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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霸 覇 bà tyrant, dominate ∼HSK 5
枪杀 槍殺 qiāng shā to shoot dead ∼HSK 5
无声 無聲 wú shēng noiseless; noiselessly; silent ∼HSK 5
偷吃 偷吃 tōu chī to eat on the sly; to pilfer food; to be unfaithful ∼HSK 5
军营 軍營 jūn yíng barracks; army camp ∼HSK 5
发国难财 發國難財 fā guó nàn cái to profiteer in a time of national calamity ∼HSK 5
袍 袍 páo long gown, robe, cloak ∼HSK 5
撤出 撤出 chè chū to withdraw; to leave; to retreat; to pull out ∼HSK 5
联络人 聯絡人 lián luò rén (Tw) contact person ∼HSK 5
冠冕 冠冕 guān miǎn royal crown; official hat; official; leader; chief; elegant and stately ∼HSK 5
煌 煌 huáng bright, shining, luminous ∼HSK 5
发迹 發跡 fā jì to make one's mark; to go up in the world; to make one's fortune ∼HSK 5
誓 誓 shì swear, pledge; oath ∼HSK 5
恭候 恭候 gōng hòu to look forward to sth; to wait respectfully ∼HSK 5
抢走 搶走 qiǎng zǒu to snatch (esp related to a robbery) ∼HSK 5
插话 插話 chā huà to interrupt (sb speaking); interruption; digression ∼HSK 5
仗 仗 zhàng rely upon; protector; fight; war, weaponry ∼HSK 5
枪声 槍聲 qiāng shēng crack; shooting sound; gunshot ∼HSK 5
拦住 攔住 lán zhù to stop; to bar the way ∼HSK 5
弹头 彈頭 dàn tóu warhead ∼HSK 5
弟兄们 弟兄們 dì xiōng men brothers; comrades; men; brethren ∼HSK 5
回信 回信 huí xìn to reply; to write back; letter written in reply HSK 5
不耐烦 不耐煩 bù nài fán impatient; to lose patience HSK 5
报答 報答 bào dá to repay; to requite HSK 5
儿女 兒女 ér nǚ children; sons and daughters; a young man and a young woman (in love) HSK 5
舍不得 捨不得 shě bu de to hate to do sth; to hate to part with; to begrudge HSK 5
一身 一身 yī shēn whole body; from head to toe; single person; a suit of clothes HSK 5
梨 梨 lí pear HSK 5
预备 預備 yù bèi to prepare; to make ready; preparation; preparatory HSK 5
名牌 名牌 míng pái famous brand; nameplate; name tag HSK 5
西装 西裝 xī zhuāng suit; Western-style clothes HSK 5
礼貌 禮貌 lǐ mào courtesy; politeness; manners; courteous; polite HSK 5
近来 近來 jìn lái recently; lately HSK 5
阻碍 阻礙 zǔ ài to obstruct; to hinder; to block; obstruction; hindrance HSK 5
糟 糟 zāo dregs; draff; pickled in wine; rotten; messy; ruined HSK 5
赔 賠 péi to compensate for loss; to indemnify; to suffer a financial loss HSK 5
客气 客氣 kè qi polite; courteous; formal; modest HSK 5
师傅 師傅 shī fu master; qualified worker; respectful form of address for older men HSK 5
军人 軍人 jūn rén serviceman; soldier; military personnel HSK 5
上下 上下 shàng xià up and down; top and bottom; old and young; length; about HSK 5
偷偷 偷偷 tōu tōu stealthily; secretly; covertly; furtively; on the sly HSK 5
扶 扶 fú to support with the hand; to help sb up; to support oneself by holding onto something; to help HSK 5
联络 聯絡 lián luò to get in touch with; to contact; to stay in contact (with); liaison; (math.) connection HSK 5
干脆 乾脆 gān cuì candid; direct and to the point; simply; just; might as well HSK 5
子弹 子彈 zǐ dàn bullet HSK 5
冲动 衝動 chōng dòng to have an urge; to be impetuous; impulse; urge HSK 5
动手 動手 dòng shǒu to set about (a task); to hit; to punch; to touch HSK 5
沟通 溝通 gōu tōng to join; to connect; to link up; to communicate HSK 5
尝 嘗 cháng to taste; to try (food); to experience; (literary) ever; once HSK 5
全都 全都 quán dōu all; without exception HSK 5