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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如此 如此 rú cǐ like this; so; such HSK 5
唯一 唯一 wéi yī only; sole HSK 5
可 可 kě (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very HSK 5
群龙无首 群龍無首 qún lóng wú shǒu lit. a thunder of dragons without a head; fig. a group lacking a leader Idiom ∼HSK 4
明人不做暗事 明人不做暗事 míng rén bù zuò àn shì an honest person does not act surreptitiously (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 4
一言为定 一言為定 yī yán wéi dìng (idiom) it's a deal; that's settled then Idiom ∼HSK 4
苦 苦 kǔ bitter; hardship; pain; to suffer; to bring suffering to; painstakingly Xiehouyu HSK 4
无法 無法 wú fǎ unable; incapable Xiehouyu HSK 4
案子 案子 àn zi long table; counter; (coll.) case (criminal, medical etc); matter; project; job Colloquialism ∼HSK 4
尺寸 尺寸 chǐ cun size; dimensions; measurements (esp. of clothes); (coll.) propriety Colloquialism HSK 4
烧 燒 shāo to burn; to cook; to stew; to bake; to roast; to heat; to boil (tea, water etc); fever; to run a temperature; (coll.) to let things go to one's head Colloquialism HSK 4
俩 倆 liǎ two (colloquial equivalent of 两个); both; some Colloquialism HSK 4
武功 武功 Wǔ gōng Wugong County in Xianyang, Shaanxi Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
大观 大觀 Dà guān Daguan, a district of Anqing City, Anhui Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
东洋 東洋 Dōng yáng Japan (old); East Asian countries Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
大清 大清 Dà Qīng Great Qing dynasty (1644-1911) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
谢 謝 Xiè thank ∼HSK 4
什么事 什麼事 shén me shì what matter ∼HSK 4
乔 喬 Qiáo tall, lofty; proud, stately ∼HSK 4
梅 梅 Méi plums; prunes; surname ∼HSK 4
郑 鄭 Zhèng the name of a state in the Zhou dynasty in the vicinity of present-day Xinzheng, a county-level city in Henan; surname Zheng; abbr. for Zhengzhou, the capital of Henan ∼HSK 4
江边 江邊 jiāng biān river bank ∼HSK 4
兄 兄 xiōng elder brother ∼HSK 4
江湖 江湖 jiāng hú rivers and lakes; all corners of the country; remote areas to which hermits retreat; section of society operating independently of mainstream society, out of reach of the law; the milieu in which wuxia tales play out (cf.); ( ∼HSK 4
失手 失手 shī shǒu a slip; miscalculation; unwise move; accidentally; by mistake; to lose control; to be defeated ∼HSK 4
此地 此地 cǐ dì here; this place ∼HSK 4
郎 郎 Láng gentleman, young man; husband ∼HSK 4
怎么会 怎麼會 zěn yāo huì how could it ∼HSK 4
鸦片 鴉片 yā piàn opium (loanword) ∼HSK 4
知 知 zhī know ∼HSK 4
生根 生根 shēng gēn to take root ∼HSK 4
什么人 什麼人 shén me rén what kind of person ∼HSK 4
拦截 攔截 lán jié to intercept ∼HSK 4
何不 何不 hé bù why not?; why not do (sth)? ∼HSK 4
自问 自問 zì wèn to ask oneself; to search one's soul; to reach a conclusion after weighing a matter ∼HSK 4
有何贵干 有何貴幹 yǒu hé guì gàn What (noble errand) brings you here?; May I help you?; What can I do for you? ∼HSK 4
破获 破獲 pò huò to uncover (a criminal plot); to break open and capture ∼HSK 4
底细 底細 dǐ xì inside information; the ins and outs of the matter; how things stand; what's up ∼HSK 4
专员 專員 zhuān yuán assistant director; commissioner ∼HSK 4
心烦 心煩 xīn fán to feel agitated; to be troubled; to be annoyed; an upset or distraction ∼HSK 4
武 武 Wǔ military; martial, warlike ∼HSK 4
兵力 兵力 bīng lì military strength; armed forces; troops ∼HSK 4
可不 可不 kě bu that's just the way it is; exactly! ∼HSK 4
怎么能 怎麼能 zěn yāo néng how could one ∼HSK 4
做官 做官 zuò guān to take an official post; to become a government employee ∼HSK 4
爱玉 愛玉 ài yù jelly fig seed (Ficus pumila var. awkeotsang) ∼HSK 4
私 私 sī private, personal; secret ∼HSK 4
不见不散 不見不散 bù jiàn bù sàn lit. Even if we don't see each other, don't give up and leave (idiom); fig. Be sure to wait!; See you there! ∼HSK 4
自来 自來 zì lái from the beginning; always; to come of one's own accord ∼HSK 4
片面 片面 piàn miàn unilateral; one-sided HSK 4