The Informer

The Informer 1980

jīn shǒuzhǐ

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.

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hēi xiāng black box; flight recorder; opaque system (computing) ∼HSK 4
bié individually; one by one; just one or two; exceptional; rare HSK 4
shǎn diàn lightning HSK 4
to avoid; to shun; to flee; to escape; to keep away from; to leave; to hide from HSK 4
xiāng zi suitcase; chest; box; case; trunk HSK 4
Sūn Sun Tzu, also known as Sun Wu 孙武 (c. 500 BC, dates of birth and death uncertain), general, strategist and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn Period (700-475 BC), believed to be the author of the “Art of War” 孙子兵法, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武经七书 HSK 4
jade HSK 4
méi cuò that's right; sure!; rest assured!; that's good; can't go wrong HSK 4
lǎo shi honest; sincere; well-behaved; naive; gullible HSK 4
dān bǎo to guarantee; to vouch for HSK 4
huì to misunderstand; to mistake; misunderstanding HSK 4
bàn shì to handle (affairs); to work HSK 4
shuō bu dìng can't say for sure; maybe HSK 4
zuǐ ba mouth; slap in the face HSK 4
qīn intimate; close HSK 4
pàng zi fat person; fatty HSK 4
the rest; the others; remaining; remainder; apart from them HSK 4
suǒ wèi to be indifferent; not to matter; cannot be said to be HSK 4
tóu complaint; to complain; to register a complaint (esp. as a customer) HSK 4
cóng from now on; since then; henceforth HSK 4
diàn elevator; escalator HSK 4
eldest brother; big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself); gang leader; boss HSK 4
mào zi hat; cap; (fig.) label; bad name HSK 4
cái wealth; riches HSK 4
shēn cái stature; build (height and weight); figure HSK 4
zǒng zhī in a word; in short; in brief HSK 4
yùn qi luck (good or bad) HSK 4
yáo to shake; to rock; to row; to crank HSK 4
jiǔ bar; pub; saloon HSK 4
sōng pine HSK 4
huò (literary) to catch; to capture; (literary) to get; to obtain; to win HSK 4
shǒu to guard; to defend; to keep watch; to abide by the law; to observe (rules or ritual); nearby; adjoining HSK 4
féi fat; fertile; loose-fitting or large; to fertilize; to become rich by illegal means; fertilizer; manure HSK 4
shì de seems as if; rather like; Taiwan pr. [sì de] HSK 4
tooth; ivory HSK 4
to ascertain; to act on; to criticize; to pass on; classifier for batches, lots, military flights; tier (for the ranking of universities and colleges) HSK 4
dēng to register (one's name) HSK 4
xiāng box; trunk; chest HSK 4
to breathe; to suck in; to absorb; to inhale HSK 4
tuō to shed; to take off; to escape; to get away from HSK 4
fán to feel vexed; to bother; to trouble; superfluous and confusing; edgy HSK 4
tiē to stick; to paste; to post (e.g. on a blog); to keep close to; to fit snugly; to subsidize; allowance (e.g. money for food or housing); sticker; classifier for sticking plaster: strip HSK 4
tǎng to recline; to lie down HSK 4
rén jiā household; dwelling; family; sb else's house; household business; house of woman's husband-to-be HSK 4
to substitute for; to take the place of; to replace; for; on behalf of; to stand in for HSK 4
guān government official; governmental; official; public; organ of the body HSK 4
dài to put on or wear (glasses, hat, gloves etc); to respect; to bear; to support HSK 4
怀 huái to doubt (sth); to be skeptical of; to have one's doubts; to harbor suspicions; to suspect that HSK 4
huò goods; money; commodity HSK 4
ān (bound form) calm; peaceful; to calm; to set at ease; safe; secure; in good health; content; satisfied (as in 安于); to place (sb) in a suitable position (job); to install; to fix; to fit; to bring (a charge against sb); to harbor (certain intentions); ampere (abbr. for 培) HSK 4