Lifeline 1997
十万火急
A heroic but cocky firefighter pays no regard to the dangers of the job but lacks the courage to face his personal demons. When faced with a giant and volatile inferno, he must put aside personal differences with his boss if they are both to survive.
Vocabulary
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| 烂 爛 | soft; mushy; well-cooked and soft; to rot; to decompose; rotten; worn out; chaotic; messy; utterly; thoroughly; crappy; bad | |
| 躲 躲 | to hide; to dodge; to avoid | |
| 命令 命令 | order; command | |
| 尝试 嘗試 | to try; to attempt | |
| 签 籤 | inscribed bamboo stick (used in divination, gambling, drawing lots etc); small wood sliver; label; tag | |
| 洞 洞 | cave; hole; zero (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers) | |
| 暂时 暫時 | temporary; provisional; for the time being | |
| 撞 撞 | to knock against; to bump into; to run into; to meet by accident | |
| 熟悉 熟悉 | to be familiar with; to know well | |
| 滚 滾 | to boil; to roll; to take a hike; Get lost! | |
| 启动 啟動 | to start (a machine); (fig.) to set in motion; to launch (an operation); to activate (a plan) | |
| 吐 吐 | to spit; to send out (silk from a silkworm, bolls from cotton flowers etc); to say; to pour out (one's grievances) | |
| 骗 騙 | to cheat; to swindle; to deceive; to get on (a horse etc) by swinging one leg over | |
| 厉害 厲害 | (used to describe sb or sth that makes a very strong impression, whether favorable or unfavorable) terrible; intense; severe; devastating; amazing; awesome; outstanding; (of a person) stern; strict; harsh; shrewd; tough; (of an animal) fierce; (of a resemblance) striking; (of liquor or chili pepper) strong; (of bacteria) virulent | |
| 社区 社區 | community; neighborhood | |
| 剩下 剩下 | to remain; to be left over | |
| 运 運 | to move; to transport; to use; to apply; fortune; luck; fate | |
| 恨 恨 | to hate; to regret | |
| 建筑 建築 | to construct; building | |
| 式 式 | type; form; pattern; style | |
| 疯 瘋 | insane; mad; wild | |
| 讨厌 討厭 | to dislike; to loathe; disagreeable; troublesome; annoying | |
| 恢复 恢復 | to reinstate; to resume; to restore; to recover; to regain; to rehabilitate | |
| 傻 傻 | foolish | |
| 居然 居然 | unexpectedly; to one's surprise; go so far as to | |
| 放弃 放棄 | to renounce; to abandon; to give up | |
| 神 神 | God; abbr. for 舟 | |
| 令 令 | used in 令; used in 狐 (Taiwan pr. [lìng]) | |
| 声 聲 | sound; voice; tone; noise; reputation; classifier for sounds | |
| 控制 控制 | to control | |
| 搞 搞 | to do; to make; to go in for; to set up; to get hold of; to take care of | |
| 可 可 | (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very | |
| 回味无穷 回味無窮 | to have a rich aftertaste; (fig.) memorable; to linger in one's memory | Idiom |
| 气急败坏 氣急敗壞 | flustered and exasperated; utterly discomfited | Idiom |
| 来不及 來不及 | there's not enough time (to do sth); it's too late (to do sth) | Xiehouyu |
| 冷静 冷靜 | calm; cool-headed; dispassionate; (of a place) deserted; quiet | Xiehouyu |
| 聊天 聊天 | to chat; to gossip | Xiehouyu |
| 拜拜 拜拜 | (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 |
| 老公 老公 | (coll.) husband | Colloquialism |
| 烧 燒 | to burn; to cook; to stew; to bake; to roast; to heat; to boil (tea, water etc); fever; to run a temperature; (coll.) to let things go to one's head | Colloquialism |
| 帅 帥 | (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 |
| 抱 抱 | to hold; to carry (in one's arms); to hug; to embrace; to surround; to cherish; (coll.) (of clothes) to fit nicely | Colloquialism |
| 荃湾 荃灣 | Tsuen Wan district of New Territories, Hong Kong | Proper Noun |
| 滴滴 滴滴 | DiDi, app-based transportation company | Proper Noun |
| 洞口 洞口 | Dongkou county in Shaoyang, Hunan | Proper Noun |
| 来安 來安 | Lai'an, a county in Chuzhou, Anhui | Proper Noun |
| 全港 全港 | whole territory of Hong Kong | Proper Noun |
| 路易斯 路易斯 | Louis or Lewis (name) | Proper Noun |
| 大爆炸 大爆炸 | Big Bang (cosmology) | Proper Noun |
| 长官 長官 | senior official; senior officer; commanding officer; sir (term of address for senior officer) |