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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滩 灘 tān bank, a sandbar, shoal; rapids ∼HSK 5
兔崽子 兔崽子 tù zǎi zi brat; bastard ∼HSK 5
巡 巡 xún patrol ∼HSK 5
祖 祖 Zǔ ancestor, forefather; grandfather ∼HSK 5
缥 縹 piāo light blue silk; dim; misty ∼HSK 5
孤 孤 gū I (used by rulers); alone ∼HSK 5
守规矩 守規矩 shǒu guī ju to behave oneself; to abide by the rules ∼HSK 5
红利 紅利 hóng lì bonus; dividend ∼HSK 5
赋 賦 fù tax; give; endow; army; diffuse ∼HSK 5
财源滚滚 財源滾滾 cái yuán gǔn gǔn profits pouring in from all sides (idiom); raking in money; bonanza ∼HSK 5
交战 交戰 jiāo zhàn to fight; to wage war ∼HSK 5
辈子 輩子 bèi zi all one's life; lifetime ∼HSK 5
待会 待會 dāi hui wait a minute; stop a while ∼HSK 5
打拼 打拼 dǎ pīn to work hard; to try to make a living ∼HSK 5
侯 侯 Hóu marquis, lord; target in archery ∼HSK 5
叩 叩 kòu knock, ask; kowtow, bow ∼HSK 5
如云 如雲 rú yún like the clouds in the sky (i.e. numerous) ∼HSK 5
杏 杏 xìng apricot; almond ∼HSK 5
筵 筵 yán bamboo mat; feast, banquet ∼HSK 5
生财 生財 shēng cái to make money ∼HSK 5
化敌为友 化敵為友 huà dí wéi yǒu to convert an enemy into a friend (idiom) ∼HSK 5
大洋 大洋 dà yáng ocean; (old) silver dollar; (slang) Chinese yuan ∼HSK 5
闭嘴 閉嘴 bì zuǐ Shut up!; same as 閉上嘴巴|闭上嘴巴 ∼HSK 5
命大 命大 mìng dà lucky (to have escaped death or serious injury) ∼HSK 5
蟹 蟹 xiè crab, brachyura ∼HSK 5
绳 繩 shéng rope, string, cord; control ∼HSK 5
正规军 正規軍 zhèng guī jūn regular army; standing army ∼HSK 5
敌军 敵軍 dí jūn enemy troops; hostile forces ∼HSK 5
军事训练 軍事訓練 jūn shì xùn liàn military exercise; army drill ∼HSK 5
兵器 兵器 bīng qì weapon ∼HSK 5
粮饷 糧餉 liáng xiǎng army provisions ∼HSK 5
拚 拚 pàn risk, disregard; go all out for ∼HSK 5
非常感谢 非常感謝 fēi cháng gǎn xiè extremely grateful; very thankful ∼HSK 5
情势 情勢 qíng shì situation; circumstance ∼HSK 5
跪下 跪下 guì xia to kneel down ∼HSK 5
突击队 突擊隊 tū jī duì commando unit ∼HSK 5
婆 婆 pó old woman; grandmother ∼HSK 5
淞 淞 Sōng name of a river in Jiangsu ∼HSK 5
会战 會戰 huì zhàn (military) to meet for a decisive battle; (military) battle; (fig.) large-scale concerted effort ∼HSK 5
增兵 增兵 zēng bīng to reinforce; to increase troop numbers; reinforcements; extra troops ∼HSK 5
撤出 撤出 chè chū to withdraw; to leave; to retreat; to pull out ∼HSK 5
浙 浙 Zhè Zhejiang province; river ∼HSK 5
迫 廹 pò coerce, force, compel; urgent ∼HSK 5
胆敢 膽敢 dǎn gǎn to dare (negative connotation); to have the audacity to (do sth) ∼HSK 5
器重 器重 qì zhòng to regard sth as valuable; to think highly of (a younger person, a subordinate etc) ∼HSK 5
慰 慰 wèi comfort, console, calm ∼HSK 5
叫声 叫聲 jiào shēng yelling (sound made by person); barking; braying; roaring (sound made by animals) ∼HSK 5
女将 女將 nǚ jiàng female general; (fig.) woman who is a leading figure in her area of expertise ∼HSK 5
看戏 看戲 kàn xì to watch a play; to watch passively (i.e. from the sidelines, from the crowd) ∼HSK 5
差点儿 差點兒 chà diǎn r erhua variant of 差点; almost; nearly HSK 5