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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| 欺负 欺負 | to bully | |
| 前来 前來 | to come (formal); before; previously | |
| 算了 算了 | let it be; let it pass; forget about it | |
| 天堂 天堂 | paradise; heaven | |
| 肯 肎 | to agree; to consent; to be willing to | |
| 贡献 貢獻 | to contribute; to dedicate; to devote; contribution | |
| 护 護 | to protect | |
| 露 露 | to show; to reveal; to betray; to expose | |
| 至于 至於 | as for; as to; to go so far as to | |
| 托 託 | to trust; to entrust; to be entrusted with; to act as trustee | |
| 除 除 | to get rid of; to remove; to exclude; to eliminate; to wipe out; to divide; except; not including | |
| 再说 再說 | to say again; to put off a discussion until later; moreover; what's more; besides | |
| 搭 搭 | to put up; to build (scaffolding); to hang (clothes on a pole); to connect; to join; to arrange in pairs; to match; to add; to throw in (resources); to take (boat, train); variant of 褡 | |
| 算是 算是 | considered to be; at last | |
| 罪 罪 | guilt; crime; fault; blame; sin | |
| 理 理 | texture; grain (of wood); inner essence; intrinsic order; reason; logic; truth; science; natural science (esp. physics); to manage; to pay attention to; to run (affairs); to handle; to put in order; to tidy up | |
| 允许 允許 | to permit; to allow | |
| 镇 鎮 | to press down; to calm; to subdue; to suppress; to guard; garrison; small town; to cool or chill (food or drinks) | |
| 藏 藏 | Tibet; abbr. for Xizang or Tibet Autonomous Region 藏 | |
| 招 招 | to recruit; to provoke; to beckon; to incur; to infect; contagious; a move (chess); a maneuver; device; trick; to confess | |
| 命 命 | life; fate; order or command; to assign a name, title etc | |
| 若 若 | to seem; like; as; if | |
| 副 副 | secondary; auxiliary; deputy; assistant; vice-; abbr. for 副词 adverb; classifier for pairs, sets of things & facial expressions | |
| 逼 偪 | to force (sb to do sth); to compel; to press for; to extort; to press on towards; to press up to; to close in on; euphemistic variant of 屄 | |
| 清 清 | (of water etc) clear; clean; quiet; still; pure; uncorrupted; clear; distinct; to clear; to settle (accounts) | |
| 有关 有關 | to have sth to do with; to relate to; related to; to concern; concerning | |
| 同 同 | like; same; similar; together; alike; with | |
| 与 與 | and; to give; together with | |
| 借刀杀人 借刀殺人 | to lend sb a knife to kill sb; to get sb else to do one's dirty work; to attack using the strength of another (idiom) | Idiom |
| 人多势众 人多勢眾 | many men, a great force (idiom); many hands provide great strength; There is safety in numbers. | Idiom |
| 调虎离山 調虎離山 | to lure the tiger from its domain in the mountains (idiom); to lure an enemy away from his territory | Idiom |
| 青山绿水 青山綠水 | lit. green hills and clear waters (idiom); fig. picturesque natural scenery | Idiom |
| 胡来 胡來 | to act arbitrarily regardless of the rules; to mess with sth; to make a hash of things; to cause trouble | Xiehouyu |
| 无路可走 無路可走 | nowhere to go; at the end of one's tether | Xiehouyu |
| 走着瞧 走著瞧 | wait and see (who is right) | Xiehouyu |
| 一路 一路 | the whole journey; all the way; going the same way; going in the same direction; of the same kind | Xiehouyu |
| 武馆 武館 | martial arts school | |
| 娇 嬌 | seductive and loveable; tender | |
| 贩毒 販毒 | to traffic narcotics; drugs trade; opium trade | |
| 老兄 老兄 | elder brother (often used self-referentially); (form of address between male friends) old chap; buddy | |
| 乡民 鄉民 | villager; (Tw) (Internet slang) person who likes to follow online discussions and add their opinions | |
| 人命 人命 | human life | |
| 勒索 勒索 | to blackmail; to extort | |
| 凭什么 憑什麼 | (spoken) why?; for which reason? | |
| 义气 義氣 | spirit of loyalty and self-sacrifice; code of brotherhood; also pr. [yi4 qi5] | |
| 找麻烦 找麻煩 | to look for trouble | |
| 不义 不義 | injustice | |
| 忽 忽 | suddenly, abruptly; neglect | |
| 军火 軍火 | weapons and ammunition; munitions; arms | |
| 恕 恕 | forgive |