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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| 秋 秋 | autumn; fall; harvest time | |
| 迎接 迎接 | to welcome; to greet | |
| 春 旾 | spring (season); gay; joyful; youthful; love; lust; life | |
| 跳舞 跳舞 | to dance | |
| 民族 民族 | nationality; ethnic group | |
| 主意 主意 | plan; idea; decision; Beijing pr. [zhú yi] | |
| 果然 果然 | really; sure enough; as expected; if indeed | |
| 成就 成就 | accomplishment; success; achievement; to achieve (a result); to create; to bring about | |
| 订 訂 | to agree; to conclude; to draw up; to subscribe to (a newspaper etc); to order | |
| 愿望 願望 | desire; wish | |
| 福 福 | good fortune; happiness; luck | |
| 声明 聲明 | to state; to declare; statement; declaration | |
| 齐 齊 | neat; even; level with; identical; simultaneous; all together; to even sth out | |
| 赶快 趕快 | quickly; at once | |
| 离婚 離婚 | to divorce | |
| 双方 雙方 | bilateral; both sides; both parties involved | |
| 人才 人才 | talent; talented person; looks; attractive looks | |
| 举办 舉辦 | to conduct; to hold | |
| 成立 成立 | to establish; to set up; to be tenable; to hold water | |
| 念 唸 | to read; to study (a subject); to attend (a school); to read aloud; to give (sb) a tongue-lashing; to miss (sb); idea; remembrance; twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿) | |
| 胖 胖 | healthy; at ease | |
| 明确 明確 | clear-cut; definite; explicit; to clarify; to specify; to make definite | |
| 亲自 親自 | personally; in person; oneself | |
| 专门 專門 | specialist; specialized; customized | |
| 自从 自從 | since (a time); ever since | |
| 恐怕 恐怕 | fear; to dread; I'm afraid that...; perhaps; maybe | |
| 提前 提前 | to shift to an earlier date; to do sth ahead of time; in advance | |
| 上去 上去 | to go up | |
| 迷 迷 | to bewilder; crazy about; fan; enthusiast; lost; confused | |
| 存 存 | to exist; to deposit; to store; to keep; to survive | |
| 生意 生意 | life force; vitality | |
| 烟 煙 | cigarette or pipe tobacco; smoke; mist; vapour; tobacco plant; (of the eyes) to be irritated by smoke | |
| 领 領 | neck; collar; to lead; to receive; classifier for clothes, mats, screens etc | |
| 化 化 | to make into; to change into; -ization; to ... -ize; to transform; abbr. for 化学 | |
| 舞台 舞臺 | (lit. and fig.) stage; arena | |
| 费 費 | to cost; to spend; fee; wasteful; expenses | |
| 赶紧 趕緊 | hurriedly; without delay | |
| 反正 反正 | anyway; in any case; to come over from the enemy's side | |
| 任 任 | to assign; to appoint; to take up a post; office; responsibility; to let; to allow; to give free rein to; no matter (how, what etc); classifier for terms served in office, or for spouses, girlfriends etc (as in 前任男友) | |
| 简直 簡直 | simply; really | |
| 前面 前面 | ahead; in front; preceding; above; also pr. [qián mian] | |
| 旧 舊 | old; opposite: new 新; former; worn (with age) | |
| 发表 發表 | to issue; to publish | |
| 和平 和平 | Heping District of Shenyang city 沈阳市, Liaoning; Heping or Hoping Township in Taichung County 台中县, Taiwan | |
| 千万 千萬 | ten million; countless; many; one must by all means | |
| 时刻 時刻 | time; juncture; moment; period of time; constantly; always | |
| 慢慢 慢慢 | slowly | |
| 合 合 | 100 ml; one-tenth of a peck; measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth of sheng 升 or liter, or one-hundredth dou 斗 | |
| 演 演 | to develop; to evolve; to practice; to perform; to play; to act | |
| 紧 緊 | tight; strict; close at hand; near; urgent; tense; hard up; short of money; to tighten |