Robbery 2016

老笠 lǎo lì

An anarcho-absurdist blood-soaked grand guignol indie flick with attitude to burn, this is the pitch perfect youth movie from Hong Kong. A twenty-something punk fancies himself a total player, but the best job he can find is overnight clerk at a convenience store. The other clerk is a cute chick and you’re thinking “rom com,” but then there’s a robbery, a gangster, a shoot-out, and by the time a neighbor is pulling out a homemade bomb, you realize that this violent farce is all about the current situation in Hong Kong where nothing makes sense, the heartless wipe their feet on the hopeless, and you might as well burn it all down because there are no more better tomorrows.

HSK 1

3.78 Beginner Director Fire Lee Ka-Wing IMDb 6.2

Cast

Derek Tsang Kwok-Cheung Lau Kin-Ping

J. Arie Mabel

Lam Suet Convenience Store Boss

Stanley Fung Shui-Fan Grandfather

Philip Keung Ho-Man Yan

Eric Kwok Wai-Leung Big Boss

Anita Chui Pik-Ka Anita Chan Tsz-Ying

Aaron Chow Officer Wai

Edward Ma Chi-Wai Chevis

Ken Lo Wai-Kwong Kwong

Vocabulary

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搞错搞錯 gǎo cuò	mistake; to make a mistake; to blunder; mistaken	∼HSK 5
锁匙鎖匙 suǒ chí	(dialect) key; Taiwan pr. [suo3 shi5]	∼HSK 5
狗屁狗屁 gǒu pì	bullshit; nonsense	∼HSK 5
看清看清 kàn qīng	to see clearly	∼HSK 5
拆开拆開 chāi kāi	to dismantle; to disassemble; to open up (sth sealed); to unpick	∼HSK 5
出狱出獄 chū yù	to be released from prison	∼HSK 5
维生維生 wéi shēng	abbr. for	∼HSK 5
纸币紙幣 zhǐ bì	bank notes; paper currency	∼HSK 5
我操我操 wǒ cào	(substitute for) fuck; WTF	∼HSK 5
硬要硬要 yìng yào	firmly set on doing sth; to insist on doing; determined in one's course of action	∼HSK 5
入住入住 rù zhù	to check in (at a hotel etc)	∼HSK 5
械械 xiè	weapons; implements, instruments	∼HSK 5
鵰鵰 diāo	eagle, vulture; Aquila species (various)	∼HSK 5
掌权掌權 zhǎng quán	to wield (political etc) power; be in power	∼HSK 5
秒针秒針 miǎo zhēn	second hand (of a clock)	∼HSK 5
弱智弱智 ruò zhì	weak-minded; mentally deficient; retarded	∼HSK 5
军装軍裝 jūn zhuāng	military uniform	∼HSK 5
计程车計程車 jì chéng chē	(Tw) taxi; cab	∼HSK 5
无谓無謂 wú wèi	pointless; meaningless; unnecessarily	∼HSK 5
何何 hé	what (literary)	∼HSK 5
榴榴 liú	pomegranate	∼HSK 5
东主東主 dōng zhǔ	owner (e.g. of a shop)	∼HSK 5
魔魔 mó	demon	∼HSK 5
大便大便 dà biàn	to defecate; excrement; feces	∼HSK 5
店铺店鋪 diàn pù	store; shop	∼HSK 5
嘈嘈 cáo	noisy	∼HSK 5
仁仁 rén	humaneness, benevolence, kindness	∼HSK 5
诊診 zhěn	examine patient, diagnose	∼HSK 5
怎能怎能 zěn néng	how can	∼HSK 5
操你妈操你媽 cào nǐ mā	fuck your mother (vulgar)	∼HSK 5
杀掉殺掉 shā diào	to kill	∼HSK 5
弄丢弄丟 nòng diū	to lose	∼HSK 5
淫妇淫婦 yín fù	loose woman; prostitute; Jezebel	∼HSK 5
勃起勃起 bó qǐ	erection; to have an erection	∼HSK 5
答对答對 dá duì	to answer correctly; (literary) to respond; to reply	∼HSK 5
娱乐圈娛樂圈 yú lè quān	the entertainment world; show business	∼HSK 5
辈子輩子 bèi zi	all one's life; lifetime	∼HSK 5
上辈子上輩子 shàng bèi zi	one's ancestors; past generations; a former incarnation	∼HSK 5
正如正如 zhèng rú	just as; precisely as	HSK 5
舍得捨得 shě de	to be willing to part with sth	HSK 5
风度風度 fēng dù	elegance (for men); elegant demeanor; grace; poise	HSK 5
剪刀剪刀 jiǎn dāo	scissors	HSK 5
逃走逃走 táo zǒu	to escape; to flee; to run away	HSK 5
交代交代 jiāo dài	to transfer (duties to sb else); to give instructions; to tell (sb to do sth); to explain; to give an account; to brief; to confess; to account for oneself; (jocular) to come to a bad end	HSK 5
再也再也 zài yě	(not) any more	HSK 5
名牌名牌 míng pái	famous brand; nameplate; name tag	HSK 5
优惠優惠 yōu huì	privilege; favorable (terms); preferential (treatment); discount (price)	HSK 5
阻碍阻礙 zǔ ài	to obstruct; to hinder; to block; obstruction; hindrance	HSK 5
胆膽 dǎn	gall bladder; courage; guts; gall; inner container (e.g. bladder of a football, inner container of a thermos)	HSK 5
带有帶有 dài yǒu	to have as a feature or characteristic; to have an element of (confidence, sweetness, malevolence etc); to carry (a pathogen, connotation etc)	HSK 5