The Last Tycoon

The Last Tycoon 2012

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

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Vocabulary

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gōng son of an official; son of nobility; your son (honorific) ∼HSK 4
Jiā excellent; joyful; auspicious ∼HSK 4
dēng mén to visit sb at home ∼HSK 4
dēng bào to publish in the newspapers ∼HSK 4
mào měi good looks; pretty (e.g. young woman) ∼HSK 4
shuài (old) commanding general; commander-in-chief; (Qing dynasty) title for a governor-general (provincial military governor) ∼HSK 4
jié bài to become sworn brothers or sisters; sworn (brothers) ∼HSK 4
féi měi fertile; luxuriant; plump; rounded ∼HSK 4
gāo grease, fat; paste, ointment ∼HSK 4
dāng bīng to serve in the army; to be a soldier ∼HSK 4
yǒu rèn liable; responsible ∼HSK 4
self-reliant ∼HSK 4
hài to kill; to cause death; to do sb to death ∼HSK 4
huò goods; (derog.) stuff; trash ∼HSK 4
guā connection; association; involvement ∼HSK 4
on the one hand ∼HSK 4
ér to avoid (doing sth) ∼HSK 4
wéi yǒu only ∼HSK 4
shěn xùn inquest; trial; interrogation; to try; to interrogate ∼HSK 4
yǒng bié to part forever; eternal parting (i.e. death) ∼HSK 4
same; uniformly; all; without exception HSK 4
zhuǎn gào to pass on; to communicate; to transmit HSK 4
fāng zhēn policy; guidelines HSK 4
jiě big sister; elder sister; older sister (also polite term of address for a girl or woman slightly older than the speaker) HSK 4
arrogant idler; self-centered show-off HSK 4
wèi not necessarily; maybe not HSK 4
ài guó to love one's country; patriotic HSK 4
jìn to promote (an idea or cause); to advance; boost HSK 4
zhǔn shí on time; punctual; on schedule HSK 4
shàng mén to drop in; to visit; to lock a door; (of a shop) to close; to go and live with one's wife's family, in effect becoming a member of her family HSK 4
guī large scale; extensive; wide scale; broad scale HSK 4
jade HSK 4
zàn zhù to support; to assist; to sponsor HSK 4
lǎo shi honest; sincere; well-behaved; naive; gullible HSK 4
huì to misunderstand; to mistake; misunderstanding HSK 4
bàn shì to handle (affairs); to work HSK 4
jiāng river HSK 4
shuō bu dìng can't say for sure; maybe HSK 4
kǒu dài pocket; bag; sack HSK 4
duō many times; repeatedly HSK 4
pàng zi fat person; fatty HSK 4
duō nián many years; for many years; longstanding HSK 4
dài to replace; to take the place of HSK 4
guī scale; scope; extent HSK 4
diàn elevator; escalator HSK 4
míng rén personage; celebrity HSK 4
jiǎn to lower; to decrease; to reduce; to subtract; to diminish HSK 4
chí dào to arrive late HSK 4
eldest brother; big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself); gang leader; boss HSK 4
kuò to expand; to enlarge; to broaden one's scope HSK 4