Shanghai Triad 1995
摇啊摇,摇到外婆桥
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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Vocabulary
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| 带走 帶走 | to carry; to take away | |
| 长出 長出 | to sprout (leaves, buds, a beard etc) | |
| 开船 開船 | to set sail | |
| 碰见 碰見 | to run into; to meet (unexpectedly); to bump into | |
| 站住 站住 | to stand | |
| 里头 裡頭 | inside; interior | |
| 走开 走開 | to leave; to walk away; to beat it; to move aside | |
| 夜里 夜裡 | during the night; at night; nighttime | |
| 快要 快要 | nearly at the point of (doing sth); about to (do sth) | |
| 脏 臟 | viscera; (anatomy) organ | |
| 椅子 椅子 | chair | |
| 商量 商量 | to consult; to talk over; to discuss | |
| 半夜 半夜 | midnight; in the middle of the night | |
| 对面 對面 | (sitting) opposite; across (the street); directly in front; to be face to face | |
| 太太 太太 | married woman; Mrs.; Madam; wife | |
| 姓 姓 | family name; surname; to be surnamed | |
| 好人 好人 | good person; healthy person; person who tries not to offend anyone, even at the expense of principle | |
| 停车 停車 | to pull up (stop one's vehicle); to park; (of a machine) to stop working; to stall | |
| 小时候 小時候 | in one's childhood | |
| 有意思 有意思 | interesting; meaningful; enjoyable; fun | |
| 夏天 夏天 | summer | |
| 好久 好久 | quite a while | |
| 碗 㼝 | bowl; cup | |
| 碰 掽 | to touch; to meet with; to bump | |
| 客人 客人 | visitor; guest; customer; client | |
| 送给 送給 | to send; to give as a present | |
| 绿 綠 | green; (slang) (derived from 绿帽子) to cheat on (one's spouse or boyfriend or girlfriend) | |
| 安静 安靜 | quiet; peaceful; calm | |
| 草 艸 | grass; straw; manuscript; draft (of a document); careless; rough | |
| 放心 放心 | to feel relieved; to feel reassured; to be at ease | |
| 多久 多久 | (of time) how long?; (not) a long time | |
| 响 響 | echo; sound; noise; to make a sound; to sound; to ring; loud; classifier for noises | |
| 的话 的話 | if (coming after a conditional clause) | |
| 放下 放下 | to lay down; to put down; to let go of; to relinquish; to set aside; to lower (the blinds etc) | |
| 答应 答應 | to answer; to respond; to answer positively; to agree; to accept; to promise | |
| 随便 隨便 | as one wishes; as one pleases; at random; negligent; casual; wanton | |
| 爬 爬 | to crawl; to climb; to get up or sit up | |
| 什么样 什麼樣 | what kind?; what sort? | |
| 好多 好多 | many; quite a lot; much better | |
| 轻 輕 | light; easy; gentle; soft; reckless; unimportant; frivolous; small in number; unstressed; neutral; to disparage | |
| 黄 黃 | yellow; pornographic; to fall through | |
| 接到 接到 | to receive (letter etc) | |
| 礼物 禮物 | gift; present | |
| 疼 疼 | (it) hurts; sore; to love dearly | |
| 长大 長大 | to grow up | |
| 借 借 | to lend; to borrow; by means of; to take (an opportunity) | |
| 小心 小心 | to be careful; to take care | |
| 咱们 咱們 | we or us (including both the speaker and the person(s) spoken to); (dialect) I or me; (dialect) (in a coaxing or familiar way) you; also pr. [zá men] | |
| 打算 打算 | to plan; to intend; to calculate; plan; intention; calculation | |
| 怎么样 怎麼樣 | how?; how about?; how was it?; how are things? |