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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| 刚巧 剛巧 | by chance; by coincidence; by good luck | |
| 乱讲 亂講 | to talk nonsense; nonsense! | |
| 世上 世上 | on earth | |
| 随时随地 隨時隨地 | anytime and anywhere | |
| 收音机 收音機 | radio | |
| 认出 認出 | recognition; to recognize | |
| 前后 前後 | around; from beginning to end; all around; front and rear | |
| 从前 從前 | previously; formerly; once upon a time | |
| 吵架 吵架 | to quarrel; to have a row; quarrel | |
| 家具 家具 | furniture | |
| 往往 往往 | usually; in many cases; more often than not | |
| 裤子 褲子 | trousers; pants | |
| 纪录 紀錄 | variant of 记录 (but in Taiwan, not for the verb sense "to record") | |
| 整天 整天 | all day long; whole day | |
| 退休 退休 | to retire (from the workforce); to go into retirement | |
| 才能 才能 | talent; ability; capacity | |
| 访问 訪問 | to visit; to call on; to interview | |
| 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 | |
| 静 靜 | still; calm; quiet; not moving | |
| 看起来 看起來 | seemingly; apparently; looks as if; appear to be; gives the impression that; seems on the face of it to be | |
| 愿望 願望 | desire; wish | |
| 赶到 趕到 | to hurry (to some place) | |
| 温暖 溫暖 | warm | |
| 吵 吵 | to quarrel; to make a noise; noisy; to disturb by making a noise | |
| 赶快 趕快 | quickly; at once | |
| 念 唸 | to read; to study (a subject); to attend (a school); to read aloud; to give (sb) a tongue-lashing; to miss (sb); idea; remembrance; twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿) | |
| 生存 生存 | to exist; to survive | |
| 男子 男子 | a man; a male | |
| 恐怕 恐怕 | fear; to dread; I'm afraid that...; perhaps; maybe | |
| 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 | |
| 烟 煙 | cigarette or pipe tobacco; smoke; mist; vapour; tobacco plant; (of the eyes) to be irritated by smoke | |
| 宣传 宣傳 | to disseminate; to give publicity to; propaganda | |
| 糖 糖 | sugar; sweets; candy | |
| 费 費 | to cost; to spend; fee; wasteful; expenses | |
| 反正 反正 | anyway; in any case; to come over from the enemy's side | |
| 旧 舊 | old; opposite: new 新; former; worn (with age) | |
| 发表 發表 | to issue; to publish | |
| 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 | |
| 断 斷 | to break; to snap; to cut off; to give up or abstain from sth; to judge; (usu. used in the negative) absolutely; definitely; decidedly | |
| 咖啡 咖啡 | coffee (loanword) | |
| 慢慢 慢慢 | slowly | |
| 顿 頓 | to stop; to pause; to arrange; to lay out; to kowtow; to stamp (one's foot); at once; classifier for meals, beatings, scoldings etc: time, bout, spell, meal | |
| 大概 大概 | roughly; probably; rough; approximate; about; general idea | |
| 证 証 | to admonish; variant of 证 | |
| 保 保 | Bulgaria; Bulgarian; abbr. for 保加利亚 | |
| 配 配 | to join; to fit; to mate; to mix; to match; to deserve; to make up (a prescription); to allocate | |
| 满足 滿足 | to satisfy; to meet (the needs of); satisfied; content |