The Bullet Vanishes

The Bullet Vanishes 2012

xiāoshī de dàn

One rainy night in an arms factory near Shanghai, a young female worker accused of stealing a box of bullets from the ruthless Boss Ding is violently killed in a game of Russian roulette. Half a month later, a series of inexplicable deaths takes place in the factory, where the victims are shot but no bullets are found. Rumors of a deadly curse begin to spread in the factory, terrorizing the workers there. So, eccentric police inspector Song Donglu and his hot-blooded, gunslinging partner Guo Zhui are sent in to investigate the mystery of the phantom bullets...

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4.01 Intermediate Director Lo Chi-Leung 🍅 92%

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qiān inscribed bamboo stick (used in divination, gambling, drawing lots etc); small wood sliver; label; tag HSK 5
dòng cave; hole; zero (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers) HSK 5
zàn shí temporary; provisional; for the time being HSK 5
zhēn xiàng the truth about sth; the actual facts HSK 5
gǔn to boil; to roll; to take a hike; Get lost! HSK 5
(bound form) house; (bound form) room HSK 5
hai (used to describe sb or sth that makes a very strong impression, whether favorable or unfavorable) terrible; intense; severe; devastating; amazing; awesome; outstanding; (of a person) stern; strict; harsh; shrewd; tough; (of an animal) fierce; (of a resemblance) striking; (of liquor or chili pepper) strong; (of bacteria) virulent HSK 5
cōng ming intelligent; clever; bright; smart; acute (of sight and hearing) HSK 5
jiē chù to touch; to contact; access; in touch with HSK 5
to scare; to intimidate; to threaten; (interjection showing disapproval) tut-tut; (interjection showing astonishment) HSK 5
tōu to steal; to pilfer; to snatch; thief; stealthily HSK 5
width; roll; classifier for textiles or pictures HSK 5
diū to lose; to put aside; to throw HSK 5
jué to refuse; to decline; to reject HSK 5
qiāng gun; firearm; rifle; spear; thing with shape or function similar to a gun; to substitute for another person in a test; to knock; classifier for rifle shots HSK 5
classifier for small spheres, pearls, corn grains, teeth, hearts, satellites etc HSK 5
fēn xiǎng to share (let others have some of sth good) HSK 5
fēn to analyze; analysis HSK 5
péi to accompany; to keep sb company; to assist; old variant of 赔 HSK 5
zhì to arrive; most; to; until HSK 5
lìng to order; to command; an order; warrant; writ; to cause; to make sth happen; virtuous; honorific title; season; government position (old); type of short song or poem HSK 5
shā to kill; to murder; to attack; to weaken or reduce; to smart (dialect); (used after a verb) extremely HSK 5
kěn dìng to be certain; to be positive; assuredly; definitely; to give recognition; to affirm; affirmative (answer) HSK 5
gǎo to do; to make; to go in for; to set up; to get hold of; to take care of HSK 5
jiāng will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把) HSK 5
kǒu shì xīn fēi duplicity; hypocrisy (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 4
lái bu there's not enough time (to do sth); it's too late (to do sth) Xiehouyu HSK 4
lěng jìng calm; cool-headed; dispassionate; (of a place) deserted; quiet Xiehouyu HSK 4
cháo tide; damp; moist; humid; fashionable; trendy; (coll.) inferior; substandard Colloquialism HSK 4
lǎo (coll.) wife Colloquialism HSK 4
shāo to burn; to cook; to stew; to bake; to roast; to heat; to boil (tea, water etc); fever; to run a temperature; (coll.) to let things go to one's head Colloquialism HSK 4
zhōng Wuzhong, prefecture-level city in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Li (surname) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Dàn dīng Dante Alighieri (1265-1321), Italian poet, author of the Divine Comedy 神曲 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
méi xiǎng dào didn't expect HSK 4
shì a room for keeping sth hidden; secret room; hidden chamber ∼HSK 4
Guō outer part (of a city); surname ∼HSK 4
bīng gōng chǎng munitions factory ∼HSK 4
zhòu to curse ∼HSK 4
bone; skeleton; frame, framework ∼HSK 4
jǐng guard, watch; alert, alarm ∼HSK 4
zhī know ∼HSK 4
sōng shǒu to relinquish one's grip; to let go ∼HSK 4
shēng zhí to get promoted (at work etc); promotion ∼HSK 4
shǒu to give oneself up; to surrender (to the authorities) ∼HSK 4
fàn rén convict; prisoner; criminal ∼HSK 4
zěn yāo huì how could it ∼HSK 4
Jiā good, auspicious; beautiful; delightful ∼HSK 4
zhuāng village, hamlet; villa, manor ∼HSK 4
private, personal; secret ∼HSK 4