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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| 每天 每天 | every day | |
| 亚 亞 | Asia; second | |
| 为上 為上 | to be valued above all else | |
| 好起来 好起來 | to get better; to improve; to get well | |
| 你妈 你媽 | (interjection) fuck you; (intensifier) fucking | |
| 妈的 媽的 | (taboo curse) damn it!; fucking | |
| 后边 後邊 | the back; the rear; the last bit; behind; near the end; at the back; later; afterwards | |
| 过日子 過日子 | to live one's life; to pass one's days; to get along | |
| 后天 後天 | the day after tomorrow; life after birth (the period in which one develops through experiences, contrasted with 天); acquired (not innate or congenital); a posteriori | |
| 一点儿 一點兒 | erhua variant of 一点; a bit; a little bit; (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit; (after an adjective, used to form the comparative) a bit more | |
| 杯子 杯子 | cup; glass | |
| 不大 不大 | not very; not too; not often | |
| 北京 北京 | Beijing, capital of the People's Republic of China | |
| 坐下 坐下 | to sit down | |
| 姐 姐 | older sister | |
| 水果 水果 | fruit | |
| 女朋友 女朋友 | girlfriend | |
| 这边 這邊 | this side; here | |
| 干什么 幹什麼 | what are you doing?; what's he up to? | |
| 是不是 是不是 | is or isn't; yes or no; whether or not | |
| 中午 中午 | noon; midday | |
| 哪儿 哪兒 | where?; wherever; anywhere; somewhere; (used in rhetorical questions) how can ...?; how could ...? | |
| 这儿 這兒 | here | |
| 百 百 | hundred; numerous; all kinds of | |
| 在家 在家 | to be at home; (at a workplace) to be in (as opposed to being away on official business 差); (Buddhism etc) to remain a layman (as opposed to becoming a monk or a nun 家) | |
| 那边 那邊 | over there; yonder | |
| 下次 下次 | next time | |
| 记住 記住 | to remember; to bear in mind; to learn by heart | |
| 九 九 | nine; 9 | |
| 考 攷 | to check; to verify; to test; to examine; to take an exam; to take an entrance exam for; deceased father | |
| 进来 進來 | to come in | |
| 帮忙 幫忙 | to help; to lend a hand; to do a favor; to do a good turn | |
| 南 南 | south | |
| 天气 天氣 | weather | |
| 没什么 沒什麼 | nothing; it doesn't matter; it's nothing; never mind | |
| 哥哥 哥哥 | older brother | |
| 进去 進去 | to go in | |
| 小姐 小姐 | young lady; miss; (slang) prostitute | |
| 国 國 | country; nation; state; (bound form) national | |
| 姐姐 姐姐 | older sister | |
| 上班 上班 | to go to work; to be on duty; to start work; to go to the office | |
| 七 七 | seven; 7 | |
| 八 八 | eight; 8 | |
| 洗 洗 | to wash; to bathe; to develop (photographs); to shuffle (cards etc); to erase (a recording) | |
| 一边 一邊 | one side; either side; on the one hand; on the other hand; doing while | |
| 坏 壞 | bad; spoiled; broken; to break down; (suffix) to the utmost | |
| 班 班 | team; class; grade; (military) squad; work shift; classifier for groups of people and scheduled transport vehicles | |
| 休息 休息 | rest; to rest | |
| 累 累 | to accumulate; to involve or implicate (Taiwan pr. [lèi]); continuous; repeated | |
| 回去 回去 | to return; to go back |