The Mission 1999
枪火
Triad boss Lung, who has just escaped being killed in an assassination attempt hires the killers Curtis, James, Mike, Roy and Shin for his protection.
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Vocabulary
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| 保护 保護 | to protect; to defend; to safeguard; protection | |
| 消息 消息 | news; information | |
| 连 連 | to link; to join; to connect; continuously; in succession; including; (used with 也, 都 etc) even; company (military) | |
| 其实 其實 | actually; in fact; really | |
| 如何 如何 | how; what way; what | |
| 只有 只有 | only have ...; there is only ...; (used in combination with 才) it is only if one ... (that one can ...) (Example: 只有通过治疗才能痊愈 "the only way to cure it is with therapy"); it is only ... (who ...) (Example: 要 "only men would have such a requirement"); (used to indicate that one has no alternative) one can only (do a certain thing) (Example: 服 "the only thing you can do is give in") | |
| 由 由 | to follow; from; because of; due to; by; via; through; (before a noun and a verb) it is for ... to ... | |
| 每 每 | each; every | |
| 已 已 | already; to stop; then; afterwards | |
| 心 心 | heart; mind; intention; center; core | |
| 只是 只是 | merely; only; just; nothing but; simply; but; however | |
| 为了 為了 | for; for the purpose of; in order to | |
| 发生 發生 | to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out | |
| 死 死 | to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned | |
| 时 時 | o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period | |
| 就是 就是 | exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也) even; even if | |
| 被 被 | quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅游 to "go on a trip", for example) | |
| 把 把 | to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把 + {noun} + {verb}) | |
| 天下太平 天下太平 | the whole world at peace (idiom); peace and prosperity | Idiom |
| 响当当 響噹噹 | resounding; loud; well known; famous | Xiehouyu |
| 完事 完事 | to be finished (with sth) | Xiehouyu |
| 开心 開心 | to feel happy; to rejoice; to have a great time; to make fun of sb | Xiehouyu |
| 场子 場子 | (coll.) gathering place; public venue | Colloquialism |
| 有一腿 有一腿 | (coll.) to have an affair | Colloquialism |
| 够 夠 | enough (sufficient); enough (too much); (coll.) (before adj.) really; (coll.) to reach by stretching out | Colloquialism |
| 猫 貓 | cat; (dialect) to hide oneself; (coll.) modem | Colloquialism |
| 汕头 汕頭 | Shantou, prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province | Proper Noun |
| 上街 上街 | to go onto the streets; to go shopping | |
| 奥 奧 | mysterious, obscure, profound | |
| 知道了 知道了 | OK!; Got it! | |
| 没问题 沒問題 | no problem | |
| 一只 一隻 | 一: one; a, an; alone · 只: only, just, simply | |
| 什么时候 什麼時候 | when?; at what time? | |
| 不用客气 不用客氣 | you're welcome; don't mention it; no need to stand on ceremony | |
| 百万 百萬 | million | |
| 载 載 | load; carry; transport, convey | |
| 每次 每次 | every time | |
| 几千 幾千 | several thousand | |
| 才不 才不 | by no means; definitely not; as if!; yeah right! | |
| 陈 陳 | exhibit, display; plead; a surname | |
| 房 房 | surname Fang | |
| 算老几 算老幾 | just who do (you) think (you) are? (or "just who does (she) think (she) is?" etc) | |
| 数年 數年 | several years; many years | |
| 打响 打響 | to start shooting or firing; to win an initial success; to succeed (of a plan) | |
| 爬上 爬上 | to climb up | |
| 器 器 | receptacle, vessel; instrument | |
| 往前 往前 | (in) the past; ahead; forward; in the future | |
| 停手 停手 | to stop (what one is doing) | |
| 头头 頭頭 | head; chief | |
| 不怕 不怕 | fearless; not worried (by setbacks or difficulties); even if; even though |