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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| 政治 政治 | politics; political | |
| 伤害 傷害 | to injure; to harm | |
| 战争 戰爭 | war; conflict | |
| 根 根 | root; basis; classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings; radical (chemistry) | |
| 投 投 | to cast; to send; to throw oneself (into the river etc); to seek refuge; to place oneself into the hands of | |
| 兄弟 兄弟 | brothers; younger brother; I, me (humble term used by men in public speech); brotherly; fraternal | |
| 附近 附近 | nearby; neighboring; (in the) vicinity (of); neighborhood | |
| 宝贝 寶貝 | treasured object; treasure; darling; baby; cowry; good-for-nothing or queer character | |
| 位置 位置 | position; place; seat | |
| 几乎 幾乎 | almost; nearly; practically | |
| 解释 解釋 | explanation; to explain; to interpret; to resolve | |
| 不管 不管 | not to be concerned; regardless of; no matter | |
| 包括 包括 | to comprise; to include; to involve; to incorporate; to consist of | |
| 看来 看來 | apparently; it seems that | |
| 未来 未來 | future; tomorrow; approaching; coming; pending | |
| 法 㳒 | France; French; abbr. for 法国; Taiwan pr. [Fà] | |
| 些 些 | classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several | |
| 定 定 | to set; to fix; to determine; to decide; to order | |
| 研究 研究 | research; a study; to research; to look into | |
| 自 自 | self; oneself; from; since; naturally; surely | |
| 政府 政府 | government | |
| 之前 之前 | before; prior to; ago; previously; beforehand | |
| 之间 之間 | (after a noun) between; among; amid; (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 弹指之间) | |
| 呀 呀 | (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt) | |
| 无 無 | not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-; -less | |
| 之后 之後 | after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then | |
| 却 卻 | but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though | |
| 而 而 | and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast) | |
| 送死 送死 | to throw away one's life | Xiehouyu |
| 死不了 死不了 | Portulaca Sundial (a type of plant) | Xiehouyu |
| 死路一条 死路一條 | (idiom) dead end; road to ruin | Xiehouyu |
| 没用 沒用 | useless | Xiehouyu |
| 铁哥们 鐵哥們 | (coll.) very close male friends | Colloquialism |
| 要是 要是 | (coll.) if | Colloquialism |
| 血 血 | blood; colloquial pr. [xiě] | Colloquialism |
| 管 筦 | to take care (of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to run; to care about; tube; pipe; woodwind; classifier for tube-shaped objects; particle similar to 把 in 管...叫 constructions; writing brush; (coll.) to; towards | Colloquialism |
| 城隍 城隍 | Shing Wong (deity in Chinese mythology) | Proper Noun |
| 东亚 東亞 | East Asia | Proper Noun |
| 叶 葉 | to harmonize, to rhyme; to unite; (borrowed for) leaf | |
| 程 程 | journey, trip; schedule, agenda | |
| 兰 蘭 | orchid; elegant, graceful | |
| 绝不 絕不 | in no way; not in the least; absolutely not | |
| 去死 去死 | go to hell!; drop dead! | |
| 不愿 不願 | unwilling | |
| 总有 總有 | inevitably there will be | |
| 相好 相好 | to be intimate; close friend; paramour | |
| 到齐 到齊 | to be all present | |
| 范 範 | surname; bee-like insect | |
| 舒 舒 | open up, unfold, stretch out; comfortable, easy | |
| 要死 要死 | extremely; awfully |