The Last Tycoon

The Last Tycoon 2012

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

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yìng hard; stiff; solid; (fig.) strong; firm; resolutely; uncompromisingly; laboriously; with great difficulty; good (quality); able (person); (of food) filling; substantial HSK 5
shèng to remain; to be left; to have as remainder HSK 5
rén private; personal; interpersonal; sb with whom one has a close personal relationship; a member of one's clique HSK 5
gift; rite; ceremony; propriety; etiquette; courtesy HSK 5
rēng to throw; to throw away HSK 5
bèi zi (for) a lifetime HSK 5
mìng lìng order; command HSK 5
píng to lean against; to rely on; on the basis of; no matter (how, what etc); proof HSK 5
zàn shí temporary; provisional; for the time being HSK 5
zhēn xiàng the truth about sth; the actual facts HSK 5
zhī wài outside; excluding HSK 5
it is a pity; what a pity; unfortunately HSK 5
(bound form) house; (bound form) room HSK 5
poison; to poison; poisonous; malicious; cruel; fierce; narcotics HSK 5
piàn to cheat; to swindle; to deceive; to get on (a horse etc) by swinging one leg over HSK 5
sǔn shī loss; damage; to lose; to suffer damage HSK 5
zūn zhòng to esteem; to respect; to honor; to value; eminent; serious; proper HSK 5
cōng ming intelligent; clever; bright; smart; acute (of sight and hearing) HSK 5
shǒu duàn method; means (of doing sth); strategy; trick HSK 5
shèng xià to remain; to be left over HSK 5
trick; drama; play; show HSK 5
yuàn to hope; to wish; to desire; hoped-for; ready; willing HSK 5
area; region; district HSK 5
jiā shàng plus; to put in; to add; to add on; to add into; in addition; on top of that HSK 5
to dance; to wield; to brandish HSK 5
zhī zhōng inside; among; in the midst of (doing sth); during HSK 5
guǐ disembodied spirit; ghost; devil; (suffix) person with a certain vice or addiction etc; sly; crafty; resourceful (variant of 诡); one of the 28 constellations of ancient Chinese astronomy HSK 5
fēng insane; mad; wild HSK 5
qiāng gun; firearm; rifle; spear; thing with shape or function similar to a gun; to substitute for another person in a test; to knock; classifier for rifle shots HSK 5
tǎo yàn to dislike; to loathe; disagreeable; troublesome; annoying HSK 5
classifier for small spheres, pearls, corn grains, teeth, hearts, satellites etc HSK 5
dàn in case (sth happens); if; once (sth happens, then...); when; in a short time; in one day HSK 5
dāi to stay HSK 5
shǎ foolish HSK 5
qiāng (literary) to knock against (esp. to knock one's head on the ground in grief or rage); opposite in direction; contrary HSK 5
rán unexpectedly; to one's surprise; go so far as to HSK 5
client; customer HSK 5
péi to accompany; to keep sb company; to assist; old variant of 赔 HSK 5
fàng to renounce; to abandon; to give up HSK 5
zài one more time; again; one more; once again HSK 5
yōng yǒu to have; to possess HSK 5
abbr. for 哈萨克斯坦, Kazakhstan; abbr. for 哈尔滨, Harbin HSK 5
shēng sound; voice; tone; noise; reputation; classifier for sounds HSK 5
shā to kill; to murder; to attack; to weaken or reduce; to smart (dialect); (used after a verb) extremely HSK 5
wéi only; sole HSK 5
(prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very HSK 5
sān yán liǎng in a few words (idiom); expressed succinctly Idiom ∼HSK 4
- bǎi yìng (idiom) (of a call) to elict an enthusiastic response; to receive extensive approval Xiehouyu ∼HSK 4
shòu liǎo unbearable; unable to endure; can't stand Xiehouyu HSK 4
wèn hòu to give one's respects; to send a greeting; (fig.) (coll.) to make offensive reference to (somebody dear to the person to whom one is speaking) Colloquialism HSK 4