Shanghai Grand

Shanghai Grand 1996

xīn shǎng hǎi tān

Hui Man Keung is washed up on a beach near Shanghai. He is taken in by Ding Lik, a kindly beggar who is in love with Fung Ching Ching, the daughter of a prominent gangster. It isn't long before Ding Lik rises through the underworld ranks to become one of the city's most powerful gangsters.

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Vocabulary

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zhǎi narrow; narrow-minded; badly off HSK 7
tǒng chamber pot; wooden pan used as toilet; toilet bowl HSK 7
bu shì that's just the way it is; exactly! HSK 7
jùn smart; eminent; handsome; talented HSK 7
wèi zi place; seat HSK 7
bào chóu to take revenge; to avenge HSK 7
chóu hatred; animosity; enmity; foe; enemy; to feel animosity toward (the wealthy, foreigners etc) HSK 7
xīn intention; regard; kindly feelings HSK 7
fēn to tell; to instruct; to command HSK 7
lín to sprinkle; to drip; to pour; to drench HSK 7
qīn jìn intimate; to get close to HSK 7
zhí zhì lasting until; up till (the present) HSK 7
jiè to care about; to take offense; to mind HSK 7
kuàng let alone; to say nothing of; besides; what's more HSK 7
niàn to think of; to long for; to miss HSK 7
fàng guò to let off; to let slip by; to let sb get away with sth HSK 7
yǒu organic HSK 7
xiāng yān cigarette; smoke from burning incense HSK 7
hài xiū shy; embarrassed; bashful HSK 7
táng guǒ candy HSK 7
shàng si boss; superior HSK 7
fáng ài to hinder; to obstruct HSK 7
gùn stick; rod; truncheon HSK 7
qīn shǒu personally; with one's own hands HSK 7
huā yàng pattern; way of doing sth; trick; ruse; fancy-style (as in 花样滑冰 figure skating) HSK 7
chū mài to offer for sale; to sell; to sell out; to betray HSK 7
shǒu qiāng pistol HSK 7
liú xuè to bleed; to shed blood HSK 7
fèi huà nonsense; rubbish; superfluous words; You don't say!; No kidding! (gently sarcastic) HSK 7
dào shǔ to count backwards (from 10 down to 0); to count down; from the bottom (lines on a page); from the back (rows of seats) HSK 7
jūn guān officer (military) HSK 7
selfish; selfishness HSK 7
xiāng shuǐ perfume; cologne HSK 7
xìng hǎo fortunately HSK 7
zhān to moisten; to be infected by; to receive benefit or advantage through a contact; to touch HSK 7
bài tuō to request sb to do sth; please! HSK 7
zhèn to shake; to vibrate; to jolt; to quake; excited; shocked; one of the Eight Trigrams 卦, symbolizing thunder; ☳ HSK 7
guī ju lit. compass and set square; fig. established standard; rule; customs; practices; fig. upright and honest; well-behaved HSK 7
shè xián to be a suspect (in a crime); to be suspected of HSK 7
lún tāi tire; pneumatic tire HSK 7
xíng to fulfill (one's obligations); to carry out (a task); to implement (an agreement); to perform HSK 7
lùn whatever the case; in any event; no matter what; by all possible means HSK 7
grain; granule; classifier for small round things (peas, bullets, peanuts, pills, grains etc) HSK 7
tián sweet; happy HSK 7
jìng (bound form) respectful; to respect; to offer politely HSK 7
nest; pit or hollow on the human body; lair; den; place; to harbor or shelter; to hold in check; to bend; classifier for litters and broods HSK 7
穿 穿 chuān guò to pass through HSK 7
tǎo to invite; to provoke; to demand or ask for; to send armed forces to suppress; to denounce or condemn; to marry (a woman); to discuss or study HSK 7
huì city; metropolis HSK 7
chèn to avail oneself of; to take advantage of HSK 7