Shanghai Triad

Shanghai Triad 1995

yáo ā yáoyáo dào wài 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%

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lǎo prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity; old (of people); venerable (person); experienced; of long standing; always; all the time; of the past; very; outdated; (of meat etc) tough HSK 1
suì classifier for years (of age); year; year (of crop harvests) HSK 1
zuì hòu final; last; finally; ultimate HSK 1
fāng region; regional (away from the central administration); local HSK 1
chū lái to come out; to appear; to arise HSK 1
gào to press charges; to file a complaint HSK 1
wèn to ask; to inquire HSK 1
yàng same; like; equal to; the same as; just like HSK 1
sān three; 3 HSK 1
西 西 dōng east and west HSK 1
huí to circle; to go back; to turn around; to answer; to return; to revolve; Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims); time; classifier for acts of a play; section or chapter (of a classic book) HSK 1
qián coin; money; unit of weight, one tenth of a tael 两 HSK 1
qǐng to ask; to invite; please (do sth); to treat (to a meal etc); to request HSK 1
bié to leave; to part (from); (literary) to differentiate; to distinguish; (bound form) other; another; different; don't ...!; to fasten with a pin or clip; to stick in; to insert (in order to hinder movement); (noun suffix) category (e.g. 性别, 派别) HSK 1
zhè here HSK 1
hái zi child HSK 1
jiào to shout; to call; to order; to ask; to be called; by (indicates agent in the passive mood) HSK 1
kāi to open (transitive or intransitive); (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start; to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run; to boil; to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc); (directional complement) away; off; carat (gold); abbr. for Kelvin, 开尔文; abbr. for 开本, book format HSK 1
yǐn smile (archaic) HSK 1
shǒu hand; (formal) to hold; person engaged in certain types of work; person skilled in certain types of work; personal(ly); convenient; classifier for skill HSK 1
zhǎo dào to find HSK 1
chē car; vehicle; machine; to shape with a lathe; Kangxi radical 159 HSK 1
jiàn to see; to meet; to appear (to be sth); to interview; opinion; view HSK 1
how much; how many; several; a few HSK 1
to rise; to raise; to get up; to set out; to start; to appear; to launch; to initiate (action); to draft; to establish; to get (from a depot or counter); verb suffix, to start; starting from (a time, place, price etc); classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance; classifier for groups: batch, group HSK 1
lai to stand up; to get up; also pr. [qǐ lái] HSK 1
yuè moon; month; monthly HSK 1
hái shi still (as before); had better; unexpectedly; or HSK 1
huà dialect; language; spoken words; speech; talk; words; conversation; what sb said HSK 1
jīn tiān today; at the present; now HSK 1
Belgium; Belgian; abbr. for 比利时 HSK 1
kuài rapid; quick; speed; rate; soon; almost; to make haste; clever; sharp (of knives or wits); forthright; plainspoken; gratified; pleased; pleasant HSK 1
hái yǒu furthermore; in addition; still; also HSK 1
to beat; to strike; to hit; to break; to type; to mix up; to build; to fight; to fetch; to make; to tie up; to issue; to shoot; to calculate; to play (a game); since; from HSK 1
zhǎo to try to find; to look for; to call on sb; to find; to seek; to return; to give change HSK 1
shéi who; also pr. [shuí] HSK 1
chī to eat; to consume; to eat at (a cafeteria etc); to eradicate; to destroy; to absorb; to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc) HSK 1
huan to like; to be fond of HSK 1
gēn heel; to follow closely; to go with; (of a woman) to marry sb; with; compared with; to; towards; and (joining two nouns) HSK 1
zhè xiē these HSK 1
de -ly; structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct HSK 1
ài to love; to be fond of; to like; affection; to be inclined (to do sth); to tend to (happen) HSK 1
zěn me how?; what?; why? HSK 1
men you (plural) HSK 1
shí jiān time; period HSK 1
jiā home; family; (polite) my (sister, uncle etc); classifier for families or businesses; refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China; noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian HSK 1
shì matter; thing; item; work; affair HSK 1
zǒu to walk; to go; to run; to move (of vehicle); to visit; to leave; to go away; to die (euph.); from; through; away (in compound verbs, such as 走); to change (shape, form, meaning) HSK 1
shí hou time; length of time; moment; period HSK 1
zhī dào to know; to become aware of; also pr. [zhī dao] HSK 1