Contract Killer

Contract Killer 1998

shāshǒu zhī wáng

Financially troubled, a newbie hitman reluctantly takes the job of finding the plotted killer of a Japanese tycoon.

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4.12 Intermediate Director Stephen Tung Wai IMDb 6.1

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Vocabulary

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hài qún zhī lit. a horse that brings trouble to its herd (idiom); fig. troublemaker; black sheep; rotten apple Idiom ∼HSK 6
duàn xíng to decide and act alone (idiom); to take arbitrary action; a law unto oneself Idiom ∼HSK 6
xīn hěn - shǒu (idiom) vicious; merciless Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
zhuāng suàn to act stupid; to play dumb; to pretend to not know Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
gāo shǒu expert; past master; dab hand Xiehouyu HSK 6
zǎi le (coll.) (typically used hyperbolically) to kill (sb) Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
jiù suàn (coll.) even if Colloquialism HSK 6
used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 6
yǒu méi yǒu (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?; Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)? HSK 6
biǎo miàn shang outwardly; superficially; on the face of it HSK 6
zhǐzhe Poke HSK 6
zhǔ móu mastermind; ringleader; lead plotter ∼HSK 6
liū bīng ice skating; (slang) to do meth ∼HSK 6
zhuǎn zhàng to transfer (money to a bank account) ∼HSK 6
shàn zhōng to die naturally with dignity; to pass away peacefully; (of partnerships, projects etc) to end well; to have a good ending ∼HSK 6
hùn míng nickname ∼HSK 6
hùn fàn to work for a living ∼HSK 6
shùn dào on the way ∼HSK 6
shuǎi diào to throw off; to abandon; to cast off; to get rid of; to dump ∼HSK 6
táng láng mantis; praying mantis ∼HSK 6
huáng què (bird species of China) Eurasian siskin (Spinus spinus) ∼HSK 6
lǎo uncle (polite form of address for older male) ∼HSK 6
liàn to temper oneself; to steel oneself; self-discipline; endurance ∼HSK 6
cān ròu canned luncheon meat; Spam ∼HSK 6
diào to tear out (and throw away); to rip away ∼HSK 6
luo variant of ∼HSK 6
shì (vulgar) trifling matter; mere trifle; goddamn thing; goddamn business ∼HSK 6
ér guǎ 孤: orphan, fatherless; solitary · 儿: son, child; KangXi radical 10 · 寡: widowed; alone, friendless · 妇: married women; woman; wife ∼HSK 6
xíng jǐng criminal police ∼HSK 6
jiā (loanword) vodka ∼HSK 6
fàn zuì tuán crime syndicate ∼HSK 6
to gather; to assemble ∼HSK 6
chuán to translate; to interpret ∼HSK 6
dié (magnetic) computer disk (hard disk or floppy) ∼HSK 6
xià remaining ∼HSK 6
qīng bái pure; innocent ∼HSK 6
chǔ zhí (Tw) to put money into (a stored-value card or pre-paid phone account); to top up ∼HSK 6
tán sporting circles; the world of sport ∼HSK 6
shuāng gàng parallel bars (gymnastics event) ∼HSK 6
yàn shī autopsy; postmortem examination ∼HSK 6
shí fēn zhī one tenth ∼HSK 6
pāi dàng partner ∼HSK 6
cháng wèi yán gastroenteritis ∼HSK 6
kàn bu qīng not able to see clearly ∼HSK 6
yuān wang pointless trip; not worth the trip ∼HSK 6
diàn shì closed-circuit television ∼HSK 6
bodily health; one's physical state; physique ∼HSK 6
xiāng biān edge; border; to edge (with lace, embroidery etc) ∼HSK 6
yuán - (idiom) no cause or reason; completely uncalled for ∼HSK 6
fēn zhàng to share profits (or debt) ∼HSK 6