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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| 险些 險些 | narrowly; almost; nearly | |
| 没命 沒命 | to lose one's life; to die; recklessly; desperately | |
| 主犯 主犯 | culprit | |
| 订制 訂製 | custom-made; made-to-order; to have sth custom made | |
| 巡更 巡更 | to patrol at night, marking the time by sounding clappers or gongs | |
| 探长 探長 | (police) detective | |
| 塞车 塞車 | traffic jam | |
| 遮住 遮住 | to cover (up); to block; to obstruct; to shade | |
| 搞砸 搞砸 | to mess (sth) up; to foul up; to spoil | |
| 面纱 面紗 | veil | |
| 憋不住 憋不住 | to be unable to repress sth; to be unable to contain oneself | |
| 文职 文職 | civilian post (as opposed to military); civil service; administration | |
| 代入 代入 | to substitute into | |
| 查验 查驗 | inspection; to examine | |
| 黑手党 黑手黨 | mafia | |
| 佣金 佣金 | commission | |
| 盯紧 盯緊 | to keep an eye on | |
| 抢劫案 搶劫案 | robbery; holdup | |
| 刑警 刑警 | criminal police | |
| 泡妞 泡妞 | to pick up girls; to play around with girls; to chase after girls | |
| 鬼混 鬼混 | to hang around; to fool around; to live aimlessly | |
| 娘娘腔 娘娘腔 | sissy; effeminate | |
| 匪徒 匪徒 | gangster; bandit | |
| 奶粉 奶粉 | powdered milk | |
| 一行 一行 | party; delegation | |
| 面对面 面對面 | face to face | |
| 往后 往後 | from now on; in the future; time to come | |
| 师父 師父 | used for 师傅 (in Taiwan); master; qualified worker | |
| 亲眼 親眼 | with one's own eyes; personally | |
| 吸毒 吸毒 | to take drugs | |
| 珠宝 珠寶 | pearls; jewels; precious stones | |
| 尖 尖 | pointed; tapering; sharp; (of a sound) shrill; piercing; (of one's hearing, sight etc) sharp; acute; keen; to make (one's voice) shrill; sharp point; tip; the best of sth; the cream of the crop | |
| 正当 正當 | timely; just (when needed) | |
| 欺负 欺負 | to bully | |
| 仓库 倉庫 | depot; storehouse; warehouse | |
| 直升机 直升機 | helicopter | |
| 放手 放手 | to let go one's hold; to give up; to have a free hand | |
| 从没 從沒 | never (in the past); never did | |
| 同一 同一 | identical; the same | |
| 支援 支援 | to provide assistance; to support; to back | |
| 救命 救命 | to save sb's life; (interj.) Help!; Save me! | |
| 笑容 笑容 | smile; smiling expression | |
| 协助 協助 | to provide assistance; to aid | |
| 炸弹 炸彈 | bomb | |
| 无关 無關 | unrelated; having nothing to do (with sth else) | |
| 撑 撐 | to support; to prop up; to push or move with a pole; to maintain; to open or unfurl; to fill to bursting point; brace; stay; support | |
| 混乱 混亂 | confusion; chaos; disorder | |
| 蒙 濛 | drizzle; mist | |
| 咨询 咨詢 | to consult; to seek advice; consultation; (sales) inquiry (formal) | |
| 公 公 | public; collectively owned; common; international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar); make public; fair; just; Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 位; honorable (gentlemen); father-in-law; male (animal) |