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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| 关你屁事 關你屁事 | (coll.) None of your goddamn business!; Mind your own business! | Colloquialism |
| 就算 就算 | (coll.) even if | Colloquialism |
| 嘛 嘛 | used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? | Colloquialism |
| 有没有 有沒有 | (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?; Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)? | |
| 指着 指著 | Poke | |
| 哇塞 哇塞 | (slang) wow!; also pr. [wa1 sei1] | |
| 作主 作主 | to decide; to have the final say | |
| 下注 下注 | to pour; to pour down (of rain); to lay a bet | |
| 死尸 死屍 | corpse; dead body | |
| 最优 最優 | optimal; optimum | |
| 凶杀案 兇殺案 | murder case | |
| 疑凶 疑兇 | suspected of murder; criminal suspect | |
| 同日 同日 | same day; simultaneous | |
| 炸死 炸死 | to kill with an explosion | |
| 浴缸 浴缸 | bathtub | |
| 百分之 百分之 | percent | |
| 凡事 凡事 | everything | |
| 啰嗦 囉嗦 | variant of | |
| 为人民服务 為人民服務 | Serve the People!, CCP political slogan | |
| 饮食起居 飲食起居 | 饮: drink; swallow; kind of drink · 食: eat; meal; food; KangXi radical number 184 · 起: rise, stand up; go up; begin · 居: live, dwell, reside, sit | |
| 遣散费 遣散費 | severance pay | |
| 百分之百 百分之百 | a hundred percent; out and out; absolutely | |
| 闭路电视 閉路電視 | closed-circuit television | |
| 看贬 看貶 | to expect (a currency etc) to depreciate | |
| 表露 表露 | to show; to reveal (one's feelings etc) | |
| 打旋 打旋 | to revolve | |
| 甩掉 甩掉 | to throw off; to abandon; to cast off; to get rid of; to dump | |
| 延后 延後 | to postpone; to defer; to delay | |
| 狡辩 狡辯 | to deflect blame from oneself with a dishonest story; to make excuses | |
| 求情 求情 | to plea for leniency; to ask for a favor | |
| 经书 經書 | scriptures | |
| 不舒服 不舒服 | unwell; feeling ill; to feel uncomfortable; uneasy | |
| 一走了之 一走了之 | to avoid a problem by walking away from it; to quit | |
| 特种部队 特種部隊 | (military) special forces | |
| 惯用 慣用 | to use habitually; habitual; customary | |
| 退伍军人 退伍軍人 | veteran | |
| 消夜 消夜 | nighttime snack; late-night supper | |
| 电波 電波 | electric wave; alternating current | |
| 识相 識相 | sensitive; tactful | |
| 拿主意 拿主意 | to make a decision; to make up one's mind | |
| 监视器 監視器 | security camera; surveillance monitor | |
| 通融 通融 | flexible; to accommodate; to stretch or get around regulations; a short-term loan | |
| 热水器 熱水器 | water heater | |
| 不择手段 不擇手段 | by fair means or foul; by hook or by crook; unscrupulously | |
| 待会儿 待會兒 | in a moment; later; also pr. [dāi huǐ r] or [dāi hui r] | |
| 公安 公安 | (Ministry of) Public Security; public safety; public security | |
| 一行 一行 | party; delegation | |
| 微波炉 微波爐 | microwave oven | |
| 谦虚 謙虛 | modest; self-effacing; to make modest remarks | |
| 特地 特地 | specially; for a special purpose |