Shanghai Grand

Shanghai Grand 1996

新上海滩 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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到了 到了 dào liǎo at last; finally; in the end ∼HSK 1
家的 家的 jiā de (old) wife ∼HSK 1
怎么了 怎麼了 zěn me le What's up?; What's going on?; What happened? ∼HSK 1
学人 學人 xué rén scholar; learned person ∼HSK 1
一口 一口 yī kǒu readily; flatly (deny, admit and so on); a mouthful; a bite ∼HSK 1
军 軍 jūn army, military; soldiers, troops ∼HSK 1
做事 做事 zuò shì to work; to handle matters; to have a job ∼HSK 1
这是 這是 zhè shì this is; this is the ... ∼HSK 1
你妈 你媽 nǐ mā (interjection) fuck you; (intensifier) fucking ∼HSK 1
不在 不在 bù zài not to be present; to be out; (euphemism) to pass away; to be deceased ∼HSK 1
你好 你好 nǐ hǎo hello; hi ∼HSK 1
他妈的 他媽的 tā mā de (taboo curse) damn it!; fucking ∼HSK 1
奶奶的 奶奶的 nǎi nai de damn it!; blast it! ∼HSK 1
几天 幾天 jǐ tiān several days ∼HSK 1
对上 對上 duì shàng to fit one into the other; to bring two things into contact ∼HSK 1
过客 過客 guò kè passing traveler; transient guest; sojourner ∼HSK 1
有了 有了 yǒu le I've got a solution!; to have a bun in the oven ∼HSK 1
在一起 在一起 zài yī qǐ together ∼HSK 1
下一站 下一站 xià yī zhàn the next stop (of a bus etc) ∼HSK 1
没事 沒事 méi shì it's not important; it's nothing; never mind; to have nothing to do; to be free; to be all right (out of danger or trouble) ∼HSK 1
一次 一次 yī cì first; first time; once; (math.) linear (of degree one) ∼HSK 1
一会 一會 yī huì a moment; a while; in a moment; also pr. [yi1 hui3] ∼HSK 1
走出 走出 zǒu chū to leave (a room etc); to go out through (a door etc) ∼HSK 1
说出 說出 shuō chū to speak out; to declare (one's view) ∼HSK 1
跟人 跟人 gēn rén to marry (of woman) ∼HSK 1
着呢 著呢 zhe ne comes at the end of the sentence to indicate a strong degree; quite; rather ∼HSK 1
帮会 幫會 bāng huì secret society; underworld gang ∼HSK 1
个个 個個 gè gè each one individually; each and every ∼HSK 1
好几 好幾 hǎo jǐ several; quite a few ∼HSK 1
买票 買票 mǎi piào to buy tickets; (Tw) to buy votes (in an election) ∼HSK 1
下一次 下一次 xià yī cì next ∼HSK 1
三次 三次 sān cì third; three times; (math.) degree three, cubic (equation) ∼HSK 1
等一会 等一會 děng yī huì Wait a moment!; after a while ∼HSK 1
拿来 拿來 ná lái to bring; to fetch; to get ∼HSK 1
小小 小小 xiǎo xiǎo very small; very few; very minor ∼HSK 1
好朋友 好朋友 hǎo péng you good friend; (slang) a visit from Aunt Flo (menstrual period) ∼HSK 1
每个 每個 měi gè each; every ∼HSK 1
找不着 找不著 zhǎo bu zháo to be unable to find ∼HSK 1
再不 再不 zài bù or else; alternatively ∼HSK 1
点水 點水 diǎn shuǐ to skim; lightly touching the water (as the dragonfly in the idiom 蜻蜓點水|蜻蜓点水); skin-deep ∼HSK 1
不可 不可 bù kě cannot; should not; must not ∼HSK 1
我等 我等 wǒ děng we; us (archaic) ∼HSK 1
要人 要人 yào rén important person ∼HSK 1
喝茶 喝茶 hē chá to drink tea; to get engaged; to have a serious conversation; (fig.) to have a meeting with state security agents (to be warned to behave "responsibly") ∼HSK 1
手下 手下 shǒu xià under one's control or administration; subordinates; (money etc) on hand; sb's financial means; when taking action ∼HSK 1
从来没有 從來沒有 cóng lái méi yǒu there has never been; has never had; (before a verb) has never ∼HSK 1
做人 做人 zuò rén to conduct oneself; to behave with integrity ∼HSK 1
想要 想要 xiǎng yào to want to; to feel like; to fancy; to care for sb; desirous of ∼HSK 1
买下 買下 mǎi xià to purchase (sth expensive, e.g. a house); to acquire (a company, a copyright etc) ∼HSK 1
想开 想開 xiǎng kāi to get over (a shock, bereavement etc); to avoid dwelling on unpleasant things; to accept the situation and move on ∼HSK 1