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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| 名目 名目 | name; designation; item; rubric; (formal usage) fame | |
| 住所 住所 | habitation; dwelling place; residence | |
| 身亡 身亡 | to die | |
| 管他 管他 | no matter if; regardless of; don’t worry about (it, him etc); doesn’t matter | |
| 阳 陽 | positive (electric.); sun; male principle (Taoism); Yang, opposite: | |
| 属地 屬地 | dependency; possession; annexed territory | |
| 露出 露出 | to expose; to show; also pr. [lou4 chu1] | |
| 乱动 亂動 | to fiddle with; to tamper with; to meddle with; to move randomly; to flail about | |
| 把子 把子 | handle | |
| 开台 開臺 | start of play; opening of theatrical performance | |
| 赶时间 趕時間 | to be in a hurry | |
| 赡养费 贍養費 | alimony; child support; maintenance allowance | |
| 人相 人相 | physiognomy | |
| 老土 老土 | old-fashioned; unstylish | |
| 伤者 傷者 | casualty; victim (of an accident); wounded person | |
| 短时间 短時間 | short term; short time | |
| 杀死 殺死 | to kill | |
| 赵 趙 | surname; ancient state | |
| 内裤 內褲 | underpants; panties; briefs | |
| 选美 選美 | beauty contest | |
| 分心 分心 | to divert one's attention; to get distracted; (courteous) to be so good as to take care of (a matter) | |
| 美人鱼 美人魚 | mermaid | |
| 味 味 | taste, smell, odor; delicacy | |
| 有办法 有辦法 | can find methods; resourceful; creative | |
| 有种 有種 | to have guts; to have courage; to be brave | |
| 叔 叔 | uncle; father's younger brother; husband's younger brother; Taiwan pr. [shu2] | |
| 检 檢 | check; examine | |
| 内疚 內疚 | guilty conscience; to feel a twinge of guilt | |
| 不得已 不得已 | to act against one's will; to have no alternative but to; to have to; to have no choice; must | |
| 请教 請教 | to ask for guidance; to consult | |
| 通行证 通行證 | a pass (authority to enter); a laissez-passer or safe conduct | |
| 收音机 收音機 | radio | |
| 功课 功課 | homework; assignment; task; classwork; lesson; study | |
| 世界杯 世界杯 | World Cup | |
| 束 束 | to bind; bunch; bundle; classifier for bunches, bundles, beams of light etc; to control | |
| 干吗 幹嗎 | see 干嘛 | |
| 证件 證件 | certificate; papers; credentials; document; ID | |
| 冬 冬 | winter | |
| 手续 手續 | procedure; formalities | |
| 屋子 屋子 | house; room | |
| 属 屬 | category; genus (taxonomy); family members; dependents; to belong to; subordinate to; affiliated with; be born in the year of (one of the 12 animals); to be; to prove to be; to constitute | |
| 游泳 游泳 | swimming; to swim | |
| 功夫 功夫 | skill; art; kung fu; labor; effort | |
| 年纪 年紀 | age | |
| 主持 主持 | to take charge of; to manage or direct; to preside over; to uphold; to stand for (justice etc); to host (a TV or radio program etc); (TV) anchor | |
| 上来 上來 | to come up; to approach; (verb complement indicating success) | |
| 谈话 談話 | to talk (with sb); to have a conversation; talk; conversation | |
| 只好 只好 | to have no other option but to ...; to have to; to be forced to | |
| 果然 果然 | really; sure enough; as expected; if indeed | |
| 订 訂 | to agree; to conclude; to draw up; to subscribe to (a newspaper etc); to order |