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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生路 生路 shēng lù a way to make a living; a way to survive; a way out of a predicament ∼HSK 2
风生水起 風生水起 fēng shēng shuǐ qǐ lit. a breeze springs up and creates waves on the water (idiom); fig. flourishing; thriving; prosperous ∼HSK 2
得很 得很 de hěn (after an adjective) very ∼HSK 2
交出 交出 jiāo chū to hand over ∼HSK 2
选票 選票 xuǎn piào a vote; ballot ∼HSK 2
小意思 小意思 xiǎo yì si small token; mere trifle (used of one's gifts) ∼HSK 2
好意思 好意思 hǎo yì si to have the nerve; what a cheek!; to feel no shame; to overcome the shame; (is it) proper? (rhetorical question) ∼HSK 2
气话 氣話 qì huà angry words; sth said in the moment of anger ∼HSK 2
头上 頭上 tóu shàng overhead; above ∼HSK 2
快当 快當 kuài dang quick; rapid ∼HSK 2
卡他 卡他 kǎ tā (loanword) (medicine) catarrh ∼HSK 2
奥 奧 Ào mysterious, obscure, profound ∼HSK 2
万人 萬人 wàn rén ten thousand people; all the people; everyman ∼HSK 2
交会 交會 jiāo huì to encounter; to rendezvous; to converge; to meet (a payment) ∼HSK 2
论 論 Lún debate; discuss; discourse ∼HSK 2
百万 百萬 bǎi wàn million ∼HSK 2
不当 不當 bù dàng unsuitable; improper; inappropriate ∼HSK 2
全天候 全天候 quán tiān hòu all-weather ∼HSK 2
一定要 一定要 yī dìng yào must ∼HSK 2
做完 做完 zuò wán to finish; to complete the task ∼HSK 2
到头 到頭 dào tóu to the end (of); at the end of; in the end; to come to an end ∼HSK 2
药房 藥房 yào fáng pharmacy; drugstore; dispensary ∼HSK 2
世 世 Shì generation; world; era ∼HSK 2
弄到 弄到 nòng dào to get hold of; to obtain; to secure; to come by ∼HSK 2
人头 人頭 rén tóu person; number of people; (per) capita; (a person's) head; (Tw) person whose identity is used by sb else (e.g. to create a bogus account) ∼HSK 2
一句 一句 yī jù a line of verse; a sentence ∼HSK 2
万岁 萬歲 wàn suì Long live (the king, the revolution etc)!; Your Majesty; His Majesty ∼HSK 2
上船 上船 shàng chuán to get on the boat ∼HSK 2
今生 今生 jīn shēng this life ∼HSK 2
今晚 今晚 jīn wǎn tonight ∼HSK 2
警方 警方 jǐng fāng police ∼HSK 2
务 務 wù affairs, business; must, should ∼HSK 2
老花眼 老花眼 lǎo huā yǎn presbyopia ∼HSK 2
小鸡 小雞 xiǎo jī chick ∼HSK 2
老头 老頭 lǎo tóu old fellow; old man; father; husband ∼HSK 2
考生 考生 kǎo shēng exam candidate; student whose name has been put forward for an exam HSK 2
看得出 看得出 kàn de chū can see; can tell ∼HSK 2
干杯 乾杯 gān bēi to drink a toast; Cheers! (proposing a toast); Here's to you!; Bottoms up!; lit. dry cup HSK 2
站住 站住 zhàn zhù to stand HSK 2
不如说 不如說 bùrú shuō rather say ∼HSK 2
筷子 筷子 kuài zi chopsticks HSK 2
得出 得出 dé chū to obtain (a result); to arrive at (a conclusion) HSK 2
饱 飽 bǎo to eat till full; satisfied HSK 2
从小 從小 cóng xiǎo from childhood; from a young age HSK 2
全家 全家 quán jiā whole family HSK 2
商量 商量 shāng liang to consult; to talk over; to discuss HSK 2
平常 平常 píng cháng ordinary; common; usually; ordinarily HSK 2
凉 涼 Liáng the five Liang of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Liang 前凉 (314-376), Later Liang 后凉 (386-403), Northern Liang 北凉 (398-439), Southern Liang 南凉 (397-414), Western Liang 西凉 (400-421) HSK 2
姓 姓 xìng family name; surname; to be surnamed HSK 2
今后 今後 jīn hòu hereafter; henceforth; in the future; from now on HSK 2