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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| 拉链 拉鏈 | zipper | |
| 走运 走運 | to have good luck; to be in luck | |
| 凭什么 憑什麼 | (spoken) why?; for which reason? | |
| 弟兄们 弟兄們 | brothers; comrades; men; brethren | |
| 财路 財路 | livelihood | |
| 霸 覇 | tyrant, dominate | |
| 侍 侍 | serve, attend upon; attendant, servant; samurai | |
| 出狱 出獄 | to be released from prison | |
| 尸 屍 | corpse; to impersonate the dead; to preside; KangXi radical 44 | |
| 舞池 舞池 | dance floor | |
| 武打 武打 | acrobatic fighting in Chinese opera or dance | |
| 吓坏 嚇壞 | to be terrified; to terrify sb | |
| 咪 咪 | sound for calling a cat | |
| 交待 交待 | variant of | |
| 听清 聽清 | to hear clearly | |
| 晨 晨 | early morning, daybreak | |
| 出击 出擊 | to sally; to attack | |
| 傻子 傻子 | idiot; fool | |
| 害人 害人 | to harm sb; to inflict suffering; to victimize; pernicious | |
| 黑鬼 黑鬼 | black devil (derogatory term for black or African person) | |
| 躲开 躲開 | to stay out of (hot water, trouble, awkward situation etc); to avoid (sb) | |
| 军装 軍裝 | military uniform | |
| 玲 玲 | tinkling of jade | |
| 贩毒 販毒 | to traffic narcotics; drugs trade; opium trade | |
| 差点儿 差點兒 | erhua variant of 差点; almost; nearly | |
| 年前 年前 | by the end of the year; at the end of the year; shortly before New Year | |
| 高大 高大 | tall; lofty; towering | |
| 一身 一身 | whole body; from head to toe; single person; a suit of clothes | |
| 车主 車主 | vehicle owner | |
| 间接 間接 | indirect | |
| 亏 虧 | deficiency; deficit; luckily; it's lucky that...; (often ironically) fancy that... | |
| 预备 預備 | to prepare; to make ready; preparation; preparatory | |
| 钓 釣 | to fish with a hook and bait | |
| 出差 出差 | to go on an official or business trip | |
| 再也 再也 | (not) any more | |
| 灰色 灰色 | gray; ash gray; grizzly; pessimistic; gloomy; dispirited; ambiguous | |
| 分成 分成 | to divide (into); to split a bonus; to break into; tenths; percentage allotment | |
| 礼貌 禮貌 | courtesy; politeness; manners; courteous; polite | |
| 胆 膽 | gall bladder; courage; guts; gall; inner container (e.g. bladder of a football, inner container of a thermos) | |
| 打架 打架 | to fight; to scuffle; to come to blows | |
| 隔壁 隔壁 | next door; neighbor | |
| 摘 摘 | to take; to borrow; to pick (flowers, fruit etc); to pluck; to select; to remove; to take off (glasses, hat etc) | |
| 赔 賠 | to compensate for loss; to indemnify; to suffer a financial loss | |
| 势力 勢力 | power; influence; a force (military, political etc) | |
| 也好 也好 | that's fine; may as well; (reduplicated) regardless of whether ... or ... | |
| 扶 扶 | to support with the hand; to help sb up; to support oneself by holding onto something; to help | |
| 倒是 倒是 | contrary to what one might expect; actually; contrariwise; why don't you | |
| 情形 情形 | circumstances; situation | |
| 迟 遲 | late; delayed; slow | |
| 不许 不許 | not to allow; must not; can't |