The Killer

The Killer 1972

大杀手 dà 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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依 依 yī to depend on; to comply with or listen to sb; according to; in the light of HSK 7
善 善 shàn good (virtuous); benevolent; well-disposed; good at sth; to improve or perfect HSK 7
失踪 失蹤 shī zōng to be missing; to disappear; unaccounted for HSK 7
惹 惹 rě to provoke; to irritate; to vex; to stir up; to anger; to attract (troubles); to cause (problems) HSK 7
官员 官員 guān yuán official (in an organization or government); administrator HSK 7
斗 斗 Dǒu abbr. for the Big Dipper constellation 星 HSK 7
计 計 jì to calculate; to compute; to count; to regard as important; to plan; ruse; meter; gauge HSK 7
真心 真心 zhēn xīn sincere; heartfelt HSK 7
尸体 屍體 shī tǐ dead body; corpse; carcass HSK 7
非法 非法 fēi fǎ illegal HSK 7
砸 砸 zá to smash; to pound; to fail; to muck up; to bungle HSK 7
有所 有所 yǒu suǒ somewhat; to some extent HSK 7
不知 不知 bù zhī not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) HSK 7
情 情 qíng feeling; emotion; passion; situation HSK 7
之 之 zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it HSK 7
贪官污吏 貪官污吏 tān guān wū lì grasping officials, corrupt mandarins (idiom); abuse and corruption Idiom ∼HSK 6
轻举妄动 輕舉妄動 qīng jǔ wàng dòng to act blindly without thinking (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
情同手足 情同手足 qíng tóng shǒu zú as close as one's hands and feet (idiom); loving one another as brothers; deep friendship; closely attached to one another Idiom ∼HSK 6
公事公办 公事公辦 gōng shì gōng bàn to do things in a strictly businesslike manner (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
苛捐杂税 苛捐雜稅 kē juān zá shuì exorbitant taxation (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
除暴安良 除暴安良 chú bào ān liáng to root out the strong and give people peace (idiom); to rob the rich and give to the poor Idiom ∼HSK 6
排难解纷 排難解紛 pái nàn jiě fēn to remove perils and solve disputes (idiom); to reconcile differences Idiom ∼HSK 6
假公济私 假公濟私 jiǎ gōng jì sī official authority used for private interests (idiom); to attain private ends by abusing public position Idiom ∼HSK 6
手足之情 手足之情 shǒu zú zhī qíng brotherly affection Idiom ∼HSK 6
自相残杀 自相殘殺 zì xiāng cán shā to massacre one another (idiom); internecine strife Idiom ∼HSK 6
一箭双雕 一箭雙鵰 yī jiàn shuāng diāo lit. one arrow, two golden eagles (idiom); to kill two birds with one stone Idiom ∼HSK 6
高枕无忧 高枕無憂 gāo zhěn wú yōu to sleep peacefully (idiom); (fig.) to rest easy; to be free of worries Idiom ∼HSK 6
横行霸道 橫行霸道 héng xíng bà dào to oppress; to rule as a despot; to tyrannize Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
幕后操纵 幕後操縱 mù hòu cāo zòng to manipulate from behind the scenes; to pull the strings Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
欺人太甚 欺人太甚 qī rén - tài shèn (idiom) to bully intolerably Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
高手 高手 gāo shǒu expert; past master; dab hand Xiehouyu HSK 6
甭管 甭管 béng guǎn (coll.) regardless of; no matter (where, who etc) Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
就算 就算 jiù suàn (coll.) even if Colloquialism HSK 6
嘛 嘛 má used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 6
有没有 有沒有 yǒu méi yǒu (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?; Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)? HSK 6
浪人 浪人 làng rén vagrant; unemployed person; rōnin (wandering masterless samurai) ∼HSK 6
牛脾气 牛脾氣 niú pí qi bullheadedness; stubborn ∼HSK 6
恶霸 惡霸 è bà evil tyrant ∼HSK 6
弄清 弄清 nòng qīng to clarify; to fully understand ∼HSK 6
卖国贼 賣國賊 mài guó zéi traitor ∼HSK 6
包涵 包涵 bāo han to excuse; to forgive; to bear with; to be tolerant ∼HSK 6
除掉 除掉 chú diào to eliminate ∼HSK 6
临走 臨走 lín zǒu before leaving; on departure ∼HSK 6
娇小 嬌小 jiāo xiǎo petite; delicate; dainty ∼HSK 6
伙计 伙計 huǒ ji partner; fellow; mate; waiter; servant; shop assistant ∼HSK 6
溜走 溜走 liū zǒu to slip away; to leave secretly ∼HSK 6
不灵 不靈 bù líng not work; be ineffective ∼HSK 6
土皇帝 土皇帝 tǔ huáng dì local tyrant ∼HSK 6
档子 檔子 dàng zi classifier for affairs, events etc ∼HSK 6
窝藏 窩藏 wō cáng to harbor; to shelter ∼HSK 6