From Beijing with Love 1994
国产凌凌漆
A Chinese secret agent travels to Hong Kong to reclaim a dinosaur fossil but experiences hilarious incidents because of his incompetence.
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Vocabulary
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| 他乡遇故知 他鄉遇故知 | meeting an old friend in a foreign place (idiom) | Idiom |
| 衣锦还乡 衣錦還鄉 | lit. to come back to one's hometown in silken robes (idiom); fig. to return home after making good; Taiwan pr. [yi4 jin3 huan2 xiang1] | Idiom |
| 衣冠禽兽 衣冠禽獸 | lit. dressed up animal (idiom); fig. immoral and despicable person | Idiom |
| 废话连篇 廢話連篇 | a bunch of nonsense; verbose and rambling | Idiom |
| 全神贯注 全神貫注 | (idiom) to concentrate one's attention completely; with rapt attention | Idiom |
| 出生入死 出生入死 | from the cradle to the grave (idiom); to go through fire and water; brave; willing to risk life and limb | Idiom |
| 上梁不正下梁歪 上樑不正下樑歪 | lit. If the upper beam is not straight, the lower beam will be crooked (idiom); fig. subordinates imitate their superiors' vices | Idiom |
| 独当一面 獨當一面 | to assume personal responsibility (idiom); to take charge of a section | Idiom |
| 单刀赴会 單刀赴會 | lit. to go among enemies with only one's sword (idiom); fig. to go alone into enemy lines | Idiom |
| 心狠手辣 心狠手辣 | (idiom) vicious; merciless | Xiehouyu |
| 神不知鬼不觉 神不知鬼不覺 | top secret; hush-hush | Xiehouyu |
| 胡扯 胡扯 | to chatter; nonsense; blather | Xiehouyu |
| 宰了 宰了 | (coll.) (typically used hyperbolically) to kill (sb) | Colloquialism |
| 就算 就算 | (coll.) even if | Colloquialism |
| 嘛 嘛 | used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? | Colloquialism |
| 有没有 有沒有 | (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)? | |
| 表面上 表面上 | outwardly; superficially; on the face of it | |
| 电筒 電筒 | flashlight | |
| 刀枪不入 刀槍不入 | lit. impervious to sword or spear (idiom); fig. invulnerable; untouchable; thick-skinned; impervious to criticism | |
| 唏嘘 唏噓 | (onom.) to sigh; to sob | |
| 相逢 相逢 | to meet (by chance); to come across | |
| 暴龙 暴龍 | Tyrannosaurus spp.; esp. T. rex | |
| 霸王 霸王 | hegemon; overlord; despot | |
| 烟蒂 煙蒂 | cigarette butt (variant of) | |
| 浪得虚名 浪得虛名 | to have an undeserved reputation (idiom) | |
| 枪械 槍械 | firearm | |
| 罐子 罐子 | jar; pitcher; pot | |
| 我儿 我兒 | my child | |
| 作主 作主 | to decide; to have the final say | |
| 卖国贼 賣國賊 | traitor | |
| 行刑 行刑 | to carry out a (death) sentence; execution | |
| 瞎子 瞎子 | blind person | |
| 偷袭 偷襲 | to mount a sneak attack; to raid | |
| 到目前为止 到目前為止 | until now; so far | |
| 批文 批文 | official written ruling in response to a submission; official approval in writing | |
| 漆黑 漆黑 | pitch-black | |
| 须根 鬚根 | fibrous root | |
| 吃素 吃素 | to be a vegetarian | |
| 风度翩翩 風度翩翩 | 风: wind; air; manners, atmosphere · 度: degree, system; manner; to consider · 翩: fly, flutter · 翩: fly, flutter | |
| 杜鹃 杜鵑 | cuckoo (Cercococcyx spp., also written 杜鵑鳥|杜鹃鸟); Indian azalea (Rhododendron simsii Planch, also written 杜鵑花|杜鹃花) | |
| 作好准备 作好準備 | to prepare; to make adequate preparation | |
| 坎坷 坎坷 | (of a road) bumpy; (of life) rough; to be down on one's luck; to be full of frustrations and dashed hopes | |
| 大清早 大清早 | early in the morning | |
| 查清 查清 | to find out; to ascertain; to get to the bottom of; to clarify | |
| 质素 質素 | (high) quality | |
| 虚掩 虛掩 | to partially obscure; (of a door, gate or window) slightly open; ajar; not fully shut; unlocked; (of a jacket or shirt) unbuttoned | |
| 神经过敏 神經過敏 | jumpy; nervous; oversensitive | |
| 网膜 網膜 | retina (anatomy) | |
| 远距离 遠距離 | long-distance | |
| 配制 配製 | to compound (medicines etc); to prepare (by mixing ingredients); to concoct |