Lifeline

Lifeline 1997

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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.

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4.31 Intermediate

Vocabulary

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sān fēn somewhat; to some degree ∼HSK 1
gēn zhe to follow after; immediately afterwards ∼HSK 1
děng děng wait a moment ∼HSK 1
zuò shǒu to put one's hand to sth; to set about; skillful hands; worker; writer ∼HSK 1
bìng not at all; by no means ∼HSK 1
zěn me le What's up?; What's going on?; What happened? ∼HSK 1
xiǎng unexpectedly; to one's surprise ∼HSK 1
xiǎo (literary) youngster; (old) young fellow (term of address used by the older generation); (old) I, me (used in speaking to one's elders) ∼HSK 1
tài hǎo le very good ∼HSK 1
guān mén to close a door; to lock a door; (of a shop etc) to close (for the night or permanently) ∼HSK 1
dào liǎo at last; finally; in the end ∼HSK 1
zuò shì to work; to handle matters; to have a job ∼HSK 1
měi each; every ∼HSK 1
zuì shǎo at least; minimum; lowest (amount); minimal ∼HSK 1
zhège (pronoun) this; (adjective) this ∼HSK 1
yào yǒu to need; to require; must have ∼HSK 1
duō duō many; much; a lot; lots and lots; more; even more ∼HSK 1
děng děng et cetera; and so on...; wait a minute!; hold on! ∼HSK 1
zuǒ shǒu left hand; left-hand side ∼HSK 1
may not ∼HSK 1
zhè shì 这: this, the, here · 是: indeed, yes, right; to be; demonstrative pronoun, this, that ∼HSK 1
huí diàn to call sb back (on the phone); a return call; to reply to a telegram; to wire back; a reply telegram ∼HSK 1
tiān that day; the other day ∼HSK 1
mǎi cài to buy groceries ∼HSK 1
kāi mén to open a door (lit. and fig.); to open for business ∼HSK 1
xià shuǐ downstream; to go into the water; to put into water; to launch (a ship); fig. to fall into bad ways; to lead astray; to go to pot ∼HSK 1
rén those on our side; ourselves; one's own people; one of us ∼HSK 1
rén by oneself (without assistance); alone (without company) ∼HSK 1
duì comparison; to verify by comparing ∼HSK 1
huà shuō It is said that... (at the start of a narrative); to discuss; to recount ∼HSK 1
cure, heal; doctor, medical ∼HSK 1
hǎo no good ∼HSK 1
zhè wèi this (person) ∼HSK 1
desk; machine; moment ∼HSK 1
zuì gāo tallest; highest; supreme (court etc) ∼HSK 1
rén frogman ∼HSK 1
hǎo hello; hi ∼HSK 1
duō fàng add extra (of a spice etc) ∼HSK 1
zhèng diǎn (of a train etc) on time; punctual; (slang) awesome; (Tw) on the hour ∼HSK 1
diǎn not at all ∼HSK 1
xià fēi to get off a plane; to deplane ∼HSK 1
xiǎng jiàn to infer; to gather ∼HSK 1
sháo zi scoop ∼HSK 1
jiàn le to have disappeared; to be missing; nowhere to be found ∼HSK 1
bái tiān broad daylight ∼HSK 1
sòng to send or deliver to the hospital ∼HSK 1
yào shuō as for; when it comes to ∼HSK 1
the first time; first; number one ∼HSK 1
huān xiào to laugh happily; a belly-laugh ∼HSK 1
de (taboo curse) damn it!; fucking ∼HSK 1