Running Out of Time 1999
暗战
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.
Cast
Vocabulary
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| 不会 不會 | improbable; unlikely; will not (act, happen etc); not able; not having learned to do sth; (coll.) (Tw) don't mention it; not at all | Colloquialism |
| 看看 看看 | to take a look at; to examine; to survey; (coll.) pretty soon | Colloquialism |
| 对不对 對不對 | right or wrong?; Is it right?; OK, yes? (colloquial) | Colloquialism |
| 小妹妹 小妹妹 | little sister; little girl; (coll.) vulva | Colloquialism |
| 真是 真是 | indeed; truly; (coll.) (used to express disapproval, annoyance etc) | Colloquialism |
| 好不好 好不好 | (coll.) all right?; OK? | Colloquialism |
| 不行了 不行了 | (coll.) on the point of death; dying | Colloquialism |
| 爸爸 爸爸 | (coll.) father; dad | Colloquialism |
| 吗 嗎 | (coll.) what? | Colloquialism |
| 那 那 | (specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nèi]); (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations); then (in that case) | Colloquialism |
| 着 著 | to touch; to come in contact with; to feel; to be affected by; to catch fire; to burn; (coll.) to fall asleep; (after a verb) hitting the mark; succeeding in | Colloquialism |
| 香港 香港 | Hong Kong, special administrative region (SAR) of the PRC | Proper Noun |
| 英国 英國 | United Kingdom (UK); Britain | Proper Noun |
| 一个 一個 | a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc) | |
| 不是 不是 | no; is not; not | |
| 一下 一下 | (after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try); all at once; suddenly | |
| 干么 幹麼 | variant of | |
| 我去 我去 | (slang) what the...!; oh my god!; that's insane! | |
| 不能 不能 | cannot; must not; should not | |
| 那个 那個 | that one; that thing; that (as opposed to this); (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis); (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word); (used in speech as a filler | |
| 这是 這是 | 这: this, the, here · 是: indeed, yes, right; to be; demonstrative pronoun, this, that | |
| 二十 二十 | twenty; 20 | |
| 一点 一點 | a bit; a little bit; (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit; (after an adjective, used to form the comparative) a bit more, -er; a point (in a discussion etc); (calligraphy) dot stroke (、); one o'clock (abbr. for 一點鍾|一点钟[yi1 dia | |
| 半个 半個 | half of sth | |
| 这个 這個 | (pronoun) this; (adjective) this | |
| 车子 車子 | car or other vehicle (bicycle, truck etc) | |
| 开门 開門 | to open a door (lit. and fig.); to open for business | |
| 做事 做事 | to work; to handle matters; to have a job | |
| 二号 二號 | 2nd day of the month | |
| 看不见 看不見 | cannot see; cannot be seen; invisible | |
| 这种 這種 | this kind of | |
| 到了 到了 | at last; finally; in the end | |
| 一次 一次 | first; first time; once; (math.) linear (of degree one) | |
| 送去 送去 | to send to; to deliver to; to give sb a lift (e.g. in a car) | |
| 对了 對了 | Correct!; Oh, that's right,... (when one suddenly remembers sth one wanted to mention); Oh, by the way,... | |
| 一号 一號 | first day of the month; toilet; (slang) top (in a homosexual relationship) | |
| 不到 不到 | not to arrive; not reaching; insufficient; less than | |
| 想要 想要 | to want to; to feel like; to fancy; to care for sb; desirous of | |
| 是的 是的 | yes, that's right; variant of | |
| 十八 十八 | eighteen; 18 | |
| 三分 三分 | somewhat; to some degree | |
| 重重 重重 | layer upon layer; one after another | |
| 在外 在外 | outer; excluded | |
| 开走 開走 | to go (of car, train etc); to drive off | |
| 这就 這就 | immediately; at once | |
| 果 果 | fruit; result | |
| 女的 女的 | woman | |
| 中的 中的 | to hit the target; (fig.) to hit the nail on the head | |
| 过多 過多 | too many; excessive | |
| 三十 三十 | thirty; 30 |