Black Mask 1996
黑侠
Super-soldier recruit Tsui Chik is forced to escape with his comrades after the project is canceled. Months later, he's trying to have a quiet life as a librarian with his best friend, Inspector Shek Wai-Ho. However, a string of vicious gangland murders begins that has all the markings of Tsui's former compatriots who seem to have turned to crime. Realizing that the police are helpless, he decides to take them on himself. With a disguise, Tsui becomes the mysterious superhero known only as Black Mask.
Vocabulary
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| 岂有此理 豈有此理 | how can this be so? (idiom); preposterous; ridiculous; absurd | Idiom |
| 乘人之危 乘人之危 | to take advantage of sb's precarious position | Xiehouyu |
| 小气 小氣 | stingy; miserly; narrow-minded; petty | Xiehouyu |
| 揍 揍 | to hit; to beat (sb); (coll.) to smash (sth) | Colloquialism |
| 宰 宰 | to slaughter; to butcher; to kill (animals etc); (coll.) to fleece; to rip off; to overcharge; (bound form) to govern; to rule; (bound form) (a title for certain government officials in ancient China) | Colloquialism |
| 做证 做證 | variant of 作证 | |
| 光碟 光碟 | optical disc; compact disc; CD; CD-ROM | |
| 利害 利害 | pros and cons; advantages and disadvantages; gains and losses | |
| 作对 作對 | to set oneself against; to oppose; to make a pair | |
| 愈来愈 愈來愈 | more and more | |
| 防盗 防盜 | to guard against theft; anti-theft | |
| 瞧不起 瞧不起 | to look down upon; to hold in contempt | |
| 下棋 下棋 | to play chess | |
| 躲藏 躲藏 | to conceal oneself; to go into hiding; to take cover | |
| 照常 照常 | as usual | |
| 上头 上頭 | (of alcohol) to go to one's head; (old) (of a bride-to-be) to bind one's hair into a bun; (of a prostitute) to receive a patron for the first time | |
| 扣留 扣留 | to detain; to arrest; to hold; to confiscate | |
| 落下 落下 | to fall; to drop; to land (of projectile) | |
| 闸 閘 | old variant of 闸; sluice; lock (on waterway) | |
| 小看 小看 | to look down on; to underestimate | |
| 麻将 麻將 | mahjong | |
| 深切 深切 | deeply felt; heartfelt; sincere; honest | |
| 蓝图 藍圖 | blueprint | |
| 私自 私自 | private; personal; secretly; without explicit approval | |
| 蜜月 蜜月 | honeymoon | |
| 戒备 戒備 | to take precautions; to guard against (emergency) | |
| 暴躁 暴躁 | irascible; irritable; violent | |
| 郑重 鄭重 | serious; solemn; earnest; conscientious | |
| 容量 容量 | capacity; volume; quantitative (science) | |
| 脉搏 脈搏 | pulse (both medical and figurative) | |
| 插手 插手 | to get involved in; to meddle; interference | |
| 不算 不算 | to not calculate; to not count; to not be considered (as); to have no weight | |
| 跳动 跳動 | to throb; to pulse; to bounce; to jiggle; to jump about | |
| 垄断 壟斷 | to monopolize | |
| 不肯 不肯 | Refuse | |
| 接通 接通 | to connect; to put through | |
| 幸亏 幸虧 | fortunately; luckily | |
| 衰竭 衰竭 | organ failure; exhaustion; prostration (medicine) | |
| 镇定 鎮定 | calm; unperturbed; cool | |
| 要紧 要緊 | important; urgent | |
| 失恋 失戀 | to lose one's love; to break up (in a romantic relationship); to feel jilted | |
| 过滤 過濾 | to filter; filter | |
| 伤势 傷勢 | condition of an injury | |
| 缓缓 緩緩 | slowly; unhurriedly; little by little | |
| 扰乱 擾亂 | to disturb; to perturb; to harass | |
| 好说 好說 | easy to deal with; not a problem; (polite answer) you flatter me | |
| 缝合 縫合 | to sew together; suture (in surgery); to sew up (a wound) | |
| 重伤 重傷 | seriously hurt; serious injury | |
| 发脾气 發脾氣 | to get angry | |
| 禁区 禁區 | restricted area; forbidden region |