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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| 老子 老子 | Laozi or Lao-tze (c. 500 BC), Chinese philosopher, the founder of Taoism; the sacred book of Daoism, by Laozi | Proper Noun |
| 不是 不是 | no; is not; not | |
| 一个 一個 | a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc) | |
| 一下 一下 | (after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try); all at once; suddenly | |
| 这个 這個 | (pronoun) this; (adjective) this | |
| 这是 這是 | 这: this, the, here · 是: indeed, yes, right; to be; demonstrative pronoun, this, that | |
| 那个 那個 | that one; that thing; that (as opposed to this); (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis); (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word); (used in speech as a filler | |
| 不能 不能 | cannot; must not; should not | |
| 没事 沒事 | it's not important; it's nothing; never mind; to have nothing to do; to be free; to be all right (out of danger or trouble) | |
| 有钱 有錢 | well-off; wealthy | |
| 一点 一點 | a bit; a little bit; (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit; (after an adjective, used to form the comparative) a bit more, -er; a point (in a discussion etc); (calligraphy) dot stroke (、); one o'clock (abbr. for 一點鍾|一点钟[yi1 dia | |
| 不可以 不可以 | may not | |
| 儿 兒 | son, child; KangXi radical 10 | |
| 对了 對了 | Correct!; Oh, that's right,... (when one suddenly remembers sth one wanted to mention); Oh, by the way,... | |
| 快点 快點 | to do sth more quickly; Hurry up!; Get a move on! | |
| 一次 一次 | first; first time; once; (math.) linear (of degree one) | |
| 怎么了 怎麼了 | What's up?; What's going on?; What happened? | |
| 一个人 一個人 | by oneself (without assistance); alone (without company) | |
| 每天 每天 | every day | |
| 这位 這位 | this (person) | |
| 你好 你好 | hello; hi | |
| 跟着 跟著 | to follow after; immediately afterwards | |
| 第一次 第一次 | the first time; first; number one | |
| 打电动 打電動 | (Tw) to play video games | |
| 小弟 小弟 | little brother; I, your little brother (humble) | |
| 这种 這種 | this kind of | |
| 还给 還給 | to return sth to sb | |
| 达 達 | arrive at, reach; intelligent; smooth, slippery | |
| 我去 我去 | (slang) what the...!; oh my god!; that's insane! | |
| 不到 不到 | not to arrive; not reaching; insufficient; less than | |
| 叫做 叫做 | to be called; to be known as | |
| 几个 幾個 | a few; several; how many | |
| 再不 再不 | or else; alternatively | |
| 出错 出錯 | to make a mistake; error | |
| 看不出 看不出 | can't discern | |
| 没有什么 沒有什麼 | it is nothing; there's nothing... about it | |
| 不在 不在 | not to be present; to be out; (euphemism) to pass away; to be deceased | |
| 一二 一二 | one or two; a few; a little; just a bit | |
| 小事 小事 | trifle; trivial matter | |
| 不想 不想 | unexpectedly; to one's surprise | |
| 想要 想要 | to want to; to feel like; to fancy; to care for sb; desirous of | |
| 有一次 有一次 | once; once upon a time | |
| 到了 到了 | at last; finally; in the end | |
| 军 軍 | army, military; soldiers, troops | |
| 玫瑰花 玫瑰花 | rose | |
| 机 機 | desk; machine; moment | |
| 半个 半個 | half of sth | |
| 是的 是的 | yes, that's right; variant of | |
| 试试看 試試看 | to give it a try | |
| 多大 多大 | how old?; how big?; how much?; so big; that much |