The Last Tycoon

The Last Tycoon 2012

大上海 dà shǎng hǎi

Cheng, a young man who is set up by the chief of police, must leave the life he knows and Qiu, the woman he loves, to start again. After escaping prison Cheng quickly and violently moves his way up the ladder of Shanghais criminal underworld to become on the most powerful mob bosses in Shanghais history. But fame and notoriety take their toll when Cheng finds himself stuck between the looming Japanese army and the scheming local secret service. Matters are only made worse when he bumps into the love of his life QIU, along with her writer husband. Will love re-kindle in the dusk of an era?

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4.13 Intermediate Director Wong Jing IMDb 6.5

Cast

Chow Yun-Fat Chow Yun-Fat Cheng Daqi Huang Xiaoming Huang Xiaoming Cheng Daqi (young) Sammo Hung Kam-Bo Sammo Hung Kam-Bo Hong Shouting Francis Ng Chun-Yu Francis Ng Chun-Yu Máo Zài Yuan Quan Yuan Quan Ye Zhiqiu Yuan Li Yuan Li Ling Husheng Monica Mok Siu-Kei Monica Mok Siu-Kei Bao Kimmy Tong Fei Kimmy Tong Fei younger Bao Gao Hu Gao Hu Lin Huai Xin Baiqing Xin Baiqing Cheng Zhaimei

Vocabulary

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太岁头上动土 太歲頭上動土 tài suì tóu shàng dòng tǔ 太: very, too, much; big; extreme · 岁: year; age; harvest · 头: head; top; chief, first; boss · 上: top; superior, highest; go up, send up · 动: move, happen; movement, action · 土: soil, earth; items made of earth Idiom ∼HSK 7
素不相识 素不相識 sù bù xiāng shí to be total strangers (idiom) Idiom HSK 7
理所当然 理所當然 lǐ suǒ dāng rán as it should be by rights (idiom); proper and to be expected as a matter of course; inevitable and right Idiom HSK 7
照办 照辦 zhào bàn to follow the rules; to do as instructed; to play by the book; to comply with a request Xiehouyu HSK 7
与众不同 與眾不同 yǔ zhòng bù tóng to stand out from the masses (idiom) Xiehouyu HSK 7
冒险 冒險 mào xiǎn to take risks; to take chances; foray; adventure Xiehouyu HSK 7
闺女 閨女 guī ˙nu: maiden; unmarried woman; (coll.) daughter Colloquialism HSK 7
姥姥 姥姥 lǎo lao (coll.) mother's mother; maternal grandmother Colloquialism HSK 7
现任 現任 xiàn rèn to occupy a post currently; current (president etc); incumbent; (coll.) current boyfriend (girlfriend, spouse) Colloquialism HSK 7
干戈 干戈 gān gē weapons of war; arms HSK 7
亏本 虧本 kuī běn to make a loss HSK 7
受惊 受驚 shòu jīng startled HSK 7
领事 領事 lǐng shì consul HSK 7
下山 下山 xià shān to go down a hill; (of the sun or moon) to set HSK 7
管教 管教 guǎn jiào to discipline; to teach; to guarantee HSK 7
摆平 擺平 bǎi píng to be fair; to be impartial; to settle (a matter etc) HSK 7
惊动 驚動 jīng dòng to alarm; to startle; to disturb HSK 7
谎话 謊話 huǎng huà lie HSK 7
上头 上頭 shàng tóu (of alcohol) to go to one's head; (old) (of a bride-to-be) to bind one's hair into a bun; (of a prostitute) to receive a patron for the first time HSK 7
繁华 繁華 fán huá flourishing; bustling HSK 7
肩负 肩負 jiān fù to shoulder (a burden); to bear; to suffer (a disadvantage) HSK 7
弟子 弟子 dì zǐ disciple; follower HSK 7
果真 果真 guǒ zhēn really; as expected; sure enough; if indeed...; if it's really... HSK 7
搁 擱 gē to place; to put aside; to shelve HSK 7
溢 溢 yì to overflow; (literary) excessive; old variant of 镒 HSK 7
凳子 凳子 dèng zi stool; small seat HSK 7
脱身 脫身 tuō shēn to get away; to escape (from obligations); to free oneself; to disengage HSK 7
随即 隨即 suí jí immediately; presently; following which HSK 7
戒备 戒備 jiè bèi to take precautions; to guard against (emergency) HSK 7
安稳 安穩 ān wěn steady; stable; sedate; calm; (of sleep) sound; (of a transition) smooth HSK 7
富豪 富豪 fù háo rich and powerful person HSK 7
多亏 多虧 duō kuī thanks to; luckily HSK 7
专程 專程 zhuān chéng specifically; specially (for that purpose) HSK 7
夸奖 誇獎 kuā jiǎng to praise; to applaud; to compliment HSK 7
名气 名氣 míng qì reputation; fame HSK 7
来宾 來賓 Lái bīn Laibin prefecture-level city in Guangxi HSK 7
辜负 辜負 gū fù to fail to live up (to expectations); unworthy (of trust); to let down; to betray (hopes); to disappoint HSK 7
不肯 不肯 bù kěn Refuse HSK 7
活儿 活兒 huó r work; (lots of) things to do HSK 7
荒谬 荒謬 huāng miù absurd; ridiculous HSK 7
庙 廟 miào temple; ancestral shrine; temple fair; great imperial hall; imperial HSK 7
恐吓 恐嚇 kǒng hè to threaten; to menace HSK 7
磕 磕 kē to tap; to knock (against sth hard); to knock (mud from boots, ashes from a pipe etc) HSK 7
好说 好說 hǎo shuō easy to deal with; not a problem; (polite answer) you flatter me HSK 7
不容 不容 bù róng must not; cannot; to not allow; cannot tolerate HSK 7
糊 䊀 hú muddled; paste; scorched HSK 7
发财 發財 fā cái to get rich HSK 7
宣告 宣告 xuān gào to declare; to proclaim HSK 7
保重 保重 bǎo zhòng to take care of oneself HSK 7
抵制 抵制 dǐ zhì to resist; to boycott; to refuse (to cooperate); to reject; resistance; refusal HSK 7