Shanghai Grand 1996
新上海滩
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.
Vocabulary
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| 作弄 作弄 | to tease; to play tricks on | |
| 好惹 好惹 | accommodating; easy to push around | |
| 撑腰 撐腰 | to support; to brace | |
| 欠揍 欠揍 | to need a spanking | |
| 惹火 惹火 | to stir up the fire; fig. to provoke and offend people; to ruffle feathers | |
| 货仓 貨倉 | warehouse | |
| 私吞 私吞 | to misappropriate (public funds etc); to embezzle | |
| 残废 殘廢 | deformity; handicapped | |
| 花旗 花旗 | the Stars and Stripes (US flag); by extension, the United States of America; abbr. for Citibank 花旗銀行|花旗银行 | |
| 偏要 偏要 | to insist on doing sth; must do it, despite everything | |
| 剖腹自杀 剖腹自殺 | hara-kiri | |
| 东床快婿 東床快婿 | ideal son-in-law (idiom); a fine bridegroom (alludes to Wang Xizhi) | |
| 皇军 皇軍 | imperial army (esp. Japanese) | |
| 真命天子 真命天子 | the true Son of Heaven (idiom); the rightful, heaven-ordained emperor | |
| 涮羊肉 涮羊肉 | Mongolian hot pot; instant-boiled mutton (dish) | |
| 夜宵 夜宵 | midnight snack | |
| 幕后黑手 幕後黑手 | malign agent who manipulates from behind the scenes; hidden hand | |
| 何人 何人 | who | |
| 啰嗦 囉嗦 | variant of | |
| 山峰 山峰 | (mountain) peak | |
| 匪徒 匪徒 | gangster; bandit | |
| 处长 處長 | department head; section chief | |
| 要好 要好 | to be on good terms; to be close friends; striving for self-improvement | |
| 出面 出面 | to appear personally; to step in; to step forth; to show up | |
| 早晚 早晚 | morning and evening; (dialect) some time in the future; some day | |
| 要不然 要不然 | otherwise; or else; or | |
| 有事 有事 | to be occupied with sth; to have sth on one's mind; there is something the matter | |
| 想不到 想不到 | unexpected; hard to imagine; it had not occurred to me; who could have thought that | |
| 顾 顧 | to look after; to take into consideration; to attend to | |
| 晓得 曉得 | to know | |
| 横 橫 | horizontal; across; crosswise; horizontal stroke (in Chinese characters); to place (sth) flat (on a surface); to cross (a river, etc); in a jumble; chaotic; (in fixed expressions) harsh and unreasonable; violent | |
| 净 淨 | clean; completely; only; net (income, exports etc); (Chinese opera) painted face male role | |
| 欺负 欺負 | to bully | |
| 浮 浮 | to float; superficial; floating; unstable; movable; provisional; temporary; transient; impetuous; hollow; inflated; to exceed; superfluous; excessive; surplus | |
| 四处 四處 | all over the place; everywhere and all directions | |
| 凶 兇 | terrible; fearful | |
| 放手 放手 | to let go one's hold; to give up; to have a free hand | |
| 妙 妙 | clever; wonderful | |
| 铺 鋪 | to spread; to display; to set up; (old) holder for door-knocker | |
| 捡 撿 | to pick up; to collect; to gather | |
| 救命 救命 | to save sb's life; (interj.) Help!; Save me! | |
| 蹲 蹲 | to crouch; to squat; to stay (somewhere) | |
| 狠 狠 | ruthless; fierce; ferocious; determined; to harden (one's heart); old variant of 很 | |
| 算了 算了 | let it be; let it pass; forget about it | |
| 主角 主角 | leading role; lead; protagonist | |
| 伤口 傷口 | wound; cut | |
| 赚钱 賺錢 | to earn money; moneymaking | |
| 惨 慘 | miserable; wretched; cruel; inhuman; disastrous; tragic; dim; gloomy | |
| 扎 扎 | used in 挣扎 | |
| 猛 猛 | ferocious; fierce; violent; brave; suddenly; abrupt; (slang) awesome |