The Bold, the Corrupt and the Beautiful 2017
血观音
Madame Tang colludes and mediates between the government and the private businesses for the benefits of her all-female family. One case does not go according to plan, and an entire family close to Madame Tang fall victim to a gruesome murder. Ambition, desire and lust eventually change Tang's relationships with her own family forever.
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Vocabulary
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| 政府 政府 | government | |
| 之前 之前 | before; prior to; ago; previously; beforehand | |
| 甚至 甚至 | even; so much so that | |
| 呀 呀 | (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt) | |
| 无 無 | not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-; -less | |
| 了解 了解 | to understand; to realize; to find out | |
| 之后 之後 | after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then | |
| 却 卻 | but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though | |
| 而 而 | and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast) | |
| 别有用心 別有用心 | to have an ulterior motive (idiom) | Idiom |
| 高升 高升 | to get a promotion | Xiehouyu |
| 找死 找死 | to court death; to take a big risk | Xiehouyu |
| 没用 沒用 | useless | Xiehouyu |
| 亲 親 | parent; one's own (flesh and blood); relative; related; marriage; bride; close; intimate; in person; first-hand; in favor of; pro-; to kiss; (Internet slang) dear | Xiehouyu |
| 死人 死人 | dead person; (coll.) to die; (of a death) to happen | Colloquialism |
| 要是 要是 | (coll.) if | Colloquialism |
| 输 輸 | to lose; to be beaten; (bound form) to transport; (literary) to donate; to contribute; (coll.) to enter (a password) | Colloquialism |
| 血 血 | blood; colloquial pr. [xiě] | Colloquialism |
| 管 筦 | to take care (of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to run; to care about; tube; pipe; woodwind; classifier for tube-shaped objects; particle similar to 把 in 管...叫 constructions; writing brush; (coll.) to; towards | Colloquialism |
| 金山 金山 | Jinshan suburban district of Shanghai; Jinshan or Chinshan township in New Taipei City, Taiwan | Proper Noun |
| 太平洋 太平洋 | Pacific Ocean | Proper Noun |
| 某人 某人 | someone; a certain person; some people; I (self-address after one's surname) | Proper Noun |
| 九龙 九龍 | Kowloon district of Hong Kong | Proper Noun |
| 印尼 印尼 | Indonesia | Proper Noun |
| 台东 台東 | Taidong or Taitung city and county in Taiwan | Proper Noun |
| 耶 耶 | used in transliteration | |
| 干嘛 幹嘛 | what are you doing?; whatever for?; why on earth? | |
| 麝香猫 麝香貓 | civet (zoology) | |
| 福地 福地 | happy land; paradise | |
| 赵 趙 | surname; ancient state | |
| 整套 整套 | entire set | |
| 骑马 騎馬 | to ride a horse | |
| 兰 蘭 | orchid; elegant, graceful | |
| 阿嬷 阿嬤 | (Tw) grandma (also used to refer to or address an elderly woman) (from Taiwanese 阿媽, Tai-lo pr. [a-má]) | |
| 到时候 到時候 | when the moment comes; at that time | |
| 千金 千金 | thousand jin 斤 (pounds) of gold; money and riches; (honorific) invaluable (support); (honorific) daughter | |
| 财 財 | wealth, valuables, riches | |
| 被套 被套 | duvet cover; quilt cover; (finance) to be stuck with an asset that has decreased in value after purchase | |
| 历 歷 | history; calendar | |
| 作爱 作愛 | to make love | |
| 冥婚 冥婚 | posthumous or ghost marriage (in which at least one of the bride and groom is dead) | |
| 富贵 富貴 | riches and honor | |
| 龙头 龍頭 | faucet; tap; bicycle handlebar; chief; boss (esp. of a gang); (referring to a company) leader; front-runner; figurehead on the prow of a dragon boat | |
| 早报 早報 | morning newspaper | |
| 终 終 | end; finally, in the end | |
| 秀 秀 | ear of grain; flowering, luxuriant; refined, elegant, graceful | |
| 相偕 相偕 | together (literary) | |
| 有心 有心 | to have a mind to; to intend to; deliberately; considerate | |
| 一声 一聲 | first tone in Mandarin (high, level tone) | |
| 心包 心包 | pericardium |