The Last Tycoon

The Last Tycoon 2012

大上海 dà shǎng hǎi

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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4.13 Intermediate Director Wong Jing IMDb 6.5

Cast

Chow Yun-Fat Chow Yun-Fat Cheng Daqi Huang Xiaoming Huang Xiaoming Cheng Daqi (young) Sammo Hung Kam-Bo Sammo Hung Kam-Bo Hong Shouting Francis Ng Chun-Yu Francis Ng Chun-Yu Máo Zài Yuan Quan Yuan Quan Ye Zhiqiu Yuan Li Yuan Li Ling Husheng Monica Mok Siu-Kei Monica Mok Siu-Kei Bao Kimmy Tong Fei Kimmy Tong Fei younger Bao Gao Hu Gao Hu Lin Huai Xin Baiqing Xin Baiqing Cheng Zhaimei

Vocabulary

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师母 師母 shī mǔ term of respect for a teacher's wife ∼HSK 6
砍死 砍死 kǎn sǐ to hack to death; to kill with an ax ∼HSK 6
权贵 權貴 quán guì influential officials; bigwigs ∼HSK 6
铁杆 鐵桿 tiě gān iron (golf club) ∼HSK 6
作主 作主 zuò zhǔ to decide; to have the final say ∼HSK 6
入股 入股 rù gǔ to invest ∼HSK 6
筹款 籌款 chóu kuǎn fundraising ∼HSK 6
绝活 絕活 jué huó specialty; unique skill ∼HSK 6
临死 臨死 lín sǐ facing death; at death's door ∼HSK 6
时辰 時辰 shíchen two-hour period ∼HSK 6
捉奸 捉姦 zhuō jiān to catch a couple in the act (adultery, illicit sexual relations) ∼HSK 6
巡捕房 巡捕房 xún bǔ fáng (old) police station in a foreign concession ∼HSK 6
老板娘 老闆娘 lǎo bǎn niáng female proprietor; lady boss; boss's wife ∼HSK 6
打斗 打鬥 dǎ dòu to fight ∼HSK 6
巡捕 巡捕 xún bǔ to patrol; policeman (in China's former foreign concessions) ∼HSK 6
地标 地標 dì biāo landmark ∼HSK 6
磕头 磕頭 kē tóu to kowtow (traditional greeting, esp. to a superior, involving kneeling and pressing one's forehead to the ground) ∼HSK 6
大驾光临 大駕光臨 dà jià guāng lín we are honored by your presence ∼HSK 6
赤佬 赤佬 chì lǎo (dialect) scoundrel; rascal ∼HSK 6
废人 廢人 fèi rén handicapped person; useless person ∼HSK 6
筋骨 筋骨 jīn gǔ muscles and bones; physique; strength; courage ∼HSK 6
铜板 銅板 tóng bǎn copper coin; copper plate; copper clappers (a kind of percussion instrument); (Tw) coin ∼HSK 6
识相 識相 shí xiàng sensitive; tactful ∼HSK 6
刀疤 刀疤 dāo bā scar from a knife wound ∼HSK 6
霸气 霸氣 bà qì imperious; aggressive; assertive; dictatorial manner; boldness (CL:) ∼HSK 6
探长 探長 tàn zhǎng (police) detective ∼HSK 6
藐视 藐視 miǎo shì to despise; to look down on ∼HSK 6
娼妓 娼妓 chāng jì prostitute ∼HSK 6
禁绝 禁絕 jìn jué to totally prohibit; to put an end to ∼HSK 6
一夜之间 一夜之間 yī yè zhī jiān (lit. and fig.) overnight ∼HSK 6
化为乌有 化為烏有 huà wéi - wū yǒu (idiom) to go up in smoke; to vanish ∼HSK 6
查清 查清 chá qīng to find out; to ascertain; to get to the bottom of; to clarify ∼HSK 6
久仰大名 久仰大名 jiǔ yǎng dà míng I have been looking forward to meeting you for a long time (idiom) ∼HSK 6
品评 品評 pǐn píng to judge; to assess ∼HSK 6
四书五经 四書五經 sì shū wǔ jīng 四: four · 书: book, letter, document; writings · 五: five; surname · 经: classic works; pass through ∼HSK 6
商界 商界 shāng jiè business world; business community ∼HSK 6
遏止 遏止 è zhǐ to hold back; to check (i.e. to stop sb's advance); to resist; esp. with negative, irresistible, unstoppable etc ∼HSK 6
缔造 締造 dì zào to found; to create ∼HSK 6
造作 造作 zào zuò affected; artificial; to make; to manufacture ∼HSK 6
告解 告解 gào jiě (Catholicism) to confess; confession ∼HSK 6
娘的 孃的 niáng de same as ∼HSK 6
信佛 信佛 xìn Fó to believe in Buddhism ∼HSK 6
名花有主 名花有主 míng huā yǒu zhǔ the girl is already taken (idiom) ∼HSK 6
兵权 兵權 bīng quán military leadership; military power ∼HSK 6
以和为贵 以和為貴 yǐ hé wéi guì harmony is to be prized ∼HSK 6
求情 求情 qiú qíng to plea for leniency; to ask for a favor ∼HSK 6
花雕 花雕 huā diāo Shaoxing yellow wine ∼HSK 6
大闸蟹 大閘蟹 dà zhá xiè Chinese mitten crab (Eriocheir sinensis); Shanghai hairy crab ∼HSK 6
偷袭 偷襲 tōu xí to mount a sneak attack; to raid ∼HSK 6
最低限度 最低限度 zuì dī xiàn dù minimum ∼HSK 6