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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| 最好是 最好是 | (as a complete expression, or followed by) (coll.) Yeah, right! As if! | Colloquialism |
| 爸爸 爸爸 | (coll.) father; dad | Colloquialism |
| 块 塊 | lump; chunk; piece; classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc; (coll.) classifier for money and currency units | Colloquialism |
| 花 花 | flower; blossom; fancy pattern; florid; to spend (money, time); (coll.) lecherous; lustful | Colloquialism |
| 吗 嗎 | (coll.) what? | Colloquialism |
| 那 那 | (specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nèi]); (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations); then (in that case) | Colloquialism |
| 台湾 台灣 | variant of | Proper Noun |
| 西门町 西門町 | Ximending (neighborhood in Wanhua district, Taipei) | Proper Noun |
| 美国人 美國人 | American; American person; American people | Proper Noun |
| 中共 中共 | abbr. for, Chinese Communist Party | Proper Noun |
| 中正 中正 | adopted name of Chiang Kai-shek | Proper Noun |
| 中国人 中國人 | Chinese person | Proper Noun |
| 点点 點點 | Diandian (Chinese microblogging and social networking website) | Proper Noun |
| 香港 香港 | Hong Kong, special administrative region (SAR) of the PRC | Proper Noun |
| 好莱坞 好萊塢 | Hollywood; also pr. [Hao3lai2wu1] | Proper Noun |
| 十一 十一 | PRC National Day (October 1st) | Proper Noun |
| 五月 五月 | May; fifth month (of the lunar year) | Proper Noun |
| 国大 國大 | abbr. for 國民大會|国民大会, National Assembly of the Republic of China (extant during various periods between 1913 and 2005); abbr. for 新加坡國立大學|新加坡国立大学, National University of Singapore (NUS); abbr. for 印度國民大會黨|印度国民大会党, Indian National Congress (I | Proper Noun |
| 谁知道 誰知道 | God knows...; Who would have imagined...? | |
| 哪知道 哪知道 | who would have thought that ...? | |
| 这个 這個 | (pronoun) this; (adjective) this | |
| 一个 一個 | a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc) | |
| 电玩 電玩 | video game | |
| 不是 不是 | no; is not; not | |
| 一下 一下 | (after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try); all at once; suddenly | |
| 这是 這是 | this is; this is the ... | |
| 不好 不好 | no good | |
| 那个 那個 | that one; that thing; that (as opposed to this); (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis); (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word); (used in speech as a filler | |
| 一次 一次 | first; first time; once; (math.) linear (of degree one) | |
| 三十 三十 | thirty; 30 | |
| 一点 一點 | a bit; a little bit; (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit; (after an adjective, used to form the comparative) a bit more, -er; a point (in a discussion etc); (calligraphy) dot stroke (、); one o'clock (abbr. for 一點鍾|一点钟[yi1 dia | |
| 没事 沒事 | it's not important; it's nothing; never mind; to have nothing to do; to be free; to be all right (out of danger or trouble) | |
| 二十 二十 | twenty; 20 | |
| 车行 車行 | car-related business; car dealership; taxi company; (commercial) garage | |
| 这位 這位 | this (person) | |
| 机 機 | desk; machine; moment | |
| 你好 你好 | hello; hi | |
| 我去 我去 | (slang) what the...!; oh my god!; that's insane! | |
| 达 達 | arrive at, reach; intelligent; smooth, slippery | |
| 一个人 一個人 | by oneself (without assistance); alone (without company) | |
| 他妈的 他媽的 | (taboo curse) damn it!; fucking | |
| 不可以 不可以 | may not | |
| 不能 不能 | cannot; must not; should not | |
| 五十 五十 | fifty | |
| 老爸 老爸 | father; dad | |
| 女的 女的 | woman | |
| 话说 話說 | It is said that... (at the start of a narrative); to discuss; to recount | |
| 有钱 有錢 | well-off; wealthy | |
| 六十 六十 | sixty; 60 | |
| 你妈 你媽 | (interjection) fuck you; (intensifier) fucking |