The Singing Killer

The Singing Killer 1970

小煞星 xiǎo shā xīng

David Chiang stars as a nightclub vocalist whose former criminal friends blackmail him into working with them again.

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Vocabulary

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心 心 xīn heart; mind; intention; center; core HSK 3
只是 只是 zhǐ shì merely; only; just; nothing but; simply; but; however HSK 3
为了 為了 wèi le for; for the purpose of; in order to HSK 3
发生 發生 fā shēng to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out HSK 3
死 死 sǐ to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned HSK 3
并 並 bìng and; furthermore; also; together with; (not) at all; simultaneously; to combine; to join; to merge HSK 3
开始 開始 kāi shǐ to begin; beginning; to start; initial HSK 3
需要 需要 xū yào to need; to want; to demand; to require; needs HSK 3
时 時 shí o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period HSK 3
就是 就是 jiù shì exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也) even; even if HSK 3
被 被 bèi 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) HSK 3
把 把 bǎ 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}) HSK 3
风吹雨打 風吹雨打 fēng chuī yǔ dǎ lit. windswept and battered by rain; to undergo hardship (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 2
假的 假的 jiǎ de bogus; ersatz; fake; mock; phony Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
难看 難看 nán kàn ugly; unsightly Xiehouyu HSK 2
脏病 髒病 zāng bìng (coll.) venereal disease Colloquialism ∼HSK 2
够 夠 gòu enough (sufficient); enough (too much); (coll.) (before adj.) really; (coll.) to reach by stretching out Colloquialism HSK 2
挺 挺 tǐng straight; erect; to stick out (a part of the body); to (physically) straighten up; to support; to withstand; outstanding; (coll.) quite; very; classifier for machine guns Colloquialism HSK 2
拉 拉 lā to pull; to play (a bowed instrument); to drag; to draw; to chat; (coll.) to empty one's bowels Colloquialism HSK 2
全市 全市 quán shì whole city Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
从今以后 從今以後 cóng jīn yǐ hòu from now on; henceforward ∼HSK 2
那时候 那時候 nà shí hou at that time HSK 2
警方 警方 jǐng fāng police ∼HSK 2
案 案 àn table, bench; legal case ∼HSK 2
女孩子 女孩子 nǚ hái zi girl ∼HSK 2
什么地方 什麼地方 shén me dì fang somewhere; someplace; where ∼HSK 2
十万 十萬 shí wàn hundred thousand ∼HSK 2
一定要 一定要 yī dìng yào must ∼HSK 2
带走 帶走 dài zǒu to carry; to take away ∼HSK 2
急用 急用 jí yòng to need sth urgently; urgently required ∼HSK 2
喊叫 喊叫 hǎn jiào to cry out; to shout ∼HSK 2
人海 人海 rén hǎi a multitude; a sea of people ∼HSK 2
街上 街上 jiē shang on the street; in town ∼HSK 2
一遍 一遍 yī biàn one time (all the way through); once through ∼HSK 2
接客 接客 jiē kè to receive guests; to receive patrons (of prostitutes) ∼HSK 2
字条 字條 zì tiáo brief note ∼HSK 2
见得 見得 jiàn dé to seem; to appear; (in a negative or interrogative sentence) to be sure ∼HSK 2
见不得 見不得 jiàn bu dé not fit to be seen by; should not be exposed to; can't bear to see ∼HSK 2
孩 孩 hái baby, child; children ∼HSK 2
成了 成了 chéng le to be done; to be ready; that's enough!; that will do! ∼HSK 2
什么时候 什麼時候 shén me shí hou when?; at what time? ∼HSK 2
四面 四面 sì miàn all sides ∼HSK 2
一套 一套 yī tào suit; a set; a collection; of the same kind; the same old stuff; set pattern of behavior ∼HSK 2
墙角 牆角 qiáng jiǎo corner (junction of two walls) ∼HSK 2
数百万 數百萬 shù bǎi wàn several million ∼HSK 2
身 身 shēn body; trunk, hull; rad. no. 158 ∼HSK 2
只怕 只怕 zhǐ pà I'm afraid that...; perhaps; maybe; very likely ∼HSK 2
装成 裝成 zhuāng chéng to pretend ∼HSK 2
推说 推說 tuī shuō to plead; to claim as an excuse ∼HSK 2
不得 不得 bù dé must not; may not; not to be allowed; cannot ∼HSK 2