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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| 命 命 | life; fate; order or command; to assign a name, title etc | |
| 若 若 | to seem; like; as; if | |
| 利 利 | sharp; favorable; advantage; benefit; profit; interest; to do good to; to benefit | |
| 便 便 | plain; informal; suitable; convenient; opportune; to urinate or defecate; equivalent to 就: then; in that case; even if; soon afterwards | |
| 特 特 | special; unique; distinguished; especially; unusual; very; abbr. for 斯, tex | |
| 另 另 | other; another; separate; separately | |
| 有关 有關 | to have sth to do with; to relate to; related to; to concern; concerning | |
| 啦 啦 | (onom.) sound of singing, cheering etc; (phonetic); (dialect) to chat | |
| 于 於 | (of time or place) in; at; on; (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for; (indicating a source) from; out of; (used in comparison) than; (used in the passive voice) by | |
| 与 與 | and; to give; together with | |
| 寿比南山 壽比南山 | Live as long as the Zhongnan Mountains! (idiom); Long may you live! | Idiom |
| 义薄云天 義薄雲天 | supremely honorable and righteous | Idiom |
| 风韵犹存 風韻猶存 | (of an aging woman) still attractive | Idiom |
| 神明 神明 | deities; gods | Xiehouyu |
| 动弹不得 動彈不得 | to be unable to move a single step | Xiehouyu |
| 混蛋 混蛋 | scoundrel; bastard; hoodlum; wretch | Xiehouyu |
| 为难 為難 | to feel embarrassed or awkward; to make things difficult (for someone); to find things difficult (to do or manage) | Xiehouyu |
| 姑妈 姑媽 | (coll.) father's married sister; paternal aunt | Colloquialism |
| 搞不好 搞不好 | (coll.) maybe; perhaps | Colloquialism |
| 收拾 收拾 | to put in order; to tidy up; to pack; to repair; (coll.) to sort sb out; to fix sb | Colloquialism |
| 估计 估計 | to estimate; to reckon; (coll.) to suppose | Colloquialism |
| 大器 大器 | very capable person; precious object | |
| 洪 洪 | vast, immense; flood, deluge | |
| 茅 茅 | reeds, rushes, grass; surname | |
| 寿 壽 | old age, long life; lifespan | |
| 亭 亭 | pavilion; erect | |
| 裴 裴 | surname; look of a flowing gown | |
| 义演 義演 | benefit performance; charity show | |
| 刀马旦 刀馬旦 | female warrior role in Chinese opera | |
| 凌 凌 | pure; virtuous; insult; maltreat | |
| 失陪 失陪 | Excuse me, I must be leaving now. | |
| 谨 謹 | prudent, cautious; attentive | |
| 大寿 大壽 | (polite) birthday making the beginning of new decade of life for an older person, especially over 50 years old (e.g. 60th or 70th birthday) | |
| 拜 拜 | bow, worship | |
| 受业 受業 | to study; to learn from a master; (pupil's first person pronoun) I, your student | |
| 欺 欺 | bully, deceive | |
| 衷 衷 | inner feelings | |
| 诚 誠 | (bound form) sincere; authentic; (literary) really; truly | |
| 令尊 令尊 | Your esteemed father (honorific) | |
| 色胆 色膽 | boldness in pursuing one's sexual urges | |
| 沦陷 淪陷 | to fall into enemy hands; to be occupied; to degenerate; to submerge | |
| 花旦 花旦 | role of vivacious young female in Chinese opera | |
| 邵 邵 | surname; various place names | |
| 菊 菊 | chrysanthemum | |
| 婆家 婆家 | husband's family (traditionally where the wife moves into) | |
| 人命 人命 | human life | |
| 喝醉 喝醉 | to get drunk | |
| 怒 怒 | anger | |
| 戏子 戲子 | (derog.) opera singer; actor | |
| 旦 旦 | dawn; morning; day |