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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老公 老公 lǎo gōng (coll.) husband Colloquialism HSK 4
老婆 老婆 lǎo pó (coll.) wife Colloquialism HSK 4
烧 燒 shāo to burn; to cook; to stew; to bake; to roast; to heat; to boil (tea, water etc); fever; to run a temperature; (coll.) to let things go to one's head Colloquialism HSK 4
帅 帥 shuài (bound form) commander-in-chief; (bound form) to lead; to command; handsome; graceful; dashing; elegant; (coll.) cool!; sweet!; (Chinese chess) general (on the red side, equivalent to a king in Western chess) Colloquialism HSK 4
俩 倆 liǎ two (colloquial equivalent of 两个); both; some Colloquialism HSK 4
抱 抱 bào to hold; to carry (in one's arms); to hug; to embrace; to surround; to cherish; (coll.) (of clothes) to fit nicely Colloquialism HSK 4
乡里 鄉里 xiāng lǐ one's home town or village Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
黄浦江 黃浦江 Huáng pǔ Jiāng Huangpu River, major river flowing through Shanghai, dividing the city into Puxi (west of the river) and Pudong (east of the river) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
京戏 京戲 Jīng xì Beijing opera Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
日货 日貨 Rì huò Japanese goods Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
大东亚共荣圈 大東亞共榮圈 Dà Dōng yà Gòng róng quān Great East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere, Japanese wartime slogan for their short-lived Pacific Empire, first enunciated by Prime Minister Prince KONOE Fumimaro 近衛文麿|近卫文麿 in 1938 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
浙江省 浙江省 Zhè jiāng Shěng Zhejiang Province, capital Hangzhou Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
观音 觀音 Guānyīn Guanyin (Goddess of Mercy) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
国民革命军 國民革命軍 Guó mín Gé mìng jūn National Revolutionary Army Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
没想到 沒想到 méi xiǎng dào didn't expect HSK 4
知 知 zhī know ∼HSK 4
梅 梅 Méi plums; prunes; surname ∼HSK 4
少将 少將 shào jiàng major general; rear admiral; air vice marshal ∼HSK 4
什么事 什麼事 shén me shì what matter ∼HSK 4
地盘 地盤 dì pán domain; territory under one's control; foundation of a building; base of operations; crust of earth ∼HSK 4
卢 盧 Lú cottage, hut; surname; black ∼HSK 4
江湖 江湖 jiāng hú rivers and lakes; all corners of the country; remote areas to which hermits retreat; section of society operating independently of mainstream society, out of reach of the law; the milieu in which wuxia tales play out (cf.); ( ∼HSK 4
沪 滬 Hù Shanghai; river near Shanghai ∼HSK 4
意 意 Yì meaning, intent ∼HSK 4
长官 長官 zhǎng guān senior official; senior officer; commanding officer; sir (term of address for senior officer) ∼HSK 4
拜师 拜師 bài shī to formally become an apprentice to a master ∼HSK 4
另有 另有 lìng yǒu to have some other (reason etc) ∼HSK 4
战斗机 戰鬥機 zhàn dòu jī fighter (aircraft) ∼HSK 4
冲进 衝進 chōng jìn to rush in; to charge in ∼HSK 4
军警 軍警 jūn jǐng the military and the police; military alert (announcing the approach of the enemy) ∼HSK 4
楼顶 樓頂 lóu dǐng top of a building ∼HSK 4
贺 賀 Hè congratulate; send present ∼HSK 4
兄 兄 xiōng elder brother ∼HSK 4
别来无恙 別來無恙 bié lái wú yàng (literary) I trust you have been well since we last met ∼HSK 4
特务 特務 tè wu special assignment (military); special agent; operative; spy ∼HSK 4
一轮 一輪 yī lún first round or stage (of a match, election, talks, planned policy etc) ∼HSK 4
安家 安家 ān jiā to settle down; to set up a home ∼HSK 4
散伙 散夥 sàn huǒ to disband; (of a partnership, group etc) to break up ∼HSK 4
规 規 guī rules, regulations, customs, law ∼HSK 4
世局 世局 shì jú the world situation; the state of the world ∼HSK 4
书局 書局 shū jú bookstore; publishing house ∼HSK 4
逛逛 逛逛 guàng guang to roam around; to have a stroll ∼HSK 4
幸会 幸會 xìng huì nice to meet you ∼HSK 4
诗词 詩詞 shī cí verse ∼HSK 4
无人不知 無人不知 wú rén bù zhī known to everybody ∼HSK 4
反日 反日 fǎn rì anti-Japan ∼HSK 4
神父 神父 shén fu father (Catholic or Orthodox priest) ∼HSK 4
分隔 分隔 fēn gé to divide; to separate; partition ∼HSK 4
怎么会 怎麼會 zěn yāo huì how could it ∼HSK 4
到货 到貨 dào huò (of packages or shipments) to arrive ∼HSK 4