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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| 过份 過份 | variant of | |
| 像话 像話 | proper; appropriate (mostly used in the negative or in a rhetorical question) | |
| 没问题 沒問題 | no problem | |
| 有份 有份 | to have a share of (responsibility etc); to be concerned; to be involved | |
| 得很 得很 | (after an adjective) very | |
| 不怕 不怕 | fearless; not worried (by setbacks or difficulties); even if; even though | |
| 不满意 不滿意 | dissatisfied | |
| 面见 面見 | to meet face to face; to meet in person | |
| 所有人 所有人 | everyone; owner | |
| 身 身 | body; trunk, hull; rad. no. 158 | |
| 一只 一隻 | 一: one; a, an; alone · 只: only, just, simply | |
| 向西 向西 | westward | |
| 老头 老頭 | old fellow; old man; father; husband | |
| 份子 份子 | Taiwan variant of | |
| 留医 留醫 | to be hospitalized | |
| 外墙 外牆 | facade; external wall | |
| 不用客气 不用客氣 | you're welcome; don't mention it; no need to stand on ceremony | |
| 给面子 給面子 | to show deference or praise publicly | |
| 谁知 誰知 | who would have thought; unexpectedly | |
| 留给 留給 | to set aside for | |
| 大丈夫 大丈夫 | a manly man; a man of character | |
| 明知 明知 | to be fully aware of; to know perfectly well | |
| 停下来 停下來 | to stop | |
| 花名 花名 | name of a person on the household register (old); name on a roster; professional name of a prostitute; pseudonym; nickname | |
| 满身 滿身 | covered all over | |
| 动气 動氣 | to get angry | |
| 早知道 早知道 | If I had known earlier... | |
| 一定要 一定要 | must | |
| 多嘴 多嘴 | talkative; to speak out of turn; to blab; to shoot one's mouth off; rumors fly | |
| 表姐 表姐 | older female cousin via female line | |
| 只怕 只怕 | I'm afraid that...; perhaps; maybe; very likely | |
| 万事 萬事 | all things | |
| 小孩子 小孩子 | child | |
| 办好 辦好 | to take care of (a matter); to get (a task) done; to handle (a project) expeditiously | |
| 不加 不加 | without; not; un- | |
| 欲 慾 | desire, want, long for; intend | |
| 令人 令人 | to cause one (to do sth); to make one (angry, delighted etc) | |
| 在下面 在下面 | underneath | |
| 什么时候 什麼時候 | when?; at what time? | |
| 弄坏 弄壞 | to ruin; to spoil; to break | |
| 看医生 看醫生 | to visit a doctor | |
| 得要 得要 | to need; must | |
| 份儿 份兒 | degree; extent; allotted share | |
| 带回 帶回 | to bring back | |
| 一遍 一遍 | one time (all the way through); once through | |
| 起身 起身 | to get up; to leave; to set forth | |
| 吃完 吃完 | to finish eating | |
| 头上 頭上 | overhead; above | |
| 对得起 對得起 | not to let sb down; to treat sb fairly; be worthy of | |
| 拿出 拿出 | to take out; to put out; to provide; to put forward (a proposal); to come up with (evidence) |