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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| 霸 覇 | tyrant, dominate | |
| 枪杀 槍殺 | to shoot dead | |
| 无声 無聲 | noiseless; noiselessly; silent | |
| 偷吃 偷吃 | to eat on the sly; to pilfer food; to be unfaithful | |
| 军营 軍營 | barracks; army camp | |
| 发国难财 發國難財 | to profiteer in a time of national calamity | |
| 袍 袍 | long gown, robe, cloak | |
| 撤出 撤出 | to withdraw; to leave; to retreat; to pull out | |
| 联络人 聯絡人 | (Tw) contact person | |
| 冠冕 冠冕 | royal crown; official hat; official; leader; chief; elegant and stately | |
| 煌 煌 | bright, shining, luminous | |
| 发迹 發跡 | to make one's mark; to go up in the world; to make one's fortune | |
| 誓 誓 | swear, pledge; oath | |
| 恭候 恭候 | to look forward to sth; to wait respectfully | |
| 抢走 搶走 | to snatch (esp related to a robbery) | |
| 插话 插話 | to interrupt (sb speaking); interruption; digression | |
| 仗 仗 | rely upon; protector; fight; war, weaponry | |
| 枪声 槍聲 | crack; shooting sound; gunshot | |
| 拦住 攔住 | to stop; to bar the way | |
| 弹头 彈頭 | warhead | |
| 弟兄们 弟兄們 | brothers; comrades; men; brethren | |
| 回信 回信 | to reply; to write back; letter written in reply | |
| 不耐烦 不耐煩 | impatient; to lose patience | |
| 报答 報答 | to repay; to requite | |
| 儿女 兒女 | children; sons and daughters; a young man and a young woman (in love) | |
| 舍不得 捨不得 | to hate to do sth; to hate to part with; to begrudge | |
| 一身 一身 | whole body; from head to toe; single person; a suit of clothes | |
| 梨 梨 | pear | |
| 预备 預備 | to prepare; to make ready; preparation; preparatory | |
| 名牌 名牌 | famous brand; nameplate; name tag | |
| 西装 西裝 | suit; Western-style clothes | |
| 礼貌 禮貌 | courtesy; politeness; manners; courteous; polite | |
| 近来 近來 | recently; lately | |
| 阻碍 阻礙 | to obstruct; to hinder; to block; obstruction; hindrance | |
| 糟 糟 | dregs; draff; pickled in wine; rotten; messy; ruined | |
| 赔 賠 | to compensate for loss; to indemnify; to suffer a financial loss | |
| 客气 客氣 | polite; courteous; formal; modest | |
| 师傅 師傅 | master; qualified worker; respectful form of address for older men | |
| 军人 軍人 | serviceman; soldier; military personnel | |
| 上下 上下 | up and down; top and bottom; old and young; length; about | |
| 偷偷 偷偷 | stealthily; secretly; covertly; furtively; on the sly | |
| 扶 扶 | to support with the hand; to help sb up; to support oneself by holding onto something; to help | |
| 联络 聯絡 | to get in touch with; to contact; to stay in contact (with); liaison; (math.) connection | |
| 干脆 乾脆 | candid; direct and to the point; simply; just; might as well | |
| 子弹 子彈 | bullet | |
| 冲动 衝動 | to have an urge; to be impetuous; impulse; urge | |
| 动手 動手 | to set about (a task); to hit; to punch; to touch | |
| 沟通 溝通 | to join; to connect; to link up; to communicate | |
| 尝 嘗 | to taste; to try (food); to experience; (literary) ever; once | |
| 全都 全都 | all; without exception |