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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| 死后 死後 | after death; posthumous | |
| 福地 福地 | happy land; paradise | |
| 上星期 上星期 | last week; previous week | |
| 检举 檢舉 | to report (an offense to the authorities); to inform against sb | |
| 死路 死路 | dead end; (fig.) the road to disaster | |
| 搬走 搬走 | to carry | |
| 追加 追加 | to add something extra; an additional increment; addendum; to append; an additional posthumous title | |
| 死伤 死傷 | casualties; dead and injured | |
| 法治 法治 | rule of law; to rule by law | |
| 新闻记者 新聞記者 | journalist | |
| 订位 訂位 | to reserve a seat; to book a table; reservation | |
| 半小时 半小時 | half hour | |
| 动乱 動亂 | turmoil; upheaval; unrest | |
| 天下大乱 天下大亂 | the whole country in rebellion | |
| 历年 曆年 | calendar year | |
| 人心 人心 | popular feeling; the will of the people | |
| 有种 有種 | to have guts; to have courage; to be brave | |
| 中伤 中傷 | to slander; to defame; to get hit (by a bullet); to be wounded | |
| 张嘴 張嘴 | to open one's mouth (to speak, esp. to make a request); to gape | |
| 分力 分力 | component force (physics) | |
| 当空 當空 | overhead; up in the sky | |
| 参选 參選 | to be a candidate in an election or other selection process; to run for office; to turn out to vote | |
| 奇人 奇人 | an eccentric; odd person; person of extraordinary talent | |
| 父 父 | father; KangXi radical 88 | |
| 猪肉 豬肉 | pork | |
| 整容 整容 | plastic surgery | |
| 爷 爺 | father, grandfather | |
| 绝不 絕不 | in no way; not in the least; absolutely not | |
| 到时候 到時候 | when the moment comes; at that time | |
| 不愿 不願 | unwilling | |
| 开台 開臺 | start of play; opening of theatrical performance | |
| 所见 所見 | (literary) what one sees; (literary) opinion; view | |
| 民主政治 民主政治 | democracy (as a system of government) | |
| 死刑 死刑 | death penalty; capital punishment | |
| 皮包 皮包 | handbag; briefcase | |
| 可乐 可樂 | amusing; entertaining; (loanword) cola | |
| 底下 底下 | the location below sth; afterwards | |
| 高速公路 高速公路 | expressway; highway; freeway | |
| 本事 本事 | source material; original story | |
| 家属 家屬 | family member; (family) dependent | |
| 空调 空調 | air conditioning; air conditioner (including units that have a heating mode) | |
| 亲人 親人 | one's close relatives | |
| 会员 會員 | member | |
| 跳舞 跳舞 | to dance | |
| 分配 分配 | to distribute; to assign; to allocate; to partition (a hard drive) | |
| 裤子 褲子 | trousers; pants | |
| 纪录 紀錄 | variant of 记录 (but in Taiwan, not for the verb sense "to record") | |
| 否认 否認 | to declare to be untrue; to deny | |
| 部长 部長 | head of a (government etc) department; section chief; section head; secretary; minister | |
| 增长 增長 | to grow; to increase |