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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| 何况 何況 | let alone; to say nothing of; besides; what's more | |
| 别说 別說 | to say nothing of; not to mention; let alone | |
| 放过 放過 | to let off; to let slip by; to let sb get away with sth | |
| 香烟 香煙 | cigarette; smoke from burning incense | |
| 充 充 | sufficient; full; to fill; to serve as; to act as; to act falsely as; to pose as | |
| 糖果 糖果 | candy | |
| 创伤 創傷 | wound; injury; trauma | |
| 翅膀 翅膀 | wing | |
| 骚扰 騷擾 | to disturb; to cause a commotion; to harass | |
| 出卖 出賣 | to offer for sale; to sell; to sell out; to betray | |
| 废话 廢話 | nonsense; rubbish; superfluous words; You don't say!; No kidding! (gently sarcastic) | |
| 预料 預料 | to forecast; to anticipate; expectation | |
| 证人 證人 | witness | |
| 指令 指令 | order; command; instruction | |
| 顺着 順著 | to follow; following; along | |
| 故 故 | happening; instance; reason; cause; intentional; former; old; friend; therefore; hence; (of people) to die, dead | |
| 坏事 壞事 | bad thing; misdeed; to ruin things | |
| 席 席 | woven mat; seat; banquet; place in a democratic assembly; classifier for banquets, conversations etc | |
| 笨蛋 笨蛋 | fool; idiot | |
| 降临 降臨 | to descend; to arrive; to come | |
| 自私 自私 | selfish; selfishness | |
| 幸好 幸好 | fortunately | |
| 拦 攔 | to block sb's path; to obstruct; to flag down (a taxi) | |
| 脂肪 脂肪 | fat (in the body, in a plant, or in food) | |
| 担 擔 | to undertake; to carry; to shoulder; to take responsibility | |
| 规矩 規矩 | lit. compass and set square; fig. established standard; rule; customs; practices; fig. upright and honest; well-behaved | |
| 人性 人性 | human nature; humanity; human; the totality of human attributes | |
| 傻瓜 傻瓜 | idiot; fool | |
| 发作 發作 | to flare up; to break out | |
| 闷 悶 | stuffy; shut indoors; to smother; to cover tightly | |
| 逃避 逃避 | to escape; to evade; to avoid; to shirk | |
| 割 割 | to cut; to cut apart | |
| 甜蜜 甜蜜 | sweet; happy | |
| 烫 燙 | to scald; to burn (by scalding); to blanch (cooking); to heat (sth) up in hot water; to perm; to iron; scalding hot | |
| 抹 抹 | to wipe | |
| 登陆 登陸 | to land; to come ashore; to make landfall (of typhoon etc); to log in (frequently used erroneous variant of 登录) | |
| 须 須 | must; to have to; to wait | |
| 事务 事務 | (political, economic etc) affairs; work; transaction (as in a computer database) | |
| 应付 應付 | to deal with; to cope | |
| 狮子 獅子 | Leo (star sign); Shihtzu township in Pingtung County 屏东县, Taiwan | |
| 借口 借口 | to use as an excuse; excuse; pretext | |
| 都会 都會 | city; metropolis | |
| 何时 何時 | when | |
| 亦 亦 | also | |
| 要不 要不 | otherwise; or else; how about...?; either... (or...) | |
| 行政 行政 | administration; (attributive) administrative; executive | |
| 尚 尚 | still; yet; to value; to esteem | |
| 标 標 | mark; sign; label; to mark with a symbol, label, lettering etc; to bear (a brand name, registration number etc); prize; award; bid; target; quota; (old) the topmost branches of a tree; visible symptom; classifier for military units | |
| 杀手 殺手 | killer; murderer; hit man; (sports) formidable player | |
| 依 依 | to depend on; to comply with or listen to sb; according to; in the light of |