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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yǒu interesting; fascinating; amusing HSK 4
fēn shǒu to part company; to split up; to break up HSK 4
xiāng box; trunk; chest HSK 4
rán not so; no; or else; otherwise; if not; How about ...? HSK 4
liè to arrange; to line up; file; series; (in data tables) column; (Tw) row HSK 4
to rub; to scratch; to towel; to wipe with a towel; to apply (lipstick, lotion etc); to touch; to brush (past); to shred (vegetables etc) HSK 4
rén jiā household; dwelling; family; sb else's house; household business; house of woman's husband-to-be HSK 4
to substitute for; to take the place of; to replace; for; on behalf of; to stand in for HSK 4
jiū jìng to go to the bottom of a matter; after all; when all is said and done; (in an interrogative sentence) finally; outcome; result HSK 4
huò goods; money; commodity HSK 4
rán since; as; this being the case HSK 4
chōu to draw out; to pull out from in between; to remove part of the whole; (of certain plants) to sprout or bud; to whip or thrash HSK 4
mèng xiǎng (fig.) to dream of; dream HSK 4
pái mahjong tile; playing card; game pieces; signboard; plate; tablet; medal HSK 4
xǐng to wake up; to be awake; to become aware; to sober up; to come to HSK 4
shāng hài to injure; to harm HSK 4
fǎn contrary; in reverse; inside out or upside down; to reverse; to return; to oppose; opposite; against; anti-; to rebel; to use analogy; instead; abbr. for 切 phonetic system HSK 4
qīn ài dear; beloved; darling HSK 4
gēn root; basis; classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings; radical (chemistry) HSK 4
lùn no matter what or how; regardless of whether... HSK 4
zhǐ address HSK 4
xiōng brothers; younger brother; I, me (humble term used by men in public speech); brotherly; fraternal HSK 4
wáng king or monarch; best or strongest of its type; grand; great HSK 4
wèi zhi position; place; seat HSK 4
bǎo bèi treasured object; treasure; darling; baby; cowry; good-for-nothing or queer character HSK 4
fēi to not be; not; wrong; incorrect; non-; un-; in-; de-; to reproach; to blame; (coll.) to insist on; simply must Colloquialism HSK 4
jiě shì explanation; to explain; to interpret; to resolve HSK 4
guǎn not to be concerned; regardless of; no matter HSK 4
de (equivalent to 的 as possessive particle) HSK 4
wèi lái future; tomorrow; approaching; coming; pending HSK 4
xiē classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several HSK 4
shì fǒu whether (or not); if; is or isn't HSK 4
céng once; already; ever (in the past); former; previously; (past tense marker used before verb or clause) HSK 4
chǔ to reside; to live; to dwell; to be in; to be situated at; to stay; to get along with; to be in a position of; to deal with; to discipline; to punish HSK 4
duì regarding; as far as (sth) is concerned; with regard to HSK 4
zhī qián before; prior to; ago; previously; beforehand HSK 4
zhī jiān (after a noun) between; among; amid; (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 弹指之间) HSK 4
not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-; -less HSK 4
dān xīn anxious; worried; uneasy; to worry; to be anxious HSK 4
ér and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast) HSK 4
biàn - lín shāng (idiom) covered all over with cuts and bruises; beaten black and blue Idiom ∼HSK 3
zhī huó to act recklessly (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 3
zhǎo to court death; to take a big risk Xiehouyu ∼HSK 3
méi yòng useless Xiehouyu HSK 3
qīn parent; one's own (flesh and blood); relative; related; marriage; bride; close; intimate; in person; first-hand; in favor of; pro-; to kiss; (Internet slang) dear Xiehouyu HSK 3
yào shi (coll.) if Colloquialism HSK 3
shū to lose; to be beaten; (bound form) to transport; (literary) to donate; to contribute; (coll.) to enter (a password) Colloquialism HSK 3
xuè blood; colloquial pr. [xiě] Colloquialism HSK 3
Malaysia Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
Xiǎo Qiáng (slang) cockroach ("Little Qiang" was originally the name given to a dead cockroach that had supposedly been a pet of the lead character in the 1993 Hong Kong comedy movie "Flirting Scholar". Subsequently, it came to be used as a name for a Proper Noun ∼HSK 3