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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| 本事 本事 | source material; original story | |
| 演唱会 演唱會 | vocal recital or concert | |
| 乐队 樂隊 | band; pop group | |
| 运输 運輸 | to transport; to carry; transportation | |
| 主意 主意 | plan; idea; decision; Beijing pr. [zhú yi] | |
| 才能 才能 | talent; ability; capacity | |
| 上来 上來 | to come up; to approach; (verb complement indicating success) | |
| 只好 只好 | to have no other option but to ...; to have to; to be forced to | |
| 谈判 談判 | to negotiate; negotiation; talks; conference | |
| 造 造 | to make; to build; to manufacture; to invent; to fabricate; to go to; party (in a lawsuit or legal agreement); crop; classifier for crops | |
| 银 銀 | silver; silver-colored; relating to money or currency | |
| 类似 類似 | similar; analogous | |
| 上去 上去 | to go up | |
| 赶 趕 | to overtake; to catch up with; to hurry; to rush; to try to catch (the bus etc); to drive (cattle etc) forward; to drive (sb) away; to avail oneself of (an opportunity); until; by (a certain time) | |
| 生意 生意 | life force; vitality | |
| 发出 發出 | to issue (an order, decree etc); to send out; to dispatch; to produce (a sound); to let out (a laugh) | |
| 浪费 浪費 | to waste; to squander | |
| 立刻 立刻 | forthwith; immediate; prompt; promptly; straightway; thereupon; at once | |
| 升 升 | to ascend; to rise to the rank of; to promote; to hoist; liter; measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth dou 斗 | |
| 制作 製作 | to make; to manufacture | |
| 旧 舊 | old; opposite: new 新; former; worn (with age) | |
| 钟 鐘 | clock; o'clock; time as measured in hours and minutes; bell | |
| 千万 千萬 | ten million; countless; many; one must by all means | |
| 当地 當地 | local | |
| 猪 豬 | hog; pig; swine | |
| 害怕 害怕 | to be afraid; to be scared | |
| 破坏 破壞 | destruction; damage; to wreck; to break; to destroy | |
| 武器 武器 | weapon; arms | |
| 麻烦 麻煩 | trouble; inconvenience; inconvenient; troublesome; annoying; to bother sb; to put sb to trouble | |
| 调 調 | to transfer; to move (troops or cadres); to investigate; to enquire into; accent; view; argument; key (in music); mode (music); tune; tone; melody | |
| 受伤 受傷 | to sustain injuries; wounded (in an accident etc); harmed | |
| 准 准 | to allow; to grant; in accordance with; in the light of | |
| 架 架 | to support; frame; rack; framework; classifier for planes, large vehicles, radios etc | |
| 外面 外面 | outside (also pr. [wài mian] for this sense); surface; exterior; external appearance | |
| 文件 文件 | document; file | |
| 值 值 | value; (to be) worth; to happen to; to be on duty | |
| 后面 後面 | the back; the rear; the last bit; behind; near the end; at the back; later; afterwards | |
| 上面 上面 | on top of; above-mentioned; also pr. [shàng mian] | |
| 达到 達到 | to reach; to achieve; to attain | |
| 图 圖 | diagram; picture; drawing; chart; map; to plan; to scheme; to attempt; to pursue; to seek | |
| 救 捄 | to save; to assist; to rescue | |
| 管理 管理 | to supervise; to manage; to administer; management; administration | |
| 危险 危險 | danger; dangerous | |
| 环境 環境 | environment; circumstances; surroundings; ambient | |
| 难道 難道 | don't tell me ...; could it be that...? | |
| 专业 專業 | specialty; specialized field; main field of study (at university); major; professional | |
| 警察 警察 | police; police officer | |
| 久 久 | (long) time; (long) duration of time | |
| 专家 專家 | expert; specialist | |
| 仍 仍 | still; yet; to remain; (literary) frequently; often |