The Informer 1980
金手指
Wang Chung plays the standard level-headed cop in charge of a rag-tag bunch of misfits and stereotypes (the coward, the playboy, etc.) who are after a drug runner. After their informant is killed, the team turns to a former Triad member (Danny Lee) to infiltrate the gang and bring the big boss down.
Vocabulary
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| 不理 不理 | to refuse to acknowledge; to pay no attention to; to take no notice of; to ignore | Xiehouyu |
| 丢脸 丟臉 | to lose face; humiliation | Xiehouyu |
| 完蛋 完蛋 | (coll.) to be done for | Xiehouyu |
| 亲热 親熱 | affectionate; intimate; warmhearted; to show affection for; (coll.) to get intimate with sb | Colloquialism |
| 逮 逮 | (coll.) to catch; to seize | Colloquialism |
| 逗 逗 | to tease (playfully); to entice; (coll.) to joke; (coll.) funny; amusing; to stay; to sojourn; brief pause at the end of a phrase (variant of 读) | Colloquialism |
| 娘 娘 | mother; young lady; (coll.) effeminate | Colloquialism |
| 家伙 傢伙 | household dish, implement or furniture; domestic animal; (coll.) guy; chap; weapon | Colloquialism |
| 不服气 不服氣 | unwilling to concede; defiant; indignant; to find it galling | |
| 出丑 出醜 | shameful; scandalous; to be humiliated; to make a fool of sb or oneself; to make sb lose face | |
| 久违 久違 | (haven't done sth) for a long time; a long time since we last met | |
| 总而言之 總而言之 | in short; in a word; in brief | |
| 靠拢 靠攏 | to draw close to | |
| 威风 威風 | might; awe-inspiring authority; impressive | |
| 算账 算賬 | (accounting) to balance the books; to do the accounts; (fig.) to settle an account; to get one's revenge | |
| 淡水 淡水 | Tamsui or Danshui, district of New Taipei City 市, Taiwan | |
| 机灵 機靈 | clever; quick-witted | |
| 爽快 爽快 | refreshed; rejuvenated; frank and straightforward | |
| 糟蹋 糟蹋 | to waste; to defile; to abuse; to insult; to defile; to trample on; to wreck; also pr. [zāo ta] | |
| 应酬 應酬 | to engage in social activities; to socialize; dinner party; banquet; social engagement | |
| 上头 上頭 | (of alcohol) to go to one's head; (old) (of a bride-to-be) to bind one's hair into a bun; (of a prostitute) to receive a patron for the first time | |
| 好在 好在 | luckily; fortunately | |
| 诽谤 誹謗 | to slander; to libel | |
| 通通 通通 | all; entire; complete | |
| 圈套 圈套 | trap; snare; trick | |
| 凳子 凳子 | stool; small seat | |
| 控告 控告 | to accuse; to charge; to indict | |
| 复原 復原 | to restore (sth) to (its) former condition; to recover from illness; recovery | |
| 均匀 均勻 | even; well-distributed; homogeneous; well-proportioned (figure, body etc) | |
| 掉头 掉頭 | to turn one's head; to turn round; to turn about | |
| 梳 梳 | a comb; to comb | |
| 不肯 不肯 | Refuse | |
| 滑稽 滑稽 | comical; funny; amusing (old pr. [gǔ jī]); huaji, a form of comedy performance popular in Shanghai, Jiangsu and Zhejiang | |
| 帮手 幫手 | helper; assistant | |
| 幸亏 幸虧 | fortunately; luckily | |
| 破案 破案 | to solve a case; shabby old table | |
| 要紧 要緊 | important; urgent | |
| 失恋 失戀 | to lose one's love; to break up (in a romantic relationship); to feel jilted | |
| 化验 化驗 | chemical examination; to do a lab test | |
| 抽屉 抽屜 | drawer | |
| 胆子 膽子 | courage; nerve; guts | |
| 当心 當心 | to take care; to look out | |
| 不容 不容 | must not; cannot; to not allow; cannot tolerate | |
| 发财 發財 | to get rich | |
| 乡下 鄉下 | countryside; rural area | |
| 缴 繳 | to hand in; to hand over; to seize | |
| 要点 要點 | main point; essential | |
| 发脾气 發脾氣 | to get angry | |
| 值钱 值錢 | valuable; costly; expensive | |
| 麻痹 麻痺 | paralysis; palsy; numbness; to benumb; (fig.) to lull; negligent; apathetic |