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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| 打架 打架 | to fight; to scuffle; to come to blows | |
| 包围 包圍 | to surround; to encircle; to hem in | |
| 客气 客氣 | polite; courteous; formal; modest | |
| 保卫 保衛 | to defend; to safeguard | |
| 打扰 打擾 | to disturb; to bother; to trouble | |
| 也好 也好 | that's fine; may as well; (reduplicated) regardless of whether ... or ... | |
| 忍受 忍受 | to bear; to endure | |
| 一向 一向 | always (previously); a period of time in the recent past | |
| 不利 不利 | unfavorable; disadvantageous; harmful; detrimental | |
| 码头 碼頭 | dock; pier; wharf | |
| 迟 遲 | late; delayed; slow | |
| 提起 提起 | to mention; to speak of; to lift; to pick up; to arouse; to raise (a topic, a heavy weight, one's fist, one's spirits etc) | |
| 搜 搜 | to search | |
| 耳朵 耳朵 | ear; handle (on a cup) | |
| 动手 動手 | to set about (a task); to hit; to punch; to touch | |
| 虎 虎 | tiger | |
| 用来 用來 | to be used for | |
| 除非 除非 | only if (..., or otherwise, ...); only when; only in the case that; unless | |
| 尝 嘗 | to taste; to try (food); to experience; (literary) ever; once | |
| 厨房 廚房 | kitchen | |
| 插 插 | to insert; stick in; pierce; to take part in; to interfere; to interpose | |
| 一句话 一句話 | in a word; in short | |
| 之下 之下 | under; beneath; less than | |
| 后悔 後悔 | to regret; to feel remorse | |
| 害 害 | to do harm to; to cause trouble to; harm; evil; calamity | |
| 硬 硬 | hard; stiff; solid; (fig.) strong; firm; resolutely; uncompromisingly; laboriously; with great difficulty; good (quality); able (person); (of food) filling; substantial | |
| 拼 拼 | to piece together; to join together; to stake all; adventurous; at the risk of one's life; to spell | |
| 烂 爛 | soft; mushy; well-cooked and soft; to rot; to decompose; rotten; worn out; chaotic; messy; utterly; thoroughly; crappy; bad | |
| 躲 躲 | to hide; to dodge; to avoid | |
| 凭 憑 | to lean against; to rely on; on the basis of; no matter (how, what etc); proof | |
| 仔细 仔細 | careful; attentive; cautious; to be careful; to look out | |
| 欠 欠 | to owe; to lack; (literary) to be deficient in; (bound form) yawn; to raise slightly (a part of one's body) | |
| 逃 逃 | to escape; to run away; to flee | |
| 骗 騙 | to cheat; to swindle; to deceive; to get on (a horse etc) by swinging one leg over | |
| 损失 損失 | loss; damage; to lose; to suffer damage | |
| 厉害 厲害 | (used to describe sb or sth that makes a very strong impression, whether favorable or unfavorable) terrible; intense; severe; devastating; amazing; awesome; outstanding; (of a person) stern; strict; harsh; shrewd; tough; (of an animal) fierce; (of a resemblance) striking; (of liquor or chili pepper) strong; (of bacteria) virulent | |
| 剩下 剩下 | to remain; to be left over | |
| 偷 偷 | to steal; to pilfer; to snatch; thief; stealthily | |
| 运 運 | to move; to transport; to use; to apply; fortune; luck; fate | |
| 难以 難以 | hard to (predict, imagine etc) | |
| 恨 恨 | to hate; to regret | |
| 枪 槍 | gun; firearm; rifle; spear; thing with shape or function similar to a gun; to substitute for another person in a test; to knock; classifier for rifle shots | |
| 人物 人物 | person; personage; figure (esp. sb of importance); character (in a play, novel etc); figure painting (as a genre of traditional Chinese painting) | |
| 居然 居然 | unexpectedly; to one's surprise; go so far as to | |
| 陪 陪 | to accompany; to keep sb company; to assist; old variant of 赔 | |
| 组织 組織 | to organize; organization; (biology) tissue; (textiles) weave | |
| 声 聲 | sound; voice; tone; noise; reputation; classifier for sounds | |
| 控制 控制 | to control | |
| 杀 殺 | to kill; to murder; to attack; to weaken or reduce; to smart (dialect); (used after a verb) extremely | |
| 肯定 肯定 | to be certain; to be positive; assuredly; definitely; to give recognition; to affirm; affirmative (answer) |