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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| 把 把 | 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}) | |
| 三脚猫 三腳貓 | sb with only rudimentary skills (in a particular area) | Xiehouyu |
| 难看 難看 | ugly; unsightly | Xiehouyu |
| 开心 開心 | to feel happy; to rejoice; to have a great time; to make fun of sb | Xiehouyu |
| 男子汉大丈夫 男子漢大丈夫 | (coll.) he-man | Colloquialism |
| 够 夠 | enough (sufficient); enough (too much); (coll.) (before adj.) really; (coll.) to reach by stretching out | Colloquialism |
| 挺 挺 | 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 |
| 非洲 非洲 | Africa; abbr. for | Proper Noun |
| 中南海 中南海 | Zhongnanhai, palace adjacent to the Forbidden City, now the central headquarters of the Communist Party and the State Council | Proper Noun |
| 南海 南海 | South China Sea | Proper Noun |
| 邓小平 鄧小平 | Deng Xiaoping (1904-1997), Chinese communist leader, de facto leader of PRC 1978-1990 and creator of "socialism with Chinese characteristics" | Proper Noun |
| 见过 見過 | seen | |
| 波 波 | waves, breakers; undulations | |
| 每次 每次 | every time | |
| 案 案 | table, bench; legal case | |
| 一定要 一定要 | must | |
| 知道了 知道了 | OK!; Got it! | |
| 一句 一句 | a line of verse; a sentence | |
| 不怕 不怕 | fearless; not worried (by setbacks or difficulties); even if; even though | |
| 没问题 沒問題 | no problem | |
| 让开 讓開 | to get out of the way; to step aside | |
| 世 世 | generation; world; era | |
| 警方 警方 | police | |
| 陈 陳 | exhibit, display; plead; a surname | |
| 斯 斯 | this, thus, such; to lop off; emphatic particle | |
| 不用客气 不用客氣 | you're welcome; don't mention it; no need to stand on ceremony | |
| 早知道 早知道 | If I had known earlier... | |
| 成了 成了 | to be done; to be ready; that's enough!; that will do! | |
| 建国 建國 | to found a country; nation-building; the foundation of PRC by Mao Zedong in 1949 | |
| 什么时候 什麼時候 | when?; at what time? | |
| 身为 身為 | in the capacity of; as | |
| 杀人 殺人 | homicide; to murder; to kill (a person) | |
| 第二位 第二位 | second place | |
| 电流 電流 | an electric current; (old) current intensity | |
| 女孩子 女孩子 | girl | |
| 务 務 | affairs, business; must, should | |
| 平平 平平 | average; mediocre | |
| 身手 身手 | skill; talent; agility | |
| 好办 好辦 | easy to do; easy to manage | |
| 才不 才不 | by no means; definitely not; as if!; yeah right! | |
| 卖出 賣出 | to sell; to reach (a price in an auction) | |
| 不一样 不一樣 | different; distinctive; unlike | |
| 交通意外 交通意外 | traffic accident; car crash | |
| 洗头 洗頭 | to wash one's hair; to have a shampoo | |
| 身 身 | body; trunk, hull; rad. no. 158 | |
| 应该的 應該的 | (polite response) you're welcome; just doing my duty; no problem | |
| 一遍 一遍 | one time (all the way through); once through | |
| 别客气 別客氣 | don't mention it; no formalities, please | |
| 装病 裝病 | to feign illness; to malinger | |
| 不满意 不滿意 | dissatisfied |