The Big Holdup 1975
大劫案
A group of down-on-their-luck robbers pull off a spectacular job - only to find themselves hunted by cops and possible betrayers! Chan Koon Tai leads the diverse pack of criminals, which also includes such Shaw Brothers luminaries as Ngok Wah, Chung Wong, Ling Yun, and a young Danny Lee in one of his first featured roles. The group pulls off the robbery in action-packed fashion, but betrayal and the relentless police end up marking the five robbers for death.
Vocabulary
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| 嘛 嘛 | used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? | Colloquialism |
| 有没有 有沒有 | (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?; Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)? | |
| 探长 探長 | (police) detective | |
| 打劫 打劫 | to loot; to rob; to plunder; to ransack | |
| 办妥 辦妥 | to arrange; to settle; to complete; to carry through | |
| 拖油瓶 拖油瓶 | (derog.) (of a woman) to bring one's children into a second marriage; children by a previous marriage | |
| 我儿 我兒 | my child | |
| 大嫂 大嫂 | older brother's wife; sister-in-law; elder sister (respectful appellation for an older married woman) | |
| 烟瘾 煙癮 | the urge to smoke; tobacco addiction | |
| 偏心 偏心 | partial; biased; prejudiced; eccentric | |
| 蹲下 蹲下 | to squat down; to crouch | |
| 警署 警署 | police station | |
| 事到如今 事到如今 | as matters stand; things having reached this stage | |
| 劫匪 劫匪 | bandit; robber | |
| 弹珠 彈珠 | a marble (used in games) | |
| 赎回 贖回 | to redeem | |
| 享乐 享樂 | to enjoy life; pleasures of life | |
| 礼拜堂 禮拜堂 | chapel; church (Protestant) | |
| 了债 了債 | to repay one's debt | |
| 卖命 賣命 | to work tirelessly; to give one's all; to slave away; to throw away one's life; to sacrifice oneself (usu. for an unworthy cause) | |
| 抽税 抽稅 | to tax; to levy a tax | |
| 纯利 純利 | net profit | |
| 窝藏 窩藏 | to harbor; to shelter | |
| 采取行动 採取行動 | to take action; to adopt policies; to move on some issue | |
| 念经 念經 | to recite or chant Buddhist scripture | |
| 享福 享福 | to live comfortably; happy and prosperous life | |
| 好容易 好容易 | (idiomatic usage) with great difficulty; to have a hard time (convincing sb, relinquishing sth etc); (literal usage) so easy | |
| 母子 母子 | mother and child; parent and subsidiary (companies); principal and interest | |
| 歌星 歌星 | singing star; famous singer | |
| 影迷 影迷 | film enthusiast; movie fan | |
| 要好 要好 | to be on good terms; to be close friends; striving for self-improvement | |
| 出面 出面 | to appear personally; to step in; to step forth; to show up | |
| 书房 書房 | study (room); studio | |
| 来往 來往 | to come and go; to have dealings with; to be in relation with | |
| 到期 到期 | to fall due (loan etc); to expire (visa etc); to mature (investment bond etc) | |
| 不至于 不至於 | unlikely to go so far as to; not as bad as | |
| 要不然 要不然 | otherwise; or else; or | |
| 好不容易 好不容易 | with great difficulty; very difficult | |
| 有事 有事 | to be occupied with sth; to have sth on one's mind; there is something the matter | |
| 出名 出名 | well-known for sth; to become well known; to make one's mark; to lend one's name (to an event, endeavor etc) | |
| 供给 供給 | to furnish; to provide; supply (as in supply and demand) | |
| 亲眼 親眼 | with one's own eyes; personally | |
| 吸毒 吸毒 | to take drugs | |
| 行程 行程 | journey; course of a journey; distance traveled; trajectory; itinerary; route; course (of history); stroke (of a piston); (Tw) (computing) process | |
| 牢 牢 | firm; sturdy; fold (for animals); sacrifice; prison | |
| 挨 挨 | in order; in sequence; close to; adjacent to | |
| 想不到 想不到 | unexpected; hard to imagine; it had not occurred to me; who could have thought that | |
| 顾 顧 | to look after; to take into consideration; to attend to | |
| 反抗 反抗 | to resist; to rebel | |
| 吞 吞 | to swallow; to take |