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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| 之中 之中 | inside; among; in the midst of (doing sth); during | |
| 鬼 鬼 | 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 | |
| 疯 瘋 | insane; mad; wild | |
| 枪 槍 | 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 | |
| 棒 棒 | stick; club; cudgel; smart; capable; strong; wonderful; classifier for legs of a relay race | |
| 傻 傻 | foolish | |
| 抢 搶 | (literary) to knock against (esp. to knock one's head on the ground in grief or rage); opposite in direction; contrary | |
| 分析 分析 | to analyze; analysis | |
| 居然 居然 | unexpectedly; to one's surprise; go so far as to | |
| 放弃 放棄 | to renounce; to abandon; to give up | |
| 令 令 | used in 令; used in 狐 (Taiwan pr. [lìng]) | |
| 组织 組織 | to organize; organization; (biology) tissue; (textiles) weave | |
| 声 聲 | sound; voice; tone; noise; reputation; classifier for sounds | |
| 控制 控制 | to control | |
| 杀 殺 | to kill; to murder; to attack; to weaken or reduce; to smart (dialect); (used after a verb) extremely | |
| 唯一 唯一 | only; sole | |
| 搞 搞 | to do; to make; to go in for; to set up; to get hold of; to take care of | |
| 将 將 | 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) | |
| 来不及 來不及 | there's not enough time (to do sth); it's too late (to do sth) | Xiehouyu |
| 冷静 冷靜 | calm; cool-headed; dispassionate; (of a place) deserted; quiet | Xiehouyu |
| 案子 案子 | long table; counter; (coll.) case (criminal, medical etc); matter; project; job | Colloquialism |
| 单车 單車 | (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 |
| 帅 帥 | (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 |
| 哥伦比亚 哥倫比亞 | Colombia (country in South America); Columbia (name of various entities, mostly in the USA) | Proper Noun |
| 观塘 觀塘 | Kwun Tong district of Kowloon, Hong Kong | Proper Noun |
| 司徒 司徒 | two-character surname Situ | Proper Noun |
| 傅说 傅說 | Fu Shuo (c. 14th century BC), legendary sage and principal minister of Shang ruler Wu Ding | Proper Noun |
| 皇家香港警察 皇家香港警察 | Royal Hong Kong Police Force (1969-1997) | Proper Noun |
| 飞虎队 飛虎隊 | Flying Tigers, US airmen in China during World War Two; Hong Kong nickname for police special duties unit | Proper Noun |
| 香港警察 香港警察 | Hong Kong Police Force (since 1997) | Proper Noun |
| 刘德华 劉德華 | Andy Lau (1961-), Hong Kong Cantopop singer and actor | Proper Noun |
| 太虚 太虛 | Taixu (famed Buddhist monk, 1890-1947) | Proper Noun |
| 港督 港督 | governor of Hong Kong (during the period of British rule, 1841-1997) | Proper Noun |
| 下个月 下個月 | next month | |
| 徐 徐 | slowly, quietly, calmly; composed, dignified | |
| 侠 俠 | chivalrous person; knight-errant | |
| 署 署 | public office | |
| 教官 教官 | military instructor | |
| 知 知 | know | |
| 面具 面具 | mask | |
| 泰 泰 | great, exalted, superior; big | |
| 傅 傅 | tutor, teacher; assist; surname | |
| 什么事 什麼事 | what matter | |
| 什么人 什麼人 | what kind of person | |
| 可不 可不 | that's just the way it is; exactly! | |
| 治好 治好 | to cure | |
| 返 返 | return, revert to, restore | |
| 办案 辦案 | to handle a (criminal) case | |
| 躺下 躺下 | to lie down | |
| 引线 引線 | fuse (for an explosive device); electrical lead; intermediary; catalyst; (dialect) sewing needle |