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.
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Vocabulary
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| 应得 應得 | to deserve | |
| 传呼 傳呼 | to notify sb of a call; to call sb to the phone | |
| 上厕所 上廁所 | to go to the bathroom | |
| 牌局 牌局 | gambling get-together; game of cards, mahjong etc | |
| 升职 升職 | to get promoted (at work etc); promotion | |
| 一阵子 一陣子 | a while; a spell; a short time; a burst | |
| 自便 自便 | to do as one pleases; to not inconvenience oneself | |
| 结账 結賬 | to pay the bill; to settle accounts; also written 结帐 | |
| 不要紧 不要緊 | unimportant; not serious; it doesn't matter; never mind; it looks all right, but | |
| 名片 名片 | (business) card | |
| 效率 效率 | efficiency | |
| 汽油 汽油 | gasoline | |
| 被迫 被迫 | to be compelled; to be forced | |
| 多次 多次 | many times; repeatedly | |
| 代替 代替 | to replace; to take the place of | |
| 装修 裝修 | to decorate; interior decoration; to fit up; to renovate | |
| 减肥 減肥 | to lose weight | |
| 大陆 大陸 | mainland China (reference to the PRC) | |
| 笨 笨 | stupid; foolish; silly; slow-witted; clumsy | |
| 出售 出售 | to sell; to offer for sale; to put on the market | |
| 假如 假如 | if | |
| 纯 純 | pure; simple; unmixed; genuine | |
| 闪 閃 | to dodge; to duck out of the way; to beat it; shaken (by a fall); to sprain; to pull a muscle; lightning; spark; a flash; to flash (across one's mind); to leave behind; (Internet slang) (of a display of affection) "dazzlingly" saccharine | |
| 地下 地下 | underground; subterranean; covert | |
| 法官 法官 | judge (in court) | |
| 指挥 指揮 | to conduct; to command; to direct; conductor (of an orchestra) | |
| 黄金 黃金 | gold; golden (opportunity); prime (time) | |
| 诗 詩 | abbr. for Shijing 诗经, the Book of Songs | |
| 不然 不然 | not so; no; or else; otherwise; if not; How about ...? | |
| 思考 思考 | to reflect on; to ponder over | |
| 量 量 | to measure | |
| 治 治 | to rule; to govern; to manage; to control; to harness (a river); to treat (a disease); to wipe out (a pest); to punish; to research | |
| 烦 煩 | to feel vexed; to bother; to trouble; superfluous and confusing; edgy | |
| 立即 立即 | immediately | |
| 替 替 | to substitute for; to take the place of; to replace; for; on behalf of; to stand in for | |
| 官 官 | government official; governmental; official; public; organ of the body | |
| 戴 戴 | to put on or wear (glasses, hat, gloves etc); to respect; to bear; to support | |
| 怀疑 懷疑 | to doubt (sth); to be skeptical of; to have one's doubts; to harbor suspicions; to suspect that | |
| 距离 距離 | distance; to be apart from | |
| 货 貨 | goods; money; commodity | |
| 否则 否則 | otherwise; if not; or (else) | |
| 翻 翻 | to turn over; to flip over; to overturn; to rummage through; to translate; to decode; to double; to climb over or into; to cross | |
| 无论 無論 | no matter what or how; regardless of whether... | |
| 兄弟 兄弟 | brothers; younger brother; I, me (humble term used by men in public speech); brotherly; fraternal | |
| 而是 而是 | rather | |
| 位置 位置 | position; place; seat | |
| 梦 夢 | dream; (bound form) to dream | |
| 不管 不管 | not to be concerned; regardless of; no matter | |
| 表示 表示 | to express; to show; to say; to state; to indicate; to mean | |
| 严重 嚴重 | grave; serious; severe; critical |