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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| 独家 獨家 | exclusive | |
| 麻醉 麻醉 | anesthesia; to anesthetize; (fig.) to corrupt (sb's mind); to enervate; to numb the mind (to escape from harsh reality) | |
| 糊涂 糊塗 | muddled; silly; confused | |
| 赐 賜 | to confer; to bestow; to grant; Taiwan pr. [sì] | |
| 搅 攪 | to disturb; to annoy; to mix; to stir | |
| 可疑 可疑 | suspicious; dubious | |
| 同伴 同伴 | companion; comrade; fellow | |
| 瞄准 瞄準 | to take aim at; to target | |
| 捧 捧 | to clasp; to cup the hands; to hold up with both hands; to offer (esp. in cupped hands); to praise; to flatter | |
| 称呼 稱呼 | to call; to address as; form of address; appellation | |
| 虚 虛 | emptiness; void; abstract theory or guiding principles; empty or unoccupied; diffident or timid; false; humble or modest; (of health) weak; virtual; in vain | |
| 视线 視線 | line of sight | |
| 每当 每當 | whenever; every time | |
| 自私 自私 | selfish; selfishness | |
| 人质 人質 | hostage | |
| 幸好 幸好 | fortunately | |
| 开启 開啟 | to open; to start; (computing) to enable | |
| 钢 鋼 | steel | |
| 开枪 開槍 | to open fire; to shoot a gun | |
| 震 震 | to shake; to vibrate; to jolt; to quake; excited; shocked; one of the Eight Trigrams 卦, symbolizing thunder; ☳ | |
| 地狱 地獄 | hell; infernal; underworld; (Buddhism) Naraka | |
| 出手 出手 | to dispose of; to spend (money); to undertake a task | |
| 傻瓜 傻瓜 | idiot; fool | |
| 大厦 大廈 | (used in the names of grand buildings such as 百老汇大厦 Broadway Mansions (in Shanghai) or 帝国大厦 Empire State Building etc) | |
| 外表 外表 | external; outside; outward appearance | |
| 绑 綁 | to tie; bind or fasten together; to kidnap | |
| 监视 監視 | to monitor; to keep a close watch over; surveillance | |
| 劫 刦 | to rob; to plunder; to seize by force; to coerce; calamity; abbr. for kalpa 波 | |
| 轮胎 輪胎 | tire; pneumatic tire | |
| 保佑 保佑 | to bless and protect; blessing | |
| 惩罚 懲罰 | penalty; punishment; to punish | |
| 痕迹 痕跡 | vestige; mark; trace | |
| 都会 都會 | city; metropolis | |
| 宗 宗 | school; sect; purpose; model; ancestor; clan; to take as one's model (in academic or artistic work); classifier for batches, items, cases (medical or legal), reservoirs | |
| 不准 不准 | not to allow; to forbid; to prohibit | |
| 要不 要不 | otherwise; or else; how about...?; either... (or...) | |
| 贼 賊 | thief; traitor; wily; deceitful; evil; extremely | |
| 娶 娶 | to take a wife; to marry (a woman) | |
| 乖 乖 | (of a child) obedient, well-behaved; clever; shrewd; alert; perverse; contrary to reason; irregular; abnormal | |
| 寂寞 寂寞 | lonely; lonesome; (of a place) quiet; silent | |
| 脖子 脖子 | neck | |
| 幕 幕 | curtain or screen; canopy or tent; headquarters of a general; act (of a play) | |
| 拳 拳 | fist; boxing | |
| 屁股 屁股 | buttocks; bottom; butt; back part | |
| 惹 惹 | to provoke; to irritate; to vex; to stir up; to anger; to attract (troubles); to cause (problems) | |
| 耍 耍 | to play with; to wield; to act (cool etc); to display (a skill, one's temper etc) | |
| 穿着 穿著 | attire; clothes; dress | |
| 基因 基因 | gene (loanword) | |
| 勒 勒 | to rein in; to compel; to force; to carve; to engrave; (literary) to command; to lead; bridle; (physics) abbr. for 斯, lux | |
| 粉丝 粉絲 | bean vermicelli; mung bean starch noodles; Chinese vermicelli; cellophane noodles; fan (loanword); enthusiast for sb or sth |