The Bodyguard from Beijing 1994
中南海保镖
A corrupt businessman commits a murder and the only witness is the girlfriend of another businessman with close connections to the Chinese government, so a bodyguard from Beijing is dispatched to help two Hong Kong cops protect the witness.
Vocabulary
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| 自以为是 自以為是 | to believe oneself infallible (idiom); to be opinionated | Idiom |
| 神气 神氣 | expression; manner; vigorous; impressive; lofty; pretentious | Xiehouyu |
| 吹牛 吹牛 | to talk big; to shoot off one's mouth; to chat (dialect) | Xiehouyu |
| 开口 開口 | to open one's mouth; to start to talk | Xiehouyu |
| 做证 做證 | variant of 作证 | |
| 师长 師長 | military division level commander; teacher | |
| 伯伯 伯伯 | father's elder brother; uncle | |
| 少林寺 少林寺 | Shaolin Temple, Buddhist monastery famous for its kung fu monks | |
| 插嘴 插嘴 | to interrupt (sb talking); to butt in; to cut into a conversation | |
| 威风 威風 | might; awe-inspiring authority; impressive | |
| 门路 門路 | way of doing sth; the right social connection | |
| 迁就 遷就 | to yield; to adapt to; to accommodate to (sth) | |
| 强加 強加 | to impose; to force upon | |
| 灯笼 燈籠 | lantern | |
| 念书 念書 | to read; to study | |
| 少有 少有 | rare; infrequent | |
| 好在 好在 | luckily; fortunately | |
| 换成 換成 | to exchange (sth) for (sth else); to replace with; to convert into | |
| 来历 來歷 | history; antecedents; origin | |
| 失灵 失靈 | out of order (of machine); not working properly; a failing (of a system) | |
| 留恋 留戀 | reluctant to leave; to hate to have to go; to recall fondly | |
| 触犯 觸犯 | to violate; to offend | |
| 控告 控告 | to accuse; to charge; to indict | |
| 黄昏 黃昏 | dusk; evening; nightfall | |
| 专程 專程 | specifically; specially (for that purpose) | |
| 骚乱 騷亂 | disturbance; riot; to create a disturbance | |
| 试探 試探 | to sound out; to probe; to feel out; to try out | |
| 认错 認錯 | to admit an error; to acknowledge one's mistake | |
| 趁着 趁著 | while | |
| 摔跤 摔跤 | to trip and fall; to wrestle; wrestling (sports) | |
| 难关 難關 | difficulty; crisis | |
| 水手 水手 | mariner; sailor; seaman | |
| 不算 不算 | to not calculate; to not count; to not be considered (as); to have no weight | |
| 天性 天性 | nature; innate tendency | |
| 责怪 責怪 | to blame; to rebuke | |
| 沐浴 沐浴 | to take a bath; to bathe; to immerse | |
| 提早 提早 | ahead of schedule; sooner than planned; to bring forward (to an earlier time) | |
| 遗失 遺失 | to lose; to leave behind (inadvertently) | |
| 关照 關照 | to take care; to keep an eye on; to look after; to tell; to remind | |
| 发抖 發抖 | to tremble; to shake; to shiver | |
| 高压 高壓 | high pressure; high-handed | |
| 要紧 要緊 | important; urgent | |
| 细心 細心 | careful; attentive | |
| 潇洒 瀟灑 | confident and at ease; free and easy | |
| 恐吓 恐嚇 | to threaten; to menace | |
| 顾虑 顧慮 | misgivings; apprehensions | |
| 失恋 失戀 | to lose one's love; to break up (in a romantic relationship); to feel jilted | |
| 胡说 胡說 | to talk nonsense; drivel | |
| 化验 化驗 | chemical examination; to do a lab test | |
| 操心 操心 | to worry about |