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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| 浑身 渾身 | all over; from head to foot | |
| 闷 悶 | stuffy; shut indoors; to smother; to cover tightly | |
| 趴 趴 | to lie on one's stomach; to lean forward, resting one's upper body (on a desktop etc); (Tw) percent | |
| 监视 監視 | to monitor; to keep a close watch over; surveillance | |
| 哎呀 哎呀 | interjection of wonder, shock or admiration | |
| 都会 都會 | city; metropolis | |
| 烦恼 煩惱 | to be worried; to be distressed; worries | |
| 宗 宗 | school; sect; purpose; model; ancestor; clan; to take as one's model (in academic or artistic work); classifier for batches, items, cases (medical or legal), reservoirs | |
| 绑架 綁架 | to kidnap; to abduct; to hijack; a kidnapping; abduction; staking | |
| 不准 不准 | not to allow; to forbid; to prohibit | |
| 要不 要不 | otherwise; or else; how about...?; either... (or...) | |
| 贼 賊 | thief; traitor; wily; deceitful; evil; extremely | |
| 杀手 殺手 | killer; murderer; hit man; (sports) formidable player | |
| 乖 乖 | (of a child) obedient, well-behaved; clever; shrewd; alert; perverse; contrary to reason; irregular; abnormal | |
| 甩 甩 | to throw; to fling; to swing; to leave behind; to throw off; to dump (sb) | |
| 保障 保障 | to ensure; to guarantee; to safeguard | |
| 蛮 蠻 | barbarian; bullying; very; quite; rough; reckless | |
| 抢劫 搶劫 | to rob; looting | |
| 致 緻 | (bound form) fine; delicate; exquisite | |
| 告 告 | to say; to tell; to announce; to report; to denounce; to file a lawsuit; to sue | |
| 耍 耍 | to play with; to wield; to act (cool etc); to display (a skill, one's temper etc) | |
| 惊 驚 | to startle; to be frightened; to be scared; alarm | |
| 哼 哼 | to groan; to snort; to hum; to croon; humph! | |
| 一面 一面 | one side; one aspect; simultaneously... (and...); one's whole face | |
| 唉 唉 | interjection or grunt of agreement or recognition (e.g. yes, it's me!); to sigh | |
| 尸体 屍體 | dead body; corpse; carcass | |
| 注 註 | to inject; to pour into; to concentrate; to pay attention; stake (gambling); classifier for sums of money; variant of 注 | |
| 许 許 | to allow; to permit; to promise; to praise; somewhat; perhaps | |
| 袭击 襲擊 | attack (esp. surprise attack); raid; to attack | |
| 需 需 | to require; to need; to want; necessity; need | |
| 不知 不知 | not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) | |
| 经 經 | classics; sacred book; scripture; to pass through; to undergo; to bear; to endure; warp (textile); longitude; menstruation; channel (TCM); abbr. for economics 经济 | |
| 而已 而已 | that's all; nothing more | |
| 同志 同志 | comrade; (slang) homosexual | |
| 情 情 | feeling; emotion; passion; situation | |
| 哦 哦 | to chant | |
| 以 㕥 | abbr. for Israel 列 | |
| 习惯成自然 習慣成自然 | habit becomes nature (idiom); get used to something and it seems inevitable; second nature | Idiom |
| 身经百战 身經百戰 | lit. veteran of a hundred battles (idiom); fig. experienced; seasoned | Idiom |
| 鸡毛蒜皮 雞毛蒜皮 | lit. chicken feathers and garlic skins (idiom); fig. trivial (matter) | Idiom |
| 滔天大罪 滔天大罪 | heinous crime | Idiom |
| 一清二楚 一清二楚 | to be very clear about sth (idiom) | Idiom |
| 吊儿郎当 吊兒郎當 | sloppy | Idiom |
| 惹不起 惹不起 | can't afford to offend; dare not provoke; difficult to deal with; insufferable | Xiehouyu |
| 自作主张 自作主張 | (idiom) to act on one's own; to decide for oneself | Xiehouyu |
| 见死不救 見死不救 | to refuse to save someone in mortal danger (idiom); to stand by while another perishes | Xiehouyu |
| 开眼界 開眼界 | to broaden one's horizons | Xiehouyu |
| 同归于尽 同歸於盡 | to die in such a way that sb (or sth) else also perishes; to take sb down with oneself; to end in mutual destruction | Xiehouyu |
| 一模一样 一模一樣 | exactly the same (idiom); carbon copy; also pr. [yī mó yī yàng] | Xiehouyu |
| 高手 高手 | expert; past master; dab hand | Xiehouyu |