Forbidden City Cop 1996
大内密探零零发
An imperial agent gets ridiculed for his various inventions, until his supportive wife encourages him to attend a conference, which's actually a trap to kill all the doctors serving the emperor, where his crazy inventions come in handy.
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Vocabulary
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| 五形 五形 | Wuxing - "Five Animals" - Martial Art | |
| 同性相斥 同性相斥 | like polarities repel each other; (fig.) like repels like | |
| 异性相吸 異性相吸 | opposite polarities attract; (fig.) opposite sexes attract; opposites attract | |
| 钢珠 鋼珠 | steel ball; bearing ball | |
| 医治 醫治 | medical treatment | |
| 蒸气 蒸氣 | vapor; steam | |
| 鸳鸯 鴛鴦 | (bird species of China) mandarin duck (Aix galericulata); (fig.) affectionate couple; happily married couple | |
| 神功 神功 | amazing powers; miraculous skill | |
| 出气筒 出氣筒 | (metaphorical) punching bag; undeserving target of sb's wrath | |
| 娇妻 嬌妻 | lovely wife | |
| 勾魂 勾魂 | to take away sb's soul; (fig.) to captivate; to enchant | |
| 摸清 摸清 | to suss out; to figure out; to ascertain | |
| 不枉 不枉 | not in vain | |
| 宝剑 寶劍 | (double-edged) sword (esp. a valuable or famous one) | |
| 利器 利器 | sharp weapon; effective implement; outstandingly able individual | |
| 升斗 升斗 | liter and decaliter dry measure; (fig.) meager quantity of foodstuff | |
| 大侠 大俠 | knight; swordsman; noble warrior; chivalrous hero | |
| 秃头 禿頭 | to bare one's head; to be bareheaded; to go bald; bald head; bald person | |
| 绝版 絕版 | out of print | |
| 灵犀 靈犀 | rhinoceros horn, reputed to confer telepathic powers; fig. mutual sensitivity; tacit exchange of romantic feelings; a meeting of minds | |
| 一般见识 一般見識 | (idiom) to lower oneself to (sb's) level | |
| 宫女 宮女 | palace maid | |
| 恕罪 恕罪 | please forgive me | |
| 木炭 木炭 | charcoal | |
| 硫磺 硫磺 | variant of | |
| 小笼包 小籠包 | steamed dumpling | |
| 一饮而尽 一飲而盡 | to drain the cup in one gulp (idiom) | |
| 奉劝 奉勸 | may I offer a bit of advice | |
| 息怒 息怒 | to calm down; to quell one's anger | |
| 练功 練功 | to do tai chi; to practice kung-fu (or other martial art); to train (for dancing, acrobatics etc) | |
| 气虚 氣虛 | deficiency of (TCM) | |
| 蹲下 蹲下 | to squat down; to crouch | |
| 贫血 貧血 | anemia | |
| 产后 產後 | postnatal | |
| 脉象 脈象 | condition or type of pulse (in Chinese medicine) | |
| 枯草 枯草 | withered grass; dry grass | |
| 文武 文武 | civil and military | |
| 炒菜 炒菜 | to stir-fry; to do the cooking; stir-fried dish | |
| 人渣 人渣 | dregs of society; scum | |
| 求知欲 求知慾 | desire for knowledge | |
| 砍头 砍頭 | to decapitate; to behead | |
| 走火入魔 走火入魔 | to be obsessed with sth; to go overboard; (Buddhism, Taoism) to misguidedly focus on hallucinations that arise during meditation | |
| 荒山野岭 荒山野嶺 | wild, mountainous country | |
| 微服 微服 | (of a high-ranking official) to wear plain clothes in order to go about incognito | |
| 出巡 出巡 | to go on an inspection tour | |
| 锐利 銳利 | sharp; keen; acute; incisive; penetrating; perceptive | |
| 双臂 雙臂 | arms; both arms; two arms | |
| 挥动 揮動 | to wave sth; to brandish | |
| 好恶 好惡 | lit. likes and dislikes; preferences; taste | |
| 挖开 挖開 | to dig into; to cut a mine into |