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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收 收 shōu to receive; to accept; to collect; to put away; to restrain; to stop; in care of (used on address line after name) HSK 2
怎样 怎樣 zěn yàng how; what kind HSK 2
近 近 jìn near; close to; approximately HSK 2
原来 原來 yuán lái original; former; originally; formerly; at first; so, actually, as it turns out HSK 2
倒 倒 dǎo to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally; to fail; to go bankrupt; to overthrow; to change (trains or buses); to move around; to resell at a profit HSK 2
清楚 清楚 qīng chu clear; distinct; to understand thoroughly; to be clear about HSK 2
感到 感到 gǎn dào to feel; to sense; to perceive HSK 2
照片 照片 zhào piàn photograph; picture HSK 2
眼 眼 yǎn eye; small hole; crux (of a matter); classifier for big hollow things (wells, stoves, pots etc) HSK 2
那样 那樣 nà yàng that kind; that sort HSK 2
感谢 感謝 gǎn xiè (express) thanks; gratitude; grateful; thankful; thanks HSK 2
好像 好像 hǎo xiàng as if; to seem like HSK 2
行为 行為 xíng wéi action; conduct; behavior; activity HSK 2
黑 黑 Hēi abbr. for Heilongjiang province 黑龙江 HSK 2
刚刚 剛剛 gāng gang just recently; just a moment ago HSK 2
全部 全部 quán bù whole; all HSK 2
留 㽞 liú to leave (a message etc); to retain; to stay; to remain; to keep; to preserve HSK 2
药 藥 yào medicine; drug; substance used for a specific purpose (e.g. poisoning, explosion, fermenting); to poison HSK 2
算 算 suàn to regard as; to figure; to calculate; to compute HSK 2
过来 過來 guò lái to come over; to manage; to handle; to be able to take care of HSK 2
办 辦 bàn to do; to manage; to handle; to go about; to run; to set up; to deal with HSK 2
检查 檢查 jiǎn chá inspection; to examine; to inspect HSK 2
狗 狗 gǒu dog HSK 2
换 換 huàn to exchange; to change (clothes etc); to substitute; to switch; to convert (currency) HSK 2
最近 最近 zuì jìn recently; soon; nearest HSK 2
份 份 fèn classifier for gifts, newspaper, magazine, papers, reports, contracts etc; variant of 分 HSK 2
面 面 miàn face; side; surface; aspect; top; classifier for objects with flat surfaces such as drums, mirrors, flags etc HSK 2
卖 賣 mài to sell; to betray; to spare no effort; to show off or flaunt HSK 2
直接 直接 zhí jiē direct (opposite: indirect 间接); immediate; straightforward HSK 2
组 組 zǔ to form; to organize; group; team; classifier for sets, series, groups of people, batteries HSK 2
越 越 Yuè generic word for peoples or states of south China or south Asia at different historical periods; abbr. for Vietnam 越南 HSK 2
以为 以為 yǐ wéi to think (i.e. to take it to be true that ...) (Usually there is an implication that the notion is mistaken – except when expressing one's own current opinion.) HSK 2
片 片 piàn thin piece; flake; a slice; film; TV play; to slice; to carve thin; partial; incomplete; one-sided; classifier for slices, tablets, tract of land, area of water; classifier for CDs, movies, DVDs etc; used with numeral 一: classifier for scenario, scene, feeling, atmosphere, sound etc; Kangxi radical 91 HSK 2
离开 離開 lí kāi to depart; to leave HSK 2
改变 改變 gǎi biàn to change; to alter; to transform HSK 2
掉 掉 diào to fall; to drop; to lag behind; to lose; to go missing; to reduce; fall (in prices); to lose (value, weight etc); to wag; to swing; to turn; to change; to exchange; to swap; to show off; to shed (hair); (used after certain verbs to express completion, fulfillment, removal etc) HSK 2
办法 辦法 bàn fǎ means; method; way (of doing sth) HSK 2
以前 以前 yǐ qián before; formerly; previous; ago HSK 2
努力 努力 nǔ lì to make an effort; to try hard; to strive; hard-working; conscientious HSK 2
加 加 jiā to add; plus; (used after an adverb such as 不, 大, 稍 etc, and before a disyllabic verb, to indicate that the action of the verb is applied to sth or sb previously mentioned); to apply (restrictions etc) to (sb); to give (support, consideration etc) to (sth) HSK 2
变 變 biàn to change; to become different; to transform; to vary; rebellion HSK 2
求 求 qiú to seek; to look for; to request; to demand; to beseech HSK 2
能够 能夠 néng gòu to be capable of; to be able to; can HSK 2
道 道 dào road; path; principle; truth; morality; reason; skill; method; Dao (of Daoism); to say; to speak; to talk; classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process; (old) circuit (administrative division) HSK 2
有人 有人 yǒu rén someone; people; anyone; there is someone there; occupied (as in restroom) HSK 2
不同 不同 bù tóng different; distinct; not the same; not alike HSK 2
只要 只要 zhǐ yào if only; so long as HSK 2
原因 原因 yuán yīn cause; origin; root cause; reason HSK 2
刚 剛 gāng hard; firm; strong; just; barely; exactly HSK 2
相信 相信 xiāng xìn to be convinced (that sth is true); to believe; to accept sth as true HSK 2