High Risk 1995
鼠胆龙威
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?
Vocabulary
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| 英雄 英雄 | hero | |
| 命 命 | life; fate; order or command; to assign a name, title etc | |
| 逼 偪 | 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 | |
| 作 作 | worker; workshop; (slang) troublesome; high-maintenance (person) | |
| 啦 啦 | (onom.) sound of singing, cheering etc; (phonetic); (dialect) to chat | |
| 酒色财气 酒色財氣 | wine, sex, avarice and temper (idiom); four cardinal vices | Idiom |
| 价值连城 價值連城 | invaluable; priceless | Idiom |
| 小瞧 小瞧 | (coll.) to look down on; to underestimate | Xiehouyu |
| 臭 臭 | stench; smelly; to smell (bad); repulsive; loathsome; terrible; bad; severely; ruthlessly; dud (ammunition) | Xiehouyu |
| 秒 秒 | second (unit of time); arc second (angular measurement unit); (coll.) instantly | Colloquialism |
| 丢下 丟下 | to abandon | |
| 君 君 | lord, sir | |
| 勒索 勒索 | to blackmail; to extort | |
| 地雷 地雷 | land mine (CL:); (fig.) sore point; weak spot | |
| 旦 旦 | dawn; morning; day | |
| 神经病 神經病 | mental disorder; neuropathy; (derog.) mental case | |
| 偷拍 偷拍 | to photograph or film sb without their knowledge or consent | |
| 怎么搞的 怎麼搞的 | How did it happen?; What's wrong?; What went wrong?; What's up? | |
| 噗 噗 | burst | |
| 菲菲 菲菲 | very fragrant; luxurious; beautiful | |
| 丧 喪 | mourning; mourn; funeral | |
| 轻敌 輕敵 | to underestimate the enemy | |
| 剪掉 剪掉 | to cut off; to cut away; to trim | |
| 剪断 剪斷 | to cut; to snip | |
| 拆下 拆下 | to dismantle; to take apart | |
| 主线 主線 | main line (of communication); main thread (of a plotline or concept); central theme | |
| 踪 蹤 | footprints, traces, tracks | |
| 怎 怎 | how (variant of 怎么) | |
| 糟了 糟了 | gosh!; oh no!; darn! | |
| 防弹 防彈 | bulletproof | |
| 池 池 | pool, pond; moat; cistern | |
| 搞定 搞定 | to fix; to settle; to wangle | |
| 宴会厅 宴會廳 | ballroom; banqueting hall | |
| 卧底 臥底 | to hide (as an undercover agent); an insider (in a gang of thieves); a mole | |
| 看戏 看戲 | to watch a play; to watch passively (i.e. from the sidelines, from the crowd) | |
| 脓 膿 | pus | |
| 胞 胞 | womb, placenta, fetal membrane | |
| 匪 匪 | bandits, robbers, gangsters | |
| 枪战 槍戰 | gun battle; firefight | |
| 柠檬 檸檬 | lemon | |
| 操你妈 操你媽 | fuck your mother (vulgar) | |
| 我操 我操 | (substitute for) fuck; WTF | |
| 搞错 搞錯 | mistake; to make a mistake; to blunder; mistaken | |
| 蟑 蟑 | cockroach | |
| 吓跑 嚇跑 | to scare away | |
| 他杀 他殺 | homicide (law) | |
| 誓 誓 | swear, pledge; oath | |
| 妞 妞 | girl | |
| 情趣 情趣 | inclinations and interests; delight; fun; interest; appeal | |
| 杀人狂 殺人狂 | homicidal maniac |