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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| 乖 乖 | (of a child) obedient, well-behaved; clever; shrewd; alert; perverse; contrary to reason; irregular; abnormal | |
| 荣誉 榮譽 | honor; credit; glory; (honorable) reputation; honorary | |
| 寻 尋 | to search; to look for; to seek | |
| 恶 惡 | used in 恶心 | |
| 钥匙 鑰匙 | key | |
| 老大 老大 | old age; very; eldest child in a family; leader of a group; boss; captain of a boat; leader of a criminal gang | |
| 竟 竟 | unexpectedly; actually; to go so far as to; indeed | |
| 屁股 屁股 | buttocks; bottom; butt; back part | |
| 惹 惹 | to provoke; to irritate; to vex; to stir up; to anger; to attract (troubles); to cause (problems) | |
| 望 望 | full moon; to hope; to expect; to visit; to gaze (into the distance); to look towards; towards | |
| 告 告 | to say; to tell; to announce; to report; to denounce; to file a lawsuit; to sue | |
| 穿着 穿著 | attire; clothes; dress | |
| 公寓 公寓 | apartment building; block of flats | |
| 斗 斗 | abbr. for the Big Dipper constellation 星 | |
| 灰 灰 | ash; dust; lime; gray; discouraged; dejected | |
| 尿 尿 | to urinate; urine | |
| 惊 驚 | to startle; to be frightened; to be scared; alarm | |
| 恭喜 恭喜 | to congratulate; (interj.) congratulations! | |
| 且 且 | and; moreover; yet; for the time being; to be about to; both (... and...) | |
| 即 即 | namely; that is; i.e.; prompt; at once; at present; even if; prompted (by the occasion); to approach; to come into contact; to assume (office); to draw near | |
| 不知 不知 | not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) | |
| 经 經 | classics; sacred book; scripture; to pass through; to undergo; to bear; to endure; warp (textile); longitude; menstruation; channel (TCM); abbr. for economics 经济 | |
| 而已 而已 | that's all; nothing more | |
| 未 未 | not yet; did not; have not; not; 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep; ancient Chinese compass point: 210° | |
| 及 及 | and; to reach; up to; in time for | |
| 以 㕥 | abbr. for Israel 列 | |
| 混账 混賬 | shameful; absolutely disgraceful! | Xiehouyu |
| 浑蛋 渾蛋 | variant of | Xiehouyu |
| 自讨苦吃 自討苦吃 | (idiom) to ask for trouble; to make a rod for one's own back | Xiehouyu |
| 打小报告 打小報告 | (coll.) to tattletale; to rat on sb | Colloquialism |
| 就算 就算 | (coll.) even if | Colloquialism |
| 嘛 嘛 | used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? | Colloquialism |
| 有没有 有沒有 | (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?; Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)? | |
| 蹲下 蹲下 | to squat down; to crouch | |
| 刑期 刑期 | prison term | |
| 拖把 拖把 | mop | |
| 查清 查清 | to find out; to ascertain; to get to the bottom of; to clarify | |
| 单打独斗 單打獨鬥 | to fight alone (idiom) | |
| 告密 告密 | to inform against sb | |
| 甜蜜蜜 甜蜜蜜 | very sweet | |
| 毒瘾 毒癮 | drug addiction | |
| 小便 小便 | urine; to urinate; (euphemism) penis or vulva | |
| 纵使 縱使 | even if; even though | |
| 出人命 出人命 | fatal; resulting in sb's death | |
| 我儿 我兒 | my child | |
| 太平绅士 太平紳士 | Justice of the Peace (JP) | |
| 菜肴 菜餚 | vegetable and meat dishes; dish | |
| 标会 標會 | private loan association where money is allocated through bidding; meeting of such an association; to win the bidding at such a meeting | |
| 公家 公家 | the public; the state; society; the public purse | |
| 熟识 熟識 | to be well acquainted with; to know well |