High Risk

High Risk 1995

shǔdǎn lóng wēi

After failing to save his wife from 'The Doctor', Kit Li is working as a bodyguard and secret stunt double for the cowardly martial arts film star Frankie Lane. Frankie attends an exhibition of the crown jewels of Russia at a Hong Kong hotel, and when the Doctor's gang take over the building in attempt to steal them, Kit is the only thing standing in their way. Will Frankie regain his courage? Will romance blossom between Kit and the nosy reporter? Who has the best Kung-Fu?

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Vocabulary

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wēi might; formidable power HSK 7
yǒu organic HSK 7
dǎo xià to collapse; to topple over HSK 7
róng xìng honored (to have the privilege of ...) HSK 7
tīng huà to do what one is told; obedient HSK 7
xiàng liàn necklace HSK 7
jiā exclusive HSK 7
guì lord; nobility; nobleman; noblewoman; aristocrat; aristocracy HSK 7
suō to withdraw; to pull back; to contract; to shrink; to reduce; abbreviation; also pr. [sù] HSK 7
shì to vow; to pledge; to swear HSK 7
xún luó to patrol (police, army or navy) HSK 7
huáng hòu empress; imperial consort HSK 7
extremely HSK 7
rén zhì hostage HSK 7
bài tuō to request sb to do sth; please! HSK 7
to lie on one's stomach; to lean forward, resting one's upper body (on a desktop etc); (Tw) percent HSK 7
variant of 麻; hemp HSK 7
jiān shì to monitor; to keep a close watch over; surveillance HSK 7
pīn mìng to do one's utmost; with all one's might; at all costs; (to work or fight) as if one's life depends on it HSK 7
jiān bǎng shoulder HSK 7
chèn to avail oneself of; to take advantage of HSK 7
zhǔn not to allow; to forbid; to prohibit HSK 7
yào otherwise; or else; how about...?; either... (or...) HSK 7
guāi (of a child) obedient, well-behaved; clever; shrewd; alert; perverse; contrary to reason; irregular; abnormal HSK 7
lǎo old age; very; eldest child in a family; leader of a group; boss; captain of a boat; leader of a criminal gang HSK 7
gēn zōng to follow sb's tracks; to tail; to shadow; tracking HSK 7
huī ash; dust; lime; gray; discouraged; dejected HSK 7
qíng bào information; intelligence HSK 7
zhī not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) HSK 7
é to chant HSK 7
chōng fēng xiàn zhèn to charge and break through enemy lines Idiom ∼HSK 6
xíng shī zǒu ròu walking corpse (idiom); zombie; person who lives only on the material level Idiom ∼HSK 6
wàn niàn huī every hope turns to dust (idiom); completely disheartened Idiom ∼HSK 6
shī no strategy left to try (idiom); at one's wit's end; at the end of one's tether; powerless Idiom ∼HSK 6
jiā rén wáng family bankrupt and the people dead (idiom); ruined and orphaned; destitute and homeless Idiom ∼HSK 6
shā rén zhǎ yǎn to murder without blinking an eye (idiom); ruthless; cold-blooded Idiom ∼HSK 6
qián gōng jìn to waste all one's previous efforts (idiom); all that has been achieved goes down the drain Idiom ∼HSK 6
fēi tóng xiǎo extremely important; no small matter Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
chéng won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be? Xiehouyu HSK 6
lài (coll.) not bad; good; fine Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
jiù suàn (coll.) even if Colloquialism HSK 6
used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 6
yǒu méi yǒu (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)? HSK 6
yuē zhá (dialect) cockroach; also pr. [yue1you2] ∼HSK 6
xiě feature article; close-up (filmmaking, photography etc) ∼HSK 6
穿 穿 jiē chuān to expose; to uncover ∼HSK 6
shā huáng czar (loanword) ∼HSK 6
尿尿 尿尿 niào niào to pee ∼HSK 6
dūn xià to squat down; to crouch ∼HSK 6
jié duàn to break or cut in two; to sever; to cut off; (fig.) to cut off (a conversation, a flow etc); to interrupt; (math.) to truncate ∼HSK 6