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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yīng xióng hero HSK 6
mìng life; fate; order or command; to assign a name, title etc HSK 6
to force (sb to do sth); to compel; to press for; to extort; to press on towards; to press up to; to close in on; euphemistic variant of 屄 HSK 6
zuō worker; workshop; (slang) troublesome; high-maintenance (person) HSK 6
(onom.) sound of singing, cheering etc; (phonetic); (dialect) to chat HSK 6
jiǔ cái wine, sex, avarice and temper (idiom); four cardinal vices Idiom ∼HSK 5
jià zhí lián chéng invaluable; priceless Idiom ∼HSK 5
xiǎo qiáo (coll.) to look down on; to underestimate Xiehouyu ∼HSK 5
chòu stench; smelly; to smell (bad); repulsive; loathsome; terrible; bad; severely; ruthlessly; dud (ammunition) Xiehouyu HSK 5
miǎo second (unit of time); arc second (angular measurement unit); (coll.) instantly Colloquialism HSK 5
diū xià to abandon ∼HSK 5
jūn lord, sir ∼HSK 5
suǒ to blackmail; to extort ∼HSK 5
léi land mine (CL:); (fig.) sore point; weak spot ∼HSK 5
dàn dawn; morning; day ∼HSK 5
shén jīng bìng mental disorder; neuropathy; (derog.) mental case ∼HSK 5
tōu pāi to photograph or film sb without their knowledge or consent ∼HSK 5
zěn me gǎo de How did it happen?; What's wrong?; What went wrong?; What's up? ∼HSK 5
burst ∼HSK 5
fēi fēi very fragrant; luxurious; beautiful ∼HSK 5
sāng mourning; mourn; funeral ∼HSK 5
qīng to underestimate the enemy ∼HSK 5
jiǎn diào to cut off; to cut away; to trim ∼HSK 5
jiǎn duàn to cut; to snip ∼HSK 5
chāi xià to dismantle; to take apart ∼HSK 5
线 zhǔ xiàn main line (of communication); main thread (of a plotline or concept); central theme ∼HSK 5
zōng footprints, traces, tracks ∼HSK 5
zěn how (variant of 怎么) ∼HSK 5
zāo le gosh!; oh no!; darn! ∼HSK 5
fáng dàn bulletproof ∼HSK 5
Chí pool, pond; moat; cistern ∼HSK 5
gǎo dìng to fix; to settle; to wangle ∼HSK 5
yàn huì tīng ballroom; banqueting hall ∼HSK 5
to hide (as an undercover agent); an insider (in a gang of thieves); a mole ∼HSK 5
kàn to watch a play; to watch passively (i.e. from the sidelines, from the crowd) ∼HSK 5
nóng pus ∼HSK 5
bāo womb, placenta, fetal membrane ∼HSK 5
fěi bandits, robbers, gangsters ∼HSK 5
qiāng zhàn gun battle; firefight ∼HSK 5
níng méng lemon ∼HSK 5
cào fuck your mother (vulgar) ∼HSK 5
cào (substitute for) fuck; WTF ∼HSK 5
gǎo cuò mistake; to make a mistake; to blunder; mistaken ∼HSK 5
zhāng cockroach ∼HSK 5
xià pǎo to scare away ∼HSK 5
shā homicide (law) ∼HSK 5
shì swear, pledge; oath ∼HSK 5
niū girl ∼HSK 5
qíng inclinations and interests; delight; fun; interest; appeal ∼HSK 5
shā rén kuáng homicidal maniac ∼HSK 5