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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| 思过 思過 | to reflect on one's past errors | |
| 小孩子 小孩子 | child | |
| 什么地方 什麼地方 | somewhere; someplace; where | |
| 奸夫 姦夫 | male adulterer | |
| 倒楣 倒楣 | variant of | |
| 干掉 幹掉 | to get rid of | |
| 脚下 腳下 | under the foot | |
| 个头 個頭 | size; height | |
| 可就 可就 | certainly | |
| 看着办 看著辦 | to do as one sees fit; to play it by ear (according to the circumstances) | |
| 急事 急事 | urgent matter | |
| 不用客气 不用客氣 | you're welcome; don't mention it; no need to stand on ceremony | |
| 出老千 出老千 | to cheat (in gambling) | |
| 黄花 黃花 | yellow flowers (of various types); chrysanthemum; cauliflower; (yellow) daylily; a young virgin (boy or girl) | |
| 交出 交出 | to hand over | |
| 房 房 | surname Fang | |
| 听得懂 聽得懂 | to understand (by hearing); to catch (what sb says) | |
| 名下 名下 | under sb's name | |
| 向外 向外 | outward | |
| 名头 名頭 | reputation | |
| 两句 兩句 | (say) a few words | |
| 那种 那種 | that kind of | |
| 带走 帶走 | to carry; to take away | |
| 一只 一隻 | 一: one; a, an; alone · 只: only, just, simply | |
| 干练 幹練 | capable and experienced | |
| 响头 響頭 | to bump one's head; to kowtow with head-banging on the ground | |
| 有权 有權 | to have the right to; to be entitled to; to have authority; powerful | |
| 想像 想像 | to imagine; to envision; imagination | |
| 多嘴 多嘴 | talkative; to speak out of turn; to blab; to shoot one's mouth off; rumors fly | |
| 了知 了知 | (Buddhism) to fully understand; to understand completely | |
| 个位 個位 | the units place (or column) in the decimal system | |
| 不可能 不可能 | impossible; cannot; not able | |
| 身 身 | body; trunk, hull; rad. no. 158 | |
| 全数 全數 | the entire sum; the whole amount | |
| 走狗 走狗 | hunting dog; hound; (fig.) running dog; lackey | |
| 职 職 | duty, profession; office, post | |
| 家当 家當 | familial property; belongings | |
| 发冷 發冷 | to feel a chill (as an emotional response); to feel cold (as a clinical symptom) | |
| 将会 將會 | auxiliary verb introducing future action: may (be able to); will (cause); should (enable); going to | |
| 今晚 今晚 | tonight | |
| 不怕 不怕 | fearless; not worried (by setbacks or difficulties); even if; even though | |
| 这样一来 這樣一來 | thus; if this happens then | |
| 一点点 一點點 | a little bit | |
| 拿出 拿出 | to take out; to put out; to provide; to put forward (a proposal); to come up with (evidence) | |
| 干杯 乾杯 | to drink a toast; Cheers! (proposing a toast); Here's to you!; Bottoms up!; lit. dry cup | |
| 站住 站住 | to stand | |
| 做生意 做生意 | to do business | |
| 坏人 壞人 | bad person; villain | |
| 老是 老是 | always | |
| 走过 走過 | to walk past; to pass by |