The Killer

The Killer 1972

shāshǒu

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.

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4.05 Intermediate

Vocabulary

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hǎo hello; hi ∼HSK 1
měi tiān every day ∼HSK 1
xiǎo little brother; I, your little brother (humble) ∼HSK 1
lái firstly,... ∼HSK 1
tiān that day; the other day ∼HSK 1
liǎo liǎo to realize clearly; to settle a matter; to get it over with ∼HSK 1
huì huì (posing a question: whether sb, something) can or cannot?; is able to or not ∼HSK 1
gēn zhe to follow after; immediately afterwards ∼HSK 1
zuò cuò to make an error ∼HSK 1
kuài diǎn to do sth more quickly; Hurry up!; Get a move on! ∼HSK 1
nián lái this past year; over the last years ∼HSK 1
zěn me le What's up?; What's going on?; What happened? ∼HSK 1
dào xiàn zài up until now; to date ∼HSK 1
jiàn le to have disappeared; to be missing; nowhere to be found ∼HSK 1
gēn rén to marry (of woman) ∼HSK 1
zěn me huí shì what's the matter?; what's going on?; how could that be?; how did that come about?; what's it all about? ∼HSK 1
kāi mén to open a door (lit. and fig.); to open for business ∼HSK 1
zài not to be present; to be out; (euphemism) to pass away; to be deceased ∼HSK 1
lǎo èr second-eldest child in a family; (euphemism) penis ∼HSK 1
yǒu diǎn a little ∼HSK 1
méi shì it's not important; it's nothing; never mind; to have nothing to do; to be free; to be all right (out of danger or trouble) ∼HSK 1
màn zǒu Stay a bit!; Wait a minute!; (to a departing guest) Take care! ∼HSK 1
cannot; should not; must not ∼HSK 1
jiào zuò to be called; to be known as ∼HSK 1
female singer (archaic) ∼HSK 1
nián lái for the past several years ∼HSK 1
chà diǎn almost; nearly ∼HSK 1
zhù kǒu shut up; shut your mouth; stop talking ∼HSK 1
huà shuō It is said that... (at the start of a narrative); to discuss; to recount ∼HSK 1
zuò shì to work; to handle matters; to have a job ∼HSK 1
a number of; each and every one; one by one; one after another ∼HSK 1
chē zi car or other vehicle (bicycle, truck etc) ∼HSK 1
hǎo huà friendly advice; words spoken on sb's behalf; a good word; kind words; words that sound fine but are not followed up with actions ∼HSK 1
zhèng mén main entrance; main gate; portal ∼HSK 1
xiǎng unexpectedly; to one's surprise ∼HSK 1
cóng lái méi have never; has never ∼HSK 1
gēn cóng to follow; (of a woman) to get married; (old) attendant ∼HSK 1
zhǎo bu zháo to be unable to find ∼HSK 1
èr tiān next day; the morrow ∼HSK 1
zài wài outer; excluded ∼HSK 1
zhè wèi this (person) ∼HSK 1
le no thanks (used to politely but informally decline) ∼HSK 1
xiǎng xiǎng kàn to think about it ∼HSK 1
nián a few years; several years; how many years? ∼HSK 1
zài xià under; myself (humble) ∼HSK 1
zhǎo huí to retrieve ∼HSK 1
rén lit. that person; fig. the person you have been looking for; Mr Right; the girl of one's dreams ∼HSK 1
like, love, enjoy; joyful thing ∼HSK 1
mén wài outside the door ∼HSK 1
hòu wait; expect; visit; greet ∼HSK 1