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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| 丢 丟 | to lose; to put aside; to throw | |
| 鬼 鬼 | disembodied spirit; ghost; devil; (suffix) person with a certain vice or addiction etc; sly; crafty; resourceful (variant of 诡); one of the 28 constellations of ancient Chinese astronomy | |
| 疯 瘋 | insane; mad; wild | |
| 枪 槍 | gun; firearm; rifle; spear; thing with shape or function similar to a gun; to substitute for another person in a test; to knock; classifier for rifle shots | |
| 讨厌 討厭 | to dislike; to loathe; disagreeable; troublesome; annoying | |
| 抢 搶 | (literary) to knock against (esp. to knock one's head on the ground in grief or rage); opposite in direction; contrary | |
| 冠军 冠軍 | champion | |
| 陪 陪 | to accompany; to keep sb company; to assist; old variant of 赔 | |
| 尽管 儘管 | despite; although; even though; in spite of; unhesitatingly; do not hesitate (to ask, complain etc); (go ahead and do it) without hesitating | |
| 令 令 | used in 令; used in 狐 (Taiwan pr. [lìng]) | |
| 哈 哈 | abbr. for 哈萨克斯坦, Kazakhstan; abbr. for 哈尔滨, Harbin | |
| 组织 組織 | to organize; organization; (biology) tissue; (textiles) weave | |
| 声 聲 | sound; voice; tone; noise; reputation; classifier for sounds | |
| 杀 殺 | to kill; to murder; to attack; to weaken or reduce; to smart (dialect); (used after a verb) extremely | |
| 唯一 唯一 | only; sole | |
| 搞 搞 | to do; to make; to go in for; to set up; to get hold of; to take care of | |
| 热闹 熱鬧 | bustling with noise and excitement; lively | Xiehouyu |
| 聊天 聊天 | to chat; to gossip | Xiehouyu |
| 苦 苦 | bitter; hardship; pain; to suffer; to bring suffering to; painstakingly | Xiehouyu |
| 轻松 輕鬆 | light; gentle; relaxed; effortless; uncomplicated; to relax; to take things less seriously | Xiehouyu |
| 修理 修理 | to repair; to fix; to prune; to trim; (coll.) to sort sb out; to fix sb | Colloquialism |
| 垃圾 垃圾 | trash; refuse; garbage; (coll.) of poor quality; Taiwan pr. [lè sè] | Colloquialism |
| 帅 帥 | (bound form) commander-in-chief; (bound form) to lead; to command; handsome; graceful; dashing; elegant; (coll.) cool!; sweet!; (Chinese chess) general (on the red side, equivalent to a king in Western chess) | Colloquialism |
| 抱 抱 | to hold; to carry (in one's arms); to hug; to embrace; to surround; to cherish; (coll.) (of clothes) to fit nicely | Colloquialism |
| 艋舺 艋舺 | Mengjia (also written Monga, Monka or Bangka), the pre-Japanese-era name for Wanhua, the oldest district of Taipei | Proper Noun |
| 庙口 廟口 | Miaokou, market district in Keelung, Taiwan | Proper Noun |
| 后壁 後壁 | Houbi, a district in Tainan, Taiwan | Proper Noun |
| 李 李 | Li (surname) | Proper Noun |
| 诺贝尔奖 諾貝爾獎 | Nobel Prize | Proper Noun |
| 少林 少林 | the Shaolin monastery and martial arts school | Proper Noun |
| 武功 武功 | Wugong County in Xianyang, Shaanxi | Proper Noun |
| 清朝 清朝 | Qing dynasty (1644-1911) | Proper Noun |
| 日据时代 日據時代 | the era of Japanese occupation | Proper Noun |
| 户口 戶口 | population (counted as number of households for census or taxation); registered residence; residence permit; (in Hong Kong and Macau) bank account | Proper Noun |
| 方丈 方丈 | one of three fabled islands in Eastern sea, abode of immortals | Proper Noun |
| 秀山 秀山 | Xiushan Tujia and Miao Autonomous County in Chongqing | Proper Noun |
| 西方人 西方人 | Westerner; Occidental | Proper Noun |
| 满清 滿清 | Manchurian Qing (refers to the Qing dynasty, esp. at its decline, or as an anti-Qing slogan) | Proper Noun |
| 慈禧 慈禧 | Empress Dowager Cixi or Ts'u Hsi (reigned 1861-1908) | Proper Noun |
| 桃园 桃園 | Taoyuan city and county in Taiwan | Proper Noun |
| 平埔族 平埔族 | Pingpu or Pepo aborigines (Taiwan), "plains tribes" | Proper Noun |
| 仔 仔 | small thing, child; young animal | |
| 狗仔 狗仔 | paparazzi | |
| 结拜 結拜 | to become sworn brothers or sisters; sworn (brothers) | |
| 可不 可不 | that's just the way it is; exactly! | |
| 屎 屎 | excrement, shit, dung | |
| 打杀 打殺 | to kill | |
| 伯 伯 | variant of | |
| 什么事 什麼事 | what matter | |
| 地盘 地盤 | domain; territory under one's control; foundation of a building; base of operations; crust of earth |