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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| 精良 精良 | excellent; of superior quality | |
| 岂不 豈不 | how couldn't...?; wouldn't it...? | |
| 虚名 虛名 | false reputation | |
| 忠肝义胆 忠肝義膽 | loyal and righteous to the core; staunch devotion (idiom) | |
| 奉陪 奉陪 | (honorific) to accompany; to keep sb company | |
| 盛传 盛傳 | widely spread; widely rumored; stories abound; (sb's exploits are) widely circulated | |
| 狐狸精 狐狸精 | fox-spirit; vixen; witch; enchantress | |
| 一时三刻 一時三刻 | in a short while; in a moment (idiom) | |
| 不妙 不妙 | (of a turn of events) not too encouraging; far from good; anything but reassuring | |
| 大是大非 大是大非 | matters of fundamental right and wrong; major issues of principle (idiom) | |
| 三妻四妾 三妻四妾 | three wives and four concubines (idiom); a household full of women; polygamy | |
| 烟瘾 煙癮 | the urge to smoke; tobacco addiction | |
| 眼睁睁 眼睜睜 | to stare blankly; to look on helplessly; to look on unfeelingly | |
| 何方 何方 | from where | |
| 连本带利 連本帶利 | both principal and interest; capital plus profit | |
| 护身符 護身符 | amulet; protective talisman; charm | |
| 贤人 賢人 | great person of the past; venerable forebear; the great and the good | |
| 精神状态 精神狀態 | mental state; psychological condition | |
| 宵夜 宵夜 | midnight snack; late-night snack | |
| 做东 做東 | to act as host | |
| 看得起 看得起 | to show respect for; to think highly of | |
| 待会儿 待會兒 | in a moment; later; also pr. [dāi huǐ r] or [dāi hui r] | |
| 只得 只得 | to have no alternative but to; to be obliged to | |
| 加盟 加盟 | to become a member of an alliance or union; to align; to join; participate | |
| 要好 要好 | to be on good terms; to be close friends; striving for self-improvement | |
| 徒弟 徒弟 | apprentice; disciple | |
| 打牌 打牌 | to play mahjong or cards | |
| 上当 上當 | taken in (by sb's deceit); to be fooled; to be duped | |
| 改装 改裝 | to change one's costume; to repackage; to remodel; to refit; to modify; to convert | |
| 诸位 諸位 | (pron) everyone; Ladies and Gentlemen; Sirs | |
| 凡是 凡是 | each and every; every; all; any | |
| 联手 聯手 | lit. to join hands; to act together | |
| 捕 捕 | to catch; to seize; to capture | |
| 父子 父子 | father and son | |
| 心愿 心願 | cherished desire; dream; craving; wish; aspiration | |
| 要不然 要不然 | otherwise; or else; or | |
| 师父 師父 | used for 师傅 (in Taiwan); master; qualified worker | |
| 陆军 陸軍 | army; ground forces | |
| 有事 有事 | to be occupied with sth; to have sth on one's mind; there is something the matter | |
| 账 賬 | account; bill; debt | |
| 牢 牢 | firm; sturdy; fold (for animals); sacrifice; prison | |
| 认同 認同 | to approve of; to endorse; to acknowledge; to recognize; to identify oneself with | |
| 番 番 | foreign (non-Chinese); barbarian; classifier for occurrences (of an event, action or speech utterance); classifier for iterations: times, -fold (as in twofold etc); classifier for situations: kind, sort | |
| 用心 用心 | motive; intention; to be diligent or attentive; careful | |
| 教堂 教堂 | church; chapel | |
| 会长 會長 | president of a club, committee etc | |
| 想不到 想不到 | unexpected; hard to imagine; it had not occurred to me; who could have thought that | |
| 影响力 影響力 | influence; impact | |
| 接收 接收 | reception (of transmitted signal); to receive; to accept; to admit; to take over (e.g. a factory); to expropriate | |
| 跪 跪 | to kneel |