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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以和为贵 以和為貴 yǐ hé wéi guì harmony is to be prized ∼HSK 6
坟场 墳場 fén chǎng cemetery ∼HSK 6
数清 數清 shǔ qīng to count; to enumerate exactly ∼HSK 6
祭祖 祭祖 jì zǔ to offer sacrifices to one's ancestors ∼HSK 6
练功 練功 liàn gōng to do tai chi; to practice kung-fu (or other martial art); to train (for dancing, acrobatics etc) ∼HSK 6
杂烩 雜燴 zá huì a stew; (fig.) a disparate collection ∼HSK 6
疑犯 疑犯 yí fàn a suspect ∼HSK 6
英雄本色 英雄本色 yīng xióng běn sè 英: petal, flower, leaf; brave, a hero; England, English · 雄: male of species; hero; manly · 本: root, origin, source; basis · 色: color, tint, hue, shade; form, body; beauty, desire for beauty ∼HSK 6
古惑仔 古惑仔 gǔ huò zǎi gangster; hooligan; problem youth; at-risk youth ∼HSK 6
合谋 合謀 hé móu to conspire; to plot together ∼HSK 6
啰嗦 囉嗦 luō suo variant of ∼HSK 6
嫖妓 嫖妓 piáo jì to visit a prostitute ∼HSK 6
用得着 用得著 yòng de zháo to be able to use; useable; to have a use for; (in a question) to be necessary to HSK 6
处长 處長 chù zhǎng department head; section chief HSK 6
更是 更是 gèng shì even more (so) HSK 6
舟 舟 zhōu boat HSK 6
盗版 盜版 dào bǎn pirated; illegal; see also 版 HSK 6
一齐 一齊 yī qí at the same time; simultaneously HSK 6
高考 高考 gāo kǎo college entrance exam (especially as abbr. for 普通高等学校招生全国统一考试); (Tw) entrance exam for senior government service posts (abbr. for 公务人员高等考试) HSK 6
免得 免得 miǎn de so as not to; so as to avoid HSK 6
到期 到期 dào qī to fall due (loan etc); to expire (visa etc); to mature (investment bond etc) HSK 6
厨师 廚師 chú shī cook; chef HSK 6
衡量 衡量 héng liáng to weigh; to examine; to consider HSK 6
枝 枝 zhī branch; classifier for sticks, rods, pencils etc HSK 6
走私 走私 zǒu sī to smuggle; to have an illicit affair HSK 6
吸毒 吸毒 xī dú to take drugs HSK 6
牢 牢 láo firm; sturdy; fold (for animals); sacrifice; prison HSK 6
嫌 嫌 xián to dislike; suspicion; resentment; enmity; abbr. for 犯, criminal suspect HSK 6
重组 重組 chóng zǔ to reorganize; to recombine; to restructure HSK 6
水泥 水泥 shuǐ ní cement HSK 6
赖 賴 lài to depend on; to hang on in a place; bad; to renege (on promise); to disclaim; to rat (on debts); rascally; to blame; to put the blame on HSK 6
炮 炮 bāo to sauté; to fry; to dry by heating HSK 6
想不到 想不到 xiǎng bu dào unexpected; hard to imagine; it had not occurred to me; who could have thought that HSK 6
跪 跪 guì to kneel HSK 6
风暴 風暴 fēng bào storm; violent commotion; fig. crisis (e.g. revolution, uprising, financial crisis etc) HSK 6
横 橫 héng horizontal; across; crosswise; horizontal stroke (in Chinese characters); to place (sth) flat (on a surface); to cross (a river, etc); in a jumble; chaotic; (in fixed expressions) harsh and unreasonable; violent HSK 6
出事 出事 chū shì to have an accident; to meet with a mishap HSK 6
欺负 欺負 qī fu to bully HSK 6
酱 醬 jiàng thick paste of fermented soybean; marinated in soy paste; paste; jam HSK 6
肝 肝 gān liver; (slang) to put in long hours, typically late into the night, playing (a video game); (of a video game) involving a lot of repetition in order to progress; grindy HSK 6
放手 放手 fàng shǒu to let go one's hold; to give up; to have a free hand HSK 6
金融 金融 jīn róng banking; finance; financial HSK 6
街头 街頭 jiē tóu street HSK 6
捡 撿 jiǎn to pick up; to collect; to gather HSK 6
线路 線路 xiàn lù (electricity) line; circuit; wire; (traffic) road; track; route HSK 6
救命 救命 jiù mìng to save sb's life; (interj.) Help!; Save me! HSK 6
录像 錄像 lù xiàng to videotape; to videorecord; video recording HSK 6
天下 天下 tiān xià land under heaven; the whole world; the whole of China; realm; rule HSK 6
总部 總部 zǒng bù general headquarters HSK 6
暴露 暴露 bào lù to expose; to reveal; to lay bare; also pr. [pù lù] HSK 6