Prison on Fire

Prison on Fire 1987

jiān fēngyún

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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4.22 Intermediate Director Ringo Lam Ling-Tung 🍅 100%

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shēn fèn identity; aspect of one's identity (i.e. sth that one is – mayor, father, permanent resident etc); role; capacity (as in "in his capacity as a ..." 以…份); status (social, legal etc); position; rank HSK 4
chéng rèn to admit; to concede; to recognize; recognition (diplomatic, artistic etc); to acknowledge HSK 4
fǎn contrary; in reverse; inside out or upside down; to reverse; to return; to oppose; opposite; against; anti-; to rebel; to use analogy; instead; abbr. for 切 phonetic system HSK 4
gòng common; general; to share; together; total; altogether; abbr. for 共产党, Communist party HSK 4
xiōng brothers; younger brother; I, me (humble term used by men in public speech); brotherly; fraternal HSK 4
cān to participate (in sth) HSK 4
dān bill; list; form; single; only; sole; odd number HSK 4
mèng dream; (bound form) to dream HSK 4
guǎn not to be concerned; regardless of; no matter HSK 4
yán zhòng grave; serious; severe; critical HSK 4
zhì liáo to treat (an illness); medical treatment; therapy HSK 4
xiē classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several HSK 4
kǎo to think over; to consider; consideration HSK 4
dìng to set; to fix; to determine; to decide; to order HSK 4
self; oneself; from; since; naturally; surely HSK 4
shì fǒu whether (or not); if; is or isn't HSK 4
céng once; already; ever (in the past); former; previously; (past tense marker used before verb or clause) HSK 4
zhèng government HSK 4
chǔ to reside; to live; to dwell; to be in; to be situated at; to stay; to get along with; to be in a position of; to deal with; to discipline; to punish HSK 4
zhī qián before; prior to; ago; previously; beforehand HSK 4
ya (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt) HSK 4
xuǎn to select; to pick; choice; option; alternative HSK 4
not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-; -less HSK 4
zhī hòu after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then HSK 4
dān xīn anxious; worried; uneasy; to worry; to be anxious HSK 4
ér and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast) HSK 4
shēng shì a whole lifetime (idiom); all my life Idiom ∼HSK 3
luàn lái to act recklessly; to mess around Xiehouyu ∼HSK 3
liǎo Portulaca Sundial (a type of plant) Xiehouyu ∼HSK 3
zhǎo to court death; to take a big risk Xiehouyu ∼HSK 3
yào shi (coll.) if Colloquialism HSK 3
shū to lose; to be beaten; (bound form) to transport; (literary) to donate; to contribute; (coll.) to enter (a password) Colloquialism HSK 3
zhěng exactly; in good order; whole; complete; entire; in order; orderly; to repair; to mend; to renovate; (coll.) to fix sb; to give sb a hard time; to mess with sb Colloquialism HSK 3
guǎn to take care (of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to run; to care about; tube; pipe; woodwind; classifier for tube-shaped objects; particle similar to 把 in 管...叫 constructions; writing brush; (coll.) to; towards Colloquialism HSK 3
to kill; to beat to death ∼HSK 3
shū uncle; father's younger brother; husband's younger brother; Taiwan pr. [shu2] ∼HSK 3
xīn nián kuài Happy New Year! ∼HSK 3
go to hell!; drop dead! ∼HSK 3
Chǔ name of feudal state; clear ∼HSK 3
shuāng shuāng both; together (used to indicate that two people or things do the same thing simultaneously) ∼HSK 3
chūn fēng spring breeze; (fig.) pleasant demeanor; serene atmosphere; favorable conditions; (literary) romantic encounter; an affair ∼HSK 3
yǒu kòng to have time (to do sth) ∼HSK 3
lián lei to implicate; to get (sb) into trouble; also pr. [lian2lei3] or [lian2lei4] ∼HSK 3
Shí stone, rock, mineral; rad. 112 ∼HSK 3
Ā Abba (Aramaic word father); by ext. God the Father in Christian gospel ∼HSK 3
shì shàng on earth ∼HSK 3
cháng cún to last for a long time; to endure; to exist forever ∼HSK 3
shǔ shí to turn out to be true; verified; true ∼HSK 3
lìng another; the other ∼HSK 3
dào shí hòu when the moment comes; at that time ∼HSK 3