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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to scare; to intimidate; to threaten; (interjection showing disapproval) tut-tut; (interjection showing astonishment) HSK 5
shèng xià to remain; to be left over HSK 5
trick; drama; play; show HSK 5
yāo qǐng to invite; invitation HSK 5
diū to lose; to put aside; to throw HSK 5
tǎo yàn to dislike; to loathe; disagreeable; troublesome; annoying HSK 5
zhí xíng to implement; to carry out; to execute; to run HSK 5
shǎ foolish HSK 5
qiāng (literary) to knock against (esp. to knock one's head on the ground in grief or rage); opposite in direction; contrary HSK 5
péi to accompany; to keep sb company; to assist; old variant of 赔 HSK 5
lìng to order; to command; an order; warrant; writ; to cause; to make sth happen; virtuous; honorific title; season; government position (old); type of short song or poem HSK 5
kòng zhì to control HSK 5
shā to kill; to murder; to attack; to weaken or reduce; to smart (dialect); (used after a verb) extremely HSK 5
gǎo to do; to make; to go in for; to set up; to get hold of; to take care of HSK 5
(prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very HSK 5
wáng ba softshell turtle; cuckold; (old) male owner of a brothel Xiehouyu ∼HSK 4
lěng jìng calm; cool-headed; dispassionate; (of a place) deserted; quiet Xiehouyu HSK 4
bái bái (loanword) bye-bye; also pr. [bai1 bai1] etc; (coll.) to part ways (with sb); (fig.) to have nothing further to do (with sb or sth) Colloquialism ∼HSK 4
shuài (bound form) commander-in-chief; (bound form) to lead; to command; handsome; graceful; dashing; elegant; (coll.) cool!; sweet!; (Chinese chess) general (on the red side, equivalent to a king in Western chess) Colloquialism HSK 4
Li (surname) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
gōng Wugong County in Xianyang, Shaanxi Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
wén French language Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
wén Japanese (language) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
méi xiǎng dào didn't expect HSK 4
wēi pomp, power; powerful; dominate ∼HSK 4
jié hero; heroic, outstanding ∼HSK 4
shén me shì what matter ∼HSK 4
zěn yāo huì how could it ∼HSK 4
shēng zhí to get promoted (at work etc); promotion ∼HSK 4
dǐng lóu top floor; attic; loft; garret; penthouse; (flat) rooftop (often used as an outdoor living area etc) ∼HSK 4
fàng jìng magnifying glass ∼HSK 4
yóu shì especially; most of all; above all; in particular ∼HSK 4
shēng guān to get promoted ∼HSK 4
Cáo ministry officials; surname ∼HSK 4
variant of ∼HSK 4
liǎn xíng shape of face; physiognomy ∼HSK 4
qìng congratulate, celebrate ∼HSK 4
jiǎ miàn mask; fig. false façade; deceptive front ∼HSK 4
private, personal; secret ∼HSK 4
agate; cornelian ∼HSK 4
dān cinnabar (native HgS); vermilion (artificial HgS used as pigment) ∼HSK 4
elegant, graceful, delicate ∼HSK 4
tǎng xià to lie down ∼HSK 4
zhè yàng zi so; such; this way; like this ∼HSK 4
jǐng police department; police station; abbr. of 警察局 ∼HSK 4
shī yuē to miss an appointment ∼HSK 4
jǐng fěi police and criminals; (genre of fiction) crime ∼HSK 4
zǎi small thing, child; young animal ∼HSK 4
tiě dìng unalterable; certainly; definitely ∼HSK 4
bu that's just the way it is; exactly! ∼HSK 4