Hard Boiled

Hard Boiled 1992

shǒu shéntàn

A cop who loses his partner in a shoot-out with gun smugglers goes on a mission to catch them. In order to get closer to the leaders of the ring he joins forces with an undercover cop who's working as a gangster hitman. They use all means of excessive force to find them.

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4.09 Intermediate Director John Woo 🍅 92%

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Vocabulary

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zǒng shì always HSK 3
rén individual; personal; oneself HSK 3
xià lai to come down; (completed action marker); (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.); (indicates continuation from the past towards us); to be harvested (of crops); to be over (of a period of time); to go among the masses (said of leaders) HSK 3
xiàn chǎng the scene (of a crime, accident etc); (on) the spot; (at) the site HSK 3
jiào to compare; to contrast; comparatively; relatively; quite; comparison HSK 3
gēn běn fundamental; basic; root; simply; absolutely (not); (not) at all HSK 3
zhěng whole; entire; total HSK 3
zhù to take note of; to pay attention to HSK 3
bǎo to protect; to defend; to safeguard; protection HSK 3
jiàng stubborn; unyielding HSK 3
chǔ to handle; to deal with; to punish; to treat sth by a special process; to process; to sell at reduced prices HSK 3
調 diào chá investigation; inquiry; to investigate; to survey; survey; (opinion) poll HSK 3
Chéng gōng Chenggong or Chengkung town in Taitung County 台东县, southeast Taiwan HSK 3
jiě jué to solve; to resolve; to settle (a problem); to eliminate; to wipe out (an enemy, bandits etc) HSK 3
biǎo xiàn to show; to show off; to display; to manifest; expression; manifestation; show; display; performance (at work etc); behavior HSK 3
xiāo xi news; information HSK 3
dāng rán only natural; as it should be; certainly; of course; without doubt HSK 3
lián to link; to join; to connect; continuously; in succession; including; (used with 也, 都 etc) even; company (military) HSK 3
shí actually; in fact; really HSK 3
zhǐ yǒu only have ...; there is only ...; (used in combination with 才) it is only if one ... (that one can ...) (Example: 只有通过治疗才能痊愈 "the only way to cure it is with therapy"); it is only ... (who ...) (Example: 要 "only men would have such a requirement"); (used to indicate that one has no alternative) one can only (do a certain thing) (Example: 服 "the only thing you can do is give in") HSK 3
jué dìng to decide (to do something); to resolve; decision; certainly HSK 3
rèn any; whatever; whichever; whatsoever HSK 3
yóu to follow; from; because of; due to; by; via; through; (before a noun and a verb) it is for ... to ... HSK 3
qiè everything; every; all HSK 3
měi each; every HSK 3
zǒng general; overall; to sum up; in every case; always; invariably; anyway; after all; eventually; sooner or later; surely; (after a person's name) abbr. for 总经理 or 总编 etc HSK 3
nèi inside; inner; internal; within; interior HSK 3
already; to stop; then; afterwards HSK 3
xīn heart; mind; intention; center; core HSK 3
to continue; to proceed with; to go on with HSK 3
qíng kuàng circumstances; state of affairs; situation HSK 3
shì jiè world HSK 3
zhǐ shì merely; only; just; nothing but; simply; but; however HSK 3
wèi le for; for the purpose of; in order to HSK 3
shēng to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out HSK 3
wàng to hope; a hope; a wish HSK 3
zhǒng seed; species; kind; type; classifier for types, kinds, sorts HSK 3
to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned HSK 3
yào to need; to want; to demand; to require; needs HSK 3
jiù shì exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也) even; even if HSK 3
bèi quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅游 to "go on a trip", for example) HSK 3
to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把 + {noun} + {verb}) HSK 3
miàn shú to look familiar; familiar-looking Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
dǎo (coll.) forget it; drop it; let it go; to pull down Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
jiǎ de bogus; ersatz; fake; mock; phony Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
nán kàn ugly; unsightly Xiehouyu HSK 2
kāi xīn to feel happy; to rejoice; to have a great time; to make fun of sb Xiehouyu HSK 2
zhè nián tou (coll.) nowadays Colloquialism ∼HSK 2
gòu enough (sufficient); enough (too much); (coll.) (before adj.) really; (coll.) to reach by stretching out Colloquialism HSK 2
tǐng straight; erect; to stick out (a part of the body); to (physically) straighten up; to support; to withstand; outstanding; (coll.) quite; very; classifier for machine guns Colloquialism HSK 2