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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| 你我 你我 | you and I; everyone; all of us (in society); we (people in general) | |
| 这种 這種 | this kind of | |
| 三七 三七 | pseudoginseng (Panax pseudoginseng), hemostatic herb | |
| 一个人 一個人 | by oneself (without assistance); alone (without company) | |
| 找不到 找不到 | can't find | |
| 什么的 什麼的 | and so on; and so forth; and what not | |
| 家的 家的 | (old) wife | |
| 六十 六十 | sixty; 60 | |
| 这几天 這幾天 | the past few days | |
| 早点 早點 | breakfast | |
| 太好了 太好了 | very good | |
| 那个人 那個人 | lit. that person; fig. the person you have been looking for; Mr Right; the girl of one's dreams | |
| 其它 其它 | (adjective) other | |
| 十几 十幾 | more than ten; a dozen or more | |
| 到现在 到現在 | up until now; to date | |
| 到了 到了 | at last; finally; in the end | |
| 一次 一次 | first; first time; once; (math.) linear (of degree one) | |
| 七十 七十 | seventy; 70 | |
| 中的 中的 | to hit the target; (fig.) to hit the nail on the head | |
| 多大 多大 | how old?; how big?; how much?; so big; that much | |
| 几年 幾年 | a few years; several years; how many years? | |
| 军 軍 | army, military; soldiers, troops | |
| 十二 十二 | twelve; 12 | |
| 老爸 老爸 | father; dad | |
| 他日 他日 | (literary) some day; (literary) days in the past | |
| 拿来 拿來 | to bring; to fetch; to get | |
| 上半 上半 | first half | |
| 有一点 有一點 | a little; somewhat | |
| 要看 要看 | (it) depends on... | |
| 一家 一家 | the whole family; the same family; the family... (when preceded by a family name); group | |
| 不太好 不太好 | not so good; not too well | |
| 几个 幾個 | a few; several; how many | |
| 不下 不下 | to be not less than (a certain quantity, amount etc) | |
| 第二天 第二天 | next day; the morrow | |
| 影 影 | shadow; image, reflection; photograph | |
| 商会 商會 | chamber of commerce | |
| 小小 小小 | very small; very few; very minor | |
| 想来 想來 | it may be assumed that | |
| 是的 是的 | yes, that's right; variant of | |
| 也就是 也就是 | in other words; i.e. | |
| 做事 做事 | to work; to handle matters; to have a job | |
| 有点 有點 | a little | |
| 不在 不在 | not to be present; to be out; (euphemism) to pass away; to be deceased | |
| 哪一个 哪一個 | which | |
| 哪个 哪個 | which; who | |
| 半个 半個 | half of sth | |
| 想要 想要 | to want to; to feel like; to fancy; to care for sb; desirous of | |
| 去你的 去你的 | Get along with you! | |
| 还好 還好 | not bad; tolerable; fortunately | |
| 前人 前人 | predecessor; forebears; the person facing you |