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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| 软绵绵 軟綿綿 | soft; velvety; flabby; weak; schmaltzy | |
| 皇 皇 | royal, imperial; ruler, superior | |
| 兔崽子 兔崽子 | brat; bastard | |
| 哀 哀 | sad, mournful, pitiful; pity | |
| 畏 畏 | fear, dread, awe, reverence | |
| 悲 悲 | sorrow, grief; sorry, sad | |
| 还愿 還願 | to redeem a vow (to a deity); to fulfill a promise; votive | |
| 恭祝 恭祝 | to congratulate respectfully; to wish good luck and success (esp. to a superior); with best wishes (in writing) | |
| 寿 壽 | old age, long life; lifespan | |
| 拜 拜 | bow, worship | |
| 奈 奈 | but, how; bear, stand, endure | |
| 何 何 | what (literary) | |
| 开罪 開罪 | to offend sb; to give offense; to displease | |
| 雄赳赳 雄赳赳 | valiantly; gallantly | |
| 似 似 | resemble (literary) | |
| 胆敢 膽敢 | to dare (negative connotation); to have the audacity to (do sth) | |
| 胃痛 胃痛 | to have a stomachache | |
| 听清 聽清 | to hear clearly | |
| 迫 廹 | coerce, force, compel; urgent | |
| 年前 年前 | by the end of the year; at the end of the year; shortly before New Year | |
| 涨价 漲價 | to appreciate (in value); to increase in price | |
| 跟前 跟前 | the front (of); (in) front; (in) sb's presence; just before (a date) | |
| 剪刀 剪刀 | scissors | |
| 舍不得 捨不得 | to hate to do sth; to hate to part with; to begrudge | |
| 大象 大象 | elephant | |
| 泼 潑 | to splash; to spill; rough and coarse; brutish | |
| 用不着 用不著 | not need; have no use for | |
| 风光 風光 | scene; view; sight; landscape; to be well-regarded; to be well-off; grand (dialect); impressive (dialect) | |
| 远处 遠處 | distant place | |
| 拾 拾 | to ascend in light steps | |
| 不停 不停 | incessant | |
| 交代 交代 | to transfer (duties to sb else); to give instructions; to tell (sb to do sth); to explain; to give an account; to brief; to confess; to account for oneself; (jocular) to come to a bad end | |
| 向上 向上 | upward; up; to advance; to try to improve oneself; to make progress | |
| 饼干 餅乾 | biscuit; cracker; cookie | |
| 礼貌 禮貌 | courtesy; politeness; manners; courteous; polite | |
| 服从 服從 | to obey (an order); to comply; to defer | |
| 终身 終身 | lifelong; all one's life; marriage | |
| 盆 盆 | basin; flower pot; unit of volume equal to 12 斗 and 8 升, approx 128 liters | |
| 面子 面子 | outer surface; the outside of sth; social prestige; face | |
| 胆 膽 | gall bladder; courage; guts; gall; inner container (e.g. bladder of a football, inner container of a thermos) | |
| 猴子 猴子 | monkey | |
| 打架 打架 | to fight; to scuffle; to come to blows | |
| 赔 賠 | to compensate for loss; to indemnify; to suffer a financial loss | |
| 闯 闖 | to rush; to charge; to dash; to break through; to temper oneself (through battling hardships) | |
| 福利 福利 | material benefit; benefit in kind; (social) welfare | |
| 众多 眾多 | numerous | |
| 忍受 忍受 | to bear; to endure | |
| 伸 伸 | to stretch; to extend | |
| 场面 場面 | scene; spectacle; occasion; situation | |
| 向前 向前 | forward; onward |