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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tyrant, dominate ∼HSK 5
qiāng shā to shoot dead ∼HSK 5
shēng noiseless; noiselessly; silent ∼HSK 5
tōu chī to eat on the sly; to pilfer food; to be unfaithful ∼HSK 5
jūn yíng barracks; army camp ∼HSK 5
guó nàn cái to profiteer in a time of national calamity ∼HSK 5
páo long gown, robe, cloak ∼HSK 5
chè chū to withdraw; to leave; to retreat; to pull out ∼HSK 5
lián luò rén (Tw) contact person ∼HSK 5
guān miǎn royal crown; official hat; official; leader; chief; elegant and stately ∼HSK 5
huáng bright, shining, luminous ∼HSK 5
to make one's mark; to go up in the world; to make one's fortune ∼HSK 5
shì swear, pledge; oath ∼HSK 5
gōng hòu to look forward to sth; to wait respectfully ∼HSK 5
qiǎng zǒu to snatch (esp related to a robbery) ∼HSK 5
chā huà to interrupt (sb speaking); interruption; digression ∼HSK 5
zhàng rely upon; protector; fight; war, weaponry ∼HSK 5
qiāng shēng crack; shooting sound; gunshot ∼HSK 5
lán zhù to stop; to bar the way ∼HSK 5
dàn tóu warhead ∼HSK 5
xiōng men brothers; comrades; men; brethren ∼HSK 5
huí xìn to reply; to write back; letter written in reply HSK 5
nài fán impatient; to lose patience HSK 5
bào to repay; to requite HSK 5
ér children; sons and daughters; a young man and a young woman (in love) HSK 5
shě bu de to hate to do sth; to hate to part with; to begrudge HSK 5
shēn whole body; from head to toe; single person; a suit of clothes HSK 5
pear HSK 5
bèi to prepare; to make ready; preparation; preparatory HSK 5
míng pái famous brand; nameplate; name tag HSK 5
西 西 zhuāng suit; Western-style clothes HSK 5
mào courtesy; politeness; manners; courteous; polite HSK 5
jìn lái recently; lately HSK 5
ài to obstruct; to hinder; to block; obstruction; hindrance HSK 5
zāo dregs; draff; pickled in wine; rotten; messy; ruined HSK 5
péi to compensate for loss; to indemnify; to suffer a financial loss HSK 5
qi polite; courteous; formal; modest HSK 5
shī fu master; qualified worker; respectful form of address for older men HSK 5
jūn rén serviceman; soldier; military personnel HSK 5
shàng xià up and down; top and bottom; old and young; length; about HSK 5
tōu tōu stealthily; secretly; covertly; furtively; on the sly HSK 5
to support with the hand; to help sb up; to support oneself by holding onto something; to help HSK 5
lián luò to get in touch with; to contact; to stay in contact (with); liaison; (math.) connection HSK 5
gān cuì candid; direct and to the point; simply; just; might as well HSK 5
dàn bullet HSK 5
chōng dòng to have an urge; to be impetuous; impulse; urge HSK 5
dòng shǒu to set about (a task); to hit; to punch; to touch HSK 5
gōu tōng to join; to connect; to link up; to communicate HSK 5
cháng to taste; to try (food); to experience; (literary) ever; once HSK 5
quán dōu all; without exception HSK 5