Contract Killer 1998
杀手之王
Financially troubled, a newbie hitman reluctantly takes the job of finding the plotted killer of a Japanese tycoon.
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Vocabulary
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| 外行 外行 | layman; amateur | Xiehouyu |
| 冒险 冒險 | to take risks; to take chances; foray; adventure | Xiehouyu |
| 夸张 誇張 | to exaggerate; overstated; exaggerated; hyperbole; (coll.) excessive; ridiculous; outrageous | Colloquialism |
| 家伙 傢伙 | household dish, implement or furniture; domestic animal; (coll.) guy; chap; weapon | Colloquialism |
| 做证 做證 | variant of 作证 | |
| 遗愿 遺願 | final wishes of the departed | |
| 伯伯 伯伯 | father's elder brother; uncle | |
| 伯父 伯父 | father's elder brother; term of respect for older man | |
| 出息 出息 | to yield interest, profit etc; to exhale (Buddhism) | |
| 包庇 包庇 | to shield; to harbor; to cover up | |
| 出厂 出廠 | to leave the factory (of finished goods) | |
| 总而言之 總而言之 | in short; in a word; in brief | |
| 次序 次序 | sequence; order | |
| 雄厚 雄厚 | substantial; robust; ample; abundant | |
| 威风 威風 | might; awe-inspiring authority; impressive | |
| 算账 算賬 | (accounting) to balance the books; to do the accounts; (fig.) to settle an account; to get one's revenge | |
| 益处 益處 | benefit | |
| 无故 無故 | without cause or reason | |
| 势必 勢必 | to be bound to; undoubtedly will | |
| 孝顺 孝順 | filial; dutiful; devoted to one's parents (and grandparents etc); to show filial piety towards (an older family member); filial piety | |
| 桑拿 桑拿 | sauna (loanword) | |
| 私事 私事 | personal matters | |
| 摆平 擺平 | to be fair; to be impartial; to settle (a matter etc) | |
| 敷衍 敷衍 | to elaborate (on a theme); to expound (the classics); perfunctory; to skimp; to botch; to do sth half-heartedly or just for show; barely enough to get by | |
| 转折 轉折 | shift in the trend of events; turnaround; plot shift in a book; turn in the conversation | |
| 吃亏 吃虧 | to suffer losses; to come to grief; to lose out; to get the worst of it; to be at a disadvantage; unfortunately | |
| 收买 收買 | to purchase; to bribe | |
| 掌管 掌管 | in charge of; to control | |
| 当日 當日 | on that day | |
| 累积 累積 | to accumulate | |
| 吓唬 嚇唬 | to scare; to frighten | |
| 体面 體面 | dignity; prestige; face; honorable; creditable; (of sb's appearance) presentable; respectable | |
| 外号 外號 | nickname | |
| 零钱 零錢 | change (of money); small change; pocket money | |
| 茫茫 茫茫 | boundless; vast and obscure | |
| 贵重 貴重 | precious | |
| 执着 執著 | to be strongly attached to; to be dedicated; to cling to; (Buddhism) attachment | |
| 控告 控告 | to accuse; to charge; to indict | |
| 剥削 剝削 | to exploit; exploitation | |
| 随即 隨即 | immediately; presently; following which | |
| 珍藏 珍藏 | a collection of rare and valuable items; to collect (such items) | |
| 富豪 富豪 | rich and powerful person | |
| 饭碗 飯碗 | rice bowl; fig. livelihood; job; way of making a living | |
| 匿名 匿名 | anonymous | |
| 灭亡 滅亡 | to be destroyed; to become extinct; to perish; to die out; to destroy; to exterminate | |
| 遗嘱 遺囑 | testament; will | |
| 反过来 反過來 | conversely; in reverse order; in an opposite direction | |
| 掉头 掉頭 | to turn one's head; to turn round; to turn about | |
| 不算 不算 | to not calculate; to not count; to not be considered (as); to have no weight | |
| 牵涉 牽涉 | to involve; implicated |