Running Out of Time

Running Out of Time 1999

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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

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Vocabulary

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huì 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 ∼HSK 1
kàn kan to take a look at; to examine; to survey; (coll.) pretty soon Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
duì duì right or wrong?; Is it right?; OK, yes? (colloquial) Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
xiǎo mèi mei little sister; little girl; (coll.) vulva Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
zhēn shi indeed; truly; (coll.) (used to express disapproval, annoyance etc) Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
hǎo bu hǎo (coll.) all right?; OK? Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
xíng le (coll.) on the point of death; dying Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
ba (coll.) father; dad Colloquialism HSK 1
(coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 1
(specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nèi]); (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations); then (in that case) Colloquialism HSK 1
zháo 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 HSK 1
Xiāng gǎng Hong Kong, special administrative region (SAR) of the PRC Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
Yīng guó United Kingdom (UK); Britain Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
ge a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc) ∼HSK 1
shì no; is not; not ∼HSK 1
xià (after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try); all at once; suddenly ∼HSK 1
gàn variant of ∼HSK 1
(slang) what the...!; oh my god!; that's insane! ∼HSK 1
néng cannot; must not; should not ∼HSK 1
ge 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 ∼HSK 1
zhè shì 这: this, the, here · 是: indeed, yes, right; to be; demonstrative pronoun, this, that ∼HSK 1
èr shí twenty; 20 ∼HSK 1
diǎn 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 ∼HSK 1
bàn ge half of sth ∼HSK 1
zhège (pronoun) this; (adjective) this ∼HSK 1
chē zi car or other vehicle (bicycle, truck etc) ∼HSK 1
kāi mén to open a door (lit. and fig.); to open for business ∼HSK 1
zuò shì to work; to handle matters; to have a job ∼HSK 1
èr hào 2nd day of the month ∼HSK 1
kàn bu jiàn cannot see; cannot be seen; invisible ∼HSK 1
zhè zhǒng this kind of ∼HSK 1
dào liǎo at last; finally; in the end ∼HSK 1
first; first time; once; (math.) linear (of degree one) ∼HSK 1
sòng to send to; to deliver to; to give sb a lift (e.g. in a car) ∼HSK 1
duì le Correct!; Oh, that's right,... (when one suddenly remembers sth one wanted to mention); Oh, by the way,... ∼HSK 1
hào first day of the month; toilet; (slang) top (in a homosexual relationship) ∼HSK 1
dào not to arrive; not reaching; insufficient; less than ∼HSK 1
xiǎng yào to want to; to feel like; to fancy; to care for sb; desirous of ∼HSK 1
shì de yes, that's right; variant of ∼HSK 1
shí eighteen; 18 ∼HSK 1
sān fēn somewhat; to some degree ∼HSK 1
chóng chóng layer upon layer; one after another ∼HSK 1
zài wài outer; excluded ∼HSK 1
kāi zǒu to go (of car, train etc); to drive off ∼HSK 1
zhè jiù immediately; at once ∼HSK 1
guǒ fruit; result ∼HSK 1
de woman ∼HSK 1
zhòng to hit the target; (fig.) to hit the nail on the head ∼HSK 1
guò duō too many; excessive ∼HSK 1
sān shí thirty; 30 ∼HSK 1