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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程 程 Chéng journey, trip; schedule, agenda ∼HSK 3
叔 叔 shū uncle; father's younger brother; husband's younger brother; Taiwan pr. [shu2] ∼HSK 3
静一静 靜一靜 jìng yī jìng to put sth to rest; calm down a bit! ∼HSK 3
救火 救火 jiù huǒ to put out a fire; firefighting ∼HSK 3
朱 朱 Zhū cinnabar, vermilion; surname ∼HSK 3
到时候 到時候 dào shí hòu when the moment comes; at that time ∼HSK 3
新年快乐 新年快樂 xīn nián kuài lè Happy New Year! ∼HSK 3
黄牛票 黃牛票 huáng niú piào scalped tickets ∼HSK 3
梁 梁 Liáng bridge; beam; rafters; surname ∼HSK 3
去死 去死 qù sǐ go to hell!; drop dead! ∼HSK 3
去台 去臺 qù Tái to go to Taiwan; refers to those who left China for Taiwan before the founding of PRC in 1949 ∼HSK 3
湾 灣 wān bay, cove, inlet, bend of stream ∼HSK 3
打死 打死 dǎ sǐ to kill; to beat to death ∼HSK 3
动心 動心 dòng xīn to be moved; to be tempted ∼HSK 3
开演 開演 kāi yǎn (of a play, movie etc) to begin ∼HSK 3
干嘛 幹嘛 gàn má what are you doing?; whatever for?; why on earth? ∼HSK 3
陆 陸 Lù land, continental; army ∼HSK 3
乱说 亂說 luàn shuō to talk drivel; to make irresponsible remarks ∼HSK 3
拉力 拉力 lā lì pulling force; (fig.) allure; (materials testing) tensile strength; (loanword) rally ∼HSK 3
放火 放火 fàng huǒ to set on fire; to commit arson; to create a disturbance ∼HSK 3
属下 屬下 shǔ xià subordinate; affiliated to; subsidiary ∼HSK 3
有空 有空 yǒu kòng to have time (to do sth) ∼HSK 3
接管 接管 jiē guǎn to take over; to assume control ∼HSK 3
重新装修 重新裝修 chóng xīn zhuāng xiū refurbishment; renovation ∼HSK 3
金条 金條 jīn tiáo gold bar ∼HSK 3
身亡 身亡 shēn wáng to die ∼HSK 3
一并 一並 yī bìng variant of ∼HSK 3
皮外伤 皮外傷 pí wài shāng superficial wound; a bruise ∼HSK 3
婚 婚 hūn get married; marriage, wedding ∼HSK 3
众 眾 Zhòng multitude, crowd; masses, public ∼HSK 3
人相 人相 rén xiàng physiognomy ∼HSK 3
久等 久等 jiǔ děng to wait for a long time ∼HSK 3
别管 別管 bié guǎn no matter (who, what etc) ∼HSK 3
乱成一团 亂成一團 luàn chéng yī tuán in a great mess; chaotic ∼HSK 3
一声 一聲 yī shēng first tone in Mandarin (high, level tone) ∼HSK 3
说到底 說到底 shuō dào dǐ in the final analysis; in the end ∼HSK 3
请教 請教 qǐng jiào to ask for guidance; to consult HSK 3
沙子 沙子 shā zi sand; grit HSK 3
认得 認得 rèn de to recognize; to remember sth (or sb) on seeing it; to know HSK 3
通信 通信 tōng xìn to correspond (by letter etc); to communicate; communication HSK 3
跳舞 跳舞 tiào wǔ to dance HSK 3
演唱会 演唱會 yǎn chàng huì vocal recital or concert HSK 3
民族 民族 mín zú nationality; ethnic group HSK 3
上来 上來 shàng lái to come up; to approach; (verb complement indicating success) HSK 3
能不能 能不能 néng bùnéng Can you HSK 3
只好 只好 zhǐ hǎo to have no other option but to ...; to have to; to be forced to HSK 3
静 靜 jìng still; calm; quiet; not moving HSK 3
富 富 fù rich; abundant; wealthy HSK 3
争 爭 zhēng to strive for; to vie for; to argue or debate; deficient or lacking (dialect); how or what (literary) HSK 3
始终 始終 shǐ zhōng from beginning to end; all along HSK 3