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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| 年前 年前 | by the end of the year; at the end of the year; shortly before New Year | |
| 舍得 捨得 | to be willing to part with sth | |
| 动员 動員 | to mobilize; mobilization | |
| 再也 再也 | (not) any more | |
| 拜访 拜訪 | to pay a visit; to call on | |
| 蝴蝶 蝴蝶 | butterfly | |
| 礼貌 禮貌 | courtesy; politeness; manners; courteous; polite | |
| 占领 佔領 | to capture; to seize; to occupy by force | |
| 面子 面子 | outer surface; the outside of sth; social prestige; face | |
| 胆 膽 | gall bladder; courage; guts; gall; inner container (e.g. bladder of a football, inner container of a thermos) | |
| 现有 現有 | currently existing; currently available | |
| 打架 打架 | to fight; to scuffle; to come to blows | |
| 包围 包圍 | to surround; to encircle; to hem in | |
| 四周 四周 | all around | |
| 学者 學者 | scholar | |
| 摘 摘 | to take; to borrow; to pick (flowers, fruit etc); to pluck; to select; to remove; to take off (glasses, hat etc) | |
| 势力 勢力 | power; influence; a force (military, political etc) | |
| 保卫 保衛 | to defend; to safeguard | |
| 师傅 師傅 | master; qualified worker; respectful form of address for older men | |
| 军人 軍人 | serviceman; soldier; military personnel | |
| 打扰 打擾 | to disturb; to bother; to trouble | |
| 闯 闖 | to rush; to charge; to dash; to break through; to temper oneself (through battling hardships) | |
| 偷偷 偷偷 | stealthily; secretly; covertly; furtively; on the sly | |
| 忍受 忍受 | to bear; to endure | |
| 握 握 | to hold; to grasp; to clench (one's fist); (bound form) to have in one's control; classifier: a handful | |
| 场面 場面 | scene; spectacle; occasion; situation | |
| 完了 完了 | to be finished; to be done for; ruined; gone to the dogs; oh no | |
| 码头 碼頭 | dock; pier; wharf | |
| 迟 遲 | late; delayed; slow | |
| 不止 不止 | incessantly; without end; more than; not limited to | |
| 不许 不許 | not to allow; must not; can't | |
| 珍惜 珍惜 | to treasure; to value; to cherish | |
| 利润 利潤 | profits | |
| 劝 勸 | to advise; to urge; to try to persuade; to exhort; to console; to soothe | |
| 排除 排除 | to eliminate; to remove; to exclude; to rule out | |
| 期望 期望 | to have expectations; to earnestly hope; expectation; hope | |
| 除非 除非 | only if (..., or otherwise, ...); only when; only in the case that; unless | |
| 认 認 | to recognize; to know; to admit | |
| 挡 擋 | to resist; to obstruct; to hinder; to keep off; to block (a blow); to get in the way of; cover; gear (e.g. in a car's transmission) | |
| 今日 今日 | today | |
| 软 軟 | soft; flexible | |
| 全都 全都 | all; without exception | |
| 之内 之內 | inside; within | |
| 警告 警告 | to warn; to admonish | |
| 一句话 一句話 | in a word; in short | |
| 之下 之下 | under; beneath; less than | |
| 后悔 後悔 | to regret; to feel remorse | |
| 本人 本人 | I; me; myself; oneself; yourself; himself; herself; the person concerned | |
| 骂 罵 | to scold; to abuse; to curse | |
| 害 害 | to do harm to; to cause trouble to; harm; evil; calamity |