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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Cháo xiǎn Korean ethnic group in China (mainly in northeast China); the Koreans (major ethnic group on the Korean Peninsula) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
ěr Igor Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Táng Lǎo Donald Duck Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Lán zhōu Lanzhou, prefecture-level city and capital of Gansu Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
jūn geographical area of command; (PLA) military district Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
méi xiǎng dào didn't expect HSK 4
zǎo ān Good morning! ∼HSK 4
shén me shì what matter ∼HSK 4
dài zi bag ∼HSK 4
jǐng wèi to stand guard over; (security) guard ∼HSK 4
pán domain; territory under one's control; foundation of a building; base of operations; crust of earth ∼HSK 4
jǐng chá police station; police department; police headquarters ∼HSK 4
bu that's just the way it is; exactly! ∼HSK 4
àn (of a crime) to occur; (old) (of a crime) to be discovered; to investigate a crime on the spot ∼HSK 4
faculty of memory; ability to remember ∼HSK 4
lustful; lecherous ∼HSK 4
tuō xià to take off (clothing) ∼HSK 4
xíng dài travel bag ∼HSK 4
variant of ∼HSK 4
to arrest ∼HSK 4
yǒu shī to cause a loss of (decorum, dignity etc) (used in fixed expressions) ∼HSK 4
É luó rén Russian (person) ∼HSK 4
bào àn to report a case to the authorities ∼HSK 4
zhèng disease, illness, ailment ∼HSK 4
xīn satisfying; to one's liking; to suit sb ∼HSK 4
zǒu sàn to wander off; to stray; to get lost ∼HSK 4
dǐng zuǐ to talk back; to answer back ∼HSK 4
zi pregnant; potbelly; big eater ∼HSK 4
chú zi cook ∼HSK 4
dǐng lóu top floor; attic; loft; garret; penthouse; (flat) rooftop (often used as an outdoor living area etc) ∼HSK 4
liú luò to wander about destitute; to be stranded ∼HSK 4
shēng zhí to get promoted (at work etc); promotion ∼HSK 4
mào countenance, appearance ∼HSK 4
jiǎn dān not simple; rather complicated; remarkable; marvelous ∼HSK 4
chuāng window ∼HSK 4
zěn yāo huì how could it ∼HSK 4
shī lián to lose contact; to be lost ∼HSK 4
zhè zhèn zi now; at present; at this juncture ∼HSK 4
dāng bīng to serve in the army; to be a soldier ∼HSK 4
jié le that's that; that's it; that will do ∼HSK 4
zǒu pài capitalist roader (person in power taking the capitalist road, a political label often pinned on cadres by the Red Guards during the Cultural Revolution) ∼HSK 4
wài sūn daughter's daughter; granddaughter ∼HSK 4
qīng chu unclear; not understood; currently unknown ∼HSK 4
lán jié to intercept ∼HSK 4
chūn final month of spring (i.e. third month of lunar calendar) ∼HSK 4
gōng secret service; special service; secret service agent; special agent ∼HSK 4
sūn son's daughter; granddaughter HSK 4
yào jǐn unimportant; not serious; it doesn't matter; never mind; it looks all right, but HSK 4
cháng long distance HSK 4
arrogant idler; self-centered show-off HSK 4