The Big Boss 1971
唐山大兄
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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Vocabulary
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| 宵夜 宵夜 | midnight snack; late-night snack | |
| 野蛮人 野蠻人 | barbarian | |
| 正经事 正經事 | an important matter (sth work-related or productive etc) | |
| 偏门 偏門 | side door; doing things by the side door (i.e. dishonestly) | |
| 有福同享 有福同享 | 有: have, own, possess; exist · 福: happiness, good fortune, blessing · 同: same, similar; together with · 享: enjoy | |
| 走入 走入 | to walk into | |
| 识时务者为俊杰 識時務者為俊傑 | (idiom) a wise person adapts to changing circumstances | |
| 识趣 識趣 | tactful; discreet | |
| 不妙 不妙 | (of a turn of events) not too encouraging; far from good; anything but reassuring | |
| 杂工 雜工 | unskilled worker | |
| 出拳 出拳 | to throw a punch | |
| 不消 不消 | to not need; needless (to say) | |
| 依我看 依我看 | in my opinion | |
| 盯住 盯住 | to watch sb closely; to breathe down sb's neck; to mark (sports) | |
| 没命 沒命 | to lose one's life; to die; recklessly; desperately | |
| 闯祸 闖禍 | to cause an accident; to make trouble; to get into trouble | |
| 惨死 慘死 | to die tragically; to meet with a violent death | |
| 斯文 斯文 | refined; educate; cultured; intellectual; polite; gentle | |
| 只顾 只顧 | solely preoccupied (with one thing); engrossed; focusing (on sth); to look after only one aspect | |
| 要好 要好 | to be on good terms; to be close friends; striving for self-improvement | |
| 罢工 罷工 | a strike; to go on strike | |
| 有事 有事 | to be occupied with sth; to have sth on one's mind; there is something the matter | |
| 特意 特意 | specially; intentionally | |
| 查出 查出 | to find out; to discover | |
| 想不到 想不到 | unexpected; hard to imagine; it had not occurred to me; who could have thought that | |
| 凶手 兇手 | murderer; assassin | |
| 出事 出事 | to have an accident; to meet with a mishap | |
| 欺负 欺負 | to bully | |
| 四处 四處 | all over the place; everywhere and all directions | |
| 放手 放手 | to let go one's hold; to give up; to have a free hand | |
| 铺 鋪 | plank bed; place to sleep; shop; store; (old) relay station | |
| 狠 狠 | ruthless; fierce; ferocious; determined; to harden (one's heart); old variant of 很 | |
| 算了 算了 | let it be; let it pass; forget about it | |
| 一番 一番 | Some | |
| 赚钱 賺錢 | to earn money; moneymaking | |
| 毒品 毒品 | drugs; narcotics; poison | |
| 惨 慘 | miserable; wretched; cruel; inhuman; disastrous; tragic; dim; gloomy | |
| 无关 無關 | unrelated; having nothing to do (with sth else) | |
| 趟 䠀 | classifier for times, round trips or rows; a time; a trip | |
| 肯 肎 | to agree; to consent; to be willing to | |
| 赌 賭 | to bet; to gamble | |
| 至于 至於 | as for; as to; to go so far as to | |
| 托 托 | prop; support (for weight); rest (e.g. arm rest); thanks to; to hold in one's hand; to support in one's palm; to give; to base; to commit; to set; torr (unit of pressure) | |
| 足 足 | excessive | |
| 不见 不見 | not to see; not to meet; to have disappeared; to be missing | |
| 再说 再說 | to say again; to put off a discussion until later; moreover; what's more; besides | |
| 聊 聊 | to chat; to depend upon (literary); temporarily; just; slightly | |
| 赚 賺 | to cheat; to swindle | |
| 算是 算是 | considered to be; at last | |
| 混 混 | to mix; to mingle; muddled; to drift along; to muddle along; to pass for; to get along with sb; thoughtless; reckless |