Life Without Principle

Life Without Principle 2011

夺命金 duó mìng jīn

A criminal, a bank clerk and a police officer find their destinies entwined when a loan shark gets assaulted after having withdrawn $10 million from the bank in the midst of the world financial crisis.

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4.06 Intermediate Director Johnnie To IMDb 6.9

Cast

Sean Lau Ching-Wan Sean Lau Ching-Wan Three-Legged Panther Richie Jen Richie Jen Inspector Cheung Jin-fong Myolie Wu Hang-Yee Myolie Wu Hang-Yee Connie Denise Ho Wan-Si Denise Ho Wan-Si Teresa Chan Philip Keung Ho-Man Philip Keung Ho-Man Law Siu Lung Lo Hoi-Pang Lo Hoi-Pang Chung Yuen Singh Hartihan Bitto Singh Hartihan Bitto Bank Security Guard Tam Bing-Man Tam Bing-Man Boss Lee Kwan Ronald Yan Mau-Keung Ronald Yan Mau-Keung Manager Ho Sze-tung Kenneth Cheung Moon-Yuen Kenneth Cheung Moon-Yuen Kenneth

Vocabulary

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抢 搶 qiǎng to fight over; to rush; to scramble; to grab; to rob; to snatch HSK 5
客户 客戶 kè hù client; customer HSK 5
陪 陪 péi to accompany; to keep sb company; to assist; old variant of 赔 HSK 5
至 至 zhì to arrive; most; to; until HSK 5
令 令 líng used in 令; used in 狐 (Taiwan pr. [lìng]) HSK 5
拥有 擁有 yōng yǒu to have; to possess HSK 5
声 聲 shēng sound; voice; tone; noise; reputation; classifier for sounds HSK 5
杀 殺 shā to kill; to murder; to attack; to weaken or reduce; to smart (dialect); (used after a verb) extremely HSK 5
肯定 肯定 kěn dìng to be certain; to be positive; assuredly; definitely; to give recognition; to affirm; affirmative (answer) HSK 5
搞 搞 gǎo to do; to make; to go in for; to set up; to get hold of; to take care of HSK 5
将 將 jiāng will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把) HSK 5
可 可 kě (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very HSK 5
物竞天择 物競天擇 wù jìng tiān zé natural selection Idiom ∼HSK 4
王八 王八 wáng ba softshell turtle; cuckold; (old) male owner of a brothel Xiehouyu ∼HSK 4
划得来 划得來 huá de lái worth it; it pays to Xiehouyu ∼HSK 4
热闹 熱鬧 rè nao bustling with noise and excitement; lively Xiehouyu HSK 4
冷静 冷靜 lěng jìng calm; cool-headed; dispassionate; (of a place) deserted; quiet Xiehouyu HSK 4
末了 末了 mò liǎo (coll.) final part; last bit; (coll.) in the end; finally Colloquialism ∼HSK 4
案子 案子 àn zi long table; counter; (coll.) case (criminal, medical etc); matter; project; job Colloquialism ∼HSK 4
大巴 大巴 dà bā (coll.) large bus; coach; (abbr. for 大型巴士) Colloquialism HSK 4
老公 老公 lǎo gōng (coll.) husband Colloquialism HSK 4
老婆 老婆 lǎo pó (coll.) wife Colloquialism HSK 4
俩 倆 liǎ two (colloquial equivalent of 两个); both; some Colloquialism HSK 4
金砖 金磚 Jīn Zhuān BRIC; BRICS economic bloc (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
金砖四国 金磚四國 Jīn zhuān Sì Guó Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
户口 戶口 hù kǒu population (counted as number of households for census or taxation); registered residence; residence permit; (in Hong Kong and Macau) bank account Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
港币 港幣 Gǎng bì Hong Kong currency; Hong Kong dollar Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
李 李 Lǐ Li (surname) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
港元 港元 gǎng yuán Hong Kong dollar Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
旺角 旺角 Wàng Jiǎo Mong Kok (area in Hong Kong) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
马尾 馬尾 Mǎ wěi Mawei, a district of Fuzhou City, Fujian Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
元朗 元朗 Yuán Lǎng Yuen Long town in northwest New Territories, Hong Kong Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
阿森 阿森 Ā sēn Assen, city in the Netherlands Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
观塘 觀塘 Guàn táng Kwun Tong district of Kowloon, Hong Kong Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
荃湾 荃灣 Quán wān Tsuen Wan district of New Territories, Hong Kong Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
青山 青山 Qīng shān Qingshan district of Wuhan city, Hubei; Qingshan district of Baotou city, Inner Mongolia Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
杀进 殺進 shā jìn to storm (a city etc); to raid Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
尖沙咀 尖沙咀 Jiān shā zuǐ Tsim Sha Tsui, urbanized area in Hong Kong Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
潮州 潮州 Cháo zhōu Chaozhou, prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province; Chaozhou, township in Pingtung County, Taiwan; Chaozhou, variant of Minnan dialect spoken in east Guangdong Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
没想到 沒想到 méi xiǎng dào didn't expect HSK 4
郑 鄭 Zhèng the name of a state in the Zhou dynasty in the vicinity of present-day Xinzheng, a county-level city in Henan; surname Zheng; abbr. for Zhengzhou, the capital of Henan ∼HSK 4
宋 宋 Sòng Song dynasty; surname ∼HSK 4
什么事 什麼事 shén me shì what matter ∼HSK 4
长官 長官 zhǎng guān senior official; senior officer; commanding officer; sir (term of address for senior officer) ∼HSK 4
森 森 Sēn forest; luxuriant vegetation ∼HSK 4
没办法 沒辦法 méi bàn fǎ there is nothing to be done; one can't do anything about it ∼HSK 4
杰 傑 jié hero; heroic, outstanding ∼HSK 4
买单 買單 mǎi dān to pay the restaurant bill ∼HSK 4
仔 仔 zǎi small thing, child; young animal ∼HSK 4
正方 正方 zhèng fāng the side in favor of the proposition (in a formal debate) ∼HSK 4