The Last Tycoon

The Last Tycoon 2012

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

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Vocabulary

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zhū hog; pig; swine HSK 3
happy; cheerful; to laugh HSK 3
yǎn chū to act (in a play); to perform; to put on (a performance); performance; concert; show HSK 3
hài to be afraid; to be scared HSK 3
weapon; arms HSK 3
fan trouble; inconvenience; inconvenient; troublesome; annoying; to bother sb; to put sb to trouble HSK 3
xuān to declare; to announce; to proclaim HSK 3
dài to substitute; to act on behalf of others; to replace; generation; dynasty; age; period; (historical) era; (geological) eon HSK 3
shì room; work unit; grave; scabbard; family or clan; one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy HSK 3
jià to support; frame; rack; framework; classifier for planes, large vehicles, radios etc HSK 3
shì undertaking; project; activity; (charitable, political or revolutionary) cause; publicly funded institution, enterprise or foundation; career; occupation HSK 3
dāo knife; blade; single-edged sword; cutlass; (slang) dollar (loanword); classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper); classifier for knife cuts or stabs HSK 3
broken; damaged; worn out; lousy; rotten; to break, split or cleave; to get rid of; to destroy; to break with; to defeat; to capture (a city etc); to expose the truth of HSK 3
zhōng to concentrate; to centralize; to focus; centralized; concentrated; to put together HSK 3
měi beautiful HSK 3
guān zhòng spectators; audience; visitors (to an exhibition etc) HSK 3
tòng ache; pain; sorrow; deeply; thoroughly HSK 3
shàng miàn on top of; above-mentioned; also pr. [shàng mian] HSK 3
duàn unceasing; uninterrupted; continuous; constant HSK 3
shí shàng in fact; in reality; as a matter of fact; in practice HSK 3
cóng lái always; at all times; never (if used in negative sentence) HSK 3
jiù to save; to assist; to rescue HSK 3
zhèng shì formal; official HSK 3
luàn in confusion or disorder; in a confused state of mind; disorder; upheaval; riot; illicit sexual relations; to throw into disorder; to mix up; indiscriminate; random; arbitrary HSK 3
wēi xiǎn danger; dangerous HSK 3
zhù to pray for; to wish (sb bon voyage, happy birthday etc); person who invokes the spirits during sacrificial ceremonies HSK 3
lǎo bǎn boss; business proprietor HSK 3
jiàn to establish; to set up; to found HSK 3
zhào according to; in accordance with; to shine; to illuminate; to reflect; to look at (one's reflection); to take (a photo); photo; as requested; as before HSK 3
guī dìng to stipulate; to specify; to prescribe; to fix (a price); to set (a quota); regulations; rules; provisions; stipulations HSK 3
nán dào don't tell me ...; could it be that...? HSK 3
kùn nan difficult; challenging; straitened circumstances; difficult situation HSK 3
jià zhí value; worth; fig. values (ethical, cultural etc) HSK 3
biǎo yǎn play; show; performance; exhibition; to perform; to act; to demonstrate HSK 3
jiǔ (long) time; (long) duration of time HSK 3
tiào to jump; to hop; to skip over; to bounce; to palpitate HSK 3
jǐn zhāng nervous; keyed up; intense; tense; strained; in short supply; scarce HSK 3
shǔ to be classified as; to belong to; to be part of HSK 3
each; every HSK 3
a step; a pace; walk; march; stages in a process; situation HSK 3
rén mín the people HSK 3
shī to lose HSK 3
rèn responsibility; blame; duty HSK 3
xìng happiness; happy; blessed HSK 3
huì meeting; conference HSK 3
zhī to support; to sustain; to erect; to raise; branch; division; to draw money; classifier for rods such as pens and guns, for army divisions and for songs or compositions HSK 3
mǒu some; a certain; sb or sth indefinite; such-and-such HSK 3
gǎn to dare; daring; (polite) may I venture HSK 3
ān pái to arrange; to plan; to set up; arrangements; plans HSK 3
chéng city walls; city; town HSK 3