The Conman 1998
赌侠1999
A man kills an assassin by accident and when he gets out of prison, the victim's brother attempts to avenge his death.
Vocabulary
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| 艘 艘 | classifier for ships; Taiwan pr. [sāo] | |
| 拨 撥 | to push aside with the hand, foot, a stick etc; to dial; to allocate; to set aside (money); to poke (the fire); to pluck (a string instrument); to turn round; classifier: group, batch | |
| 尸体 屍體 | dead body; corpse; carcass | |
| 探 探 | to explore; to search out; to scout; to visit; to stretch forward | |
| 注 註 | to register; to annotate; note; comment | |
| 有所 有所 | somewhat; to some extent | |
| 格 格 | square; frame; rule; (legal) case; style; character; standard; pattern; (grammar) case; (classical) to obstruct; to hinder; (classical) to arrive; to come; (classical) to investigate; to study exhaustively | |
| 恐怖 恐怖 | terrible; frightful; frightening; terror; terrorist | |
| 所谓 所謂 | so-called; what is called | |
| 不知 不知 | not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) | |
| 文 文 | language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle; (old) classifier for coins; Kangxi radical 67 | |
| 而已 而已 | that's all; nothing more | |
| 则 則 | (literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then; (bound form) standard; norm; (bound form) principle; (literary) to imitate; to follow; classifier for written items | |
| 主 主 | owner; master; host; individual or party concerned; God; Lord; main; to indicate or signify; trump card (in card games) | |
| 及 及 | and; to reach; up to; in time for | |
| 以 㕥 | to use; by means of; according to; in order to; because of; at (a certain date or place) | |
| 之 之 | (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it | |
| 大吉大利 大吉大利 | great luck, great profit (idiom); everything is thriving | Idiom |
| 百无禁忌 百無禁忌 | all taboos are off (idiom); anything goes; nothing is taboo | Idiom |
| 屁滚尿流 屁滾尿流 | to piss one's pants in terror (idiom); scared witless | Idiom |
| 打退堂鼓 打退堂鼓 | lit. to beat the return drum (idiom); fig. to give up; to turn tail | Idiom |
| 卑鄙无耻 卑鄙無恥 | (idiom) shameless; despicable; devoid of integrity | Idiom |
| 亭亭玉立 亭亭玉立 | (idiom) (of a woman) slender and elegant; (idiom) (of a plant) tall and straight | Idiom |
| 偶一为之 偶一為之 | to do sth once in a while (idiom); to do sth more as an exception than the rule | Idiom |
| 济济一堂 濟濟一堂 | to congregate in one hall (idiom); to gather under one roof | Idiom |
| 呆若木鸡 呆若木雞 | lit. dumb as a wooden chicken (idiom); fig. dumbstruck | Idiom |
| 束手无策 束手無策 | lit. to have one's hands bound and be unable to do anything about it (idiom); fig. helpless in the face of a crisis | Idiom |
| 瞎扯 瞎扯 | to talk irresponsibly; to talk nonsense | Xiehouyu |
| 智勇双全 智勇雙全 | both wise and brave (idiom); possessing both wisdom and courage | Xiehouyu |
| 不成 不成 | won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be? | Xiehouyu |
| 同行 同行 | person of the same profession; of the same trade, occupation or industry | Xiehouyu |
| 高手 高手 | expert; past master; dab hand | Xiehouyu |
| 宰了 宰了 | (coll.) (typically used hyperbolically) to kill (sb) | Colloquialism |
| 瘸子 瘸子 | lame person (colloquial) | Colloquialism |
| 就算 就算 | (coll.) even if | Colloquialism |
| 嘛 嘛 | used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? | Colloquialism |
| 有没有 有沒有 | (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?; Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)? | |
| 大嫂 大嫂 | older brother's wife; sister-in-law; elder sister (respectful appellation for an older married woman) | |
| 作主 作主 | to decide; to have the final say | |
| 赌钱 賭錢 | to gamble | |
| 入球 入球 | to score a goal; goal | |
| 下注 下注 | to pour; to pour down (of rain); to lay a bet | |
| 十二码 十二碼 | 12-yard (sports); penalty kick | |
| 赛马 賽馬 | horse race; horse racing | |
| 付账 付賬 | to settle an account | |
| 小混混 小混混 | hooligan; rogue; a good-for-nothing | |
| 赌注 賭注 | stake (in a gamble); (what is at) stake | |
| 赌徒 賭徒 | gambler | |
| 蹲下 蹲下 | to squat down; to crouch | |
| 我儿 我兒 | my child |