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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交待 交待 jiāo dài variant of ∼HSK 5
什么话 什麼話 shén yāo huà what kind of talk ∼HSK 5
舞场 舞場 wǔ chǎng dance hall ∼HSK 5
谦 謙 qiān humble, modest ∼HSK 5
安插 安插 ān chā to place in a certain position; to assign to a job; to plant; resettlement (old) ∼HSK 5
冰淇淋 冰淇淋 bīng qí lín ice cream ∼HSK 5
仗 仗 zhàng rely upon; protector; fight; war, weaponry ∼HSK 5
府上 府上 fǔ shàng (courteous) home; residence (not one's own) ∼HSK 5
器重 器重 qì zhòng to regard sth as valuable; to think highly of (a younger person, a subordinate etc) ∼HSK 5
谄 諂 chǎn flatter, truckle, toady ∼HSK 5
姑 姑 gū paternal aunt; husband's sister; husband's mother (old); nun; for the time being (literary) ∼HSK 5
辈儿 輩兒 bèi r generation ∼HSK 5
血战 血戰 xuè zhàn bloody battle ∼HSK 5
拜 拜 bài bow, worship ∼HSK 5
弟兄 弟兄 dì xiong brothers ∼HSK 5
表姑 表姑 biǎo gū father's female cousin via female line ∼HSK 5
侄子 姪子 zhí zi brother's son; nephew ∼HSK 5
妖精 妖精 yāojing demon spirit ∼HSK 5
耳朵眼儿 耳朵眼兒 ěr duo yǎn r earhole; ear piercing hole; earring hole ∼HSK 5
红木 紅木 hóng mù red wood; mahogany; rosewood; padauk ∼HSK 5
呐 吶 na modal particle ∼HSK 5
可好 可好 kě hǎo good or not?; luckily; fortuitously ∼HSK 5
轿 轎 jiào sedan-chair, palanquin ∼HSK 5
鹊 鵲 què magpie; Pica species (various) ∼HSK 5
红胡子 紅胡子 hóng hú zi band of mounted bandits in Manchuria (archaic) ∼HSK 5
闲事 閒事 xián shì other people's business ∼HSK 5
辈子 輩子 bèi zi all one's life; lifetime ∼HSK 5
小姑 小姑 xiǎo gū father's youngest sister; husband's younger sister; sister-in-law ∼HSK 5
出声 出聲 chū shēng to make a sound; to speak; to cry out ∼HSK 5
鸿运 鴻運 hóng yùn variant of ∼HSK 5
一品 一品 yī pǐn superb; first-rate; (of officials in imperial times) the highest rank ∼HSK 5
逍遥 逍遙 xiāo yáo free and unfettered ∼HSK 5
代劳 代勞 dài láo to do sth in place of sb else ∼HSK 5
舍得 捨得 shě de to be willing to part with sth HSK 5
辈 輩 bèi lifetime; generation; group of people; class; classifier for generations; (literary) classifier for people HSK 5
敲门 敲門 qiāo mén to knock on a door HSK 5
一身 一身 yī shēn whole body; from head to toe; single person; a suit of clothes HSK 5
铃声 鈴聲 líng shēng ring; ringtone; bell stroke; tintinnabulation HSK 5
铃 鈴 líng (small) bell HSK 5
面子 面子 miàn zi outer surface; the outside of sth; social prestige; face HSK 5
胆 膽 dǎn gall bladder; courage; guts; gall; inner container (e.g. bladder of a football, inner container of a thermos) HSK 5
城里 城裡 chénglǐ In the city HSK 5
脚步 腳步 jiǎo bù footstep; step HSK 5
模样 模樣 mú yàng look; style; appearance; approximation; about; also pr. [mó yàng] HSK 5
隔壁 隔壁 gé bì next door; neighbor HSK 5
摘 摘 zhāi to take; to borrow; to pick (flowers, fruit etc); to pluck; to select; to remove; to take off (glasses, hat etc) HSK 5
上下 上下 shàng xià up and down; top and bottom; old and young; length; about HSK 5
偷偷 偷偷 tōu tōu stealthily; secretly; covertly; furtively; on the sly HSK 5
也好 也好 yě hǎo that's fine; may as well; (reduplicated) regardless of whether ... or ... HSK 5
挣 掙 zhēng used in 挣扎 HSK 5