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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| 负责 負責 | to be in charge of; to take responsibility for; to be to blame; conscientious | |
| 下去 下去 | to go down; to descend; to go on; to continue; (of a servant) to withdraw | |
| 并且 並且 | and; besides; moreover; furthermore; in addition | |
| 意义 意義 | sense; meaning; significance; importance | |
| 抓 抓 | to grab; to catch; to arrest; to snatch; to scratch | |
| 约 約 | to make an appointment; to invite; approximately; pact; treaty; to economize; to restrict; to reduce (a fraction); concise | |
| 各位 各位 | everybody; all (guests, colleagues etc); all of you | |
| 利用 利用 | to exploit; to make use of; to use; to take advantage of; to utilize | |
| 好好 好好 | well; carefully; nicely; properly | |
| 派 派 | clique; school; group; faction; to dispatch; to send; to assign; to appoint; pi (Greek letter Ππ); the circular ratio pi = 3.1415926; (loanword) pie | |
| 绝对 絕對 | absolute; unconditional | |
| 到底 到底 | finally; in the end; when all is said and done; after all; to the end; to the last | |
| 伤 傷 | to injure; injury; wound | |
| 生命 生命 | life (as the characteristic of living beings); living being; creature | |
| 合作 合作 | to cooperate; to collaborate; to work together; cooperation | |
| 联系 聯繫 | connection; contact; relation; to get in touch with; to integrate; to link; to touch | |
| 里面 裡面 | inside; interior; also pr. [lǐ mian] | |
| 代表 代表 | representative; delegate; to represent; to stand for; on behalf of; in the name of | |
| 指 指 | finger; to point at or to; to indicate or refer to; to depend on; to count on; (of hair) to stand on end | |
| 除了 除了 | besides; apart from (... also...); in addition to; except (for) | |
| 总是 總是 | always | |
| 个人 個人 | individual; personal; oneself | |
| 存在 存在 | to exist; to be; existence | |
| 比较 比較 | to compare; to contrast; comparatively; relatively; quite; comparison | |
| 根本 根本 | fundamental; basic; root; simply; absolutely (not); (not) at all | |
| 保证 保證 | guarantee; to guarantee; to ensure; to safeguard; to pledge | |
| 整个 整個 | whole; entire; total | |
| 活 活 | to live; alive; living; work; workmanship | |
| 支持 支持 | to be in favor of; to support; to back; support; backing; to stand by | |
| 保护 保護 | to protect; to defend; to safeguard; protection | |
| 强 強 | stubborn; unyielding | |
| 处理 處理 | to handle; to deal with; to punish; to treat sth by a special process; to process; to sell at reduced prices | |
| 转 轉 | see 转文 | |
| 成功 成功 | Chenggong or Chengkung town in Taitung County 台东县, southeast Taiwan | |
| 解决 解決 | to solve; to resolve; to settle (a problem); to eliminate; to wipe out (an enemy, bandits etc) | |
| 部 部 | ministry; department; section; part; division; troops; board; classifier for works of literature, films, machines etc | |
| 当然 當然 | only natural; as it should be; certainly; of course; without doubt | |
| 连 連 | to link; to join; to connect; continuously; in succession; including; (used with 也, 都 etc) even; company (military) | |
| 其实 其實 | actually; in fact; really | |
| 只有 只有 | only have ...; there is only ...; (used in combination with 才) it is only if one ... (that one can ...) (Example: 只有通过治疗才能痊愈 "the only way to cure it is with therapy"); it is only ... (who ...) (Example: 要 "only men would have such a requirement"); (used to indicate that one has no alternative) one can only (do a certain thing) (Example: 服 "the only thing you can do is give in") | |
| 决定 決定 | to decide (to do something); to resolve; decision; certainly | |
| 任何 任何 | any; whatever; whichever; whatsoever | |
| 由 由 | to follow; from; because of; due to; by; via; through; (before a noun and a verb) it is for ... to ... | |
| 一切 一切 | everything; every; all | |
| 每 每 | each; every | |
| 总 總 | general; overall; to sum up; in every case; always; invariably; anyway; after all; eventually; sooner or later; surely; (after a person's name) abbr. for 总经理 or 总编 etc | |
| 关系 關係 | relation; relationship; to concern; to affect; to have to do with; guanxi | |
| 张 張 | to open up; to spread; sheet of paper; classifier for flat objects, sheet; classifier for votes | |
| 已 已 | already; to stop; then; afterwards | |
| 心 心 | heart; mind; intention; center; core |