Running on Karma

Running on Karma 2003

大块头有大智慧 dàkuàitóu yǒu dàzhìhuì

A monk turned body-builder, with the gift to see into people's lives, befriends a female cop, and uses his gift to change the force of Karma and her destiny.

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3.76 Beginner Director Johnnie To, Wai Ka-Fai IMDb 6.6

Cast

Andy Lau Andy Lau Big Cecilia Cheung Cecilia Cheung Lee Fung Yee Eddie Cheung Siu-Fai Eddie Cheung Siu-Fai Captain Chung Karen Tong Bo-Yue Karen Tong Bo-Yue Woman Whose Left Arm Shot Off Chun Wong Chun Wong Yee's Superior Officer Jimmy Wong Jimmy Wong Yee's Colleague Hon Kwok-Choi Hon Kwok-Choi Slippery Thief Yuen Bun Yuen Bun Chef Yu Wenzhong Yu Wenzhong Master Wu Hou Lian-Sheng Master Wen

Vocabulary

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偷渡 偷渡 tōu dù illegal immigration; to stowaway (on a ship); to steal across the international border; to run a blockade ∼HSK 6
袈裟 袈裟 jiāshā kasaya (monk's robe) ∼HSK 6
背阔肌 背闊肌 bèi kuò jī latissimus dorsi muscle (back of the chest) ∼HSK 6
乌鱼 烏魚 wū yú gray mullet (Mugil cephalus); snakehead fish (family Channidae) ∼HSK 6
巡警 巡警 xún jǐng police patrol; patrol officer; (old) police officer ∼HSK 6
啰嗦 囉嗦 luō suo variant of ∼HSK 6
不雅 不雅 bù yǎ graceless; vulgar; indecent ∼HSK 6
公理 公理 gōng lǐ self-evident truth; (math.) axiom ∼HSK 6
天地不容 天地不容 tiān dì bù róng 天: sky, heaven; god, celestial · 地: earth; soil, ground; region · 不: no, not; un-; negative prefix · 容: looks, appearance; figure, form ∼HSK 6
伙计 伙計 huǒ ji partner; fellow; mate; waiter; servant; shop assistant ∼HSK 6
招式 招式 zhāo shì (martial arts) formalized move ∼HSK 6
勒死 勒死 lēi sǐ to strangle ∼HSK 6
求饶 求饒 qiú ráo to beg forgiveness ∼HSK 6
仇怨 仇怨 chóu yuàn hatred and desire for revenge ∼HSK 6
红橙黄绿蓝靛紫 紅橙黃綠藍靛紫 hóng chéng huáng lǜ lán diàn zǐ red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet (the colors of the rainbow) ∼HSK 6
译音 譯音 yì yīn phonetic transcription; transliteration ∼HSK 6
遇袭 遇襲 yù xí to suffer attack; to be ambushed ∼HSK 6
回旋 迴旋 huí xuán variant of ∼HSK 6
有何 有何 yǒu hé what is there ∼HSK 6
悲愤 悲憤 bēi fèn grief and indignation ∼HSK 6
争霸 爭霸 zhēng bà to contend for hegemony; a power struggle ∼HSK 6
耍得团团转 耍得團團轉 shuǎ de tuán tuán zhuàn to fool; to dupe ∼HSK 6
笑料 笑料 xiào liào comedic material; (in reference to a person) laughingstock; butt of jokes ∼HSK 6
仰慕 仰慕 yǎng mù to admire ∼HSK 6
抓贼 抓賊 zhuā zéi to catch a thief ∼HSK 6
胸肌 胸肌 xiōng jī pectoral muscles ∼HSK 6
混进 混進 hùn jìn to infiltrate; to sneak into ∼HSK 6
凡事 凡事 fán shì everything ∼HSK 6
屠宰 屠宰 tú zǎi to slaughter; to butcher ∼HSK 6
白粉 白粉 bái fěn face powder; chalk powder; heroin ∼HSK 6
搭车 搭車 dā chē to ride (in a vehicle); to get a lift; to hitch-hike ∼HSK 6
精神错乱 精神錯亂 jīng shén cuò luàn insanity ∼HSK 6
断崖 斷崖 duàn yá steep cliff; crag; precipice ∼HSK 6
畜牲 畜牲 chù shēng variant of ∼HSK 6
替天行道 替天行道 tì tiān xíng dào 替: change, replace, substitute for · 天: sky, heaven; god, celestial · 行: go; walk; move, travel; circulate · 道: path, road, street; method, way ∼HSK 6
万劫不复 萬劫不復 wàn jié bù fù consigned to eternal damnation; with no hope of reprieve ∼HSK 6
公安 公安 gōng ān (Ministry of) Public Security; public safety; public security HSK 6
傍晚 傍晚 bàng wǎn in the evening; when night falls; towards evening; at night fall; at dusk HSK 6
明日 明日 míng rì tomorrow HSK 6
寺 寺 sì Buddhist temple; mosque; government office (old) HSK 6
师父 師父 shī fu used for 师傅 (in Taiwan); master; qualified worker HSK 6
车牌 車牌 chē pái license plate HSK 6
行程 行程 xíng chéng journey; course of a journey; distance traveled; trajectory; itinerary; route; course (of history); stroke (of a piston); (Tw) (computing) process HSK 6
打断 打斷 dǎ duàn to interrupt; to break off; to break (a bone) HSK 6
捉 捉 zhuō to clutch; to grab; to capture HSK 6
上台 上台 shàng tái to rise to power (in politics); to go on stage (in the theater) HSK 6
掌声 掌聲 zhǎng shēng applause HSK 6
凶手 兇手 xiōng shǒu murderer; assassin HSK 6
出事 出事 chū shì to have an accident; to meet with a mishap HSK 6
清洁 清潔 qīng jié clean; to clean HSK 6