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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| 反抗 反抗 | to resist; to rebel | |
| 吞 吞 | to swallow; to take | |
| 捐赠 捐贈 | to contribute (as a gift); to donate; benefaction | |
| 股东 股東 | shareholder; stockholder | |
| 赌博 賭博 | to gamble | |
| 嘉宾 嘉賓 | esteemed guest; honored guest; guest (on a show) | |
| 园 園 | land used for growing plants; site used for public recreation; abbr. for a place ending in 园, such as a botanical garden 植物园, kindergarten 幼儿园 etc | |
| 出事 出事 | to have an accident; to meet with a mishap | |
| 空军 空軍 | air force | |
| 欺负 欺負 | to bully | |
| 捐 捐 | to relinquish; to abandon; to contribute; to donate; (bound form) tax; levy | |
| 名义 名義 | name; titular; nominal; in name; ostensible purpose | |
| 灭 滅 | to extinguish or put out; to go out (of a fire etc); to exterminate or wipe out; to drown | |
| 领袖 領袖 | leader | |
| 算了 算了 | let it be; let it pass; forget about it | |
| 一番 一番 | Some | |
| 佛 佛 | Buddha; Buddhism (abbr. for 陀) | |
| 一时 一時 | a period of time; a while; for a short while; temporary; momentary; at the same time | |
| 爆发 爆發 | to break out; to erupt; to explode; to burst out | |
| 撑 撐 | to support; to prop up; to push or move with a pole; to maintain; to open or unfurl; to fill to bursting point; brace; stay; support | |
| 海军 海軍 | navy | |
| 混乱 混亂 | confusion; chaos; disorder | |
| 道歉 道歉 | to apologize | |
| 全力 全力 | with all one's strength; full strength; all-out (effort); fully (support) | |
| 肯 肎 | to agree; to consent; to be willing to | |
| 档 檔 | official records; grade (of goods); file; records; shelves; slot; gap; crosspiece; classifier for crosspieces; classifier for events, affairs etc; Taiwan pr. [dǎng] | |
| 踩 跴 | to step on; to tread; to stamp; to press a pedal; to pedal (a bike); (online) to downvote | |
| 界 界 | (bound form) boundary; border; (bound form) realm | |
| 赌 賭 | to bet; to gamble | |
| 野 埜 | field; plain; open space; limit; boundary; rude; feral | |
| 至于 至於 | as for; as to; to go so far as to | |
| 托 托 | to trust; to entrust; to be entrusted with; to act as trustee | |
| 足 足 | excessive | |
| 将军 將軍 | general; high-ranking military officer; to check or checkmate; fig. to embarrass; to challenge; to put sb on the spot | |
| 再说 再說 | to say again; to put off a discussion until later; moreover; what's more; besides | |
| 进攻 進攻 | to attack; to assault; to go on the offensive; attack; assault; offense (sports) | |
| 仪式 儀式 | ceremony | |
| 踢 踢 | to kick; to play (e.g. soccer); (slang) butch (in a lesbian relationship) | |
| 聊 聊 | to chat; to depend upon (literary); temporarily; just; slightly | |
| 搭 搭 | to put up; to build (scaffolding); to hang (clothes on a pole); to connect; to join; to arrange in pairs; to match; to add; to throw in (resources); to take (boat, train); variant of 褡 | |
| 赚 賺 | to earn; to make a profit | |
| 党 黨 | party; association; club; society | |
| 算是 算是 | considered to be; at last | |
| 承诺 承諾 | to promise; to undertake to do something; commitment | |
| 罪 罪 | guilt; crime; fault; blame; sin | |
| 部队 部隊 | army; armed forces; troops; force; unit | |
| 学会 學會 | to learn; to master; institute; learned society; (scholarly) association | |
| 军队 軍隊 | armed forces; troops | |
| 混 混 | to mix; to mingle; muddled; to drift along; to muddle along; to pass for; to get along with sb; thoughtless; reckless | |
| 股 股 | thigh; part of a whole; portion of a sum; (stock) share; strand of a thread; low-level administrative unit, translated as "section" or "department" etc, ranked below 科; classifier for long winding things like ropes, rivers etc; classifier for smoke, smells etc: thread, puff, whiff; classifier for bands of people, gangs etc; classifier for sudden forceful actions |