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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| 义务 義務 | duty; obligation; volunteer (work etc) | |
| 稳 穩 | settled; steady; stable | |
| 清醒 清醒 | clear-headed; sober; awake | |
| 对付 對付 | to handle; to deal with; to tackle; to get by with; to make do; (dialect) (usu. used in the negative) to get along with (sb) | |
| 亚洲 亞洲 | Asia (abbr. for 亚细亚洲) | |
| 平静 平靜 | tranquil; undisturbed; serene | |
| 弱 弱 | weak; feeble; young; inferior; not as good as; (following a decimal or fraction) slightly less than | |
| 散 㪚 | scattered; loose; to come loose; to fall apart; leisurely; powdered medicine | |
| 地下 地下 | underground; subterranean; covert | |
| 登 登 | to scale (a height); to ascend; to mount; to publish or record; to enter (e.g. in a register); to press down with the foot; to step or tread on; to put on (shoes or trousers) (dialect); to be gathered and taken to the threshing ground (old) | |
| 地位 地位 | position; status; place | |
| 摸 摸 | to feel with the hand; to touch; to stroke; to grope; to steal; to abstract | |
| 新鲜 新鮮 | fresh (experience, food etc); freshness; novel; uncommon | |
| 守 守 | to guard; to defend; to keep watch; to abide by the law; to observe (rules or ritual); nearby; adjoining | |
| 湿 濕 | moist; wet | |
| 镜头 鏡頭 | camera lens; camera shot (in a movie etc); scene | |
| 财产 財產 | property; assets; estate | |
| 出席 出席 | to attend; to participate; present | |
| 兵 兵 | soldiers; a force; an army; weapons; arms; military; warlike | |
| 批 批 | to ascertain; to act on; to criticize; to pass on; classifier for batches, lots, military flights; tier (for the ranking of universities and colleges) | |
| 放松 放鬆 | to relax; to slacken; to loosen | |
| 挑 挑 | to carry on a shoulder pole; to choose; to pick; to nitpick | |
| 不然 不然 | not so; no; or else; otherwise; if not; How about ...? | |
| 归 歸 | to return; to go back to; to give back to; (of a responsibility) to be taken care of by; to belong to; to gather together; (used between two identical verbs) despite; to marry (of a woman) (old); division on the abacus with a one-digit divisor | |
| 夫人 夫人 | lady; madam; Mrs. | |
| 闹 鬧 | noisy; cacophonous; to make noise; to disturb; to vent (feelings); to fall ill; to have an attack (of sickness); to go in (for some activity); to joke | |
| 女士 女士 | lady; madam; Miss; Ms | |
| 出色 出色 | remarkable; outstanding | |
| 美女 美女 | beautiful woman | |
| 贴 貼 | to stick; to paste; to post (e.g. on a blog); to keep close to; to fit snugly; to subsidize; allowance (e.g. money for food or housing); sticker; classifier for sticking plaster: strip | |
| 宝 寶 | jewel; gem; treasure; precious | |
| 摆 擺 | to arrange; to exhibit; to move to and fro; a pendulum | |
| 人家 人家 | household; dwelling; family; sb else's house; household business; house of woman's husband-to-be | |
| 替 替 | to substitute for; to take the place of; to replace; for; on behalf of; to stand in for | |
| 究竟 究竟 | to go to the bottom of a matter; after all; when all is said and done; (in an interrogative sentence) finally; outcome; result | |
| 敌人 敵人 | enemy | |
| 儿童 兒童 | child | |
| 既然 既然 | since; as; this being the case | |
| 顶 頂 | apex; crown of the head; top; roof; most; to carry on the head; to push to the top; to go against; to replace; to substitute; to be subjected to (an aerial bombing, hailstorm etc); (slang) to "bump" a forum thread to raise its profile; classifier for headwear, hats, veils etc | |
| 秘密 秘密 | secret; private; confidential; clandestine; a secret | |
| 安 安 | (bound form) calm; peaceful; to calm; to set at ease; safe; secure; in good health; content; satisfied (as in 安于); to place (sb) in a suitable position (job); to install; to fix; to fit; to bring (a charge against sb); to harbor (certain intentions); ampere (abbr. for 培) | |
| 著名 著名 | famous; noted; well-known; celebrated | |
| 否则 否則 | otherwise; if not; or (else) | |
| 身份 身份 | identity; aspect of one's identity (i.e. sth that one is – mayor, father, permanent resident etc); role; capacity (as in "in his capacity as a ..." 以…份); status (social, legal etc); position; rank | |
| 醒 醒 | to wake up; to be awake; to become aware; to sober up; to come to | |
| 倍 倍 | (two, three etc) -fold; times (multiplier); double; to increase or multiply | |
| 的确 的確 | really; indeed | |
| 翻 翻 | to turn over; to flip over; to overturn; to rummage through; to translate; to decode; to double; to climb over or into; to cross | |
| 丈夫 丈夫 | husband | |
| 怪 怪 | bewildering; odd; strange; uncanny; devil; monster; to wonder at; to blame; quite; rather |