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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| 挤 擠 | to crowd in; to cram in; to force others aside; to press; to squeeze; to find (time in one's busy schedule) | |
| 后悔 後悔 | to regret; to feel remorse | |
| 咬 咬 | to bite; to nip | |
| 只不过 只不過 | only; merely; nothing but; no more than; it's just that ... | |
| 硬 硬 | hard; stiff; solid; (fig.) strong; firm; resolutely; uncompromisingly; laboriously; with great difficulty; good (quality); able (person); (of food) filling; substantial | |
| 扔 扔 | to throw; to throw away | |
| 烂 爛 | soft; mushy; well-cooked and soft; to rot; to decompose; rotten; worn out; chaotic; messy; utterly; thoroughly; crappy; bad | |
| 躲 躲 | to hide; to dodge; to avoid | |
| 欠 欠 | to owe; to lack; (literary) to be deficient in; (bound form) yawn; to raise slightly (a part of one's body) | |
| 逃 逃 | to escape; to run away; to flee | |
| 可惜 可惜 | it is a pity; what a pity; unfortunately | |
| 可怜 可憐 | pitiful; pathetic; to have pity on | |
| 尊重 尊重 | to esteem; to respect; to honor; to value; eminent; serious; proper | |
| 厉害 厲害 | (used to describe sb or sth that makes a very strong impression, whether favorable or unfavorable) terrible; intense; severe; devastating; amazing; awesome; outstanding; (of a person) stern; strict; harsh; shrewd; tough; (of an animal) fierce; (of a resemblance) striking; (of liquor or chili pepper) strong; (of bacteria) virulent | |
| 吓 嚇 | to scare; to intimidate; to threaten; (interjection showing disapproval) tut-tut; (interjection showing astonishment) | |
| 偷 偷 | to steal; to pilfer; to snatch; thief; stealthily | |
| 运 運 | to move; to transport; to use; to apply; fortune; luck; fate | |
| 恨 恨 | to hate; to regret | |
| 疯 瘋 | insane; mad; wild | |
| 拒绝 拒絕 | to refuse; to decline; to reject | |
| 枪 槍 | gun; firearm; rifle; spear; thing with shape or function similar to a gun; to substitute for another person in a test; to knock; classifier for rifle shots | |
| 讨厌 討厭 | to dislike; to loathe; disagreeable; troublesome; annoying | |
| 棒 棒 | stick; club; cudgel; smart; capable; strong; wonderful; classifier for legs of a relay race | |
| 关键 關鍵 | crucial point; crux; key; crucial; pivotal | |
| 享受 享受 | to enjoy; to live it up; pleasure | |
| 哈 哈 | abbr. for 哈萨克斯坦, Kazakhstan; abbr. for 哈尔滨, Harbin | |
| 杀 殺 | to kill; to murder; to attack; to weaken or reduce; to smart (dialect); (used after a verb) extremely | |
| 其 其 | his; her; its; their; that; such; it (refers to sth preceding it) | |
| 搞 搞 | to do; to make; to go in for; to set up; to get hold of; to take care of | |
| 将 將 | will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把) | |
| 可 可 | (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very | |
| 来不及 來不及 | there's not enough time (to do sth); it's too late (to do sth) | Xiehouyu |
| 冷静 冷靜 | calm; cool-headed; dispassionate; (of a place) deserted; quiet | Xiehouyu |
| 老婆 老婆 | (coll.) wife | Colloquialism |
| 烧 燒 | to burn; to cook; to stew; to bake; to roast; to heat; to boil (tea, water etc); fever; to run a temperature; (coll.) to let things go to one's head | Colloquialism |
| 俩 倆 | two (colloquial equivalent of 两个); both; some | Colloquialism |
| 同盟会 同盟會 | Tongmenghui, Sun Yat-sen's alliance for democracy, founded 1905, became the Guomindang 國民黨|国民党 in 1912 | Proper Noun |
| 吉林 吉林 | Jilin Province, capital Changchun; Jilin, prefecture-level city in Jilin Province | Proper Noun |
| 梁山 梁山 | Liangshan city and County in Jining, Shandong | Proper Noun |
| 国民革命军 國民革命軍 | National Revolutionary Army | Proper Noun |
| 乱世佳人 亂世佳人 | Gone with the Wind (film) | Proper Noun |
| 礼拜三 禮拜三 | Wednesday | Proper Noun |
| 栖霞 棲霞 | Qixia, county-level city in Yantai, Shandong; Qixia District of Nanjing City 南京市 in Jiangsu 江蘇|江苏 | Proper Noun |
| 会安 會安 | Hoi An (in Vietnam) | Proper Noun |
| 圣诞快乐 聖誕快樂 | Merry Christmas | Proper Noun |
| 没想到 沒想到 | didn't expect | |
| 什么事 什麼事 | what matter | |
| 屎 屎 | excrement, shit, dung | |
| 什么人 什麼人 | what kind of person | |
| 矮子 矮子 | short person; dwarf |