The Convict Killer

The Convict Killer 1980

插翅难飞 chāchìnánfēi

Teng Piao went to jail for fifteen years on a frame up for drug smuggling. Now that he's out, along with his iron chain, Teng Piao is hungry for revenge. The man he wants to beat with his chain is Black Leopard Lam Fei. The problem for Teng Piao is that he doesn't know who he is, only that he has a picture of a black leopard tattooed on his chest.

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名不虚传 名不虛傳 míng bù xū chuán (idiom) to live up to one's famous name; its reputation is well deserved Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
来者不善 來者不善 lái zhě bù shàn the one who comes is up to no good (idiom); the newcomer is bound to be hostile; an ill-intentioned visitor Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
就算 就算 jiù suàn (coll.) even if Colloquialism HSK 6
嘛 嘛 má used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 6
有没有 有沒有 yǒu méi yǒu (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)? HSK 6
却是 卻是 què shì nevertheless; actually; the fact is ... HSK 6
特派员 特派員 tè pài yuán special correspondent; sb dispatched on a mission; special commissioner ∼HSK 6
飞鹰 飛鷹 fēi yīng eagle ∼HSK 6
特赦令 特赦令 tè shè lìng decree to grant a special pardon ∼HSK 6
豹子 豹子 bào zi leopard ∼HSK 6
赌坊 賭坊 dǔ fāng (archaic) gambling house ∼HSK 6
副官 副官 fù guān aide-de-camp ∼HSK 6
扣子 釦子 kòu zi button ∼HSK 6
佣人 傭人 yōng rén servant ∼HSK 6
岂敢 豈敢 qǐ gǎn how could one dare?; I don't deserve such praise ∼HSK 6
逃犯 逃犯 táo fàn escaped criminal; fugitive from the law ∼HSK 6
戴罪立功 戴罪立功 dài zuì lì gōng to redeem oneself by good deeds while bearing guilt (idiom); to atone for a crime through meritorious service ∼HSK 6
绞死 絞死 jiǎo sǐ to hang (i.e. execute by hanging); to strangle ∼HSK 6
付清 付清 fù qīng to pay in full; to pay all of a bill; to pay off ∼HSK 6
吃里扒外 吃裡扒外 chī lǐ pá wài to live off one side while secretly helping the other; to betray one's own people (idiom) ∼HSK 6
尸首 屍首 shī shou dead body; corpse (Note: In expressions like or, decapitation is implied.) ∼HSK 6
散播 散播 sàn bō to spread; to disperse; to disseminate ∼HSK 6
胸前 胸前 xiōng qián (on the) chest; bosom ∼HSK 6
伙计 伙計 huǒ ji partner; fellow; mate; waiter; servant; shop assistant ∼HSK 6
逃命 逃命 táo mìng to escape; to flee; to run for one's life ∼HSK 6
浴盆 浴盆 yù pén bathtub ∼HSK 6
大嫂 大嫂 dà sǎo older brother's wife; sister-in-law; elder sister (respectful appellation for an older married woman) ∼HSK 6
澡堂 澡堂 zǎo táng public baths ∼HSK 6
老眼昏花 老眼昏花 lǎo yǎn hūn huā blurred vision of an old person (idiom) ∼HSK 6
一笔勾消 一筆勾消 yī bǐ gōu xiāo to write off with one stroke; to cancel or forgive entirely (idiom) (variant of 一笔勾销) ∼HSK 6
通缉犯 通緝犯 tōng jī fàn wanted criminal; fugitive (from the law) ∼HSK 6
借故 藉故 jiè gù to find an excuse ∼HSK 6
中计 中計 zhòng jì to fall into a trap; to be taken in ∼HSK 6
吊起 吊起 diào qǐ to hoist ∼HSK 6
假扮 假扮 jiǎ bàn to impersonate; to act the part of sb; to disguise oneself as sb else ∼HSK 6
同路人 同路人 tóng lù rén fellow traveler; comrade ∼HSK 6
古墓 古墓 gǔ mù old tomb (archaeology) ∼HSK 6
监牢 監牢 jiān láo prison; jail ∼HSK 6
时辰 時辰 shíchen two-hour period ∼HSK 6
魔掌 魔掌 mó zhǎng the power of sb or sth evil; the clutches (of a bad person etc) ∼HSK 6
除掉 除掉 chú diào to eliminate ∼HSK 6
不堪设想 不堪設想 bù kān shè xiǎng too horrible to contemplate; unthinkable; inconceivable ∼HSK 6
梅花 梅花 méi huā plum blossom; clubs ♣ (a suit in card games); wintersweet (dialect) HSK 6
发炎 發炎 fā yán to become inflamed; inflammation HSK 6
不值 不值 bù zhí not worth HSK 6
吉祥 吉祥 jí xiáng lucky; auspicious; propitious HSK 6
自言自语 自言自語 zì yán zì yǔ to talk to oneself; to think aloud; to soliloquize HSK 6
一齐 一齊 yī qí at the same time; simultaneously HSK 6
大批 大批 dà pī large quantities of HSK 6
诸位 諸位 zhū wèi (pron) everyone; Ladies and Gentlemen; Sirs HSK 6