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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| 聊 聊 | to chat; to depend upon (literary); temporarily; just; slightly | |
| 惊喜 驚喜 | nice surprise; to be pleasantly surprised | |
| 算是 算是 | considered to be; at last | |
| 为何 為何 | why | |
| 混 混 | to mix; to mingle; muddled; to drift along; to muddle along; to pass for; to get along with sb; thoughtless; reckless | |
| 犯 犯 | to violate; to offend; to assault; criminal; crime; to make a mistake; recurrence (of mistake or sth bad) | |
| 藏 藏 | Tibet; abbr. for Xizang or Tibet Autonomous Region 藏 | |
| 若 若 | to seem; like; as; if | |
| 副 副 | secondary; auxiliary; deputy; assistant; vice-; abbr. for 副词 adverb; classifier for pairs, sets of things & facial expressions | |
| 利 利 | sharp; favorable; advantage; benefit; profit; interest; to do good to; to benefit | |
| 尽 儘 | to the greatest extent; (when used before a noun of location) furthest or extreme; to be within the limits of; to give priority to | |
| 犯罪 犯罪 | to commit a crime; crime; offense | |
| 据 㨿 | used in 据 | |
| 便 便 | plain; informal; suitable; convenient; opportune; to urinate or defecate; equivalent to 就: then; in that case; even if; soon afterwards | |
| 入 入 | to enter; to go into; to join; to become a member of; to confirm or agree with; abbr. for 入声 | |
| 因 囙 | cause; reason; because | |
| 超 超 | to exceed; to overtake; to surpass; to transcend; to pass; to cross; ultra-; super- | |
| 于 于 | (of time or place) in; at; on; (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for; (indicating a source) from; out of; (used in comparison) than; (used in the passive voice) by | |
| 啦 啦 | (onom.) sound of singing, cheering etc; (phonetic); (dialect) to chat | |
| 与 與 | and; to give; together with | |
| 混蛋 混蛋 | scoundrel; bastard; hoodlum; wretch | Xiehouyu |
| 胡来 胡來 | to act arbitrarily regardless of the rules; to mess with sth; to make a hash of things; to cause trouble | Xiehouyu |
| 迟了 遲了 | late | Xiehouyu |
| 冒火 冒火 | to get angry; to burn with rage | Xiehouyu |
| 背黑锅 背黑鍋 | to be made a scapegoat; to be unjustly blamed | Xiehouyu |
| 彼此彼此 彼此彼此 | (idiom) you and me both; that makes two of us | Xiehouyu |
| 臭 臭 | stench; smelly; to smell (bad); repulsive; loathsome; terrible; bad; severely; ruthlessly; dud (ammunition) | Xiehouyu |
| 收拾 收拾 | to put in order; to tidy up; to pack; to repair; (coll.) to sort sb out; to fix sb | Colloquialism |
| 牢房 牢房 | jail cell; prison cell | |
| 咪 咪 | sound for calling a cat | |
| 耀 耀 | shine, sparkle, dazzle; glory | |
| 黑社会 黑社會 | criminal underworld; organized crime syndicate | |
| 怎 怎 | how (variant of 怎么) | |
| 出狱 出獄 | to be released from prison | |
| 碟 碟 | small dish, plate | |
| 巡视 巡視 | to inspect (a site); (of a dignitary) to visit; to go on an inspection tour; to survey (a scene); to scan with one's eyes | |
| 靓 靚 | make up face; ornament; quiet | |
| 捱 捱 | put off, procrastinate; endure | |
| 不公 不公 | unjust; unfair | |
| 洗手盆 洗手盆 | bathroom sink; wash basin | |
| 狱 獄 | prison, jail; case; lawsuit | |
| 大便 大便 | to defecate; excrement; feces | |
| 老兄 老兄 | elder brother (often used self-referentially); (form of address between male friends) old chap; buddy | |
| 认领 認領 | to claim (as one's property); to adopt (a child); to accept (an illegitimate child as one's own) | |
| 腻 膩 | greasy, oily, dirty; smooth | |
| 莫 莫 | do not (literary) | |
| 闲谈 閑談 | variant of | |
| 抵 抵 | resist, oppose; deny; off-set | |
| 毫 毫 | fine hair; measure of length | |
| 跪下 跪下 | to kneel down |