so-and-so; such-and-such ∼HSK 3
赌场 賭場 dǔ chǎng casino ∼HSK 3
各界 各界 gè jiè all walks of life; all social circles ∼HSK 3
程 程 Chéng journey, trip; schedule, agenda ∼HSK 3
放火 放火 fàng huǒ to set on fire; to commit arson; to create a disturbance ∼HSK 3
干嘛 幹嘛 gàn má what are you doing?; whatever for?; why on earth? ∼HSK 3
录影带 錄影帶 lù yǐng dài (Tw) videotape; video cassette ∼HSK 3
一般性 一般性 yī bān xìng general; generality ∼HSK 3
感觉到 感覺到 gǎn jué dào to feel; to sense; to detect; to perceive; to become aware ∼HSK 3
健 健 jiàn strong, robust, healthy; strength ∼HSK 3
直升飞机 直升飛機 zhí shēng fēi jī helicopter ∼HSK 3
帮派 幫派 bāng pài gang; faction ∼HSK 3
来台 來台 lái - Tái to come to Taiwan ∼HSK 3
唐 唐 Táng Tang dynasty; Chinese ∼HSK 3
另一 另一 lìng yī another; the other ∼HSK 3
企业家 企業家 qǐ yè jiā entrepreneur ∼HSK 3
下马 下馬 xià mǎ to dismount from a horse; (fig.) to abandon (a project) ∼HSK 3
萤光 螢光 yíng guāng Taiwan variant of ∼HSK 3
梯 梯 tī ladder, steps, stairs; lean ∼HSK 3
有空 有空 yǒu kòng to have time (to do sth) ∼HSK 3
听证会 聽證會 tīng zhèng huì (legislative) hearing ∼HSK 3
放一马 放一馬 fàng yī mǎ to let (sb) off; to let (sb) get away with sth ∼HSK 3
准备好了 準備好了 zhǔn bèi hǎo le to be ready ∼HSK 3
不合 不合 bù hé to not conform to; to be unsuited to; to be out of keeping with; should not; ought out ∼HSK 3
上个星期 上個星期 shàng gè xīng qī last week ∼HSK 3
书香 書香 shū xiāng literary reputation ∼HSK 3
属下 屬下 shǔ xià subordinate; affiliated to; subsidiary ∼HSK 3
赵 趙 Zhào surname; ancient state ∼HSK 3