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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| 打点滴 打點滴 | to put sb on an intravenous drip | |
| 我儿 我兒 | my child | |
| 烟蒂 煙蒂 | cigarette butt (variant of) | |
| 液压 液壓 | hydraulic pressure | |
| 干呕 乾嘔 | to retch | |
| 撬门 撬門 | to break in; to force a door | |
| 救护 救護 | to rescue; to administer first aid | |
| 抽泣 抽泣 | to sob spasmodically | |
| 候命 候命 | to await orders; to be on call | |
| 过氧化 過氧化 | peroxide | |
| 跌落 跌落 | to fall; to drop | |
| 啵啵 啵啵 | (onom.) bubbling noise | |
| 吊钩 吊鉤 | suspended hook; hanging hook; hanger | |
| 井盖 井蓋 | manhole cover (more formally,) | |
| 宵夜 宵夜 | midnight snack; late-night snack | |
| 不舒服 不舒服 | unwell; feeling ill; to feel uncomfortable; uneasy | |
| 吵嚷 吵嚷 | to make a racket; clamour; uproar | |
| 钢缆 鋼纜 | steel cable; wire cable; steel hawser | |
| 绑住 綁住 | to fasten; to bind | |
| 嘈杂声 嘈雜聲 | noise; din | |
| 麻醉药 麻醉藥 | anesthetic; narcotic | |
| 闯祸 闖禍 | to cause an accident; to make trouble; to get into trouble | |
| 巡查 巡查 | to patrol | |
| 灌水 灌水 | to irrigate; to pour water into; to inject water into meat to increase its weight (plumping); to cook the books; to post low-value messages (small talk etc) on Internet forums | |
| 稀释 稀釋 | to dilute | |
| 不觉 不覺 | unconsciously | |
| 汤料 湯料 | raw materials for making soup; packaged soup mix | |
| 讨人厌 討人厭 | horrid | |
| 蚝豉 蠔豉 | dried oyster meat | |
| 电锯 電鋸 | electric saw (esp. electric chain saw) | |
| 哼声 哼聲 | hum | |
| 模糊不清 模糊不清 | indistinct; fuzzy; blurred with age | |
| 扣住 扣住 | to detain; to hold back by force; to buckle; to hook | |
| 拉扯 拉扯 | to drag; to pull; to raise a child (through difficulties); to help; to support; to drag in; to chat | |
| 担架 擔架 | stretcher; litter; bier | |
| 服务生 服務生 | server (at a restaurant) | |
| 抚养权 撫養權 | custody (of a child etc) | |
| 学识 學識 | erudition; scholarly knowledge | |
| 肉酱 肉醬 | minced meat sauce; (fig.) mincemeat; a person cut to pieces | |
| 老伯伯 老伯伯 | grandpa (polite form of address for old man) | |
| 险些 險些 | narrowly; almost; nearly | |
| 老伯 老伯 | uncle (polite form of address for older male) | |
| 采取行动 採取行動 | to take action; to adopt policies; to move on some issue | |
| 并发症 併發症 | complications (undesired side-effect of medical procedure) | |
| 渔场 漁場 | fishing ground | |
| 开解 開解 | to straighten out; to explain; to ease sb's anxiety | |
| 铺床 鋪床 | to make a bed; to lay bedding | |
| 喷雾 噴霧 | mist spray; atomizing | |
| 语塞 語塞 | to be at a loss for words; speechless | |
| 少许 少許 | a little; a few |