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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| 哥 哥 | elder brother | |
| 关 關 | mountain pass; to close; to shut; to turn off; to confine; to lock (sb) up; to shut (sb in a room, a bird in a cage etc); to concern; to involve | |
| 记 記 | to record; to note; to memorize; to remember; mark; sign; classifier for blows, kicks, shots | |
| 早上 早上 | early morning | |
| 常 常 | always; ever; often; frequently; common; general; constant | |
| 认真 認真 | conscientious; earnest; serious; to take seriously; to take to heart | |
| 忘 忘 | to forget; to overlook; to neglect | |
| 不用 不用 | need not | |
| 读 讀 | to read out; to read aloud; to read; to attend (school); to study (a subject in school); to pronounce | |
| 教 教 | religion; teaching; to make; to cause; to tell | |
| 回到 回到 | to return to | |
| 床 床 | bed; couch; classifier for beds | |
| 票 票 | ticket; ballot; banknote; person held for ransom; amateur performance of Chinese opera; classifier for groups, batches, business transactions | |
| 来到 來到 | to arrive; to come | |
| 试 試 | to test; to try; experiment; examination; test | |
| 高兴 高興 | happy; glad; willing (to do sth); in a cheerful mood | |
| 说话 說話 | to speak; to say; to talk; to gossip; to tell stories; talk; word | |
| 看见 看見 | to see; to catch sight of | |
| 十 十 | ten; 10 | |
| 忙 忙 | busy; hurriedly; to hurry; to rush | |
| 马上 馬上 | at once; right away; immediately; on horseback (i.e. by military force) | |
| 名字 名字 | name (of a person or thing) | |
| 医生 醫生 | doctor | |
| 六 六 | six; 6 | |
| 老师 老師 | teacher | |
| 学习 學習 | to learn; to study | |
| 出去 出去 | to go out | |
| 那里 那裏 | there; that place | |
| 包 包 | to cover; to wrap; to hold; to include; to take charge of; to contract (to or for); package; wrapper; container; bag; to hold or embrace; bundle; packet | |
| 哪里 哪裏 | where?; somewhere; anywhere; wherever; nowhere (negative answer to question); humble expression denying compliment; also written 哪里 | |
| 元 元 | currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan); first; original; primary; fundamental; constituent; part; era (of a reign); meta- (prefix); (math.) argument; variable; (Tw) (geology) eon | |
| 身体 身體 | the body; one's health; in person | |
| 半 半 | half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half | |
| 记得 記得 | to remember | |
| 杯 杯 | cup; trophy cup; classifier for certain containers of liquids: glass, cup | |
| 明白 明白 | clear; obvious; unequivocal; to understand; to realize | |
| 儿子 兒子 | son | |
| 二 二 | two; 2; (Beijing dialect) stupid | |
| 口 口 | mouth; classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc); classifier for bites or mouthfuls | |
| 子 子 | son; child; seed; egg; small thing; 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the Rat; Viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 位; ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north); subsidiary; subordinate; sub- | |
| 真的 真的 | really, truly, indeed | |
| 医院 醫院 | hospital | |
| 重 重 | to repeat; repetition; again; re-; classifier: layer | |
| 动 動 | (of sth) to move; to set in movement; to displace; to touch; to make use of; to stir (emotions); to alter; abbr. for 动词, verb | |
| 男 男 | male; Baron, lowest of five orders of nobility 位 | |
| 五 五 | five; 5 | |
| 书 書 | abbr. for 书经 | |
| 晚 晚 | evening; night; late | |
| 回家 回家 | to return home | |
| 哪 哪 | how; which |