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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| 会不会 會不會 | (posing a question: whether sb, something) can or cannot?; is able to or not | |
| 坏了 壞了 | shoot!; gosh!; oh, no!; (suffix) to the utmost | |
| 早点 早點 | breakfast | |
| 有点 有點 | a little | |
| 有次 有次 | once; on one occasion | |
| 十几 十幾 | more than ten; a dozen or more | |
| 到手 到手 | to take possession of; to get hold of | |
| 不好 不好 | no good | |
| 话说 話說 | It is said that... (at the start of a narrative); to discuss; to recount | |
| 老弟 老弟 | (affectionate form of address for a male who is not very much younger than oneself) my boy; old pal | |
| 不住 不住 | (verb complement) unable to firmly or securely (grasp, recall etc); repeatedly; continuously; constantly | |
| 坐好 坐好 | to sit properly; to sit up straight | |
| 走出 走出 | to leave (a room etc); to go out through (a door etc) | |
| 请坐 請坐 | please, have a seat | |
| 上边 上邊 | the top; above; overhead; upwards; the top margin; above-mentioned; those higher up | |
| 洗手间 洗手間 | toilet; lavatory; washroom | |
| 机票 機票 | air ticket; passenger ticket | |
| 上车 上車 | to get on or into (a bus, train, car etc) | |
| 北京 北京 | Beijing, capital of the People's Republic of China | |
| 走路 走路 | to walk; to go on foot | |
| 商场 商場 | shopping mall; shopping center; department store; emporium; the business world | |
| 国外 國外 | abroad; external (affairs); overseas; foreign | |
| 开玩笑 開玩笑 | to play a joke; to make fun of; to joke | |
| 小学 小學 | elementary school; primary school | |
| 姐 姐 | older sister | |
| 男朋友 男朋友 | boyfriend | |
| 女朋友 女朋友 | girlfriend | |
| 上学 上學 | to go to school; to attend school | |
| 火车 火車 | train | |
| 常常 常常 | frequently; often | |
| 干什么 幹什麼 | what are you doing?; what's he up to? | |
| 是不是 是不是 | is or isn't; yes or no; whether or not | |
| 不对 不對 | incorrect; wrong; amiss; abnormal; queer | |
| 哪儿 哪兒 | where?; wherever; anywhere; somewhere; (used in rhetorical questions) how can ...?; how could ...? | |
| 再见 再見 | goodbye; see you again later | |
| 百 百 | hundred; numerous; all kinds of | |
| 在家 在家 | to be at home; (at a workplace) to be in (as opposed to being away on official business 差); (Buddhism etc) to remain a layman (as opposed to becoming a monk or a nun 家) | |
| 弟弟 弟弟 | younger brother | |
| 那边 那邊 | over there; yonder | |
| 下次 下次 | next time | |
| 记住 記住 | to remember; to bear in mind; to learn by heart | |
| 地上 地上 | on the ground; on the floor | |
| 生气 生氣 | to get angry; to take offense; angry; vitality; liveliness | |
| 九 九 | nine; 9 | |
| 车上 車上 | Car | |
| 进来 進來 | to come in | |
| 慢 慢 | slow | |
| 南 南 | south | |
| 最好 最好 | best; (you) had better (do what we suggest) | |
| 天气 天氣 | weather |