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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| 态度 態度 | manner; bearing; attitude; approach | |
| 急 急 | urgent; pressing; rapid; hurried; worried; to make (sb) anxious | |
| 照顾 照顧 | to take care of; to show consideration; to attend to; to look after | |
| 一生 一生 | all one's life; throughout one's life | |
| 蛋 蛋 | egg; oval-shaped thing | |
| 封 封 | to confer; to grant; to bestow a title; to seal; classifier for sealed objects, esp. letters | |
| 头发 頭髮 | hair (on the head) | |
| 借 借 | to lend; to borrow; by means of; to take (an opportunity) | |
| 不行 不行 | won't do; be out of the question; be no good; not work; not be capable | |
| 怎么办 怎麼辦 | what's to be done | |
| 不够 不夠 | not enough; insufficient; inadequate | |
| 小心 小心 | to be careful; to take care | |
| 怎么样 怎麼樣 | how?; how about?; how was it?; how are things? | |
| 鸡 雞 | fowl; chicken; (slang) prostitute | |
| 实在 實在 | really; actually; indeed; true; real; honest; dependable; (philosophy) reality | |
| 流 流 | to flow; to disseminate; to circulate or spread; to move or drift; to degenerate; to banish or send into exile; stream of water or sth resembling one; class, rate or grade | |
| 心情 心情 | mood; frame of mind | |
| 喂 喂 | hello (when answering the phone) | |
| 听说 聽說 | to hear (sth said); one hears (that); hearsay; listening and speaking | |
| 推 推 | to push; to cut; to refuse; to reject; to decline; to shirk (responsibility); to put off; to delay; to push forward; to nominate; to elect; massage | |
| 习惯 習慣 | habit; custom; usual practice; to be used to | |
| 通知 通知 | to notify; to inform; notice; notification | |
| 笔 筆 | pen; pencil; writing brush; to write or compose; the strokes of Chinese characters; classifier for sums of money, deals | |
| 心里 心裡 | chest; heart; mind | |
| 取 取 | to take; to get; to choose; to fetch | |
| 日子 日子 | day; a (calendar) date; days of one's life | |
| 关心 關心 | to be concerned about; to care about | |
| 排 排 | a row; a line; to set in order; to arrange; to line up; to eliminate; to drain; to push open; platoon; raft; classifier for lines, rows etc | |
| 办公室 辦公室 | office; business premises; bureau | |
| 刚才 剛才 | just now; a moment ago | |
| 提出 提出 | to raise (an issue); to propose; to put forward; to suggest; to post (on a website); to withdraw (cash) | |
| 广告 廣告 | to advertise; a commercial; advertisement | |
| 晚安 晚安 | Good night!; Good evening! | |
| 就要 就要 | will; shall; to be going to | |
| 改 改 | to change; to alter; to transform; to correct | |
| 自由 自由 | freedom; liberty; free; unrestricted | |
| 嘴 嘴 | mouth; beak; nozzle; spout (of teapot etc) | |
| 查 查 | to research; to check; to investigate; to examine; to refer to; to look up (e.g. a word in a dictionary) | |
| 意见 意見 | idea; opinion; suggestion; objection; complaint | |
| 意思 意思 | idea; opinion; meaning; wish; desire; interest; fun; token of appreciation, affection etc; to give as a small token; to do sth as a gesture of goodwill etc | |
| 短 短 | short; brief; to lack; weak point; fault | |
| 许多 許多 | many; a lot of; much | |
| 满 滿 | Manchu ethnic group | |
| 弄 弄 | lane; alley | |
| 健康 健康 | health; healthy | |
| 怕 怕 | to be afraid; to fear; to dread; to be unable to endure; perhaps | |
| 哭 哭 | to cry; to weep | |
| 受到 受到 | to receive (praise, an education, punishment etc); to be ...ed (praised, educated, punished etc) | |
| 变成 變成 | to change into; to turn into; to become | |
| 数 數 | to count; to count as; to regard as; to enumerate; to list |