The Killer 1972
大杀手
Chiao Tzu Wei hires a killer under the premise that the local government (run by the local kung fu school) is corrupt and extorting the people of the town. The killer happens to be Hsieh Chun (aka Hsiao Hu) who left town ten years ago. (When Hsieh Chun opens up a suitcase full of knives, you know that there is going to be tons of killing!). Thinking that the local kung fu school is bad, he goes over there to fight them. There is some reuniting of lost friends and some love between two of them. The bad guys are constantly double crossing everyone and this leads to total mayhem and carnage. The final fight scene (which is actually several fight scenes going from one to the next) is incredible, especially the blood soaked finale between the evil Japanese leader of the opium ring and the two brothers.
Vocabulary
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| 在身 在身 | to possess; to be occupied or burdened with (work, a contract, a lawsuit) | |
| 小船 小船 | boat | |
| 上船 上船 | to get on the boat | |
| 二更 二更 | second of the five night watch periods 21:00-23:00 (old) | |
| 外地 外地 | parts of the country other than where one is | |
| 走开 走開 | to leave; to walk away; to beat it; to move aside | |
| 坏人 壞人 | bad person; villain | |
| 商人 商人 | merchant; businessman | |
| 从小 從小 | from childhood; from a young age | |
| 春天 春天 | spring (season) | |
| 商量 商量 | to consult; to talk over; to discuss | |
| 不但 不但 | not only (... but also ...) | |
| 不一定 不一定 | not necessarily; maybe | |
| 姓 姓 | family name; surname; to be surnamed | |
| 好人 好人 | good person; healthy person; person who tries not to offend anyone, even at the expense of principle | |
| 队长 隊長 | captain; team leader | |
| 小时候 小時候 | in one's childhood | |
| 夏天 夏天 | summer | |
| 懂得 懂得 | to understand; to know; to comprehend | |
| 蓝色 藍色 | blue (color) | |
| 请求 請求 | to request; to ask; request | |
| 不好意思 不好意思 | to feel embarrassed; to find it embarrassing; to be sorry (for inconveniencing sb) | |
| 绿 綠 | green; (slang) (derived from 绿帽子) to cheat on (one's spouse or boyfriend or girlfriend) | |
| 湖 湖 | lake | |
| 放心 放心 | to feel relieved; to feel reassured; to be at ease | |
| 练 練 | to practice; to train; to drill; to perfect (one's skill); exercise; (literary) white silk; to boil and scour raw silk | |
| 的话 的話 | if (coming after a conditional clause) | |
| 早就 早就 | already at an earlier time | |
| 到处 到處 | everywhere | |
| 答应 答應 | to answer; to respond; to answer positively; to agree; to accept; to promise | |
| 随便 隨便 | as one wishes; as one pleases; at random; negligent; casual; wanton | |
| 差不多 差不多 | almost; nearly; more or less; about the same; good enough; not bad | |
| 多么 多麼 | how (wonderful etc); what (a great idea etc); however (difficult it may be etc); (in interrogative sentences) how (much etc); to what extent | |
| 吹 吹 | to blow; to play a wind instrument; to blast; to puff; to boast; to brag; to end in failure; to fall through | |
| 颜色 顏色 | color; countenance; appearance; facial expression; pigment; dyestuff | |
| 黄 黃 | yellow; pornographic; to fall through | |
| 接到 接到 | to receive (letter etc) | |
| 亮 亮 | bright; clear; resonant; to shine; to show; to reveal | |
| 照顾 照顧 | to take care of; to show consideration; to attend to; to look after | |
| 一生 一生 | all one's life; throughout one's life | |
| 词 詞 | word; statement; speech; lyrics; a form of lyric poetry, flourishing in the Song dynasty 宋朝 | |
| 封 封 | to confer; to grant; to bestow a title; to seal; classifier for sealed objects, esp. letters | |
| 交给 交給 | to give; to deliver; to hand over | |
| 长大 長大 | to grow up | |
| 级 級 | level; grade; rank; step (of stairs); classifier: step, level | |
| 不行 不行 | won't do; be out of the question; be no good; not work; not be capable | |
| 怎么办 怎麼辦 | what's to be done | |
| 不够 不夠 | not enough; insufficient; inadequate | |
| 小心 小心 | to be careful; to take care | |
| 咱们 咱們 | we or us (including both the speaker and the person(s) spoken to); (dialect) I or me; (dialect) (in a coaxing or familiar way) you; also pr. [zá men] |