The Big Boss

The Big Boss 1971

táng shān xiōng

Cheng is a young Chinese mainlander who moves in with his expatriate cousins to work at an ice factory in Thailand. He does this with a family promise never to get involved in any fights. However, when members of his family begin disappearing after meeting the management of the factory, the resulting mystery and pressures force him to break that vow and take on the villainy of the Big Boss.

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3.68 Beginner Director Lo Wei 🍅 65%

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Vocabulary

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to be afraid; to fear; to dread; to be unable to endure; perhaps HSK 2
to cry; to weep HSK 2
shōu to receive; to accept; to collect; to put away; to restrain; to stop; in care of (used on address line after name) HSK 2
zěn yàng how; what kind HSK 2
huān yíng to welcome; welcome HSK 2
jiǔ wine (esp. rice wine); liquor; spirits; alcoholic beverage HSK 2
dǎo to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally; to fail; to go bankrupt; to overthrow; to change (trains or buses); to move around; to resell at a profit HSK 2
gas; air; smell; weather; to make angry; to annoy; to get angry; vital energy; qi HSK 2
tíng to stop; to halt; to park (a car) HSK 2
qīng chu clear; distinct; to understand thoroughly; to be clear about HSK 2
wǎng to go (in a direction); to; towards; (of a train) bound for; past; previous HSK 2
hǎo xiàng as if; to seem like HSK 2
Hēi abbr. for Heilongjiang province 黑龙江 HSK 2
jiāo to hand over; to deliver; to pay (money); to turn over; to make friends; to intersect (lines); variant of 跤 HSK 2
liú to leave (a message etc); to retain; to stay; to remain; to keep; to preserve HSK 2
suàn to regard as; to figure; to calculate; to compute HSK 2
guò lái to come over; to manage; to handle; to be able to take care of HSK 2
bàn to do; to manage; to handle; to go about; to run; to set up; to deal with HSK 2
dǒng to understand; to comprehend HSK 2
rice; meter (classifier) HSK 2
kào to lean against or on; to stand by the side of; to come near to; to depend on; to trust; to fuck (vulgar); traditional military costume drama where the performers wear armor (old) HSK 2
zuì jìn recently; soon; nearest HSK 2
fèn classifier for gifts, newspaper, magazine, papers, reports, contracts etc; variant of 分 HSK 2
sentence; clause; phrase; classifier for phrases or lines of verse HSK 2
mài to sell; to betray; to spare no effort; to show off or flaunt HSK 2
fāng method; way; means HSK 2
wéi to think (i.e. to take it to be true that ...) (Usually there is an implication that the notion is mistaken – except when expressing one's own current opinion.) HSK 2
shēng to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; raw; uncooked; student HSK 2
kāi to depart; to leave HSK 2
jiǎng to speak; to explain; to negotiate; to emphasize; to be particular about; as far as sth is concerned; speech; lecture HSK 2
diào to fall; to drop; to lag behind; to lose; to go missing; to reduce; fall (in prices); to lose (value, weight etc); to wag; to swing; to turn; to change; to exchange; to swap; to show off; to shed (hair); (used after certain verbs to express completion, fulfillment, removal etc) HSK 2
bié unusual; special; very; especially; particularly; expressly; for a specific purpose; (often followed by 是) in particular HSK 2
bàn means; method; way (of doing sth) HSK 2
qián before; formerly; previous; ago HSK 2
dào road; path; principle; truth; morality; reason; skill; method; Dao (of Daoism); to say; to speak; to talk; classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process; (old) circuit (administrative division) HSK 2
yǒu rén someone; people; anyone; there is someone there; occupied (as in restroom) HSK 2
suī rán although; even though (often used correlatively with 是 or 是 etc) HSK 2
gāng hard; firm; strong; just; barely; exactly HSK 2
xiāng xìn to be convinced (that sth is true); to believe; to accept sth as true HSK 2
jiē to receive; to answer (the phone); to meet or welcome sb; to connect; to catch; to join; to extend; to take one's turn on duty; to take over for sb HSK 2
xìn letter; mail; to trust; to believe; to profess faith in; truthful; confidence; trust; at will; at random HSK 2
hòu after; later; afterwards; following; later on; in the future HSK 2
shì but; however; (used for emphasis) indeed HSK 2
quán all; whole; entire; every; complete HSK 2
wán to finish; to be over; whole; complete; entire HSK 2
cuò correct; right; not bad; pretty good HSK 2
guò (in the) past; former; previous; to go over; to pass by HSK 2
tōng guò to pass through; to get through; to adopt (a resolution); to pass (legislation); to pass (a test); by means of; through; via HSK 2
jiàn dào to see HSK 2
tou suffix for nouns HSK 2