Monga 2010
艋舺
Set in the 1980s, “Monga” centers on five boys (Mosquito, Monk, Dragon, White Monkey and A-Lan) who join the "Gang of Princes" who are tired of being pushed around. As the "Gang of Princes" rise in stature, they come into conflict with other gangs jealous of their rising power.
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Vocabulary
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| 知书达礼 知書達禮 | 知: know, perceive, comprehend · 书: book, letter, document; writings · 达: arrive at, reach; intelligent; smooth, slippery · 礼: social custom; manners; courtesy | Idiom |
| 挖苦 挖苦 | to speak sarcastically; to make cutting remarks; also pr. [wā ku] | Xiehouyu |
| 丢脸 丟臉 | to lose face; humiliation | Xiehouyu |
| 莫名其妙 莫名其妙 | (idiom) baffling; bizarre; without rhyme or reason; inexplicable | Xiehouyu |
| 开口 開口 | to open one's mouth; to start to talk | Xiehouyu |
| 嫂子 嫂子 | (coll.) older brother's wife; sister-in-law | Colloquialism |
| 娘 娘 | mother; young lady; (coll.) effeminate | Colloquialism |
| 家伙 傢伙 | household dish, implement or furniture; domestic animal; (coll.) guy; chap; weapon | Colloquialism |
| 山岭 山嶺 | mountain ridge | |
| 刮风 颳風 | to be windy | |
| 旷课 曠課 | to play truant; to cut classes | |
| 夜市 夜市 | night market | |
| 挂号 掛號 | to register (at a hospital etc); to send by registered mail | |
| 敬酒 敬酒 | to toast; to propose a toast | |
| 存心 存心 | deliberately | |
| 健美 健美 | healthy and beautiful; to do fitness exercises; abbr. for 健美运动 | |
| 威风 威風 | might; awe-inspiring authority; impressive | |
| 亮丽 亮麗 | bright and beautiful | |
| 托付 托付 | to entrust | |
| 遇上 遇上 | to come across (sb); to run into | |
| 界线 界線 | limits; bounds; dividing line | |
| 仇人 仇人 | foe; one's personal enemy | |
| 下山 下山 | to go down a hill; (of the sun or moon) to set | |
| 捧场 捧場 | to cheer on (originally esp. as paid stooge); to root for sb; to sing sb's praises; to flatter | |
| 竟敢 竟敢 | to have the impertinence; to have the cheek to | |
| 摆平 擺平 | to be fair; to be impartial; to settle (a matter etc) | |
| 同年 同年 | the same year | |
| 牧场 牧場 | pasture; grazing land; ranch | |
| 自然而然 自然而然 | involuntary; automatically | |
| 搁 擱 | to place; to put aside; to shelve | |
| 一眼 一眼 | a glance; a quick look; a glimpse | |
| 明朗 明朗 | bright; clear; obvious; forthright; open-minded; bright and cheerful | |
| 脑筋 腦筋 | brains; mind; head; way of thinking | |
| 绰号 綽號 | nickname | |
| 高山 高山 | high mountain; alpine mountain | |
| 认错 認錯 | to admit an error; to acknowledge one's mistake | |
| 谅解 諒解 | to understand; to make allowances for; understanding | |
| 开阔 開闊 | wide; open (spaces); to open up | |
| 牵扯 牽扯 | to involve; to implicate; to be interrelated | |
| 姨 姨 | mother's sister; aunt | |
| 阵容 陣容 | troop arrangement; battle formation; lineup (of a sports team etc) | |
| 不肯 不肯 | Refuse | |
| 帮手 幫手 | helper; assistant | |
| 庙 廟 | temple; ancestral shrine; temple fair; great imperial hall; imperial | |
| 传染病 傳染病 | infectious disease; contagious disease; pestilence | |
| 蚊子 蚊子 | mosquito | |
| 山顶 山頂 | hilltop | |
| 胆子 膽子 | courage; nerve; guts | |
| 心事 心事 | a load on one's mind; worry | |
| 缴 繳 | to hand in; to hand over; to seize |