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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| 厂 厂 | "cliff" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 27), occurring in 原, 历, 压 etc | |
| 连续 連續 | continuous; in a row; serial; consecutive | |
| 尽量 儘量 | as much as possible; to the greatest extent | |
| 女子 女子 | woman; female | |
| 搬 搬 | to move (i.e. relocate oneself); to move (sth relatively heavy or bulky); to shift; to copy indiscriminately | |
| 汤 湯 | rushing current | |
| 争取 爭取 | to fight for; to strive for; to win over | |
| 铁 鐵 | iron (metal); arms; weapons; hard; strong; violent; unshakeable; determined; close; tight (slang) | |
| 大约 大約 | approximately; probably | |
| 到达 到達 | to reach; to arrive | |
| 上去 上去 | to go up | |
| 烟 煙 | cigarette or pipe tobacco; smoke; mist; vapour; tobacco plant; (of the eyes) to be irritated by smoke | |
| 紧急 緊急 | urgent; emergency | |
| 不必 不必 | need not; does not have to; not necessarily | |
| 浪费 浪費 | to waste; to squander | |
| 立刻 立刻 | forthwith; immediate; prompt; promptly; straightway; thereupon; at once | |
| 员 員 | person; employee; member | |
| 升 升 | to ascend; to rise to the rank of; to promote; to hoist; liter; measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth dou 斗 | |
| 交流 交流 | to exchange; exchange; communication; interaction; to have social contact (with sb) | |
| 前面 前面 | ahead; in front; preceding; above; also pr. [qián mian] | |
| 板 板 | board; plank; plate; shutter; table tennis bat; clappers (music); accented beat in Chinese music; hard; stiff; to stop smiling or look serious | |
| 钟 鐘 | clock; o'clock; time as measured in hours and minutes; bell | |
| 断 斷 | to break; to snap; to cut off; to give up or abstain from sth; to judge; (usu. used in the negative) absolutely; definitely; decidedly | |
| 意外 意外 | unexpected; accident; mishap | |
| 足够 足夠 | enough; sufficient | |
| 队员 隊員 | team member | |
| 慢慢 慢慢 | slowly | |
| 害怕 害怕 | to be afraid; to be scared | |
| 各种 各種 | every kind of; all kinds of; various | |
| 麻烦 麻煩 | trouble; inconvenience; inconvenient; troublesome; annoying; to bother sb; to put sb to trouble | |
| 调 調 | to transfer; to move (troops or cadres); to investigate; to enquire into; accent; view; argument; key (in music); mode (music); tune; tone; melody | |
| 下面 下面 | below; under; next; the following; also pr. [xià mian] | |
| 受伤 受傷 | to sustain injuries; wounded (in an accident etc); harmed | |
| 充满 充滿 | full of; brimming with; very full; permeated | |
| 室 室 | room; work unit; grave; scabbard; family or clan; one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy | |
| 反对 反對 | to oppose; to be against; to object to | |
| 架 架 | to support; frame; rack; framework; classifier for planes, large vehicles, radios etc | |
| 外面 外面 | outside (also pr. [wài mian] for this sense); surface; exterior; external appearance | |
| 空 空 | to empty; vacant; unoccupied; space; leisure; free time | |
| 文件 文件 | document; file | |
| 错误 錯誤 | mistaken; false; wrong; error; mistake | |
| 后面 後面 | the back; the rear; the last bit; behind; near the end; at the back; later; afterwards | |
| 痛 痛 | ache; pain; sorrow; deeply; thoroughly | |
| 上面 上面 | on top of; above-mentioned; also pr. [shàng mian] | |
| 救 捄 | to save; to assist; to rescue | |
| 乱 亂 | in confusion or disorder; in a confused state of mind; disorder; upheaval; riot; illicit sexual relations; to throw into disorder; to mix up; indiscriminate; random; arbitrary | |
| 危险 危險 | danger; dangerous | |
| 火 火 | fire; urgent; ammunition; fiery or flaming; internal heat (Chinese medicine); hot (popular); classifier for military units (old); Kangxi radical 86 | |
| 规定 規定 | to stipulate; to specify; to prescribe; to fix (a price); to set (a quota); regulations; rules; provisions; stipulations | |
| 警察 警察 | police; police officer |