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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| 火势 火勢 | intensity of a fire; lively; flourishing | |
| 哔 嗶 | used in transliterations | |
| 立正 立正 | to stand straight; attention! (order to troops) | |
| 粉红色 粉紅色 | pink | |
| 嗡嗡声 嗡嗡聲 | hum; drone; buzz | |
| 砂石 砂石 | sandstone; sand and stone; aggregate | |
| 斧 斧 | axe, hatchet; chop, hew | |
| 兆 兆 | omen; million; mega; also trillion. China = million; Japan and Taiwan = trillion | |
| 苑 苑 | pasture, park, garden; mansion | |
| 出声 出聲 | to make a sound; to speak; to cry out | |
| 逼死 逼死 | to hound sb to death | |
| 辗 輾 | turn over, roll | |
| 拜 拜 | bow, worship | |
| 眉 眉 | eyebrows; upper margin of book | |
| 豆花 豆花 | jellied tofu; soft bean curd | |
| 蒲 蒲 | type of rush; vine | |
| 岗 崗 | post; position | |
| 紧急医疗 緊急醫療 | emergency medical care | |
| 锁链 鎖鏈 | chains; shackles | |
| 钳 鉗 | pincers, pliers, tongs; to compress | |
| 马达 馬達 | (loanword) motor | |
| 柱 柱 | pillar, post; support; lean on | |
| 珊 珊 | coral | |
| 急促 急促 | urgent; hurried and brief; rushing | |
| 控制室 控制室 | control room | |
| 莲 蓮 | lotus, water lily; paradise | |
| 玲 玲 | tinkling of jade | |
| 葵 葵 | sunflower; measure | |
| 洒水 灑水 | to sprinkle | |
| 疯癫 瘋癲 | insane; crazy | |
| 燃 燃 | burn; light fire, ignite | |
| 喷气 噴氣 | to spurt steam (or air etc) | |
| 蜂 䗬 | bee, wasp, hornet | |
| 鸣 鳴 | cry of bird or animal; make sound | |
| 搞错 搞錯 | mistake; to make a mistake; to blunder; mistaken | |
| 拆下 拆下 | to dismantle; to take apart | |
| 惊恐 驚恐 | to be alarmed; to be frightened | |
| 烈 烈 | fiery, violent, vehement, ardent | |
| 敲击 敲擊 | to pound; to rap | |
| 漏气 漏氣 | to leak air or gas | |
| 滑落 滑落 | to slide; to roll | |
| 啷 啷 | a clanging or rattling sound | |
| 婆子 婆子 | old woman | |
| 旭 旭 | rising sun; brilliance; radiant | |
| 出勤 出勤 | to go to work; to be present (at work, school etc); to be away on business | |
| 急诊室 急診室 | emergency room | |
| 渐近 漸近 | to approach gradually | |
| 石块 石塊 | stone; rock | |
| 扔下 扔下 | to throw down; to drop (bomb) | |
| 拍击 拍擊 | to smack; to beat |