Prison on Fire

Prison on Fire 1987

监狱风云 jiānyù 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%

Cast

Tony Leung Ka-fai Tony Leung Ka-fai Lo Ka Yiu Chow Yun-Fat Chow Yun-Fat Chung Tin Ching Roy Cheung Yiu-Yeung Roy Cheung Yiu-Yeung Officer "Scarface" Hung William Ho William Ho Micky Tommy Wong Tommy Wong Bill Victor Hon Kwan Victor Hon Kwan Chiu Chow Terrence Fok Shui-Wah Terrence Fok Shui-Wah Yung Frankie Ng Chi-Hung Frankie Ng Chi-Hung Blind Snake Wong Man-Gwan Wong Man-Gwan Mimi Joseph Chi Chiong Chavez Joseph Chi Chiong Chavez Billy

Vocabulary

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解决 解決 jiě jué to solve; to resolve; to settle (a problem); to eliminate; to wipe out (an enemy, bandits etc) HSK 3
部 部 bù ministry; department; section; part; division; troops; board; classifier for works of literature, films, machines etc HSK 3
当然 當然 dāng rán only natural; as it should be; certainly; of course; without doubt HSK 3
连 連 lián to link; to join; to connect; continuously; in succession; including; (used with 也, 都 etc) even; company (military) HSK 3
其实 其實 qí shí actually; in fact; really HSK 3
使 使 shǐ to make; to cause; to enable; to use; to employ; to send; to instruct sb to do sth; envoy; messenger HSK 3
如何 如何 rú hé how; what way; what HSK 3
只有 只有 zhǐ yǒu only have ...; there is only ...; (used in combination with 才) it is only if one ... (that one can ...) (Example: 只有通过治疗才能痊愈 "the only way to cure it is with therapy"); it is only ... (who ...) (Example: 要 "only men would have such a requirement"); (used to indicate that one has no alternative) one can only (do a certain thing) (Example: 服 "the only thing you can do is give in") HSK 3
决定 決定 jué dìng to decide (to do something); to resolve; decision; certainly HSK 3
任何 任何 rèn hé any; whatever; whichever; whatsoever HSK 3
由 由 yóu to follow; from; because of; due to; by; via; through; (before a noun and a verb) it is for ... to ... HSK 3
美 美 Měi (bound form) the Americas (abbr. for 洲); (bound form) USA (abbr. for 美国) HSK 3
每 每 měi each; every HSK 3
总 總 zǒng general; overall; to sum up; in every case; always; invariably; anyway; after all; eventually; sooner or later; surely; (after a person's name) abbr. for 总经理 or 总编 etc HSK 3
内 內 nèi inside; inner; internal; within; interior HSK 3
张 張 zhāng to open up; to spread; sheet of paper; classifier for flat objects, sheet; classifier for votes HSK 3
已 已 yǐ already; to stop; then; afterwards HSK 3
心 心 xīn heart; mind; intention; center; core HSK 3
继续 繼續 jì xù to continue; to proceed with; to go on with HSK 3
情况 情況 qíng kuàng circumstances; state of affairs; situation HSK 3
只是 只是 zhǐ shì merely; only; just; nothing but; simply; but; however HSK 3
为了 為了 wèi le for; for the purpose of; in order to HSK 3
发生 發生 fā shēng to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out HSK 3
希望 希望 xī wàng to hope; a hope; a wish HSK 3
种 種 zhǒng seed; species; kind; type; classifier for types, kinds, sorts HSK 3
死 死 sǐ to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned HSK 3
需要 需要 xū yào to need; to want; to demand; to require; needs HSK 3
时 時 shí o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period HSK 3
就是 就是 jiù shì exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也) even; even if HSK 3
被 被 bèi quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅游 to "go on a trip", for example) HSK 3
把 把 bǎ to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把 + {noun} + {verb}) HSK 3
开心 開心 kāi xīn to feel happy; to rejoice; to have a great time; to make fun of sb Xiehouyu HSK 2
够 夠 gòu enough (sufficient); enough (too much); (coll.) (before adj.) really; (coll.) to reach by stretching out Colloquialism HSK 2
拉 拉 lā to pull; to play (a bowed instrument); to drag; to draw; to chat; (coll.) to empty one's bowels Colloquialism HSK 2
万里 萬里 Wàn Lǐ Wan Li (1916-2015), PRC politician Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
道外 道外 Dào wài Daowai district of Harbin in Heilongjiang Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
见过 見過 jiànguò seen HSK 2
别提了 別提了 bié tí le say no more; don't bring it up; drop the subject ∼HSK 2
那时候 那時候 nà shí hou at that time HSK 2
生事 生事 shēng shì to make trouble ∼HSK 2
房 房 Fáng surname Fang ∼HSK 2
停手 停手 tíng shǒu to stop (what one is doing) ∼HSK 2
弄错 弄錯 nòng cuò to err; to get sth wrong; to miscalculate; to misunderstand ∼HSK 2
今晚 今晚 jīn wǎn tonight ∼HSK 2
住嘴 住嘴 zhù zuǐ to hold one's tongue; Shut up! ∼HSK 2
别离 別離 bié lí to take leave of; to leave; separation ∼HSK 2
写信 寫信 xiě xìn to write a letter ∼HSK 2
领导人 領導人 lǐng dǎo rén leader ∼HSK 2
知道了 知道了 zhī dào le OK!; Got it! ∼HSK 2
诉求 訴求 sù qiú to demand; to call for; to petition; demand; wish; request; to promote one's brand; to appeal to (consumers); (marketing) message; pitch ∼HSK 2