The Bodyguard

The Bodyguard 2016

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A retired bodyguard who has settled into a corner of the world where China, Russia and North Korea meet as he suffers from early dementia finds a new friend in a young girl. When her life is threatened by her father's connection with a local crime lord, the bodyguard must call upon his long forgotten skills to save her.

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3.78 Beginner Director Sammo Hung Kam-Bo 🍅 22%

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zhǐ shì merely; only; just; nothing but; simply; but; however HSK 3
wèi le for; for the purpose of; in order to HSK 3
shēng to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out HSK 3
wàng to hope; a hope; a wish HSK 3
to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned HSK 3
yào to need; to want; to demand; to require; needs HSK 3
shí o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period HSK 3
jiù shì exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也) even; even if HSK 3
bèi quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅游 to "go on a trip", for example) HSK 3
to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把 + {noun} + {verb}) HSK 3
sān tiān liǎng tóu lit. twice every three days (idiom); practically every day; frequently Idiom ∼HSK 2
shuō fēng liáng huà to sneer; to make cynical remarks; sarcastic talk Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
zhèng hǎo just (in time); just right; just enough; to happen to; to chance to; by chance; it just so happens that Xiehouyu HSK 2
kāi xīn to feel happy; to rejoice; to have a great time; to make fun of sb Xiehouyu HSK 2
gòu enough (sufficient); enough (too much); (coll.) (before adj.) really; (coll.) to reach by stretching out Colloquialism HSK 2
tǐng straight; erect; to stick out (a part of the body); to (physically) straighten up; to support; to withstand; outstanding; (coll.) quite; very; classifier for machine guns Colloquialism HSK 2
cháng jīn Dae Jang Geum, a 2003 Korean historical drama TV series Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
Huáng Yellow River or Huang He Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
yín háng bank card; ATM card HSK 2
jiànguò seen HSK 2
tǐng hǎo very good HSK 2
lǎo tóu old fellow; old man; father; husband ∼HSK 2
hái baby, child; children ∼HSK 2
Huá flowery; illustrious; Chinese ∼HSK 2
hēi bāng bunch of gangsters; criminal gang; organized crime syndicate ∼HSK 2
àn table, bench; legal case ∼HSK 2
de hěn (after an adjective) very ∼HSK 2
must not; may not; not to be allowed; cannot ∼HSK 2
méi wèn no problem ∼HSK 2
měi every time ∼HSK 2
chū lǎo qiān to cheat (in gambling) ∼HSK 2
hóng xīng red star; five pointed star as symbol or communism or proletariat; hot film star ∼HSK 2
dài zǒu to carry; to take away ∼HSK 2
dìng yào must ∼HSK 2
chī bǎo to eat one's fill ∼HSK 2
hǎo si to have the nerve; what a cheek!; to feel no shame; to overcome the shame; (is it) proper? (rhetorical question) ∼HSK 2
jiǔ to drink (alcohol) ∼HSK 2
tóu big head; mask in the shape of a big head; the larger end of sth; the main part; the lion's share; dupe; sucker; (old) silver coin with a bust of Yuan Shikai on the obverse side ∼HSK 2
qián bàn shēng first half of one's life ∼HSK 2
thing, substance, creature ∼HSK 2
Liú surname; kill, destroy ∼HSK 2
zhǎng de to look (pretty, the same etc) ∼HSK 2
dài huí to bring back ∼HSK 2
tào jiān vestibule; small inner room (opening to others); suite; apartment ∼HSK 2
jiǎng dào to preach; a sermon ∼HSK 2
right conduct, righteousness ∼HSK 2
chū wèn to have sth go wrong; to have a problem arise; to give problems ∼HSK 2
man, male adult, husband; those ∼HSK 2
lái tóu cause; reason; interest; influence ∼HSK 2
se (dialect) cocky; smug; to show off ∼HSK 2