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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| 那个人 那個人 | lit. that person; fig. the person you have been looking for; Mr Right; the girl of one's dreams | |
| 玫瑰花 玫瑰花 | rose | |
| 看一看 看一看 | to have a look | |
| 真人 真人 | a real person; Daoist spiritual master | |
| 你妈 你媽 | (interjection) fuck you; (intensifier) fucking | |
| 要看 要看 | (it) depends on... | |
| 见习 見習 | to learn on the job; to be on probation | |
| 是的 是的 | yes, that's right; variant of | |
| 正要 正要 | to be just about to; to be on the point of | |
| 有水 有水 | supplied with water (of a house) | |
| 女人家 女人家 | women (in general) | |
| 多重 多重 | multi- (faceted, cultural, ethnic etc) | |
| 喝茶 喝茶 | to drink tea; to get engaged; to have a serious conversation; (fig.) to have a meeting with state security agents (to be warned to behave "responsibly") | |
| 零用钱 零用錢 | pocket money; allowance; spending money | |
| 在那儿 在那兒 | (adverbial expression indicating that the attention of the subject of the verb is focused on what they are doing, not distracted by anything else); just...ing (and nothing else) | |
| 听不见 聽不見 | not be able to hear | |
| 老天 老天 | God; Heavens | |
| 差一点 差一點 | almost; nearly | |
| 二号 二號 | 2nd day of the month | |
| 还给 還給 | to return sth to sb | |
| 多个 多個 | many; multiple; multi- (faceted, ethnic etc) | |
| 会不会 會不會 | (posing a question: whether sb, something) can or cannot?; is able to or not | |
| 茶水 茶水 | tea prepared in large quantity using inexpensive tea leaves | |
| 坐好 坐好 | to sit properly; to sit up straight | |
| 不了 不了 | no thanks (used to politely but informally decline) | |
| 做出 做出 | to put out; to issue | |
| 不着 不著 | no need; need not | |
| 这种 這種 | this kind of | |
| 看不见 看不見 | cannot see; cannot be seen; invisible | |
| 走出 走出 | to leave (a room etc); to go out through (a door etc) | |
| 有一点 有一點 | a little; somewhat | |
| 开地 開地 | to clear land (for cultivation); to open up land | |
| 点水 點水 | to skim; lightly touching the water (as the dragonfly in the idiom 蜻蜓點水|蜻蜓点水); skin-deep | |
| 请坐 請坐 | please, have a seat | |
| 真是的 真是的 | Really! (interj. of annoyance or frustration) | |
| 洗手间 洗手間 | toilet; lavatory; washroom | |
| 过不去 過不去 | to make life difficult for; to embarrass; unable to make it through | |
| 电视机 電視機 | television set | |
| 中文 中文 | Chinese language | |
| 放假 放假 | to have a holiday or vacation | |
| 下雨 下雨 | to rain | |
| 楼上 樓上 | upstairs; (Internet slang) previous poster in a forum thread | |
| 上车 上車 | to get on or into (a bus, train, car etc) | |
| 不大 不大 | not very; not too; not often | |
| 走路 走路 | to walk; to go on foot | |
| 请问 請問 | Excuse me, may I ask...? | |
| 白天 白天 | daytime; during the day; day | |
| 下班 下班 | to finish work; to get off work | |
| 听见 聽見 | to hear | |
| 女朋友 女朋友 | girlfriend |