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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礼拜 禮拜 lǐ bài to attend a religious service; (coll.) week; (coll.) Sunday Colloquialism HSK 5
腩 腩 nǎn brisket; belly beef; spongy meat from cow's underside and neighboring ribs; see esp. Cantonese; erroneously translated as sirloin ∼HSK 5
黑社会 黑社會 hēi shè huì criminal underworld; organized crime syndicate ∼HSK 5
炎 炎 yán flame, blaze; hot ∼HSK 5
帐 帳 zhàng tent; account ∼HSK 5
坳 㘭 ào a hollow in the ground, a cavity, depression; undulating, depressed ∼HSK 5
仁 仁 rén humaneness, benevolence, kindness ∼HSK 5
卧底 臥底 wò dǐ to hide (as an undercover agent); an insider (in a gang of thieves); a mole ∼HSK 5
砂 砂 shā sand; pebbles, gravel; gritty ∼HSK 5
鸭梨 鴨梨 yā lí Chinese white pear (Pyrus × bretschneideri) ∼HSK 5
怎 怎 zěn how (variant of 怎么) ∼HSK 5
萧 蕭 Xiāo common artemisia; dejected ∼HSK 5
伟 偉 wěi great, robust; extraordinary ∼HSK 5
辉 輝 huī brightness, luster, brilliance ∼HSK 5
皇 皇 Huáng royal, imperial; ruler, superior ∼HSK 5
岗 崗 gāng post; position ∼HSK 5
听清 聽清 tīng qīng to hear clearly ∼HSK 5
出狱 出獄 chū yù to be released from prison ∼HSK 5
好棒 好棒 hǎo bàng excellent (interjection) ∼HSK 5
芬 芬 fēn fragrance, aroma; perfume ∼HSK 5
冯 馮 Féng surname; gallop; by dint of ∼HSK 5
受益人 受益人 shòu yì rén beneficiary ∼HSK 5
斜对 斜對 xié duì catty-corner; to be diagonally opposite to ∼HSK 5
小巴 小巴 xiǎo bā minibus ∼HSK 5
不爽 不爽 bù shuǎng not well; out of sorts; in a bad mood; without discrepancy; accurate ∼HSK 5
遭 遭 zāo encounter, suffer ∼HSK 5
可知 可知 kě zhī evidently; clearly; no wonder; knowable ∼HSK 5
搽 搽 chá smear; rub, wipe; anoint ∼HSK 5
浓烈 濃烈 nóng liè strong (taste, flavor, smell) ∼HSK 5
阉 閹 yān castrate; eunuch ∼HSK 5
缘 緣 yuán karmic affinity ∼HSK 5
枯 枯 kū dried out, withered, decayed ∼HSK 5
豪宅 豪宅 háo zhái luxury home; mansion ∼HSK 5
瑞 瑞 ruì felicitous omen; auspicious ∼HSK 5
届满 屆滿 jiè mǎn (of a term of office) to expire ∼HSK 5
斧 斧 fǔ axe, hatchet; chop, hew ∼HSK 5
夕 夕 xī evening, night, dusk; slanted ∼HSK 5
么 麼 me interrogative particle (variant of 嘛) ∼HSK 5
吓坏 嚇壞 xià huài to be terrified; to terrify sb ∼HSK 5
拜 拜 bài bow, worship ∼HSK 5
黑洞 黑洞 hēi dòng (astronomy) black hole ∼HSK 5
羞 羞 xiū shame ∼HSK 5
洪 洪 Hóng vast, immense; flood, deluge ∼HSK 5
亏空 虧空 kuī kōng in debt; in the red; in deficit ∼HSK 5
上岸 上岸 shàng àn to go ashore; to climb ashore; (fig.) to achieve a stable and secure life after a period of struggle (e.g. to get a government job, be admitted to a desirable university, or finally pay off one's debts) ∼HSK 5
蕃 蕃 bō foreign things ∼HSK 5
鱼翅 魚翅 yú chì shark fin ∼HSK 5
饭盒 飯盒 fàn hé lunchbox; mess tin ∼HSK 5
搞定 搞定 gǎo dìng to fix; to settle; to wangle ∼HSK 5
杖 杖 zhàng cane, walking stick ∼HSK 5