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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Vocabulary

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他杀 他殺 tā shā homicide (law) ∼HSK 5
潜伏 潛伏 qián fú to hide; to cover up; to conceal ∼HSK 5
杀掉 殺掉 shā diào to kill ∼HSK 5
仗 仗 zhàng rely upon; protector; fight; war, weaponry ∼HSK 5
滩 灘 tān bank, a sandbar, shoal; rapids ∼HSK 5
为所欲为 為所欲為 wéi suǒ yù wéi (idiom) to do whatever one pleases ∼HSK 5
怎 怎 zěn how (variant of 怎么) ∼HSK 5
忠 忠 zhōng loyalty, devotion, fidelity ∼HSK 5
放胆 放膽 fàng dǎn to act boldly ∼HSK 5
结怨 結怨 jié yuàn to arouse dislike; to incur hatred ∼HSK 5
绝非 絕非 jué fēi absolutely not ∼HSK 5
拔刀相助 拔刀相助 bá dāo xiāng zhù to draw one's sword and come to the rescue (idiom); to help the weak against injustice ∼HSK 5
荣 榮 Róng glory, honor; flourish, prosper ∼HSK 5
踪 蹤 zōng footprints, traces, tracks ∼HSK 5
诡秘 詭祕 guǐ mì secretive; furtive; surreptitious ∼HSK 5
擅 擅 shàn monopolize; claim; arbitrarily; to dare ∼HSK 5
鹊 鵲 què magpie; Pica species (various) ∼HSK 5
闺 閨 guī small arched door; boudoir; lady's chamber; (fig.) women ∼HSK 5
静悄悄 靜悄悄 jìng qiāo qiāo extremely quiet ∼HSK 5
躁 躁 zào tense, excited, irritable ∼HSK 5
恨透 恨透 hèn tòu to hate bitterly ∼HSK 5
掌柜 掌櫃 zhǎng guì shopkeeper ∼HSK 5
莲花 蓮花 lián huā lotus flower (Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn, among others); water-lily ∼HSK 5
硬要 硬要 yìng yào firmly set on doing sth; to insist on doing; determined in one's course of action ∼HSK 5
讲义气 講義氣 jiǎng yì qì to be loyal (to one's friends); to value loyalty ∼HSK 5
一宿 一宿 yīxiǔ one night's stay ∼HSK 5
火拼 火拼 huǒ pīn (of rival gangs or armed factions etc) to engage in internecine violence; to have an open fight; to clash on the streets; to have a shootout ∼HSK 5
犯法 犯法 fàn fǎ to break the law ∼HSK 5
亭 亭 tíng pavilion; erect ∼HSK 5
棚 棚 péng tent, awning; booth; shed ∼HSK 5
何尝 何嘗 hé cháng (rhetorical question) when?; how?; it's not that... ∼HSK 5
上岸 上岸 shàng àn to go ashore; to climb ashore; (fig.) to achieve a stable and secure life after a period of struggle (e.g. to get a government job, be admitted to a desirable university, or finally pay off one's debts) ∼HSK 5
胆量 膽量 dǎn liàng courage; boldness; guts ∼HSK 5
奸 奸 jiān crafty, villainous, false ∼HSK 5
只见 只見 zhǐ jiàn to see (the same thing) over and over again; to see, to one's surprise, (sth happen suddenly) HSK 5
年前 年前 nián qián by the end of the year; at the end of the year; shortly before New Year HSK 5
报答 報答 bào dá to repay; to requite HSK 5
不能不 不能不 bù néng bù have to; cannot but HSK 5
预备 預備 yù bèi to prepare; to make ready; preparation; preparatory HSK 5
泉 泉 quán spring (small stream); mouth of a spring; coin (archaic) HSK 5
交代 交代 jiāo dài to transfer (duties to sb else); to give instructions; to tell (sb to do sth); to explain; to give an account; to brief; to confess; to account for oneself; (jocular) to come to a bad end HSK 5
怨 怨 yuàn to blame; (bound form) resentment; hatred; grudge HSK 5
拜访 拜訪 bài fǎng to pay a visit; to call on HSK 5
向上 向上 xiàng shàng upward; up; to advance; to try to improve oneself; to make progress HSK 5
礼貌 禮貌 lǐ mào courtesy; politeness; manners; courteous; polite HSK 5
近来 近來 jìn lái recently; lately HSK 5
停留 停留 tíng liú to stay somewhere temporarily; to stop over HSK 5
发觉 發覺 fā jué to become aware; to detect; to realize; to perceive HSK 5
愁 愁 chóu to worry about HSK 5
乡 鄉 xiāng country or countryside; native place; home village or town; township (PRC administrative unit) HSK 5