City Under Siege

City Under Siege 2010

全城戒备 quánchéng jièbèi

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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4.06 Intermediate Director Benny Chan Muk-Sing IMDb 4.7

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盘 盤 pán plate; dish; tray; board; hard drive (computing); to build; to coil; to check; to examine; to transfer (property); to make over; classifier for food: dish, helping; to coil; classifier for coils of wire; classifier for games of chess HSK 4
期待 期待 qī dài to look forward to; to await; expectation HSK 4
伤害 傷害 shāng hài to injure; to harm HSK 4
战争 戰爭 zhàn zhēng war; conflict HSK 4
律师 律師 lǜ shī lawyer HSK 4
引起 引起 yǐn qǐ to give rise to; to lead to; to cause; to arouse HSK 4
亲爱 親愛 qīn ài dear; beloved; darling HSK 4
根 根 gēn root; basis; classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings; radical (chemistry) HSK 4
无论 無論 wú lùn no matter what or how; regardless of whether... HSK 4
王 王 wáng king or monarch; best or strongest of its type; grand; great HSK 4
而是 而是 ér shì rather HSK 4
解释 解釋 jiě shì explanation; to explain; to interpret; to resolve HSK 4
不管 不管 bù guǎn not to be concerned; regardless of; no matter HSK 4
包括 包括 bāo kuò to comprise; to include; to involve; to incorporate; to consist of HSK 4
治疗 治療 zhì liáo to treat (an illness); medical treatment; therapy HSK 4
些 些 xiē classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several HSK 4
研究 研究 yán jiū research; a study; to research; to look into HSK 4
之前 之前 zhī qián before; prior to; ago; previously; beforehand HSK 4
甚至 甚至 shèn zhì even; so much so that HSK 4
呀 呀 ya (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt) HSK 4
之后 之後 zhī hòu after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then HSK 4
却 卻 què but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though HSK 4
而 而 ér and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast) HSK 4
一生一世 一生一世 yī shēng yī shì a whole lifetime (idiom); all my life Idiom ∼HSK 3
变种 變種 biàn zhǒng (biology) a mutation; a variety; a variant; a variety Xiehouyu ∼HSK 3
乱来 亂來 luàn lái to act recklessly; to mess around Xiehouyu ∼HSK 3
送死 送死 sòng sǐ to throw away one's life Xiehouyu ∼HSK 3
毛病 毛病 máo bìng fault; defect; shortcomings; ailment Xiehouyu HSK 3
没用 沒用 méi yòng useless Xiehouyu HSK 3
亲 親 qīn parent; one's own (flesh and blood); relative; related; marriage; bride; close; intimate; in person; first-hand; in favor of; pro-; to kiss; (Internet slang) dear Xiehouyu HSK 3
死人 死人 sǐ rén dead person; (coll.) to die; (of a death) to happen Colloquialism ∼HSK 3
整 整 zhěng exactly; in good order; whole; complete; entire; in order; orderly; to repair; to mend; to renovate; (coll.) to fix sb; to give sb a hard time; to mess with sb Colloquialism HSK 3
血 血 xuè blood; colloquial pr. [xiě] Colloquialism HSK 3
金刚 金剛 Jīn gāng King Kong Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
九龙 九龍 Jiǔ lóng Kowloon district of Hong Kong Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
马拉 馬拉 Mǎ lā Marat (name); Jean-Paul Marat (1743-1793), Swiss scientist and physician Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
西亚 西亞 Xī Yà Southwest Asia Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
飞刀 飛刀 fēi dāo a throwing knife; fly cutter (machine tool) ∼HSK 3
奇 奇 jī strange, unusual, uncanny, occult ∼HSK 3
叔 叔 shū uncle; father's younger brother; husband's younger brother; Taiwan pr. [shu2] ∼HSK 3
金条 金條 jīn tiáo gold bar ∼HSK 3
生化 生化 shēng huà biochemistry ∼HSK 3
打死 打死 dǎ sǐ to kill; to beat to death ∼HSK 3
唐 唐 Táng Tang dynasty; Chinese ∼HSK 3
秀 秀 xiù ear of grain; flowering, luxuriant; refined, elegant, graceful ∼HSK 3
环游 環遊 huán yóu to travel around (the world, a country etc) ∼HSK 3
把风 把風 bǎ fēng to keep watch (during a clandestine activity); to be on the lookout ∼HSK 3
湾 灣 wān bay, cove, inlet, bend of stream ∼HSK 3
婚期 婚期 hūn qī wedding day ∼HSK 3
高强 高強 gāo qiáng excellent; outstanding ∼HSK 3