Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In 2024
九龙城寨之围城
In 1980s Hong Kong, troubled youth Chan Lok-kwun, a mainland refugee, struggles to survive in the Kowloon Walled City by joining underground fights. Betrayed by crime boss Mr. Big while trying to buy a fake ID, he steals drugs from him and seeks refuge in the Walled City, where he encounters Cyclone, a compassionate yet authoritative crime lord.
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Vocabulary
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| 丢脸 丟臉 | to lose face; humiliation | Xiehouyu |
| 开口 開口 | to open one's mouth; to start to talk | Xiehouyu |
| 胜出 勝出 | to come out on top; to win (in an election, contest etc); success; victory | |
| 赔钱 賠錢 | to lose money; to pay for damages | |
| 舞厅 舞廳 | dance hall; ballroom | |
| 嫌弃 嫌棄 | to regard with disdain; to shun | |
| 闹事 鬧事 | to cause trouble; to create a disturbance | |
| 滞留 滯留 | (of a person) to remain in (a place) (due to circumstances that prevent one leaving); to be stranded; (of sth that would typically dissipate, e.g. floodwater, pollutants) to remain; to linger | |
| 算数 算數 | to count numbers; to keep to one's word; to hold (i.e. to remain valid); to count (i.e. to be important) | |
| 风水 風水 | feng shui; geomancy | |
| 偷看 偷看 | to peep; to peek; to steal a glance | |
| 闸 閘 | gear; brake; sluice; lock (on waterway); electric switch or circuit breaker | |
| 小看 小看 | to look down on; to underestimate | |
| 麻将 麻將 | mahjong | |
| 敏捷 敏捷 | nimble; quick; shrewd | |
| 一眼 一眼 | a glance; a quick look; a glimpse | |
| 剃 剃 | to shave | |
| 好歹 好歹 | good and bad; most unfortunate occurrence; in any case; whatever | |
| 恩怨 恩怨 | gratitude and grudges; resentment; grudges; grievances | |
| 风筝 風箏 | kite | |
| 掉头 掉頭 | to turn one's head; to turn round; to turn about | |
| 着眼 著眼 | to have one's eyes on (a goal); having sth in mind; to concentrate | |
| 绷 繃 | to draw tight; to stretch taut; to tack (with thread or pin); embroidery hoop; woven bed mat | |
| 上瘾 上癮 | to get into a habit; to become addicted | |
| 牵涉 牽涉 | to involve; implicated | |
| 责怪 責怪 | to blame; to rebuke | |
| 布局 佈局 | arrangement; composition; layout; opening (chess jargon) | |
| 酥 酥 | flaky pastry; crunchy; limp; soft; silky | |
| 止血 止血 | to staunch (bleeding); hemostatic (drug) | |
| 庙 廟 | temple; ancestral shrine; temple fair; great imperial hall; imperial | |
| 妄想 妄想 | to attempt vainly; a vain attempt; delusion | |
| 胡说 胡說 | to talk nonsense; drivel | |
| 叼 叼 | to hold with one's mouth (as a smoker with a cigarette or a dog with a bone) | |
| 斩 斬 | to behead (as form of capital punishment); to chop | |
| 归还 歸還 | to return sth; to revert | |
| 核实 核實 | to verify; to check | |
| 捆 捆 | a bunch; to tie together; bundle | |
| 计较 計較 | to bother about; to haggle; to bicker; to argue; plan; stratagem | |
| 招牌 招牌 | signboard; shop sign; reputation of a business | |
| 落地 落地 | to fall to the ground; to be set on the ground; to reach to the ground; to be born; (of a plane) to land | |
| 迷路 迷路 | to lose the way; lost; labyrinth; labyrinthus vestibularis (of the inner ear) | |
| 好心 好心 | kindness; good intentions | |
| 俊 㑺 | smart; eminent; handsome; talented | |
| 敷 敷 | to spread; to lay out; to apply (powder, ointment etc); sufficient (to cover); enough | |
| 低下 低下 | low status; lowly; to lower (one's head) | |
| 位子 位子 | place; seat | |
| 少见 少見 | rare; seldom seen; (formal) it's a rare pleasure to see you | |
| 停电 停電 | to have a power failure; power cut | |
| 仇 仇 | hatred; animosity; enmity; foe; enemy; to feel animosity toward (the wealthy, foreigners etc) | |
| 出身 出身 | to be born of; to come from; family background; class origin |