The Rat Catcher 1974
捉鼠记
This light-hearted action comedy hybrid-where crooks and cops work together to make a better Hong Kong - was hailed for its British humor and Italian style as well as its unique Chinese flavor. In fact, the Hong Kong Movie New named it "one of the most hilarious comedies among the Mandarin productions in recent years." Enjoy the fast-moving and funny tale of a pretty pickpocket tangling with jewel heists, wallet snatchings, and a drug trafficking ring.
Vocabulary
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| 加上 加上 | plus; to put in; to add; to add on; to add into; in addition; on top of that | |
| 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 | |
| 抢 搶 | (literary) to knock against (esp. to knock one's head on the ground in grief or rage); opposite in direction; contrary | |
| 陪 陪 | to accompany; to keep sb company; to assist; old variant of 赔 | |
| 可 可 | (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very | |
| 改过自新 改過自新 | to reform and start afresh (idiom); to turn over a new leaf | Idiom |
| 大方 大方 | expert; scholar; mother earth; a type of green tea | Xiehouyu |
| 来不及 來不及 | there's not enough time (to do sth); it's too late (to do sth) | Xiehouyu |
| 冷静 冷靜 | calm; cool-headed; dispassionate; (of a place) deserted; quiet | Xiehouyu |
| 苦 苦 | bitter; hardship; pain; to suffer; to bring suffering to; painstakingly | Xiehouyu |
| 案子 案子 | long table; counter; (coll.) case (criminal, medical etc); matter; project; job | Colloquialism |
| 拜拜 拜拜 | (loanword) bye-bye; also pr. [bai1 bai1] etc; (coll.) to part ways (with sb); (fig.) to have nothing further to do (with sb or sth) | Colloquialism |
| 烧 燒 | 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 |
| 俩 倆 | two (colloquial equivalent of 两个); both; some | Colloquialism |
| 小林 小林 | Kobayashi (Japanese surname) | Proper Noun |
| 惠州 惠州 | Huizhou, prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province | Proper Noun |
| 尖沙咀 尖沙咀 | Tsim Sha Tsui, urbanized area in Hong Kong | Proper Noun |
| 警员 警員 | police officer; policeman (general term for any police officer); police constable (lowest rank in mainland China and Hong Kong) | Proper Noun |
| 启德机场 啟德機場 | Kai Tak Airport, international airport of Hong Kong from 1925 to 1998 | Proper Noun |
| 诸葛亮 諸葛亮 | Zhuge Liang (181-234), military leader and prime minister of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms period; the main hero of the fictional Romance of Three Kingdoms, where he is portrayed as a sage an | Proper Noun |
| 新界 新界 | New Territories (in Hong Kong) | Proper Noun |
| 港币 港幣 | Hong Kong currency; Hong Kong dollar | Proper Noun |
| 安娜 安娜 | Anna (name) | |
| 降级 降級 | to demote; to relegate; to degrade | |
| 可不 可不 | that's just the way it is; exactly! | |
| 暗语 暗語 | code word | |
| 升官 升官 | to get promoted | |
| 坐牢 坐牢 | to be imprisoned | |
| 意 意 | meaning, intent | |
| 皮箱 皮箱 | leather suitcase | |
| 扫把 掃把 | broom | |
| 索 索 | large rope, cable; rules, laws; to demand, to exact; to search, inquire; isolated | |
| 交货 交貨 | to deliver goods | |
| 署 署 | public office | |
| 升职 升職 | to get promoted (at work etc); promotion | |
| 自有 自有 | (I, they etc) of course have (a plan, a way etc); one's own (apartment, brand etc) | |
| 适 適 | go, reach; appropriate, suitable | |
| 怎么会 怎麼會 | how could it | |
| 接获 接獲 | to receive (a call, report etc) | |
| 知 知 | know | |
| 没办法 沒辦法 | there is nothing to be done; one can't do anything about it | |
| 远道而来 遠道而來 | to come from far away | |
| 无意中 無意中 | accidentally; unintentionally; unexpectedly | |
| 警 警 | guard, watch; alert, alarm | |
| 林子 林子 | woods; grove; forest | |
| 脱手 脫手 | (not of regular commerce) to sell or dispose of (goods etc); to get rid of; to unload | |
| 拘捕 拘捕 | to arrest | |
| 警局 警局 | police department; police station; abbr. of 警察局 | |
| 合伙人 合夥人 | partner; associate | |
| 能干 能幹 | capable; competent |