City Under Siege

City Under Siege 2010

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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Vocabulary

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yǒu qǐng to request the pleasure of seeing sb; to ask sb in; to ask sb to do sth (e.g. make a speech) ∼HSK 1
míng not clear; unknown; to fail to understand ∼HSK 1
le no thanks (used to politely but informally decline) ∼HSK 1
néng cannot; must not; should not ∼HSK 1
shàng tiān Heaven; Providence; God; the sky above; to fly skywards; (euphemism) to die; to pass away; the previous day (or days) ∼HSK 1
zài or else; alternatively ∼HSK 1
èr fēn second part; the equinox ∼HSK 1
jūn army, military; soldiers, troops ∼HSK 1
dào liǎo at last; finally; in the end ∼HSK 1
kuài diǎn to do sth more quickly; Hurry up!; Get a move on! ∼HSK 1
shì shǒu to work for a trial period; worker on probation ∼HSK 1
gēn fēng to go with the tide; to blindly follow the crowd; to follow the trend ∼HSK 1
(slang) what the...!; oh my god!; that's insane! ∼HSK 1
zhù (verb complement) unable to firmly or securely (grasp, recall etc); repeatedly; continuously; constantly ∼HSK 1
xiǎng jiàn to infer; to gather ∼HSK 1
zhòng to hit the target; (fig.) to hit the nail on the head ∼HSK 1
děng we; us (archaic) ∼HSK 1
kāi mén to open a door (lit. and fig.); to open for business ∼HSK 1
bu guò to be unable to defeat; to be no match for (sb) ∼HSK 1
zhǒng one kind of; one type of ∼HSK 1
xiǎng yào to want to; to feel like; to fancy; to care for sb; desirous of ∼HSK 1
jīn now, today, modern era ∼HSK 1
kàn bu jiàn cannot see; cannot be seen; invisible ∼HSK 1
jiù shì in other words; i.e. ∼HSK 1
xiǎo mèi little sister; girl; (Tw) young female employee working in a low-level role dealing with the public (assistant, waitress, attendant etc) ∼HSK 1
lǎo father; dad ∼HSK 1
zài na r (adverbial expression indicating that the attention of the subject of the verb is focused on what they are doing, not distracted by anything else); just...ing (and nothing else) ∼HSK 1
zhǎo huì to look for an opportunity ∼HSK 1
zuò xiǎo to be sb's concubine ∼HSK 1
dad and mom ∼HSK 1
zuò shì to work; to handle matters; to have a job ∼HSK 1
shì (formal) this day; that day ∼HSK 1
zhè xià this time ∼HSK 1
shì shì to have a try ∼HSK 1
huì huì (posing a question: whether sb, something) can or cannot?; is able to or not ∼HSK 1
yào yǒu to need; to require; must have ∼HSK 1
bāng bang máng to help; to do a favor; (Shanghainese) Come on!; Give me a break! ∼HSK 1
rén by oneself (without assistance); alone (without company) ∼HSK 1
shí èr twelve; 12 ∼HSK 1
gōng labor, work; worker, laborer ∼HSK 1
duō ge many; multiple; multi- (faceted, ethnic etc) ∼HSK 1
èr shí twenty; 20 ∼HSK 1
shuō shàng to say; to speak; to talk ∼HSK 1
yǒu qián rén rich person; the rich ∼HSK 1
zhè shì 这: this, the, here · 是: indeed, yes, right; to be; demonstrative pronoun, this, that ∼HSK 1
zài (Tw) local; native (from Taiwanese 在地, Tai-lo pr. [tsāi-tē]) ∼HSK 1
zhòng to hit (a target) ∼HSK 1
rén lit. that person; fig. the person you have been looking for; Mr Right; the girl of one's dreams ∼HSK 1
jīn zǎo this morning ∼HSK 1
méi yǒu shì not a bit; nothing is up; nothing alarming is happening ∼HSK 1