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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| 谈判 談判 | to negotiate; negotiation; talks; conference | |
| 吵 吵 | to quarrel; to make a noise; noisy; to disturb by making a noise | |
| 整理 整理 | to arrange; to tidy up; to sort out; to straighten out; to list systematically; to collate (data, files); to pack (luggage) | |
| 银 銀 | silver; silver-colored; relating to money or currency | |
| 足球 足球 | soccer ball; a football; soccer; football | |
| 眼前 眼前 | before one's eyes; now; at present | |
| 伤心 傷心 | to grieve; to be broken-hearted; to feel deeply hurt | |
| 工资 工資 | wages; pay | |
| 工具 工具 | tool; instrument; utensil; means (to achieve a goal etc) | |
| 命运 命運 | fate; destiny | |
| 搬 搬 | to move (i.e. relocate oneself); to move (sth relatively heavy or bulky); to shift; to copy indiscriminately | |
| 汤 湯 | rushing current | |
| 争取 爭取 | to fight for; to strive for; to win over | |
| 赶 趕 | to overtake; to catch up with; to hurry; to rush; to try to catch (the bus etc); to drive (cattle etc) forward; to drive (sb) away; to avail oneself of (an opportunity); until; by (a certain time) | |
| 烟 煙 | cigarette or pipe tobacco; smoke; mist; vapour; tobacco plant; (of the eyes) to be irritated by smoke | |
| 糖 糖 | sugar; sweets; candy | |
| 现金 現金 | cash | |
| 任 任 | to assign; to appoint; to take up a post; office; responsibility; to let; to allow; to give free rein to; no matter (how, what etc); classifier for terms served in office, or for spouses, girlfriends etc (as in 前任男友) | |
| 取消 取消 | to cancel; cancellation | |
| 立刻 立刻 | forthwith; immediate; prompt; promptly; straightway; thereupon; at once | |
| 付 付 | to pay; to hand over to; classifier for pairs or sets of things | |
| 制作 製作 | to make; to manufacture | |
| 幸运 幸運 | fortunate; lucky; fortune; luck | |
| 前面 前面 | ahead; in front; preceding; above; also pr. [qián mian] | |
| 旧 舊 | old; opposite: new 新; former; worn (with age) | |
| 价格 價格 | price | |
| 千万 千萬 | ten million; countless; many; one must by all means | |
| 慢慢 慢慢 | slowly | |
| 胜 勝 | victory; success; to beat; to defeat; to surpass; victorious; superior to; to get the better of; better than; surpassing; superb (of vista); beautiful (scenery); wonderful (view); (Taiwan pr. [shēng]) able to bear; equal to (a task) | |
| 顿 頓 | to stop; to pause; to arrange; to lay out; to kowtow; to stamp (one's foot); at once; classifier for meals, beatings, scoldings etc: time, bout, spell, meal | |
| 消失 消失 | to disappear; to fade away | |
| 麻烦 麻煩 | trouble; inconvenience; inconvenient; troublesome; annoying; to bother sb; to put sb to trouble | |
| 调 調 | to transfer; to move (troops or cadres); to investigate; to enquire into; accent; view; argument; key (in music); mode (music); tune; tone; melody | |
| 期 朞 | a period of time; phase; stage; classifier for issues of a periodical, courses of study; time; term; period; to hope; Taiwan pr. [qí] | |
| 领导 領導 | lead; leading; to lead; leadership; leader | |
| 充满 充滿 | full of; brimming with; very full; permeated | |
| 按照 按照 | according to; in accordance with; in the light of; on the basis of | |
| 架 架 | to support; frame; rack; framework; classifier for planes, large vehicles, radios etc | |
| 状况 狀況 | condition; state; situation | |
| 外面 外面 | outside (also pr. [wài mian] for this sense); surface; exterior; external appearance | |
| 空 空 | empty; air; sky; in vain | |
| 朝 朝 | abbr. for 朝鲜 Korea | |
| 精彩 精彩 | wonderful; marvelous; brilliant | |
| 刀 刀 | knife; blade; single-edged sword; cutlass; (slang) dollar (loanword); classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper); classifier for knife cuts or stabs | |
| 理由 理由 | reason; grounds; justification | |
| 痛 痛 | ache; pain; sorrow; deeply; thoroughly | |
| 上面 上面 | on top of; above-mentioned; also pr. [shàng mian] | |
| 祝 祝 | to pray for; to wish (sb bon voyage, happy birthday etc); person who invokes the spirits during sacrificial ceremonies | |
| 必要 必要 | necessary; essential; indispensable; required | |
| 环境 環境 | environment; circumstances; surroundings; ambient |