Once a Gangster

Once a Gangster 2010

飞砂风中转 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

Cast

Ekin Cheng Yee-Kin Ekin Cheng Yee-Kin Sparrow Jordan Chan Siu-Chun Jordan Chan Siu-Chun Roast Pork Michelle Ye Xuan Michelle Ye Xuan Nancy Alex Fong Chung-Sun Alex Fong Chung-Sun Kerosene Candice Yu On-On Candice Yu On-On Lady Pearl Wilfred Lau Ho-Lung Wilfred Lau Ho-Lung Yan Conroy Chan Chi-Chung Conroy Chan Chi-Chung Scissors Nan Yik-Pong Nan Yik-Pong Greasy Samuel Kwok Fung Samuel Kwok Fung Uncle Tsa Derek Tsang Kwok-Cheung Derek Tsang Kwok-Cheung Young Roast Pork

Vocabulary

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正好 正好 zhèng hǎo just (in time); just right; just enough; to happen to; to chance to; by chance; it just so happens that Xiehouyu HSK 2
开心 開心 kāi xīn to feel happy; to rejoice; to have a great time; to make fun of sb Xiehouyu HSK 2
老头子 老頭子 lǎo tóu zi (coll.) old man; (said of an aging husband) my old man Colloquialism ∼HSK 2
够 夠 gòu enough (sufficient); enough (too much); (coll.) (before adj.) really; (coll.) to reach by stretching out Colloquialism HSK 2
挺 挺 tǐng straight; erect; to stick out (a part of the body); to (physically) straighten up; to support; to withstand; outstanding; (coll.) quite; very; classifier for machine guns Colloquialism HSK 2
新店 新店 Xīn diàn Xindian or Hsintien city in New Taipei City, Taiwan Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
黄河 黃河 Huáng Hé Yellow River or Huang He Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
芝加哥 芝加哥 Zhī jiā gē Chicago, USA Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
墨西哥 墨西哥 Mò xī gē Mexico Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
见过 見過 jiànguò seen HSK 2
那时候 那時候 nà shí hou at that time HSK 2
义 義 Yì right conduct, righteousness ∼HSK 2
当上 當上 dāng shang to take up duty as; to assume a position; to assume; to take on (an office) ∼HSK 2
刘 劉 Liú surname; kill, destroy ∼HSK 2
名校 名校 míng xiào famous school ∼HSK 2
不得 不得 bù dé must not; may not; not to be allowed; cannot ∼HSK 2
不怕 不怕 bù pà fearless; not worried (by setbacks or difficulties); even if; even though ∼HSK 2
巴 巴 Bā greatly desire, anxiously hope ∼HSK 2
鲍鱼 鮑魚 bào yú abalone ∼HSK 2
史 史 Shǐ history, chronicle, annals ∼HSK 2
孩子们 孩子們 hái zi men children ∼HSK 2
干掉 幹掉 gàn diào to get rid of ∼HSK 2
交钱 交錢 jiāo qián to pay up; to shell out; to hand over the money to cover sth ∼HSK 2
菜馆 菜館 cài guǎn (dialect) restaurant ∼HSK 2
骷髅头 骷髏頭 kū lóu tóu a death's-head; depiction of a dead person's skull ∼HSK 2
打假球 打假球 dǎ jiǎ qiú game-fixing; to fix games ∼HSK 2
不一样 不一樣 bù yī yàng different; distinctive; unlike ∼HSK 2
八成 八成 bā chéng eighty percent; most probably; most likely ∼HSK 2
夜场 夜場 yè chǎng evening show (at a theater etc); nighttime entertainment venue (bar, nightclub, disco etc) ∼HSK 2
助 助 zhù help, aid, assist ∼HSK 2
道出 道出 dào chū to speak; to tell; to voice ∼HSK 2
鸡肉 雞肉 jī ròu chicken meat ∼HSK 2
分店 分店 fēn diàn branch (of a chain store); annex ∼HSK 2
留给 留給 liú gěi to set aside for ∼HSK 2
带孩子 帶孩子 dài hái zi to look after a baby; to take care of a young child ∼HSK 2
房 房 Fáng surname Fang ∼HSK 2
领导人 領導人 lǐng dǎo rén leader ∼HSK 2
宾 賓 bīn guest, visitor; surname; submit ∼HSK 2
尼 尼 ní Buddhist nun; transliteration ∼HSK 2
吃饱 吃飽 chī bǎo to eat one's fill ∼HSK 2
玩意 玩意 wán yì toy; plaything; thing; act; trick (in a performance, stage show, acrobatics etc) ∼HSK 2
一级 一級 yī jí first class; category A ∼HSK 2
司 司 Sī take charge of, control, manage; officer ∼HSK 2
华 華 Huá flowery; illustrious; Chinese ∼HSK 2
一次又一次 一次又一次 yī cì yòu yī cì repeatedly; over and over again ∼HSK 2
放在眼里 放在眼裡 fàng zài yǎn lǐ to pay attention to; to care about; to attach importance to ∼HSK 2
上位 上位 shàng wèi seat of honor; person in a high-ranking position; to be promoted to a more senior role; (genetics) epistatic ∼HSK 2
个头 個頭 gè tóu size; height ∼HSK 2
馆子 館子 guǎn zi restaurant; theater (old) ∼HSK 2
英 英 Yīng petal, flower, leaf; brave, a hero; England, English ∼HSK 2