The Naval Commandos 1977
海军突击队
The "Godfather Of The Kung-Fu Film" created this rousing epic of a seemingly suicidal mission to destroy the Japanese Navy's flagship in 1937, featuring many great actors he had worked with over the years. Their courageous and desperate attempts to do just that comprise the remarkable action in this rousing epic, featuring some of the greatest actors Chang had ever made, was making, and would ever make famous. (IVL)
Vocabulary
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| 吓破胆 嚇破膽 | to be scared out of one's wits; to scare stiff | |
| 祥 祥 | good luck, good omen; happiness | |
| 麟 麐 | female of Chinese unicorn | |
| 鬼门关 鬼門關 | the gates of hell | |
| 上岸 上岸 | 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) | |
| 亡 亡 | death, destroyed; lose, perish | |
| 捷 㨗 | win, victory, triumph | |
| 云华 雲華 | muscovite, mica (used in TCM) | |
| 鬼脸 鬼臉 | wry face; to grimace; to pull a face; comic face; face mask; devil mask | |
| 武士道 武士道 | bushidō or way of the warrior, samurai code of chivalry | |
| 罚酒 罰酒 | to drink as the result of having lost a bet | |
| 凭什么 憑什麼 | (spoken) why?; for which reason? | |
| 滩 灘 | bank, a sandbar, shoal; rapids | |
| 指纹 指紋 | fingerprint; the arches, loops and whorls on the fingers | |
| 刺杀 刺殺 | to assassinate; (military) to fight with a bayonet; (baseball) to put out (a baserunner) | |
| 将官 將官 | general | |
| 胁 脅 | ribs, armpits; flank; threaten | |
| 舅 舅 | maternal uncle | |
| 击落 擊落 | to shoot down (a plane) | |
| 无愧 無愧 | to have a clear conscience; to feel no qualms; to be worthy of (sth) | |
| 钦 欽 | respect, admire; respectful | |
| 瑞 瑞 | felicitous omen; auspicious | |
| 砲 砲 | gun, cannon | |
| 弟兄们 弟兄們 | brothers; comrades; men; brethren | |
| 装运 裝運 | to ship; shipment | |
| 畜生 畜生 | domestic animal; brute; bastard | |
| 甲板 甲板 | deck (of a boat etc) | |
| 不敢当 不敢當 | lit. I dare not (accept the honor); fig. I don't deserve your praise; you flatter me | |
| 只见 只見 | to see (the same thing) over and over again; to see, to one's surprise, (sth happen suddenly) | |
| 大伙儿 大伙兒 | erhua variant of 大伙; everybody; everyone | |
| 南北 南北 | north and south; north to south | |
| 用不着 用不著 | not need; have no use for | |
| 看成 看成 | to regard as | |
| 预备 預備 | to prepare; to make ready; preparation; preparatory | |
| 钓 釣 | to fish with a hook and bait | |
| 加以 加以 | in addition; moreover; (used before a disyllabic verb to indicate that the action of the verb is applied to sth or sb previously mentioned); to apply (restrictions etc) to (sb); to give (support, consideration etc) to (sth) | |
| 岸 㟁 | bank; shore; beach; coast | |
| 交代 交代 | 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 | |
| 中断 中斷 | to cut short; to break off; to discontinue; to interrupt | |
| 盒子 盒子 | box; case | |
| 等候 等候 | to wait; to wait for | |
| 紫 紫 | purple; violet | |
| 占领 佔領 | to capture; to seize; to occupy by force | |
| 打架 打架 | to fight; to scuffle; to come to blows | |
| 射击 射擊 | to shoot; to fire (a gun) | |
| 总算 總算 | at long last; finally; on the whole | |
| 朵 朵 | flower; earlobe; fig. item on both sides; classifier for flowers, clouds etc | |
| 打扰 打擾 | to disturb; to bother; to trouble | |
| 扶 扶 | to support with the hand; to help sb up; to support oneself by holding onto something; to help | |
| 联络 聯絡 | to get in touch with; to contact; to stay in contact (with); liaison; (math.) connection |