Miracles: The Canton Godfather 1989
奇迹
A country boy becomes the head of a gang through the purchase of some lucky roses from an old lady. He and a singer at the gang's nightclub try to do a good deed for the old lady when her daughter comes to visit.
Cast
Vocabulary
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| 爽快 爽快 | refreshed; rejuvenated; frank and straightforward | |
| 粗鲁 粗魯 | coarse; crude (in one's manner); boorish | |
| 敏捷 敏捷 | nimble; quick; shrewd | |
| 通缉 通緝 | to order the arrest of sb as criminal; to list as wanted | |
| 探望 探望 | to visit; to call on sb; to look around | |
| 前任 前任 | predecessor; ex-; former; ex (spouse etc) | |
| 点心 點心 | light refreshments; pastry; dim sum (in Cantonese cooking); dessert | |
| 保管 保管 | to hold in safekeeping; to have in one's care; to guarantee; certainly; surely; custodian; curator | |
| 放过 放過 | to let off; to let slip by; to let sb get away with sth | |
| 警官 警官 | constable; police officer | |
| 废话 廢話 | nonsense; rubbish; superfluous words; You don't say!; No kidding! (gently sarcastic) | |
| 拜托 拜託 | to request sb to do sth; please! | |
| 粒 粒 | grain; granule; classifier for small round things (peas, bullets, peanuts, pills, grains etc) | |
| 港 港 | harbor; port | |
| 老大 老大 | old age; very; eldest child in a family; leader of a group; boss; captain of a boat; leader of a criminal gang | |
| 家族 家族 | family; clan | |
| 恭喜 恭喜 | to congratulate; (interj.) congratulations! | |
| 唯 唯 | only; alone; -ism (in Chinese, a prefix, often combined with a suffix such as 主义 or 论, e.g. 唯理论, rationalism) | |
| 饭桶 飯桶 | rice tub (from which cooked rice or other food is served); (fig.) fathead; a good-for-nothing | Xiehouyu |
| 探长 探長 | (police) detective | |
| 纱厂 紗廠 | cotton mill; textile factory | |
| 招工 招工 | to recruit employees | |
| 欠账 欠賬 | to owe a debt; debt; obligation | |
| 不知羞耻 不知羞恥 | to have no sense of shame; brazen | |
| 狐狸精 狐狸精 | fox-spirit; vixen; witch; enchantress | |
| 侦缉 偵緝 | to track down; to investigate and arrest | |
| 剧终 劇終 | The End (appearing at the end of a movie etc) | |
| 有事 有事 | to be occupied with sth; to have sth on one's mind; there is something the matter | |
| 捉 捉 | to clutch; to grab; to capture | |
| 通话 通話 | to hold a conversation; to talk over the telephone; phone call | |
| 顾 顧 | to look after; to take into consideration; to attend to | |
| 圣诞节 聖誕節 | Christmas time; Christmas season; Christmas | |
| 再说 再說 | to say again; to put off a discussion until later; moreover; what's more; besides | |
| 爽 爽 | bright; clear; crisp; open; frank; straightforward; to feel well; fine; pleasurable; invigorating; to deviate | |
| 与 與 | and; to give; together with | |
| 丢人现眼 丟人現眼 | to make an exhibition of oneself; to be a disgrace | Xiehouyu |
| 池 池 | pool, pond; moat; cistern | |
| 何 何 | what (literary) | |
| 启 啟 | open; begin, commence; explain | |
| 荣 榮 | glory, honor; flourish, prosper | |
| 甘 甘 | sweetness; sweet, tasty | |
| 东主 東主 | owner (e.g. of a shop) | |
| 立正 立正 | to stand straight; attention! (order to troops) | |
| 吓一跳 嚇一跳 | startled; to frighten; scared out of one's skin | |
| 真棒 真棒 | super!; really great; wonderful | |
| 督 督 | supervise, oversee, direct | |
| 欣 欣 | happy, joyous, delighted | |
| 怡 怡 | harmony; pleasure, joy; be glad | |
| 打架 打架 | to fight; to scuffle; to come to blows | |
| 赔 賠 | to compensate for loss; to indemnify; to suffer a financial loss |