The Last Tycoon 2012
大上海
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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Vocabulary
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| 公子 公子 | son of an official; son of nobility; your son (honorific) | |
| 嘉 嘉 | excellent; joyful; auspicious | |
| 登门 登門 | to visit sb at home | |
| 登报 登報 | to publish in the newspapers | |
| 貌美 貌美 | good looks; pretty (e.g. young woman) | |
| 大帅 大帥 | (old) commanding general; commander-in-chief; (Qing dynasty) title for a governor-general (provincial military governor) | |
| 结拜 結拜 | to become sworn brothers or sisters; sworn (brothers) | |
| 肥美 肥美 | fertile; luxuriant; plump; rounded | |
| 膏 膏 | grease, fat; paste, ointment | |
| 当兵 當兵 | to serve in the army; to be a soldier | |
| 有责任 有責任 | liable; responsible | |
| 自给 自給 | self-reliant | |
| 害死 害死 | to kill; to cause death; to do sb to death | |
| 货色 貨色 | goods; (derog.) stuff; trash | |
| 瓜葛 瓜葛 | connection; association; involvement | |
| 一则 一則 | on the one hand | |
| 避而不 避而不 | to avoid (doing sth) | |
| 唯有 唯有 | only | |
| 审讯 審訊 | inquest; trial; interrogation; to try; to interrogate | |
| 永别 永別 | to part forever; eternal parting (i.e. death) | |
| 一律 一律 | same; uniformly; all; without exception | |
| 转告 轉告 | to pass on; to communicate; to transmit | |
| 方针 方針 | policy; guidelines | |
| 大姐 大姐 | big sister; elder sister; older sister (also polite term of address for a girl or woman slightly older than the speaker) | |
| 大爷 大爺 | arrogant idler; self-centered show-off | |
| 未必 未必 | not necessarily; maybe not | |
| 爱国 愛國 | to love one's country; patriotic | |
| 促进 促進 | to promote (an idea or cause); to advance; boost | |
| 准时 準時 | on time; punctual; on schedule | |
| 上门 上門 | 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 | |
| 大规模 大規模 | large scale; extensive; wide scale; broad scale | |
| 玉 玉 | jade | |
| 赞助 贊助 | to support; to assist; to sponsor | |
| 老实 老實 | honest; sincere; well-behaved; naive; gullible | |
| 误会 誤會 | to misunderstand; to mistake; misunderstanding | |
| 办事 辦事 | to handle (affairs); to work | |
| 江 江 | river | |
| 说不定 說不定 | can't say for sure; maybe | |
| 口袋 口袋 | pocket; bag; sack | |
| 多次 多次 | many times; repeatedly | |
| 胖子 胖子 | fat person; fatty | |
| 多年 多年 | many years; for many years; longstanding | |
| 代替 代替 | to replace; to take the place of | |
| 规模 規模 | scale; scope; extent | |
| 电梯 電梯 | elevator; escalator | |
| 名人 名人 | personage; celebrity | |
| 减 減 | to lower; to decrease; to reduce; to subtract; to diminish | |
| 迟到 遲到 | to arrive late | |
| 大哥 大哥 | eldest brother; big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself); gang leader; boss | |
| 扩大 擴大 | to expand; to enlarge; to broaden one's scope |