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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| 兮兮 兮兮 | (particle used to exaggerate certain adjectives, in particular 神經兮兮|神经兮兮, 髒兮兮|脏兮兮, 可憐兮兮|可怜兮兮, and 慘兮兮|惨兮兮) | |
| 肝硬化 肝硬化 | cirrhosis | |
| 煮饭 煮飯 | to cook | |
| 活埋 活埋 | to bury alive | |
| 装设 裝設 | to install; to fit (e.g. a light bulb) | |
| 超重 超重 | overweight (baggage, freight) | |
| 迅即 迅即 | immediately; promptly; quickly | |
| 泡妞 泡妞 | to pick up girls; to play around with girls; to chase after girls | |
| 棉纱 棉紗 | cotton yarn | |
| 好自为之 好自為之 | to do one's best; to shape up; to fend for oneself; you're on your own | |
| 码表 碼表 | speedometer; stopwatch; cyclocomputer; (computing) code table | |
| 滴答声 滴答聲 | tick (tock) | |
| 踩水 踩水 | to tread water; to paddle or tramp in shallow water | |
| 淅沥 淅瀝 | (onom.) patter of rain | |
| 漂白剂 漂白劑 | bleach | |
| 染料 染料 | dye | |
| 碎屑 碎屑 | fragments; particles | |
| 救护人员 救護人員 | rescue worker | |
| 喘不过气来 喘不過氣來 | to be unable to breathe | |
| 咔啦 咔啦 | crispy, deep-fried (variant of) | |
| 接驳 接駁 | to access; to transfer passengers between two railway lines | |
| 钢板 鋼板 | steel plate | |
| 争辩 爭辯 | a dispute; to wrangle | |
| 要好 要好 | to be on good terms; to be close friends; striving for self-improvement | |
| 桥梁 橋梁 | bridge (lit. and fig.) | |
| 复苏 復甦 | to recover (health, economic); to resuscitate; anabiosis | |
| 氧气 氧氣 | oxygen | |
| 要不然 要不然 | otherwise; or else; or | |
| 薪水 薪水 | salary; wage | |
| 笑声 笑聲 | laughter | |
| 学员 學員 | student; member of an institution of learning; officer cadet | |
| 出动 出動 | to start out on a trip; to dispatch troops | |
| 有事 有事 | to be occupied with sth; to have sth on one's mind; there is something the matter | |
| 拿走 拿走 | to take away | |
| 长久 長久 | (for a) long time | |
| 派出 派出 | to send; to dispatch | |
| 仪器 儀器 | instrument; apparatus | |
| 管道 管道 | tubing; pipeline; (fig.) channel; means | |
| 抱歉 抱歉 | to be sorry; to feel apologetic; sorry! | |
| 吊 吊 | to suspend; to hang up; to hang a person | |
| 欺负 欺負 | to bully | |
| 扑 撲 | to throw oneself at; to pounce on; to devote one's energies; to flap; to flutter; to dab; to pat; to bend over | |
| 平台 平臺 | platform; terrace; flat-roofed building | |
| 节奏 節奏 | rhythm; tempo; musical pulse; cadence; beat | |
| 凶 兇 | terrible; fearful | |
| 泥 泥 | mud; clay; paste; pulp | |
| 支援 支援 | to provide assistance; to support; to back | |
| 沿着 沿著 | to go along; to follow | |
| 救命 救命 | to save sb's life; (interj.) Help!; Save me! | |
| 算了 算了 | let it be; let it pass; forget about it |