Prison on Fire 1987
监狱风云
Lo Ka Yiu, a young ad designer who is sentenced to jail for manslaughter, has gotten himself in trouble with the corrupted wardens and fellow inmates of Triad background. Chung Tin Ching, a veteran inmate and Yiu's mentor, is forced to confront his comrade's enemies time and again, leading up to the final showdown with the head of security.
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Vocabulary
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| 厉害 厲害 | (used to describe sb or sth that makes a very strong impression, whether favorable or unfavorable) terrible; intense; severe; devastating; amazing; awesome; outstanding; (of a person) stern; strict; harsh; shrewd; tough; (of an animal) fierce; (of a resemblance) striking; (of liquor or chili pepper) strong; (of bacteria) virulent | |
| 聪明 聰明 | intelligent; clever; bright; smart; acute (of sight and hearing) | |
| 剩下 剩下 | to remain; to be left over | |
| 偷 偷 | to steal; to pilfer; to snatch; thief; stealthily | |
| 运 運 | to move; to transport; to use; to apply; fortune; luck; fate | |
| 疯 瘋 | insane; mad; wild | |
| 人物 人物 | person; personage; figure (esp. sb of importance); character (in a play, novel etc); figure painting (as a genre of traditional Chinese painting) | |
| 棒 棒 | stick; club; cudgel; smart; capable; strong; wonderful; classifier for legs of a relay race | |
| 待 待 | to stay | |
| 傻 傻 | foolish | |
| 居然 居然 | unexpectedly; to one's surprise; go so far as to | |
| 尽管 儘管 | despite; although; even though; in spite of; unhesitatingly; do not hesitate (to ask, complain etc); (go ahead and do it) without hesitating | |
| 即使 即使 | even if; even though | |
| 再次 再次 | one more time; again; one more; once again | |
| 至 至 | to arrive; most; to; until | |
| 令 令 | to order; to command; an order; warrant; writ; to cause; to make sth happen; virtuous; honorific title; season; government position (old); type of short song or poem | |
| 杀 殺 | to kill; to murder; to attack; to weaken or reduce; to smart (dialect); (used after a verb) extremely | |
| 将 將 | will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把) | |
| 可 可 | (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very | |
| 苦 苦 | bitter; hardship; pain; to suffer; to bring suffering to; painstakingly | Xiehouyu |
| 轻松 輕鬆 | light; gentle; relaxed; effortless; uncomplicated; to relax; to take things less seriously | Xiehouyu |
| 修理 修理 | to repair; to fix; to prune; to trim; (coll.) to sort sb out; to fix sb | Colloquialism |
| 老婆 老婆 | (coll.) wife | Colloquialism |
| 俩 倆 | two (colloquial equivalent of 两个); both; some | Colloquialism |
| 会安 會安 | Hoi An (in Vietnam) | Proper Noun |
| 潮州 潮州 | Chaozhou, prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province; Chaozhou, township in Pingtung County, Taiwan; Chaozhou, variant of Minnan dialect spoken in east Guangdong | Proper Noun |
| 童子军 童子軍 | Scout (youth organization) | Proper Noun |
| 永安 永安 | Yong'an, a county-level city in Sanming City, Fujian; Yong'an, the name of numerous other places | Proper Noun |
| 德文 德文 | German (language) | Proper Noun |
| 仔 仔 | small thing, child; young animal | |
| 雄 雄 | male of species; hero; manly | |
| 什么事 什麼事 | what matter | |
| 犯人 犯人 | convict; prisoner; criminal | |
| 卢 盧 | cottage, hut; surname; black | |
| 预 預 | prepare, arrange; in advance | |
| 午安 午安 | Good afternoon!; Hello (daytime greeting) | |
| 污渍 污漬 | stain | |
| 定能 定能 | to be definitely able (to do sth) | |
| 聚首 聚首 | to gather; to meet | |
| 纸牌 紙牌 | playing card | |
| 抱抱 抱抱 | to hug; to give a cuddle | |
| 脱下 脫下 | to take off (clothing) | |
| 严守 嚴守 | to strictly maintain | |
| 没办法 沒辦法 | there is nothing to be done; one can't do anything about it | |
| 擦掉 擦掉 | to wipe | |
| 可不 可不 | that's just the way it is; exactly! | |
| 知 知 | know | |
| 自渎 自瀆 | masturbation; to masturbate | |
| 何干 何干 | what business? | |
| 单人 單人 | one person; single (room, bed etc) |