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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| 干脆 乾脆 | candid; direct and to the point; simply; just; might as well | |
| 打扮 打扮 | to decorate; to dress; to make up; to adorn; manner of dressing; style of dress | |
| 码头 碼頭 | dock; pier; wharf | |
| 脾气 脾氣 | character; temperament; disposition; bad temper | |
| 敲 敲 | to hit; to strike; to tap; to rap; to knock; to rip sb off; to overcharge | |
| 不许 不許 | not to allow; must not; can't | |
| 大事 大事 | major event; major political event (war or change of regime); major social event (wedding or funeral); (do sth) in a big way | |
| 鼻子 鼻子 | nose | |
| 耳朵 耳朵 | ear; handle (on a cup) | |
| 蛇 虵 | snake; serpent | |
| 脑子 腦子 | brains; mind | |
| 当年 當年 | in those days; then; in those years; during that time | |
| 回头 回頭 | to turn round; to turn one's head; later; by and by | |
| 骂 罵 | to scold; to abuse; to curse | |
| 立 立 | to stand; to set up; to establish; to lay down; to draw up; at once; immediately | |
| 咬 咬 | to bite; to nip | |
| 扔 扔 | to throw; to throw away | |
| 躲 躲 | to hide; to dodge; to avoid | |
| 仔细 仔細 | careful; attentive; cautious; to be careful; to look out | |
| 滚 滾 | to boil; to roll; to take a hike; Get lost! | |
| 可惜 可惜 | it is a pity; what a pity; unfortunately | |
| 屋 屋 | (bound form) house; (bound form) room | |
| 偷 偷 | to steal; to pilfer; to snatch; thief; stealthily | |
| 戏 戲 | trick; drama; play; show | |
| 恨 恨 | to hate; to regret | |
| 丢 丟 | to lose; to put aside; to throw | |
| 待 待 | to stay | |
| 傻 傻 | foolish | |
| 抢 搶 | (literary) to knock against (esp. to knock one's head on the ground in grief or rage); opposite in direction; contrary | |
| 陪 陪 | to accompany; to keep sb company; to assist; old variant of 赔 | |
| 杀 殺 | to kill; to murder; to attack; to weaken or reduce; to smart (dialect); (used after a verb) extremely | |
| 肯定 肯定 | to be certain; to be positive; assuredly; definitely; to give recognition; to affirm; affirmative (answer) | |
| 可 可 | (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very | |
| 花好月圆 花好月圓 | lit. lovely flowers, round moon (idiom); fig. everything is wonderful; perfect happiness; conjugal bliss | Idiom |
| 热闹 熱鬧 | bustling with noise and excitement; lively | Xiehouyu |
| 受不了 受不了 | unbearable; unable to endure; can't stand | Xiehouyu |
| 拉肚子 拉肚子 | (coll.) to have diarrhea | Colloquialism |
| 烧 燒 | to burn; to cook; to stew; to bake; to roast; to heat; to boil (tea, water etc); fever; to run a temperature; (coll.) to let things go to one's head | Colloquialism |
| 俩 倆 | two (colloquial equivalent of 两个); both; some | Colloquialism |
| 诸葛亮 諸葛亮 | Zhuge Liang (181-234), military leader and prime minister of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms period; the main hero of the fictional Romance of Three Kingdoms, where he is portrayed as a sage an | Proper Noun |
| 滚滚 滾滾 | nickname for a panda | Proper Noun |
| 小岛 小島 | Kojima (Japanese surname and place name) | Proper Noun |
| 上野 上野 | Ueno, district in Taitō Ward, Tokyo; Ueno (Japanese surname) | Proper Noun |
| 公馆 公館 | Gongguan or Kungkuan township in Miaoli county, northwest Taiwan | Proper Noun |
| 什么事 什麼事 | what matter | |
| 王八蛋 王八蛋 | bastard; son of a bitch | |
| 宋 宋 | Song dynasty; surname | |
| 郑 鄭 | the name of a state in the Zhou dynasty in the vicinity of present-day Xinzheng, a county-level city in Henan; surname Zheng; abbr. for Zhengzhou, the capital of Henan | |
| 可不 可不 | that's just the way it is; exactly! | |
| 怎么能 怎麼能 | how could one |