Shanghai Triad

Shanghai Triad 1995

摇啊摇，摇到外婆桥 yáo ā yáo， yáo dào wàipó qiáo

Shanghai, China, 1930. When young Shuisheng arrives from the countryside, his uncle Liushu puts him at the service of Bijou, the mistress of Laoda, supreme boss of the Tang Triad, constantly threatened by his enemies, both those he knows and those lurking in the shadows.

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3.69 Beginner Director Zhang Yimou 🍅 90%

Cast

Gong Li Gong Li Bijou / Xiao Jinbao Li Baotian Li Baotian Boss Tang Laoda Sun Chun Sun Chun Song Laoer Li Xuejian Li Xuejian Uncle Liushu Liu Jiang Liu Jiang Fat Yu Fu Biao Fu Biao Laosan Chen Shu Chen Shu Shiye Wang Xiaoxiao Shuisheng Jiang Baoying Jiang Baoying Cuihua Ngai Tsang-Siu

Vocabulary

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老头子 老頭子 lǎo tóu zi (coll.) old man; (said of an aging husband) my old man Colloquialism ∼HSK 2
够 夠 gòu enough (sufficient); enough (too much); (coll.) (before adj.) really; (coll.) to reach by stretching out Colloquialism HSK 2
拉 拉 lā to pull; to play (a bowed instrument); to drag; to draw; to chat; (coll.) to empty one's bowels Colloquialism HSK 2
黄埔 黃埔 Huáng pǔ Huangpu District, Guangzhou; Whampoa (old transliteration); Guangdong Harbor Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
那时候 那時候 nà shí hou at that time HSK 2
见过 見過 jiànguò seen HSK 2
水生 水生 shuǐ shēng aquatic (plant, animal) ∼HSK 2
府 府 fǔ prefecture; prefect; government ∼HSK 2
什么时候 什麼時候 shén me shí hou when?; at what time? ∼HSK 2
不该 不該 bù gāi should not; to owe nothing ∼HSK 2
三更半夜 三更半夜 sān gēng - bàn yè (idiom) in the depth of the night; very late at night ∼HSK 2
交椅 交椅 jiāo yǐ old-style wooden folding armchair, typically featuring a footrest; (fig.) position in a hierarchy ∼HSK 2
带上 帶上 dài shàng to take along with one ∼HSK 2
一句 一句 yī jù a line of verse; a sentence ∼HSK 2
爬上 爬上 pá shàng to climb up ∼HSK 2
生人 生人 shēng rén stranger; living person; to give birth; to be born (in a certain time or place) ∼HSK 2
弄明白 弄明白 nòng míng bai to figure out how to do something ∼HSK 2
一只 一隻 yī zhǐ one (measure word for animals, boats, certain objects); a single ... ∼HSK 2
动手动脚 動手動腳 dòng shǒu dòng jiǎo to come to blows; to paw; to grope; to get fresh ∼HSK 2
弄脏 弄髒 nòng zāng to make dirty; to defile; to smear ∼HSK 2
每次 每次 měi cì every time ∼HSK 2
往外 往外 wǎng wài out; outbound; departing ∼HSK 2
物 物 wù thing, substance, creature ∼HSK 2
不一样 不一樣 bù yī yàng different; distinctive; unlike ∼HSK 2
老头 老頭 lǎo tóu old fellow; old man; father; husband ∼HSK 2
过生日 過生日 guò shēng rì to celebrate a birthday ∼HSK 2
不当 不當 bù dàng unsuitable; improper; inappropriate ∼HSK 2
当回事 當回事 dàng huí shì to take seriously (often with negative expression: "don't take it too seriously"); to treat conscientiously ∼HSK 2
备 備 bèi prepare, ready, perfect ∼HSK 2
今晚 今晚 jīn wǎn tonight ∼HSK 2
听得见 聽得見 tīng dé jiàn audible ∼HSK 2
住脚 住腳 zhù jiǎo (old) to halt; to stop ∼HSK 2
易 易 Yì change; easy ∼HSK 2
红颜 紅顏 hóng yán a beautiful woman; young beauties; youths; rosy cheeks ∼HSK 2
睛 睛 jīng eyeball; pupil of eye ∼HSK 2
看在眼里 看在眼裡 kàn zài yǎn li to observe; to take it all in ∼HSK 2
长得 長得 zhǎng de to look (pretty, the same etc) ∼HSK 2
倒像 倒像 dào xiàng (optics) inverted image ∼HSK 2
水气 水氣 shuǐ qì water vapor; steam ∼HSK 2
借钱 借錢 jiè qián to borrow money; to lend money ∼HSK 2
身 身 shēn body; trunk, hull; rad. no. 158 ∼HSK 2
才不 才不 cái bù by no means; definitely not; as if!; yeah right! ∼HSK 2
长满 長滿 zhǎng mǎn to grow all over ∼HSK 2
吃饱 吃飽 chī bǎo to eat one's fill ∼HSK 2
老成 老成 lǎo chéng mature; experienced; sophisticated ∼HSK 2
好办 好辦 hǎo bàn easy to do; easy to manage ∼HSK 2
一遍 一遍 yī biàn one time (all the way through); once through ∼HSK 2
天黑 天黑 tiān hēi to get dark; dusk ∼HSK 2
小孩子 小孩子 xiǎo hái zi child ∼HSK 2
要面子 要面子 yào miàn zi to like to look good in the eyes of others; sensitive about how one is regarded by others; proud ∼HSK 2