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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谁是谁非 誰是誰非 shuí shì shuí fēi who is right and who is wrong (idiom); the rights and wrongs of a matter Idiom ∼HSK 7
岂有此理 豈有此理 qǐ yǒu cǐ lǐ how can this be so? (idiom); preposterous; ridiculous; absurd Idiom HSK 7
无恶不作 無惡不作 wú è bù zuò not to shrink from any crime (idiom); to commit any imaginable misdeed Idiom HSK 7
光明磊落 光明磊落 guāng míng lěi luò open and candid (idiom); straightforward and upright Idiom HSK 7
水落石出 水落石出 shuǐ luò shí chū as the water recedes, the rocks appear (idiom); the truth comes to light Idiom HSK 7
袖手旁观 袖手旁觀 xiù shǒu páng guān to watch with folded arms (idiom); to look on without lifting a finger Idiom HSK 7
神气 神氣 shén qì expression; manner; vigorous; impressive; lofty; pretentious Xiehouyu HSK 7
免不了 免不了 miǎn bù liǎo unavoidable; can't be avoided Xiehouyu HSK 7
冤枉 冤枉 yuān wang to accuse wrongly; to treat unjustly; injustice; wronged; not worthwhile Xiehouyu HSK 7
公道 公道 gōng dào justice; fairness; public highway Xiehouyu HSK 7
小人 小人 xiǎo rén person of low social status (old); I, me (used to refer humbly to oneself); nasty person; vile character Xiehouyu HSK 7
受过 受過 shòu guò to take the blame (for sb else) HSK 7
荷花 荷花 hé huā lotus HSK 7
痴心 痴心 chī xīn infatuation HSK 7
恩情 恩情 ēn qíng kindness; affection; grace; favor HSK 7
马戏 馬戲 mǎ xì circus HSK 7
柳树 柳樹 liǔ shù willow HSK 7
要领 要領 yào lǐng main aspects; essentials; gist HSK 7
屡次 屢次 lǚ cì repeatedly; time and again HSK 7
恩惠 恩惠 ēn huì favor; grace HSK 7
指教 指教 zhǐ jiào to give advice or comments HSK 7
绝技 絕技 jué jì consummate skill; supreme feat; tour-de-force; stunt HSK 7
迎面 迎面 yíng miàn directly; head-on (collision); in one's face (of wind) HSK 7
公事 公事 gōng shì work-related matters; documents HSK 7
作对 作對 zuò duì to set oneself against; to oppose; to make a pair HSK 7
无故 無故 wú gù without cause or reason HSK 7
霸占 霸佔 bà zhàn to occupy by force; to seize; to dominate HSK 7
告辞 告辭 gào cí to say goodbye; to take one's leave HSK 7
生平 生平 shēng píng life (a person's whole life); in one's entire life HSK 7
闹事 鬧事 nào shì to cause trouble; to create a disturbance HSK 7
勾结 勾結 gōu jié to collude with; to collaborate with; to gang up with HSK 7
荒 荒 huāng desolate; shortage; scarce; out of practice; absurd; uncultivated; to neglect HSK 7
棍子 棍子 gùn zi stick; rod HSK 7
惨重 慘重 cǎn zhòng disastrous HSK 7
圈套 圈套 quān tào trap; snare; trick HSK 7
妒忌 妒忌 dù jì to be jealous of (sb's achievements etc); to be envious; envy HSK 7
未免 未免 wèi miǎn unavoidably; can't help; really; rather HSK 7
断定 斷定 duàn dìng to conclude; to determine; to come to a judgment HSK 7
改名 改名 gǎi míng to change one's name HSK 7
无非 無非 wú fēi only; nothing else HSK 7
黄昏 黃昏 huáng hūn dusk; evening; nightfall HSK 7
埋伏 埋伏 mái fú to ambush; to lie in wait for; to lie low; ambush HSK 7
惭愧 慚愧 cán kuì ashamed HSK 7
莫非 莫非 mò fēi can it be possible that; could it be HSK 7
担当 擔當 dān dāng to take upon oneself; to assume HSK 7
插手 插手 chā shǒu to get involved in; to meddle; interference HSK 7
牵挂 牽掛 qiān guà to worry about; to be concerned about HSK 7
不肯 不肯 bù kěn Refuse HSK 7
帮手 幫手 bāng shǒu helper; assistant HSK 7
要紧 要緊 yào jǐn important; urgent HSK 7