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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| 斩 斬 | to behead (as form of capital punishment); to chop | |
| 不容 不容 | must not; cannot; to not allow; cannot tolerate | |
| 舅舅 舅舅 | mother's brother; maternal uncle (informal) | |
| 借用 借用 | to borrow sth for another use; to borrow an idea for one's own use | |
| 关掉 關掉 | to switch off; to shut off | |
| 贩卖 販賣 | to sell; to peddle; to traffic | |
| 黑白 黑白 | black and white; right and wrong; monochrome | |
| 保重 保重 | to take care of oneself | |
| 行列 行列 | formation; array; (fig.) ranks (as in "join the ranks of ...") | |
| 判处 判處 | to sentence; to condemn | |
| 冻结 凍結 | to freeze (water etc); (fig.) to freeze (assets, prices etc) | |
| 人手 人手 | manpower; staff; human hand | |
| 余地 餘地 | margin; leeway | |
| 触摸 觸摸 | to touch | |
| 惯例 慣例 | convention; usual practice | |
| 高尔夫球 高爾夫球 | golf; golf ball | |
| 上报 上報 | to report to one's superiors; to appear in the news; to reply to a letter | |
| 瘫痪 癱瘓 | paralysis; be paralyzed (body, transportation, etc) | |
| 位子 位子 | place; seat | |
| 谣言 謠言 | rumor | |
| 报仇 報仇 | to take revenge; to avenge | |
| 严密 嚴密 | strict; tight (organization, surveillance etc) | |
| 良 良 | good; very; very much | |
| 解散 解散 | to dissolve; to disband | |
| 龟 龜 | tortoise; turtle | |
| 前所未有 前所未有 | unprecedented | |
| 救护车 救護車 | ambulance | |
| 挪 挪 | to shift; to move | |
| 呼吁 呼籲 | to call on (sb to do sth); to appeal (to); an appeal | |
| 董事 董事 | board member | |
| 蜡烛 蠟燭 | candle | |
| 人事 人事 | personnel; human resources; human affairs; ways of the world; (euphemism) sexuality; the facts of life | |
| 擅自 擅自 | without permission | |
| 怪不得 怪不得 | no wonder!; so that's why! | |
| 垮 垮 | to collapse (lit. or fig.) | |
| 连锁 連鎖 | to interlock; to be linked; chain (store etc) | |
| 指向 指向 | to point towards; aimed at; facing; the direction indicated | |
| 虐待 虐待 | to mistreat; to maltreat; to abuse; mistreatment; maltreatment | |
| 出身 出身 | to be born of; to come from; family background; class origin | |
| 介意 介意 | to care about; to take offense; to mind | |
| 才华 才華 | talent | |
| 委员 委員 | committee member | |
| 美人 美人 | beauty; belle | |
| 书面 書面 | in writing; written | |
| 瞒 瞞 | to conceal from; to keep (sb) in the dark | |
| 荣幸 榮幸 | honored (to have the privilege of ...) | |
| 听话 聽話 | to do what one is told; obedient | |
| 棍 棍 | stick; rod; truncheon | |
| 侮辱 侮辱 | to insult; to humiliate; dishonor | |
| 未经 未經 | not having undergone; without (having gone though a certain process) |