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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腰身 腰身 yāo shēn waist; waistline ∼HSK 4
大伙 大夥 dà huǒ everybody; everyone; we all ∼HSK 4
结成 結成 jié chéng to form; to forge (alliances etc) ∼HSK 4
屎 屎 shǐ excrement, shit, dung ∼HSK 4
怎么会 怎麼會 zěn yāo huì how could it ∼HSK 4
没办法 沒辦法 méi bàn fǎ there is nothing to be done; one can't do anything about it ∼HSK 4
什么人 什麼人 shén me rén what kind of person ∼HSK 4
专卖 專賣 zhuān mài monopoly; exclusive right to trade ∼HSK 4
仔 仔 zǎi small thing, child; young animal ∼HSK 4
稳当 穩當 wěn dang reliable; secure; stable; firm ∼HSK 4
肚脐眼 肚臍眼 dù qí yǎn navel; belly button ∼HSK 4
前头 前頭 qián tou in front; at the head; ahead; above HSK 4
能干 能幹 néng gàn capable; competent HSK 4
学问 學問 xué wèn learning; knowledge HSK 4
下楼 下樓 xià lóu to go downstairs HSK 4
上楼 上樓 shàng lóu to go upstairs HSK 4
晚点 晚點 wǎn diǎn (of trains etc) late; delayed; behind schedule; light dinner HSK 4
豆腐 豆腐 dòu fu tofu; bean curd HSK 4
伞 傘 sǎn umbrella; parasol HSK 4
泪 淚 lèi tears HSK 4
老实 老實 lǎo shi honest; sincere; well-behaved; naive; gullible HSK 4
楼梯 樓梯 lóu tī stair; staircase HSK 4
办事 辦事 bàn shì to handle (affairs); to work HSK 4
江 江 jiāng river HSK 4
着急 著急 zháo jí to worry; to feel anxious; to feel a sense of urgency; to be in a hurry; Taiwan pr. [zhāo jí] HSK 4
多次 多次 duō cì many times; repeatedly HSK 4
胖子 胖子 pàng zi fat person; fatty HSK 4
棵 棵 kē classifier for trees, cabbages, plants etc HSK 4
笨 笨 bèn stupid; foolish; silly; slow-witted; clumsy HSK 4
细 細 xì thin or slender; finely particulate; thin and soft; fine; delicate; trifling; (of a sound) quiet; frugal HSK 4
大哥 大哥 dà gē eldest brother; big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself); gang leader; boss HSK 4
反而 反而 fǎn ér on the contrary; instead HSK 4
帽子 帽子 mào zi hat; cap; (fig.) label; bad name HSK 4
稳 穩 wěn settled; steady; stable HSK 4
摇 搖 yáo to shake; to rock; to row; to crank HSK 4
睡着 睡著 shuì zháo to fall asleep HSK 4
肚子 肚子 dù zi belly; abdomen; stomach HSK 4
摸 摸 mō to feel with the hand; to touch; to stroke; to grope; to steal; to abstract HSK 4
守 守 shǒu to guard; to defend; to keep watch; to abide by the law; to observe (rules or ritual); nearby; adjoining HSK 4
似的 似的 shì de seems as if; rather like; Taiwan pr. [sì de] HSK 4
箱 箱 xiāng box; trunk; chest HSK 4
脱 脫 tuō to shed; to take off; to escape; to get away from HSK 4
不然 不然 bù rán not so; no; or else; otherwise; if not; How about ...? HSK 4
归 歸 guī to return; to go back to; to give back to; (of a responsibility) to be taken care of by; to belong to; to gather together; (used between two identical verbs) despite; to marry (of a woman) (old); division on the abacus with a one-digit divisor HSK 4
闹 鬧 nào noisy; cacophonous; to make noise; to disturb; to vent (feelings); to fall ill; to have an attack (of sickness); to go in (for some activity); to joke HSK 4
透 透 tòu (bound form) to penetrate; to seep through; to tell secretly; to leak; thoroughly; through and through; to appear; to show HSK 4
宝宝 寶寶 bǎo bao darling; baby HSK 4
擦 擦 cā to rub; to scratch; to towel; to wipe with a towel; to apply (lipstick, lotion etc); to touch; to brush (past); to shred (vegetables etc) HSK 4
宝 寶 bǎo jewel; gem; treasure; precious HSK 4
躺 躺 tǎng to recline; to lie down HSK 4