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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| 大恩大德 大恩大德 | 大: big, great, vast, large, high · 恩: kindness, mercy, charity · 大: big, great, vast, large, high · 德: ethics, morality, virtue | Idiom |
| 大惊小怪 大驚小怪 | to make a fuss about nothing (idiom) | Idiom |
| 乱七八糟 亂七八糟 | (idiom) chaotic; in disorder; muddled | Idiom |
| 泄气 洩氣 | to leak (gas); to be discouraged; to despair; (disparaging) pathetic; to vent one's anger; (of a tire) to be flat | Xiehouyu |
| 不定 不定 | indefinite; indeterminate; (botany) adventitious | Xiehouyu |
| 倔强 倔強 | stubborn; obstinate; unbending | Xiehouyu |
| 挑剔 挑剔 | picky; fussy | Xiehouyu |
| 高明 高明 | Gaoming District of Foshan City 市, Guangdong | Xiehouyu |
| 独一无二 獨一無二 | unique and unmatched (idiom); unrivalled; nothing compares with it | Xiehouyu |
| 现任 現任 | to occupy a post currently; current (president etc); incumbent; (coll.) current boyfriend (girlfriend, spouse) | Colloquialism |
| 逮 逮 | (coll.) to catch; to seize | Colloquialism |
| 揍 揍 | to hit; to beat (sb); (coll.) to smash (sth) | Colloquialism |
| 邪 衺 | demonic; iniquitous; nefarious; evil; unhealthy influences that cause disease (Chinese medicine); (coll.) strange; abnormal | Colloquialism |
| 娘 娘 | mother; young lady; (coll.) effeminate | Colloquialism |
| 不服气 不服氣 | unwilling to concede; defiant; indignant; to find it galling | |
| 便饭 便飯 | an ordinary meal; simple home cooking | |
| 分赃 分贓 | to share the booty; to divide ill-gotten gains | |
| 踊跃 踴躍 | to leap; to jump; eager; enthusiastically | |
| 审定 審定 | to examine sth and make a decision; to screen; to evaluate; to approve | |
| 夜市 夜市 | night market | |
| 分寸 分寸 | propriety; appropriate behavior; proper speech or action; within the norms | |
| 通车 通車 | to open to traffic (e.g. new bridge, rail line etc); (of a locality) to have a transportation service; (Tw) to commute | |
| 不难 不難 | Not difficult | |
| 过半 過半 | over fifty percent; more than half | |
| 滨海 濱海 | coastal; bordering the sea | |
| 乡亲 鄉親 | fellow countryman (from the same village); local people; villager; the folks back home | |
| 夹子 夾子 | clip; clamp; tongs; folder; wallet | |
| 周转 周轉 | to rotate; to circulate (cash, stock etc); turnover; circulation; cash flow | |
| 牡丹 牡丹 | Mudan District of Heze City 菏泽市, Shandong; Mutan township in Pingtung County 屏东县, Taiwan | |
| 检讨 檢討 | to examine or inspect; self-criticism; review | |
| 俗话说 俗話說 | as the proverb says; as they say... | |
| 诧异 詫異 | flabbergasted; astonished | |
| 避难 避難 | refuge; to take refuge; to seek asylum (political etc) | |
| 不解 不解 | to not understand; to be puzzled by; indissoluble | |
| 舞厅 舞廳 | dance hall; ballroom | |
| 上流 上流 | upper class | |
| 祭祀 祭祀 | to offer sacrifices to the gods or ancestors | |
| 频频 頻頻 | repeatedly; again and again; continuously; constantly | |
| 摆平 擺平 | to be fair; to be impartial; to settle (a matter etc) | |
| 痛心 痛心 | grieved; pained | |
| 偏向 偏向 | partial towards sth; to prefer; to incline; erroneous tendencies (Leftist or Revisionist deviation) | |
| 界定 界定 | definition; to delimit | |
| 抢夺 搶奪 | to plunder; to pillage; to forcibly take | |
| 汇集 匯集 | to collect; to compile; to converge; also written 汇集 | |
| 栽培 栽培 | to grow; to cultivate; to train; to educate; to patronize | |
| 嫌弃 嫌棄 | to regard with disdain; to shun | |
| 行家 行家 | connoisseur; expert; veteran | |
| 承包 承包 | to contract; to undertake (a job) | |
| 展览会 展覽會 | exhibition; show | |
| 勾结 勾結 | to collude with; to collaborate with; to gang up with |