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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| 闷 悶 | stuffy; shut indoors; to smother; to cover tightly | |
| 绑 綁 | to tie; bind or fasten together; to kidnap | |
| 扫描 掃描 | to scan | |
| 切除 切除 | to excise; to cut out (a tumor) | |
| 割 割 | to cut; to cut apart | |
| 羡慕 羨慕 | to envy; to admire | |
| 化妆 化妝 | to put on makeup | |
| 应付 應付 | to deal with; to cope | |
| 都会 都會 | city; metropolis | |
| 绑架 綁架 | to kidnap; to abduct; to hijack; a kidnapping; abduction; staking | |
| 挥 揮 | to wave; to brandish; to command; to conduct; to scatter; to disperse | |
| 要不 要不 | otherwise; or else; how about...?; either... (or...) | |
| 杀手 殺手 | killer; murderer; hit man; (sports) formidable player | |
| 甩 甩 | to throw; to fling; to swing; to leave behind; to throw off; to dump (sb) | |
| 堂 堂 | (main) hall; large room for a specific purpose; relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family; of the same clan; classifier for classes, lectures etc; classifier for sets of furniture | |
| 失踪 失蹤 | to be missing; to disappear; unaccounted for | |
| 老大 老大 | old age; very; eldest child in a family; leader of a group; boss; captain of a boat; leader of a criminal gang | |
| 拳 拳 | fist; boxing | |
| 望 望 | full moon; to hope; to expect; to visit; to gaze (into the distance); to look towards; towards | |
| 耍 耍 | to play with; to wield; to act (cool etc); to display (a skill, one's temper etc) | |
| 家族 家族 | family; clan | |
| 尸体 屍體 | dead body; corpse; carcass | |
| 嫁 嫁 | (of a woman) to marry; to marry off a daughter; to shift (blame etc) | |
| 制 製 | to manufacture; to make | |
| 毫无 毫無 | not in the least; to completely lack | |
| 许 許 | to allow; to permit; to promise; to praise; somewhat; perhaps | |
| 格 格 | square; frame; rule; (legal) case; style; character; standard; pattern; (grammar) case; (classical) to obstruct; to hinder; (classical) to arrive; to come; (classical) to investigate; to study exhaustively | |
| 案件 案件 | case; instance | |
| 所谓 所謂 | so-called; what is called | |
| 不知 不知 | not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) | |
| 未 未 | not yet; did not; have not; not; 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep; ancient Chinese compass point: 210° | |
| 赶尽杀绝 趕盡殺絕 | to kill to the last one (idiom); to exterminate; to eradicate; ruthless | Idiom |
| 脚踏实地 腳踏實地 | to have one's feet firmly planted on the ground (idiom); realistic without flights of fancy; steady and serious character | Idiom |
| 先斩后奏 先斬後奏 | lit. first execute the criminal, then report it to the emperor (idiom); fig. to take some drastic action without the prior approval of higher authorities | Idiom |
| 自相残杀 自相殘殺 | to massacre one another (idiom); internecine strife | Idiom |
| 孤苦伶仃 孤苦伶仃 | solitary and impoverished (idiom) | Idiom |
| 轻举妄动 輕舉妄動 | to act blindly without thinking (idiom) | Idiom |
| 死有余辜 死有餘辜 | (idiom) to be so evil that even death would be insufficient punishment | Idiom |
| 唠唠叨叨 嘮嘮叨叨 | to chatter; to babble | Xiehouyu |
| 耍花招 耍花招 | to play tricks on sb | Xiehouyu |
| 高手 高手 | expert; past master; dab hand | Xiehouyu |
| 就算 就算 | (coll.) even if | Colloquialism |
| 嘛 嘛 | used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? | Colloquialism |
| 有没有 有沒有 | (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?; Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)? | |
| 指着 指著 | Poke | |
| 探长 探長 | (police) detective | |
| 警署 警署 | police station | |
| 威猛 威猛 | bold and powerful | |
| 赌钱 賭錢 | to gamble | |
| 以暴易暴 以暴易暴 | to replace one tyranny by another; to use violence against violence |