Running Out of Time

Running Out of Time 1999

暗战 àn zhàn

Police inspector and excellent hostage negotiator Ho Sheung-Sang finds himself in over his head when he is pulled into a 72 hour game by a cancer suffering criminal out for vengeance on Hong Kong's organized crime syndicates.

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3.8 Beginner Director Johnnie To IMDb 7.3

Cast

Sean Lau Ching-Wan Sean Lau Ching-Wan Insp. Ho Sheung-Sang Andy Lau Andy Lau Mr. Cheung Yoyo Mung Ka-Wai Yoyo Mung Ka-Wai Leung Yuen Ting Benz Hui Siu-Hung Benz Hui Siu-Hung Chief Inspector Wong Kai Fai Lam Suet Lam Suet Suet Waise Lee Chi-Hung Waise Lee Chi-Hung Mr. Chen Hung Wai-Leung Hung Wai-Leung Mr. Lee Oscar Lam Wai-Kin Oscar Lam Wai-Kin Mr. Hau Ruby Wong Cheuk-Ling Ruby Wong Cheuk-Ling Head of Interpol Jimmy Wong Jimmy Wong Office Building Security Guard

Vocabulary

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家伙 傢伙 jiā huo household dish, implement or furniture; domestic animal; (coll.) guy; chap; weapon Colloquialism HSK 7
闲话 閒話 xián huà casual conversation; chat; gossip; to talk about (whatever comes to mind) HSK 7
停泊 停泊 tíng bó to anchor; anchorage; mooring (of a ship) HSK 7
门路 門路 mén lù way of doing sth; the right social connection HSK 7
遇上 遇上 yù shàng to come across (sb); to run into HSK 7
机灵 機靈 jī ling clever; quick-witted HSK 7
用人 用人 yòng rén servant; to employ sb for a job; to manage people; to be in need of staff HSK 7
文盲 文盲 wén máng illiterate HSK 7
拍戏 拍戲 pāi xì to shoot a movie HSK 7
细微 細微 xì wēi tiny; minute; fine; subtle; sensitive (instruments) HSK 7
私自 私自 sī zì private; personal; secretly; without explicit approval HSK 7
抽象 抽象 chōu xiàng abstract; abstraction HSK 7
计时 計時 jì shí to measure time; to time; to reckon by time HSK 7
走近 走近 zǒu jìn to approach; to draw near to HSK 7
假冒 假冒 jiǎ mào to impersonate; to pose as (someone else); to counterfeit; to palm off (a fake as a genuine) HSK 7
幸亏 幸虧 xìng kuī fortunately; luckily HSK 7
古董 古董 gǔ dǒng curio; antique HSK 7
修补 修補 xiū bǔ to mend HSK 7
所属 所屬 suǒ shǔ one's affiliation (i.e. the organization one is affiliated with); subordinate (i.e. those subordinate to oneself); belonging to; affiliated; under one's command HSK 7
胡说 胡說 hú shuō to talk nonsense; drivel HSK 7
化验 化驗 huà yàn chemical examination; to do a lab test HSK 7
料理 料理 liào lǐ to arrange; to handle; to cook; cuisine; art of cooking HSK 7
关掉 關掉 guān diào to switch off; to shut off HSK 7
可不是 可不是 kě bu shì that's just the way it is; exactly! HSK 7
钓鱼 釣魚 diào yú to fish (with line and hook); to dupe HSK 7
妥 妥 tuǒ suitable; adequate; ready; settled HSK 7
职员 職員 zhí yuán office worker; staff member HSK 7
物体 物體 wù tǐ object; body; substance HSK 7
吩咐 吩咐 fēn fù to tell; to instruct; to command HSK 7
妥协 妥協 tuǒ xié to compromise; to reach terms; a compromise HSK 7
放过 放過 fàng guò to let off; to let slip by; to let sb get away with sth HSK 7
通往 通往 tōng wǎng to lead to HSK 7
警官 警官 jǐng guān constable; police officer HSK 7
上司 上司 shàng si boss; superior HSK 7
容忍 容忍 róng rěn to put up with; to tolerate HSK 7
花样 花樣 huā yàng pattern; way of doing sth; trick; ruse; fancy-style (as in 花样滑冰 figure skating) HSK 7
手枪 手槍 shǒu qiāng pistol HSK 7
流血 流血 liú xuè to bleed; to shed blood HSK 7
可疑 可疑 kě yí suspicious; dubious HSK 7
瞄准 瞄準 miáo zhǔn to take aim at; to target HSK 7
证人 證人 zhèng rén witness HSK 7
制服 制服 zhì fú to subdue; to check; to bring under control; (in former times) what one is allowed to wear depending on social status; uniform (army, party, school etc); livery (for company employees) HSK 7
称呼 稱呼 chēng hu to call; to address as; form of address; appellation HSK 7
投降 投降 tóu xiáng to surrender; surrender HSK 7
自私 自私 zì sī selfish; selfishness HSK 7
人质 人質 rén zhì hostage HSK 7
走廊 走廊 zǒu láng corridor; aisle; hallway; passageway; veranda HSK 7
开枪 開槍 kāi qiāng to open fire; to shoot a gun HSK 7
封锁 封鎖 fēng suǒ to blockade; to seal off; to lock down HSK 7
幢 幢 chuáng banner HSK 7