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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| 是不是 是不是 | is or isn't; yes or no; whether or not | |
| 再见 再見 | goodbye; see you again later | |
| 弟弟 弟弟 | younger brother | |
| 那边 那邊 | over there; yonder | |
| 星期 星期 | week; day of the week; Sunday | |
| 帮忙 幫忙 | to help; to lend a hand; to do a favor; to do a good turn | |
| 慢 慢 | slow | |
| 最好 最好 | best; (you) had better (do what we suggest) | |
| 没什么 沒什麼 | nothing; it doesn't matter; it's nothing; never mind | |
| 家人 家人 | family member; (old) servant | |
| 衣服 衣服 | clothes | |
| 吃饭 吃飯 | to have a meal; to eat; to make a living | |
| 八 八 | eight; 8 | |
| 一边 一邊 | one side; either side; on the one hand; on the other hand; doing while | |
| 休息 休息 | rest; to rest | |
| 打电话 打電話 | to make a telephone call | |
| 打开 打開 | to open; to show (a ticket); to turn on; to switch on | |
| 回去 回去 | to return; to go back | |
| 记 記 | to record; to note; to memorize; to remember; mark; sign; classifier for blows, kicks, shots | |
| 早上 早上 | early morning | |
| 飞机 飛機 | airplane | |
| 忘 忘 | to forget; to overlook; to neglect | |
| 不用 不用 | need not | |
| 票 票 | ticket; ballot; banknote; person held for ransom; amateur performance of Chinese opera; classifier for groups, batches, business transactions | |
| 试 試 | to test; to try; experiment; examination; test | |
| 高兴 高興 | happy; glad; willing (to do sth); in a cheerful mood | |
| 说话 說話 | to speak; to say; to talk; to gossip; to tell stories; talk; word | |
| 听到 聽到 | to hear | |
| 马上 馬上 | at once; right away; immediately; on horseback (i.e. by military force) | |
| 名字 名字 | name (of a person or thing) | |
| 医生 醫生 | doctor | |
| 六 六 | six; 6 | |
| 出去 出去 | to go out | |
| 下午 下午 | afternoon; p.m. | |
| 那里 那裏 | there; that place | |
| 楼 樓 | house with more than 1 story; storied building; floor | |
| 哪里 哪裏 | where?; somewhere; anywhere; wherever; nowhere (negative answer to question); humble expression denying compliment; also written 哪里 | |
| 记得 記得 | to remember | |
| 明白 明白 | clear; obvious; unequivocal; to understand; to realize | |
| 儿子 兒子 | son | |
| 二 二 | two; 2; (Beijing dialect) stupid | |
| 远 遠 | far; distant; remote; (intensifier in a comparison) by far; much (lower etc) | |
| 子 子 | son; child; seed; egg; small thing; 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the Rat; Viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 位; ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north); subsidiary; subordinate; sub- | |
| 真的 真的 | really, truly, indeed | |
| 动 動 | (of sth) to move; to set in movement; to displace; to touch; to make use of; to stir (emotions); to alter; abbr. for 动词, verb | |
| 先生 先生 | teacher; gentleman; sir; mister (Mr.); husband; (dialect) doctor | |
| 五 五 | five; 5 | |
| 回家 回家 | to return home | |
| 跑 跑 | (of an animal) to paw (the ground) | |
| 第二 第二 | second; number two; next; secondary |