The Killer

The Killer 1972

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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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jìn to go in HSK 1
xiǎo jie young lady; miss; (slang) prostitute HSK 1
guó country; nation; state; (bound form) national HSK 1
dōng east; host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest); landlord HSK 1
fu clothes HSK 1
seven; 7 HSK 1
chī fàn to have a meal; to eat; to make a living HSK 1
eight; 8 HSK 1
fáng jiān room HSK 1
yǒu de (there are) some (who are...); some (exist) HSK 1
biān one side; either side; on the one hand; on the other hand; doing while HSK 1
huài bad; spoiled; broken; to break down; (suffix) to the utmost HSK 1
bān team; class; grade; (military) squad; work shift; classifier for groups of people and scheduled transport vehicles HSK 1
xiū xi rest; to rest HSK 1
kāi to open; to show (a ticket); to turn on; to switch on HSK 1
huí qu to return; to go back HSK 1
fēng wind; news; style; custom; manner HSK 1
elder brother HSK 1
guān mountain pass; to close; to shut; to turn off; to confine; to lock (sb) up; to shut (sb in a room, a bird in a cage etc); to concern; to involve HSK 1
zǎo shang early morning HSK 1
fáng zi house; building (single- or two-story); apartment; room HSK 1
wàng to forget; to overlook; to neglect HSK 1
yòng need not HSK 1
jiào religion; teaching; to make; to cause; to tell HSK 1
jiā home HSK 1
huí dào to return to HSK 1
西 西 the West; abbr. for Spain 牙; Spanish HSK 1
lái dào to arrive; to come HSK 1
shì to test; to try; experiment; examination; test HSK 1
bái white; snowy; pure; bright; empty; blank; plain; clear; to make clear; in vain; gratuitous; free of charge; reactionary; anti-communist; funeral; to stare coldly; to write wrong character; to state; to explain; vernacular; spoken lines in opera HSK 1
letter; symbol; character; word; courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China HSK 1
shuō huà to speak; to say; to talk; to gossip; to tell stories; talk; word HSK 1
tīng dào to hear HSK 1
kàn jiàn to see; to catch sight of HSK 1
shí ten; 10 HSK 1
shàng at once; right away; immediately; on horseback (i.e. by military force) HSK 1
míng zi name (of a person or thing) HSK 1
chàng to sing; to call loudly; to chant HSK 1
fēi to fly HSK 1
lóu house with more than 1 story; storied building; floor HSK 1
where?; somewhere; anywhere; wherever; nowhere (negative answer to question); humble expression denying compliment; also written 哪里 HSK 1
song; to sing HSK 1
de to remember HSK 1
bēi cup; trophy cup; classifier for certain containers of liquids: glass, cup HSK 1
míng bai clear; obvious; unequivocal; to understand; to realize HSK 1
son; child; seed; egg; small thing; 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the Rat; Viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 位; ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north); subsidiary; subordinate; sub- HSK 1
zhēn de really, truly, indeed HSK 1
chóng to repeat; repetition; again; re-; classifier: layer HSK 1
dòng (of sth) to move; to set in movement; to displace; to touch; to make use of; to stir (emotions); to alter; abbr. for 动词, verb HSK 1
xiān sheng teacher; gentleman; sir; mister (Mr.); husband; (dialect) doctor HSK 1