City Under Siege 2010
全城戒备
Sunny is a naïve circus performer who dreams of inheriting his father's knife-throwing skills. However, his hostile colleagues continue to bully him, relegating him to a lowly clown. On a tour to Malaysia, Cheung and other performers discover a cave occupied by the Japanese army during World War II. Instead of finding treasure, the performers - including Sunny - are sprayed with a mysterious chemical that turns them into superhuman mutants...
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Vocabulary
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| 天下无双 天下無雙 | 天: sky, heaven; god, celestial · 下: under, underneath, below; down; inferior; bring down · 无: negative, no, not; KangXi radical 71 · 双: set of two, pair, couple; both | Idiom |
| 岂有此理 豈有此理 | how can this be so? (idiom); preposterous; ridiculous; absurd | Idiom |
| 倾家荡产 傾家蕩產 | to lose a family fortune (idiom) | Idiom |
| 捣乱 搗亂 | to disturb; to look for trouble; to stir up a row; to bother sb intentionally | Xiehouyu |
| 空虚 空虛 | hollow; emptiness; meaningless | Xiehouyu |
| 丢人 丟人 | to lose face | Xiehouyu |
| 废物 廢物 | rubbish; waste material; useless person | Xiehouyu |
| 无情 無情 | pitiless; ruthless; merciless; heartless | Xiehouyu |
| 罕见 罕見 | rare; rarely seen | Xiehouyu |
| 怪物 怪物 | monster; freak; eccentric person | Xiehouyu |
| 成天 成天 | (coll.) all day long; all the time | Colloquialism |
| 夸张 誇張 | to exaggerate; overstated; exaggerated; hyperbole; (coll.) excessive; ridiculous; outrageous | Colloquialism |
| 砂糖 砂糖 | granulated sugar | |
| 传人 傳人 | to teach; to impart; a disciple; descendant | |
| 穴位 穴位 | acupuncture point; location of a grave | |
| 顺应 順應 | to comply; to conform to; in tune with; adapting to; to adjust to | |
| 陡 陡 | steep; precipitous; abrubtly; suddenly; unexpectedly | |
| 绝技 絕技 | consummate skill; supreme feat; tour-de-force; stunt | |
| 挟持 挾持 | to seize | |
| 心肠 心腸 | heart; intention; one's inclination; state of mind; to have the heart for sth; mood | |
| 头条 頭條 | Toutiao, personalized content recommendation app (abbr. for 今日头条) | |
| 害虫 害蟲 | injurious insect; pest | |
| 应酬 應酬 | to engage in social activities; to socialize; dinner party; banquet; social engagement | |
| 诱饵 誘餌 | bait | |
| 相通 相通 | interlinked; connected; communicating; in communication; accommodating | |
| 杂技 雜技 | acrobatics | |
| 后人 後人 | later generation | |
| 胡闹 胡鬧 | to act willfully and make a scene; to make trouble | |
| 收留 收留 | to offer shelter; to have sb in one's care | |
| 好在 好在 | luckily; fortunately | |
| 苗条 苗條 | (of a woman) slim; slender; graceful | |
| 能耐 能耐 | ability; capability | |
| 扣留 扣留 | to detain; to arrest; to hold; to confiscate | |
| 秘方 祕方 | secret recipe | |
| 胡乱 胡亂 | careless; reckless; casually; absent-mindedly; at will; at random; any old how | |
| 惊险 驚險 | perilous; touch-and-go; nerve-racking; suspenseful | |
| 绰号 綽號 | nickname | |
| 通缉 通緝 | to order the arrest of sb as criminal; to list as wanted | |
| 危急 危急 | critical; desperate (situation) | |
| 爪子 爪子 | (animal's) claw | |
| 潜能 潛能 | potential; hidden capability | |
| 传授 傳授 | to impart; to pass on; to teach | |
| 眨眼 眨眼 | to blink; to wink; in the twinkling of an eye | |
| 牵涉 牽涉 | to involve; implicated | |
| 常人 常人 | ordinary person | |
| 不知不觉 不知不覺 | unconsciously; unwittingly | |
| 帮手 幫手 | helper; assistant | |
| 接通 接通 | to connect; to put through | |
| 同伙 同伙 | colleague; co-conspirator; accomplice | |
| 俘虏 俘虜 | captive |