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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Vocabulary

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huí to curve; to return; to revolve HSK 1
qǐng to ask; to invite; please (do sth); to treat (to a meal etc); to request HSK 1
bié to leave; to part (from); (literary) to differentiate; to distinguish; (bound form) other; another; different; don't ...!; to fasten with a pin or clip; to stick in; to insert (in order to hinder movement); (noun suffix) category (e.g. 性别, 派别) HSK 1
zhè here HSK 1
hái zi child HSK 1
jiào to shout; to call; to order; to ask; to be called; by (indicates agent in the passive mood) HSK 1
kāi to open (transitive or intransitive); (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start; to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run; to boil; to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc); (directional complement) away; off; carat (gold); abbr. for Kelvin, 开尔文; abbr. for 开本, book format HSK 1
yǐn smile (archaic) HSK 1
zhǎo dào to find HSK 1
chē car; vehicle; machine; to shape with a lathe; Kangxi radical 159 HSK 1
small table HSK 1
jiàn to see; to meet; to appear (to be sth); to interview; opinion; view HSK 1
to rise; to raise; to get up; to set out; to start; to appear; to launch; to initiate (action); to draft; to establish; to get (from a depot or counter); verb suffix, to start; starting from (a time, place, price etc); classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance; classifier for groups: batch, group HSK 1
lai to stand up; to get up; also pr. [qǐ lái] HSK 1
in the same place; together; with; altogether (in total) HSK 1
jué de to think that ...; to feel that ...; to feel (uncomfortable etc) HSK 1
hái shi still (as before); had better; unexpectedly; or HSK 1
huà dialect; language; spoken words; speech; talk; words; conversation; what sb said HSK 1
jīn tiān today; at the present; now HSK 1
Belgium; Belgian; abbr. for 比利时 HSK 1
to beat; to strike; to hit; to break; to type; to mix up; to build; to fight; to fetch; to make; to tie up; to issue; to shoot; to calculate; to play (a game); since; from HSK 1
hái yǒu furthermore; in addition; still; also HSK 1
kuài rapid; quick; speed; rate; soon; almost; to make haste; clever; sharp (of knives or wits); forthright; plainspoken; gratified; pleased; pleasant HSK 1
zhǎo to try to find; to look for; to call on sb; to find; to seek; to return; to give change HSK 1
shéi who; also pr. [shuí] HSK 1
huan to like; to be fond of HSK 1
gēn heel; to follow closely; to go with; (of a woman) to marry sb; with; compared with; to; towards; and (joining two nouns) HSK 1
zhè xiē these HSK 1
earth; ground; field; place; land HSK 1
ài to love; to be fond of; to like; affection; to be inclined (to do sth); to tend to (happen) HSK 1
zěn me how?; what?; why? HSK 1
men you (plural) HSK 1
qián front; forward; ahead; first; top (followed by a number); future; ago; before; BC (e.g. 前293年); former; formerly HSK 1
jiā used in 家伙 and 家俱 HSK 1
hòu empress; queen; (archaic) monarch; ruler HSK 1
shì matter; thing; item; work; affair HSK 1
zǒu to walk; to go; to run; to move (of vehicle); to visit; to leave; to go away; to die (euph.); from; through; away (in compound verbs, such as 走); to change (shape, form, meaning) HSK 1
shí hou time; length of time; moment; period HSK 1
zhī dào to know; to become aware of; also pr. [zhī dao] HSK 1
xiǎo small; tiny; few; young HSK 1
next in sequence; second; the second (day, time etc); secondary; vice-; sub-; infra-; inferior quality; substandard; order; sequence; hypo- (chemistry); classifier for enumerated events: time HSK 1
ne particle indicating that a previously asked question is to be applied to the preceding word ("What about ...?", "And ...?"); particle for inquiring about location ("Where is ...?"); particle signaling a pause, to emphasize the preceding words and allow the listener time to take them on board ("ok?", "are you with me?"); (at the end of a declarative sentence) particle indicating continuation of a state or action; particle indicating strong affirmation HSK 1
zài again; once more; re-; second; another; then (after sth, and not until then); no matter how ... (followed by an adjective or verb, and then (usually) 也 or 都 for emphasis) HSK 1
zuì most; the most; -est (superlative suffix) HSK 1
tài highest; greatest; too (much); very; extremely HSK 1
chū to go out; to come out; to occur; to produce; to go beyond; to rise; to put forth; to happen; (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result); classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc HSK 1
tiān day; sky; heaven HSK 1
děng class; rank; grade; equal to; same as; to wait for; to await; et cetera; and so on; et al. (and other authors); after; as soon as; once HSK 1
liǎng two; both; some; a few; tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤 (old) HSK 1
duō many; much; too many; in excess; (after a numeral) ... odd; how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duó]); (bound form) multi-; poly- HSK 1