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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| 哥 哥 | elder brother | |
| 关 關 | mountain pass; to close; to shut; to turn off; to confine; to lock (sb) up; to shut (sb in a room, a bird in a cage etc); to concern; to involve | |
| 记 記 | to record; to note; to memorize; to remember; mark; sign; classifier for blows, kicks, shots | |
| 飞机 飛機 | airplane | |
| 常 常 | always; ever; often; frequently; common; general; constant | |
| 房子 房子 | house; building (single- or two-story); apartment; room | |
| 忘 忘 | to forget; to overlook; to neglect | |
| 不用 不用 | need not | |
| 教 教 | religion; teaching; to make; to cause; to tell | |
| 回到 回到 | to return to | |
| 第 第 | (prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 六 "sixth"); (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed; (old) residence of a high official; (literary) but; however; (literary) only; just | |
| 西 西 | the West; abbr. for Spain 牙; Spanish | |
| 来到 來到 | to arrive; to come | |
| 试 試 | to test; to try; experiment; examination; test | |
| 高兴 高興 | happy; glad; willing (to do sth); in a cheerful mood | |
| 字 字 | letter; symbol; character; word; courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China | |
| 说话 說話 | to speak; to say; to talk; to gossip; to tell stories; talk; word | |
| 听到 聽到 | to hear | |
| 十 十 | ten; 10 | |
| 忙 忙 | busy; hurriedly; to hurry; to rush | |
| 今年 今年 | this year | |
| 马上 馬上 | at once; right away; immediately; on horseback (i.e. by military force) | |
| 名字 名字 | name (of a person or thing) | |
| 医生 醫生 | doctor | |
| 唱 唱 | to sing; to call loudly; to chant | |
| 六 六 | six; 6 | |
| 老师 老師 | teacher | |
| 出去 出去 | to go out | |
| 飞 飛 | to fly | |
| 介绍 介紹 | to introduce (sb to sb); to give a presentation; to present (sb for a job etc); introduction | |
| 那里 那裏 | there; that place | |
| 楼 樓 | house with more than 1 story; storied building; floor | |
| 身体 身體 | the body; one's health; in person | |
| 中国 中國 | China | |
| 半 半 | half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half | |
| 歌 歌 | song; to sing | |
| 记得 記得 | to remember | |
| 杯 杯 | cup; trophy cup; classifier for certain containers of liquids: glass, cup | |
| 明白 明白 | clear; obvious; unequivocal; to understand; to realize | |
| 儿子 兒子 | son | |
| 二 二 | two; 2; (Beijing dialect) stupid | |
| 口 口 | mouth; classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc); classifier for bites or mouthfuls | |
| 远 遠 | far; distant; remote; (intensifier in a comparison) by far; much (lower etc) | |
| 真的 真的 | really, truly, indeed | |
| 男 男 | male; Baron, lowest of five orders of nobility 位 | |
| 先生 先生 | teacher; gentleman; sir; mister (Mr.); husband; (dialect) doctor | |
| 五 五 | five; 5 | |
| 书 書 | abbr. for 书经 | |
| 晚 晚 | evening; night; late | |
| 昨天 昨天 | yesterday |