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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| 刑 刑 | punishment, penalty; law | |
| 起立 起立 | to stand; Stand up! | |
| 到访 到訪 | to pay a visit | |
| 待会 待會 | wait a minute; stop a while | |
| 屋檐 屋簷 | eaves; roof (i.e. home) | |
| 军妓 軍妓 | military prostitute | |
| 锉 銼 | (literary) to fracture (a bone); (literary) to cut; to hack; variant of | |
| 交待 交待 | variant of | |
| 嗅 嗅 | smell, scent, sniff; olfactive | |
| 酒帘 酒帘 | wine shop sign | |
| 掷 擲 | throw, hurl, cast, fling | |
| 仗 仗 | rely upon; protector; fight; war, weaponry | |
| 阻 阻 | impede, hinder, obstruct; oppose | |
| 遥 遙 | far away, distant, remote | |
| 知晓 知曉 | to know; to understand | |
| 出品 出品 | to produce an item; output; items that are produced | |
| 犯法 犯法 | to break the law | |
| 伏 伏 | crouch, crawl, lie hidden, conceal | |
| 惩 懲 | punish, reprimand; warn | |
| 勤力 勤力 | hardworking; diligent | |
| 胃病 胃病 | stomach trouble; stomach illness | |
| 胶 膠 | glue, gum, resin, rubber; sound; shin bone | |
| 舐 舐 | lick with tongue | |
| 闲事 閒事 | other people's business | |
| 从命 從命 | to obey an order; to comply; to do sb's bidding; to do as requested | |
| 倦 倦 | be tired of, weary | |
| 轿 轎 | sedan-chair, palanquin | |
| 吓坏 嚇壞 | to be terrified; to terrify sb | |
| 么 麼 | interrogative particle (variant of 嘛) | |
| 渍 漬 | soak, steep; dye; stains; sodden | |
| 怎么搞的 怎麼搞的 | How did it happen?; What's wrong?; What went wrong?; What's up? | |
| 找麻烦 找麻煩 | to look for trouble | |
| 骂人 罵人 | to swear or curse (at people); to scold or yell at someone | |
| 跳弹 跳彈 | ricochet | |
| 看戏 看戲 | to watch a play; to watch passively (i.e. from the sidelines, from the crowd) | |
| 倘 倘 | if, supposing, in event of | |
| 刺青 刺青 | to tattoo; a tattoo | |
| 毡 氈 | felt; rug, carpet | |
| 击倒 擊倒 | to knock down; knocked down | |
| 时至今日 時至今日 | (idiom) up to the present; even now; now (in contrast with the past); at this late hour | |
| 木工 木工 | woodwork; carpentry; woodworker; carpenter | |
| 可调 可調 | adjustable | |
| 标的 標的 | target; aim; objective; what one hopes to gain | |
| 对劲 對勁 | suitable; to one's liking; to get along together | |
| 召 召 | imperial decree; summon | |
| 责骂 責罵 | to scold | |
| 速 速 | fast | |
| 呆子 呆子 | fool; sucker | |
| 天杀的 天殺的 | Goddam!; goddamn; wretched | |
| 乜 乜 | to squint; (Cant.) what? huh? |