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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| 解释 解釋 | explanation; to explain; to interpret; to resolve | |
| 底 底 | (equivalent to 的 as possessive particle) | |
| 系统 系統 | system | |
| 之前 之前 | before; prior to; ago; previously; beforehand | |
| 呀 呀 | (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt) | |
| 选择 選擇 | to select; to pick; choice; option; alternative | |
| 之后 之後 | after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then | |
| 担心 擔心 | anxious; worried; uneasy; to worry; to be anxious | |
| 而 而 | and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast) | |
| 四脚朝天 四腳朝天 | four legs facing the sky (idiom); flat on one's back | Idiom |
| 死人 死人 | dead person; (coll.) to die; (of a death) to happen | Colloquialism |
| 要是 要是 | (coll.) if | Colloquialism |
| 整 整 | exactly; in good order; whole; complete; entire; in order; orderly; to repair; to mend; to renovate; (coll.) to fix sb; to give sb a hard time; to mess with sb | Colloquialism |
| 管 筦 | to take care (of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to run; to care about; tube; pipe; woodwind; classifier for tube-shaped objects; particle similar to 把 in 管...叫 constructions; writing brush; (coll.) to; towards | Colloquialism |
| 美军 美軍 | US army; US armed forces | Proper Noun |
| 星期六 星期六 | Saturday | Proper Noun |
| 跳楼 跳樓 | to jump from a building (to kill oneself); fig. to sell at a large discount (in advertising) | |
| 金属线 金屬線 | metal wire | |
| 富商 富商 | rich merchant | |
| 红线 紅線 | red line | |
| 保镳 保鑣 | variant of | |
| 邦 邦 | nation, country, state | |
| 乱动 亂動 | to fiddle with; to tamper with; to meddle with; to move randomly; to flail about | |
| 每个人 每個人 | everybody; everyone | |
| 花心 花心 | fickle in love; unfaithful; heart of a flower (pistil and stamen) | |
| 打死 打死 | to kill; to beat to death | |
| 干嘛 幹嘛 | what are you doing?; whatever for?; why on earth? | |
| 安全感 安全感 | sense of security | |
| 财 財 | wealth, valuables, riches | |
| 影音 影音 | (Tw) audio and video; audiovisual | |
| 工作室 工作室 | studio; workshop | |
| 绝不 絕不 | in no way; not in the least; absolutely not | |
| 在台 在臺 | in Taiwan (used attributively) | |
| 乱跑 亂跑 | to run around all over the place | |
| 谈谈 談談 | to discuss; to have a chat | |
| 领班 領班 | supervisor; foreman; head waiter or waitress | |
| 到时候 到時候 | when the moment comes; at that time | |
| 二世 二世 | the Second (of numbered kings); second generation (e.g. Chinese Americans) | |
| 活口 活口 | sb who witnesses a crime and is not killed by the perpetrator; a captive who can provide information | |
| 强奸 強姦 | to rape | |
| 展 展 | open, unfold; stretch, extend | |
| 裤 褲 | trousers, pants | |
| 坐电梯 坐電梯 | to take an elevator | |
| 跳车 跳車 | to jump from a car (or train etc) | |
| 退下 退下 | to retire; to withdraw; to retreat; to step down | |
| 杀死 殺死 | to kill | |
| 老实说 老實說 | honestly speaking; to be frank, ... | |
| 认得 認得 | to recognize; to remember sth (or sb) on seeing it; to know | |
| 老太太 老太太 | elderly lady (respectful); esteemed mother | |
| 亲切 親切 | amiable; cordial; close and dear; familiar |