Hard Boiled

Hard Boiled 1992

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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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bào to hold; to carry (in one's arms); to hug; to embrace; to surround; to cherish; (coll.) (of clothes) to fit nicely Colloquialism HSK 4
jǐng yuán police officer; policeman (general term for any police officer); police constable (lowest rank in mainland China and Hong Kong) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Hǎi shì chù Marine Department (Hong Kong) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Bīng dǎo Iceland Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Zhèng tǒng Zhengtong Emperor, reign name of sixth Ming Emperor Zhu Qizhen (1427-1464), reigned 1435-1449, temple name Yingzong Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
ěr Pu'er, prefecture-level city in Yunnan Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Shā Tóu Jiǎo Sha Tau Kok (town in Hong Kong) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Qīng nián huì YMCA (international Christian youth movement, formed in 1844) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Xià wēi Hawaii, US state Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Zhōng Měi zhōu Central America Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Dōng huá Sān yuàn Tung Wah Group of Hospitals (Hong Kong) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Lái ān Lai'an, a county in Chuzhou, Anhui Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Tiān huáng Heavenly Sovereign, one of the three legendary sovereigns; emperor; emperor of Japan Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Qīng shuǐ Qingshui (place name); Shimizu (Japanese surname and place name) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
kǒu population (counted as number of households for census or taxation); registered residence; residence permit; (in Hong Kong and Macau) bank account Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Guān Dǎo Guam Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
chāi bàn gōng (law) obstructing government administration (Hong Kong) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
méi xiǎng dào didn't expect HSK 4
zhǎng guān senior official; senior officer; commanding officer; sir (term of address for senior officer) ∼HSK 4
Péng name of ancient country; surname ∼HSK 4
shén me shì what matter ∼HSK 4
zhī know ∼HSK 4
zěn yāo huì how could it ∼HSK 4
sàn kāi to separate; to disperse ∼HSK 4
xùn zhí to die in the line of duty ∼HSK 4
Xiè thank ∼HSK 4
shén me rén what kind of person ∼HSK 4
chū huò to take money or valuables out of storage; to recover; to ship goods; to extract (chemicals from solution) ∼HSK 4
jǐng chá police station; police department; police headquarters ∼HSK 4
zhòng àn major case; serious crime ∼HSK 4
jiào guān military instructor ∼HSK 4
pán wèn to interrogate; to cross-examine; to inquire ∼HSK 4
huǒ jǐng fire alarm ∼HSK 4
jiān hard, strong, firm; resolute ∼HSK 4
dǎo gào to pray; prayer ∼HSK 4
whetstone; grind, sharpen; whet ∼HSK 4
Fēi fragrant, luxuriant; the Philippines ∼HSK 4
sàn xīn to drive away cares; to relieve boredom ∼HSK 4
tǎng xià to lie down ∼HSK 4
shàng suǒ to go to the bathroom ∼HSK 4
jiā rén sb with whom one is on familiar terms; sb from the same place (same house, same town etc); one of us ∼HSK 4
dìng to be screwed; to be toast ∼HSK 4
meaning, intent ∼HSK 4
jiāng rivers and lakes; all corners of the country; remote areas to which hermits retreat; section of society operating independently of mainstream society, out of reach of the law; the milieu in which wuxia tales play out (cf.); ( ∼HSK 4
yǒu rèn liable; responsible ∼HSK 4
qīng chu unclear; not understood; currently unknown ∼HSK 4
mín fáng private house ∼HSK 4
yǒu zuì guilty ∼HSK 4
zuò láo to be imprisoned ∼HSK 4
dāng accountability ∼HSK 4