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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活该 活該 huó gāi (coll.) serve sb right; deservedly; ought; should Xiehouyu HSK 7
开口 開口 kāi kǒu to open one's mouth; to start to talk Xiehouyu HSK 7
衣裳 衣裳 yī shang (coll.) clothes Colloquialism HSK 7
嫂子 嫂子 sǎo zi (coll.) older brother's wife; sister-in-law Colloquialism HSK 7
外婆 外婆 wài pó (coll.) mother's mother; maternal grandmother Colloquialism HSK 7
娘 娘 niáng mother; young lady; (coll.) effeminate Colloquialism HSK 7
旗袍 旗袍 qí páo Chinese-style dress; cheongsam HSK 7
走漏 走漏 zǒu lòu to leak (information, secrets etc); to smuggle and evade tax; to suffer shrinkage (partial loss of goods due to theft etc) HSK 7
碍事 礙事 ài shì to be in the way; to be a hindrance; (usu. in the negative) to be of consequence; to matter HSK 7
嫁妆 嫁妝 jià zhuang dowry HSK 7
眼红 眼紅 yǎn hóng to covet; envious; jealous; green with envy; infuriated; furious HSK 7
来年 來年 lái nián next year; the coming year HSK 7
清静 清靜 qīng jìng quiet; peaceful and quiet HSK 7
顶多 頂多 dǐng duō at most; at best HSK 7
像样 像樣 xiàng yàng presentable; decent; up to par HSK 7
记性 記性 jì xing memory (ability to retain information) HSK 7
寡妇 寡婦 guǎ fu widow HSK 7
知足 知足 zhī zú content with one's situation; to know contentment (hence happiness) HSK 7
小看 小看 xiǎo kàn to look down on; to underestimate HSK 7
发呆 發呆 fā dāi to stare blankly; to be stunned; to be lost in thought HSK 7
搁 擱 gē to place; to put aside; to shelve HSK 7
别看 別看 bié kàn don't be fooled by the fact that HSK 7
伺候 伺候 cì hou to serve; to wait upon HSK 7
捂 捂 wǔ to enclose; to cover with the hand (one's eyes, nose or ears); to cover up (an affair); contrary; to contradict HSK 7
埋伏 埋伏 mái fú to ambush; to lie in wait for; to lie low; ambush HSK 7
着眼 著眼 zhuó yǎn to have one's eyes on (a goal); having sth in mind; to concentrate HSK 7
张扬 張揚 Zhāng Yáng Zhang Yang (1967-), PRC film director and screenwriter HSK 7
蚊子 蚊子 wén zi mosquito HSK 7
料理 料理 liào lǐ to arrange; to handle; to cook; cuisine; art of cooking HSK 7
歌舞 歌舞 gē wǔ singing and dancing HSK 7
不容 不容 bù róng must not; cannot; to not allow; cannot tolerate HSK 7
首饰 首飾 shǒu shì jewelry; head ornament HSK 7
乡下 鄉下 xiāng xia countryside; rural area HSK 7
发脾气 發脾氣 fā pí qì to get angry HSK 7
计较 計較 jì jiào to bother about; to haggle; to bicker; to argue; plan; stratagem HSK 7
稀 稀 xī rare; uncommon; watery; sparse HSK 7
人手 人手 rén shǒu manpower; staff; human hand HSK 7
可不是 可不是 kě bu shì that's just the way it is; exactly! HSK 7
报仇 報仇 bào chóu to take revenge; to avenge HSK 7
余 餘 yú extra; surplus; remaining; remainder after division; (following numerical value) or more; in excess of (some number); residue (math.); after; I; me HSK 7
夸 夸 kuā used in 克 HSK 7
偏偏 偏偏 piān piān (indicates that sth turns out just the opposite of what one would wish) unfortunately; as it happened; (indicates that sth is the opposite of what would be normal or reasonable) stubbornly; contrarily; against reason; (indicates that sb or a group is singled out) precisely; only; of all people HSK 7
进出 進出 jìn chū to enter or exit; to go through HSK 7
天地 天地 tiān dì heaven and earth; world; scope; field of activity HSK 7
怪不得 怪不得 guài bu de no wonder!; so that's why! HSK 7
当真 當真 dàng zhēn to take seriously; serious; No joking, really! HSK 7
吩咐 吩咐 fēn fù to tell; to instruct; to command HSK 7
碰上 碰上 pèng shàng to run into; to come upon; to meet HSK 7
伸手 伸手 shēn shǒu to reach out with one's hand; to hold out a hand; (fig.) to beg; to get involved; to meddle HSK 7
保管 保管 bǎo guǎn to hold in safekeeping; to have in one's care; to guarantee; certainly; surely; custodian; curator HSK 7