Black Mask

Black Mask 1996

hēi xiá

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.

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Vocabulary

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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
bàng stick; club; cudgel; smart; capable; strong; wonderful; classifier for legs of a relay race 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
fēn to analyze; analysis HSK 5
rán unexpectedly; to one's surprise; go so far as to HSK 5
fàng to renounce; to abandon; to give up HSK 5
líng used in 令; used in 狐 (Taiwan pr. [lìng]) HSK 5
zhī to organize; organization; (biology) tissue; (textiles) weave HSK 5
shēng sound; voice; tone; noise; reputation; classifier for sounds HSK 5
kòng zhì to control 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
gǎo to do; to make; to go in for; to set up; to get hold of; to take care of HSK 5
jiāng will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把) HSK 5
lái bu there's not enough time (to do sth); it's too late (to do sth) Xiehouyu HSK 4
lěng jìng calm; cool-headed; dispassionate; (of a place) deserted; quiet Xiehouyu HSK 4
àn zi long table; counter; (coll.) case (criminal, medical etc); matter; project; job Colloquialism ∼HSK 4
dān chē (coll.) bicycle; bike (esp. in Hong Kong, Taiwan and southern China and, more generally, used across China to refer to a bike-share bicycle) Colloquialism ∼HSK 4
shuài (bound form) commander-in-chief; (bound form) to lead; to command; handsome; graceful; dashing; elegant; (coll.) cool!; sweet!; (Chinese chess) general (on the red side, equivalent to a king in Western chess) Colloquialism HSK 4
lún Colombia (country in South America); Columbia (name of various entities, mostly in the USA) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Guàn táng Kwun Tong district of Kowloon, Hong Kong Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
two-character surname Situ Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Shuō Fu Shuo (c. 14th century BC), legendary sage and principal minister of Shang ruler Wu Ding Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Huáng jiā Xiāng gǎng Jǐng chá Royal Hong Kong Police Force (1969-1997) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Fēi duì Flying Tigers, US airmen in China during World War Two; Hong Kong nickname for police special duties unit Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Xiāng gǎng Jǐng chá Hong Kong Police Force (since 1997) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Liú huá Andy Lau (1961-), Hong Kong Cantopop singer and actor Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Tài Taixu (famed Buddhist monk, 1890-1947) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
gǎng governor of Hong Kong (during the period of British rule, 1841-1997) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
xià yuè next month HSK 4
slowly, quietly, calmly; composed, dignified ∼HSK 4
xiá chivalrous person; knight-errant ∼HSK 4
shǔ public office ∼HSK 4
jiào guān military instructor ∼HSK 4
zhī know ∼HSK 4
miàn mask ∼HSK 4
Tài great, exalted, superior; big ∼HSK 4
tutor, teacher; assist; surname ∼HSK 4
shén me shì what matter ∼HSK 4
shén me rén what kind of person ∼HSK 4
bu that's just the way it is; exactly! ∼HSK 4
zhì hǎo to cure ∼HSK 4
fǎn return, revert to, restore ∼HSK 4
bàn àn to handle a (criminal) case ∼HSK 4
tǎng xià to lie down ∼HSK 4
线 yǐn xiàn fuse (for an explosive device); electrical lead; intermediary; catalyst; (dialect) sewing needle ∼HSK 4