Doctor Mack

Doctor Mack 1995

流氓医生 liúmáng yīshēng

Since dropping out from the medical school, Lau Mack has been living a humble but contented life, running a small clinic in a shabby area, treating local inhabitants and poor prostitutes working there. One night, he escorts an injured gun robber to the government hospital, where he unexpectedly meets his old friend from college time, Dr. Jaw, now a reputed surgeon with an aspiration for senior management. To Jaw's bitter surprise, he finds himself outshone by Lau's medical talent and kindness to patients. Jaw is however determined to speed up his career ascent at the expense of Lau. His plots work perfectly, until an accident delivers his life to the mercy of Lau.

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4.24 Intermediate

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神来之笔 神來之筆 shén lái zhī bǐ lit. a stroke of the brush from the gods (idiom); fig. a brilliant, inspired touch in writing or art; a masterstroke Idiom ∼HSK 7
无为而治 無為而治 wú wéi ér zhì to govern by non-action (idiom); the Daoist ideal of ruling through effortless natural order Idiom ∼HSK 7
说来说去 說來說去 shuō lái shuō qù to talk it over again and again; to go on and on about something (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 7
摇摇欲坠 搖搖欲墜 yáo yáo yù zhuì tottering; on the verge of collapse Idiom HSK 7
多心 多心 duō xīn oversensitive; suspicious Xiehouyu HSK 7
稀奇 稀奇 xī qí rare; strange Xiehouyu HSK 7
不理 不理 bù lǐ to refuse to acknowledge; to pay no attention to; to take no notice of; to ignore Xiehouyu HSK 7
多余 多餘 duō yú superfluous; unnecessary; surplus Xiehouyu HSK 7
尴尬 尷尬 gān gà awkward; embarrassed Xiehouyu HSK 7
俗语 俗語 sú yǔ common saying; proverb; colloquial speech Colloquialism HSK 7
人品 人品 rén pǐn moral standing; moral quality; character; personality; appearance; looks (colloquial); bearing Colloquialism HSK 7
夸张 誇張 kuā zhāng to exaggerate; overstated; exaggerated; hyperbole; (coll.) excessive; ridiculous; outrageous Colloquialism HSK 7
扯 扯 chě to pull; to tear; (of cloth, thread etc) to buy; to chat; to gossip; (coll.) (Tw) ridiculous; hokey Colloquialism HSK 7
娘 娘 niáng mother; young lady; (coll.) effeminate Colloquialism HSK 7
学堂 學堂 xué táng college; school (old) HSK 7
无可奉告 無可奉告 wú kě fèng gào (idiom) "no comment" HSK 7
钳子 鉗子 qián zi pliers; pincers; tongs; forceps; vise; clamp; claw (of a crab etc); (dialect) earring HSK 7
无不 無不 wú bù none lacking; none missing; everything is there; everyone without exception HSK 7
食宿 食宿 shí sù board and lodging; room and board HSK 7
归纳 歸納 guī nà to sum up; to summarize; to conclude from facts; induction (method of deduction in logic) HSK 7
指教 指教 zhǐ jiào to give advice or comments HSK 7
拐弯 拐彎 guǎi wān to go round a curve; to turn a corner; fig. a new direction HSK 7
答辩 答辯 dá biàn to reply (to an accusation); to defend one's dissertation HSK 7
抱负 抱負 bào fù aspiration; ambition HSK 7
虚荣 虛榮 xū róng vanity HSK 7
凿 鑿 záo chisel; to bore a hole; to chisel or dig; (literary) (bound form) certain; authentic; irrefutable; also pr. [zuò] HSK 7
热气 熱氣 rè qì steam; heat HSK 7
灯笼 燈籠 dēng lóng lantern HSK 7
下棋 下棋 xià qí to play chess HSK 7
安眠药 安眠藥 ān mián yào sleeping pill HSK 7
念书 念書 niàn shū to read; to study HSK 7
后遗症 後遺症 hòu yí zhèng (medicine) sequelae; residual effects; (fig.) repercussions; aftermath HSK 7
恳求 懇求 kěn qiú to beg; to beseech; to entreat; entreaty HSK 7
丛 叢 cóng cluster; collection; collection of books; thicket HSK 7
少有 少有 shǎo yǒu rare; infrequent HSK 7
吊销 吊銷 diào xiāo to suspend (an agreement); to revoke HSK 7
黏 黏 nián sticky; glutinous; (Tw) to adhere; to stick on; to glue HSK 7
偷看 偷看 tōu kàn to peep; to peek; to steal a glance HSK 7
输血 輸血 shū xuè to transfuse blood; to give aid and support HSK 7
吃亏 吃虧 chī kuī to suffer losses; to come to grief; to lose out; to get the worst of it; to be at a disadvantage; unfortunately HSK 7
容许 容許 róng xǔ to permit; to allow HSK 7
书记 書記 shū ji secretary (chief official of a branch of a socialist or communist party); clerk; scribe HSK 7
寻觅 尋覓 xún mì to look for HSK 7
忌 忌 jì to be jealous of; fear; dread; scruple; to avoid or abstain from; to quit; to give up sth HSK 7
当日 當日 dāng rì on that day HSK 7
无赖 無賴 wú lài hoodlum; rascal; rogue; rascally; scoundrelly HSK 7
留恋 留戀 liú liàn reluctant to leave; to hate to have to go; to recall fondly HSK 7
自卑 自卑 zì bēi to have low self-esteem; to abase oneself HSK 7
胡乱 胡亂 hú luàn careless; reckless; casually; absent-mindedly; at will; at random; any old how HSK 7
津贴 津貼 jīn tiē allowance HSK 7