Once a Gangster

Once a Gangster 2010

fēi shā fēng zhōngzhuǎn

Roast Pork joins the triad as a young man and ends up becoming a trusted lieutenant of boss Kerosene. However, his true passion is in his successful chain of restaurants, his loving wife, and his two children. So when Kerosene wants to promote his trusted right hand man to the top of the organization as a way to take on his financial debts, it's understandable why Roast Pork would want to refuse. Roast Pork comes up with an intricate scheme with his men that would take himself out of the running, but Kerosene's intervention causes it to fail. When all hopes appears to be lost, lifelong gangster Sparrow is released from jail after serving a 20-year sentence for committing a gang-related murder that earned him a guarantee for the leader spot. However, Sparrow has made his own plans to stay out of the gang, setting off a battle of wits between the two men.

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4.21 Intermediate Director Felix Chong Man-Keung IMDb 5.7

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liǎo bu amazing; terrific; extraordinary HSK 4
shāo to have a high temperature (from illness); to have a fever HSK 4
shì urban district; downtown; city center HSK 4
zàn chéng to approve; to endorse; (literary) to assist HSK 4
jade HSK 4
méi cuò that's right; sure!; rest assured!; that's good; can't go wrong HSK 4
lǎo shi honest; sincere; well-behaved; naive; gullible HSK 4
to accept an applicant (prospective student, employee etc) who passes an entrance exam; to admit (a student); to hire (a job candidate) HSK 4
zhāo hu to call out to; to greet; to say hello to; to inform; to take care of; to take care that one does not HSK 4
liào plastics HSK 4
shuō bu dìng can't say for sure; maybe HSK 4
sǎo to sweep HSK 4
xià zǎi to download; also pr. [xià zài] HSK 4
duō many times; repeatedly HSK 4
tián to fill or stuff; (of a form etc) to fill in HSK 4
zhuāng xiū to decorate; interior decoration; to fit up; to renovate HSK 4
chén to submerge; to immerse; to sink; to keep down; to lower; to drop; deep; profound; heavy HSK 4
miàn shì to be interviewed (as a candidate); interview HSK 4
yǎn jìng spectacles; eyeglasses HSK 4
cóng from now on; since then; henceforth HSK 4
zhuǎn shēn (of a person) to turn round; to face about; (of a widow) to remarry (archaic) HSK 4
shōu huò to harvest; to reap; to gain; crop; harvest; profit; gain; bonus; reward HSK 4
bèn stupid; foolish; silly; slow-witted; clumsy HSK 4
pāi zhào to take a picture HSK 4
chí dào to arrive late HSK 4
eldest brother; big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself); gang leader; boss HSK 4
to congregate; to assemble; to mass; to gather together; to amass; to polymerize HSK 4
huì party; gathering; to meet; to get together HSK 4
zhì liàng quality; (physics) mass HSK 4
to feel with the hand; to touch; to stroke; to grope; to steal; to abstract HSK 4
湿 shī moist; wet HSK 4
wàn just in case; if by any chance; contingency HSK 4
bèi jǐng background; backdrop; context; (fig.) powerful backer HSK 4
to ascertain; to act on; to criticize; to pass on; classifier for batches, lots, military flights; tier (for the ranking of universities and colleges) HSK 4
dēng to register (one's name) HSK 4
to breathe; to suck in; to absorb; to inhale HSK 4
tiāo to carry on a shoulder pole; to choose; to pick; to nitpick HSK 4
rán not so; no; or else; otherwise; if not; How about ...? HSK 4
guī to return; to go back to; to give back to; (of a responsibility) to be taken care of by; to belong to; to gather together; (used between two identical verbs) despite; to marry (of a woman) (old); division on the abacus with a one-digit divisor HSK 4
nào noisy; cacophonous; to make noise; to disturb; to vent (feelings); to fall ill; to have an attack (of sickness); to go in (for some activity); to joke HSK 4
cái liào (raw) material; data; (fig.) person who has the potential to do the job HSK 4
jǐn kuài as quickly as possible; as soon as possible HSK 4
měi beautiful woman HSK 4
color; look; appearance; sex HSK 4
rén jiā household; dwelling; family; sb else's house; household business; house of woman's husband-to-be HSK 4
to substitute for; to take the place of; to replace; for; on behalf of; to stand in for HSK 4
dài to put on or wear (glasses, hat, gloves etc); to respect; to bear; to support HSK 4
graduation; to graduate; to finish school HSK 4
huò goods; money; commodity HSK 4
dǐng apex; crown of the head; top; roof; most; to carry on the head; to push to the top; to go against; to replace; to substitute; to be subjected to (an aerial bombing, hailstorm etc); (slang) to "bump" a forum thread to raise its profile; classifier for headwear, hats, veils etc HSK 4