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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有种 有種 yǒu zhǒng to have guts; to have courage; to be brave ∼HSK 3
未能 未能 wèi néng cannot; to fail to; unable to ∼HSK 3
抗日 抗日 kàng Rì to resist Japan (esp. during WW2); anti-Japanese (esp. wartime activities) ∼HSK 3
点儿 點兒 diǎn r a bit ∼HSK 3
会死 會死 huì sǐ mortal ∼HSK 3
死囚 死囚 sǐ qiú prisoner that awaits execution; convict sentenced to death; someone on death row ∼HSK 3
强奸 強姦 qiáng jiān to rape ∼HSK 3
罪名 罪名 zuì míng charge; accusation; stigma; bad name; stained reputation ∼HSK 3
容 容 Róng looks, appearance; figure, form ∼HSK 3
金银 金銀 jīn yín gold and silver ∼HSK 3
今时今日 今時今日 jīn shí jīn rì this day and age (dialect) ∼HSK 3
照看 照看 zhào kàn to look after; to attend to; to have in care ∼HSK 3
拇指 拇指 mǔ zhǐ thumb; big toe ∼HSK 3
活着 活著 huó zhe alive ∼HSK 3
乱道 亂道 luàn dào to talk drivel; to make irresponsible remarks ∼HSK 3
馆 館 guǎn variant of ∼HSK 3
板凳 板凳 bǎn dèng wooden bench or stool ∼HSK 3
楚 楚 Chǔ name of feudal state; clear ∼HSK 3
心目中 心目中 xīn mù zhōng in one's eyes; in one's estimation ∼HSK 3
病死 病死 bìng sǐ to fall ill and die; to die of illness ∼HSK 3
打死 打死 dǎ sǐ to kill; to beat to death ∼HSK 3
杀死 殺死 shā sǐ to kill ∼HSK 3
抓走 抓走 zhuā zǒu to arrest ∼HSK 3
任选 任選 rèn xuǎn to choose freely; to pick whichever one fancies ∼HSK 3
报上 報上 bào shàng in the newspaper ∼HSK 3
势 勢 shì power, force; tendency ∼HSK 3
源 源 yuán spring; source, head; surname ∼HSK 3
吹牛皮 吹牛皮 chuī niú pí to boast; to talk big ∼HSK 3
一并 一並 yī bìng variant of ∼HSK 3
焚香 焚香 fén xiāng to burn incense ∼HSK 3
相称 相稱 xiāng chèn to match; to suit; mutually compatible ∼HSK 3
抗战 抗戰 kàng zhàn war of resistance, especially the war against Japan (1937-1945) ∼HSK 3
军方 軍方 jūn fāng military ∼HSK 3
非要 非要 fēi yào to want absolutely; to insist on (doing sth) ∼HSK 3
来火 來火 lái huǒ to get angry ∼HSK 3
到时候 到時候 dào shí hòu when the moment comes; at that time ∼HSK 3
有能力 有能力 yǒu néng lì able ∼HSK 3
防身 防身 fáng shēn self-protection; to defend oneself ∼HSK 3
死伤 死傷 sǐ shāng casualties; dead and injured ∼HSK 3
简报 簡報 jiǎn bào presentation; briefing; (oral or written) brief report ∼HSK 3
露出 露出 lù chū to expose; to show; also pr. [lou4 chu1] ∼HSK 3
新居 新居 xīn jū new residence; new home ∼HSK 3
新时代 新時代 xīn shí dài new age ∼HSK 3
好久不见 好久不見 hǎo jiǔ bu jiàn long time no see ∼HSK 3
京剧 京劇 Jīng jù Beijing opera HSK 3
夜总会 夜總會 yè zǒng huì nightclub; nightspot ∼HSK 3
认得 認得 rèn de to recognize; to remember sth (or sb) on seeing it; to know HSK 3
老百姓 老百姓 lǎo bǎi xìng ordinary people; the "person in the street" HSK 3
民间 民間 mín jiān among the people; popular; folk; non-governmental; involving people rather than governments HSK 3
干吗 幹嗎 gàn má see 干嘛 HSK 3