Triangle

Triangle 2007

tiěsān jué

Life has not been kind to drinking buddies Sam, Fai, and Mok as they struggle to make ends meet, until one stormy evening when a mysterious old man appears before them in a bar with a 'get rich quick' scheme: an ancient treasure buried under a high-security government building.

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3.74 Beginner Director Tsui Hark, Ringo Lam Ling-Tung, Johnnie To 🍅 53%

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Vocabulary

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lóu building (a relatively large, multistory one) HSK 4
eldest brother; big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself); gang leader; boss HSK 4
zǒng zhī in a word; in short; in brief HSK 4
jiě mèi sisters; siblings; sister (school, city etc) HSK 4
cipher; secret code; password; PIN HSK 4
jiǔ bar; pub; saloon HSK 4
zi belly; abdomen; stomach HSK 4
huò (literary) to catch; to capture; (literary) to get; to obtain; to win HSK 4
huáng jīn gold; golden (opportunity); prime (time) HSK 4
féi fat; fertile; loose-fitting or large; to fertilize; to become rich by illegal means; fertilizer; manure HSK 4
wàn just in case; if by any chance; contingency HSK 4
huí to reply; to recover; to return (to a previous condition); Re: in reply to (email) HSK 4
bīng soldiers; a force; an army; weapons; arms; military; warlike HSK 4
lái yuán source (of information etc); origin HSK 4
xiāng box; trunk; chest HSK 4
fàng sōng to relax; to slacken; to loosen HSK 4
shī wàng disappointed; to lose hope; to despair HSK 4
jǐn kuài as quickly as possible; as soon as possible HSK 4
bǎo bao darling; baby HSK 4
to rub; to scratch; to towel; to wipe with a towel; to apply (lipstick, lotion etc); to touch; to brush (past); to shred (vegetables etc) HSK 4
jiāng on the eve of; to be about to; to be on the verge of HSK 4
bǎi to arrange; to exhibit; to move to and fro; a pendulum HSK 4
rén jiā household; dwelling; family; sb else's house; household business; house of woman's husband-to-be HSK 4
to substitute for; to take the place of; to replace; for; on behalf of; to stand in for HSK 4
huò goods; money; commodity HSK 4
ān (bound form) calm; peaceful; to calm; to set at ease; safe; secure; in good health; content; satisfied (as in 安于); to place (sb) in a suitable position (job); to install; to fix; to fit; to bring (a charge against sb); to harbor (certain intentions); ampere (abbr. for 培) HSK 4
extremely; pole (geography, physics); utmost; top HSK 4
shēn fèn identity; aspect of one's identity (i.e. sth that one is – mayor, father, permanent resident etc); role; capacity (as in "in his capacity as a ..." 以…份); status (social, legal etc); position; rank HSK 4
pán plate; dish; tray; board; hard drive (computing); to build; to coil; to check; to examine; to transfer (property); to make over; classifier for food: dish, helping; to coil; classifier for coils of wire; classifier for games of chess HSK 4
chōng (of water) to dash against; to mix with water; to infuse; to rinse; to flush; to develop (a film); to rise in the air; to clash; to collide with HSK 4
shāng hài to injure; to harm HSK 4
xiōng brothers; younger brother; I, me (humble term used by men in public speech); brotherly; fraternal HSK 4
wáng king or monarch; best or strongest of its type; grand; great HSK 4
zhī one of (sth); one out of a multitude; one (third, quarter, percent etc) HSK 4
de (equivalent to 的 as possessive particle) HSK 4
gēn according to; based on; basis; foundation HSK 4
ya (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt) HSK 4
xuǎn to select; to pick; choice; option; alternative HSK 4
not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-; -less HSK 4
liǎo jiě to understand; to realize; to find out HSK 4
dān xīn anxious; worried; uneasy; to worry; to be anxious HSK 4
zhí qián of little value Xiehouyu ∼HSK 3
luàn lái to act recklessly; to mess around Xiehouyu ∼HSK 3
yào shi (coll.) if Colloquialism HSK 3
shū to lose; to be beaten; (bound form) to transport; (literary) to donate; to contribute; (coll.) to enter (a password) Colloquialism HSK 3
zhěng exactly; in good order; whole; complete; entire; in order; orderly; to repair; to mend; to renovate; (coll.) to fix sb; to give sb a hard time; to mess with sb Colloquialism HSK 3
guǎn to take care (of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to run; to care about; tube; pipe; woodwind; classifier for tube-shaped objects; particle similar to 把 in 管...叫 constructions; writing brush; (coll.) to; towards Colloquialism HSK 3
cūn village; hamlet Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
gàn what are you doing?; whatever for?; why on earth? ∼HSK 3
pài duì (loanword) party ∼HSK 3