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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| 抢劫 搶劫 | to rob; looting | |
| 跟踪 跟蹤 | to follow sb's tracks; to tail; to shadow; tracking | |
| 告 告 | to say; to tell; to announce; to report; to denounce; to file a lawsuit; to sue | |
| 穿着 穿著 | attire; clothes; dress | |
| 他人 他人 | another person; sb else; other people | |
| 唉 唉 | interjection or grunt of agreement or recognition (e.g. yes, it's me!); to sigh | |
| 尸体 屍體 | dead body; corpse; carcass | |
| 盯 盯 | to watch attentively; to fix one's attention on; to stare at; to gaze at | |
| 毫无 毫無 | not in the least; to completely lack | |
| 不知 不知 | not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) | |
| 文 文 | language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle; (old) classifier for coins; Kangxi radical 67 | |
| 德 德 | Germany; German; abbr. for 德国 | |
| 情 情 | feeling; emotion; passion; situation | |
| 以 㕥 | to use; by means of; according to; in order to; because of; at (a certain date or place) | |
| 放马后炮 放馬後炮 | to fire after the horse has bolted (idiom); to act too late to be effective | Idiom |
| 前功尽弃 前功盡棄 | to waste all one's previous efforts (idiom); all that has been achieved goes down the drain | Idiom |
| 莫明其妙 莫明其妙 | variant of | Xiehouyu |
| 瘸子 瘸子 | lame person (colloquial) | 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)? | |
| 哑巴 啞巴 | a mute; mute; silent | |
| 矿场 礦場 | a mine; pit | |
| 白粉 白粉 | face powder; chalk powder; heroin | |
| 蹲下 蹲下 | to squat down; to crouch | |
| 伙计 伙計 | partner; fellow; mate; waiter; servant; shop assistant | |
| 尸首 屍首 | dead body; corpse (Note: In expressions like or, decapitation is implied.) | |
| 账簿 賬簿 | an account book; a ledger | |
| 打劫 打劫 | to loot; to rob; to plunder; to ransack | |
| 便衣 便衣 | civilian clothes; plain clothes; plainclothesman | |
| 凶杀 兇殺 | to murder; assassination | |
| 感化 感化 | corrective influence; to reform (a criminal); redemption (of a sinner); to influence (a malefactor to a better life); to guide sb back to the right path by repeated word and example | |
| 宵夜 宵夜 | midnight snack; late-night snack | |
| 疑犯 疑犯 | a suspect | |
| 鸳鸯 鴛鴦 | (bird species of China) mandarin duck (Aix galericulata); (fig.) affectionate couple; happily married couple | |
| 百分之 百分之 | percent | |
| 到目前为止 到目前為止 | until now; so far | |
| 捉弄 捉弄 | to tease | |
| 看不惯 看不慣 | cannot bear to see; to hate; to dislike; to disapprove | |
| 新丁 新丁 | new addition to a family (i.e. a birth); a boy who has just come of age; (in a job etc) newcomer; novice | |
| 验尸官 驗屍官 | coroner | |
| 舞伴 舞伴 | dancing partner | |
| 老伯 老伯 | uncle (polite form of address for older male) | |
| 德性 德性 | moral integrity | |
| 望风 望風 | to be on the lookout; to keep watch | |
| 多情 多情 | affectionate; passionate; emotional; sentimental | |
| 冷清 冷清 | cold and cheerless; desolate; deserted | |
| 看不清 看不清 | not able to see clearly | |
| 小便 小便 | urine; to urinate; (euphemism) penis or vulva | |
| 有伤风化 有傷風化 | to offend public decency (idiom); harmful to morals and customs |