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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| 一切 一切 | everything; every; all | |
| 美 美 | (bound form) the Americas (abbr. for 洲); (bound form) USA (abbr. for 美国) | |
| 每 每 | each; every | |
| 总 總 | general; overall; to sum up; in every case; always; invariably; anyway; after all; eventually; sooner or later; surely; (after a person's name) abbr. for 总经理 or 总编 etc | |
| 关系 關係 | relation; relationship; to concern; to affect; to have to do with; guanxi | |
| 张 張 | to open up; to spread; sheet of paper; classifier for flat objects, sheet; classifier for votes | |
| 已 已 | already; to stop; then; afterwards | |
| 继续 繼續 | to continue; to proceed with; to go on with | |
| 比赛 比賽 | competition (sports etc); match; to compete | |
| 只是 只是 | merely; only; just; nothing but; simply; but; however | |
| 为了 為了 | for; for the purpose of; in order to | |
| 发生 發生 | to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out | |
| 希望 希望 | to hope; a hope; a wish | |
| 种 種 | seed; species; kind; type; classifier for types, kinds, sorts | |
| 死 死 | to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned | |
| 所 所 | actually; place; classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc; that which; particle introducing a relative clause or passive | |
| 并 並 | and; furthermore; also; together with; (not) at all; simultaneously; to combine; to join; to merge | |
| 开始 開始 | to begin; beginning; to start; initial | |
| 需要 需要 | to need; to want; to demand; to require; needs | |
| 就是 就是 | exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也) even; even if | |
| 被 被 | quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅游 to "go on a trip", for example) | |
| 把 把 | to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把 + {noun} + {verb}) | |
| 满天飞 滿天飛 | to rush around everywhere; always active | Idiom |
| 有数 有數 | to have kept count; to know how many; (fig.) to know exactly how things stand; to know the score; not many; only a few | Xiehouyu |
| 改行 改行 | to change profession | Xiehouyu |
| 开心 開心 | to feel happy; to rejoice; to have a great time; to make fun of sb | Xiehouyu |
| 场子 場子 | (coll.) gathering place; public venue | Colloquialism |
| 够 夠 | enough (sufficient); enough (too much); (coll.) (before adj.) really; (coll.) to reach by stretching out | Colloquialism |
| 拉 拉 | to pull; to play (a bowed instrument); to drag; to draw; to chat; (coll.) to empty one's bowels | Colloquialism |
| 白云 白雲 | Baiyun District of Guiyang City, Guizhou; Baiyun District of Guangzhou City, Guangdong | Proper Noun |
| 拉拉 拉拉 | Lala, Philippines | Proper Noun |
| 全市 全市 | whole city | Proper Noun |
| 新加坡 新加坡 | Singapore | Proper Noun |
| 见过 見過 | seen | |
| 希 希 | rare; hope, expect, strive for | |
| 报导 報導 | to report (in the media); (news) report | |
| 分身 分身 | (of one who has supernatural powers) to replicate oneself so as to appear in two or more places at the same time; a derivative version of sb (or sth) (e.g. avatar, proxy, clone, sockpuppet); to spare some time for a separate task; to cut a | |
| 林 林 | forest, grove; surname | |
| 案 案 | table, bench; legal case | |
| 什么时候 什麼時候 | when?; at what time? | |
| 黑道 黑道 | dark road; unlawful activities (contrasted with); the underworld; criminal gangs | |
| 百万 百萬 | million | |
| 杀人 殺人 | homicide; to murder; to kill (a person) | |
| 万岁 萬歲 | Long live (the king, the revolution etc)!; Your Majesty; His Majesty | |
| 世 世 | generation; world; era | |
| 得很 得很 | (after an adjective) very | |
| 一定要 一定要 | must | |
| 黑帮 黑幫 | bunch of gangsters; criminal gang; organized crime syndicate | |
| 口角 口角 | corner of the mouth | |
| 警方 警方 | police |