The Singing Killer

The Singing Killer 1970

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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lài to depend on; to hang on in a place; bad; to renege (on promise); to disclaim; to rat (on debts); rascally; to blame; to put the blame on HSK 6
zhū bǎo pearls; jewels; precious stones HSK 6
ái to suffer; to endure; to pull through (hard times); to delay; to stall; to play for time; to dawdle HSK 6
zhù to halt; to stay; to be stationed (of troops, diplomats etc) HSK 6
xiǎng bu dào unexpected; hard to imagine; it had not occurred to me; who could have thought that HSK 6
fǎn kàng to resist; to rebel HSK 6
shēn shēn deep; profound HSK 6
yuán land used for growing plants; site used for public recreation; abbr. for a place ending in 园, such as a botanical garden 植物园, kindergarten 幼儿园 etc HSK 6
chū shì to have an accident; to meet with a mishap HSK 6
to attempt; to try; attempt HSK 6
chū chǎng (of a performer) to come onto the stage to perform; (of an athlete) to enter the arena to compete; (fig.) to enter the scene (e.g. a new product); (of an examinee etc) to leave the venue HSK 6
xiōng terrible; fearful HSK 6
huì jiàn to meet with (sb who is paying a visit) HSK 6
zhǔ jué leading role; lead; protagonist HSK 6
shāng kǒu wound; cut HSK 6
jiē street; main street HSK 6
dāng tiān on that day HSK 6
xiǎn danger; dangerous; rugged HSK 6
guān unrelated; having nothing to do (with sth else) HSK 6
quán with all one's strength; full strength; all-out (effort); fully (support) HSK 6
méng drizzle; mist HSK 6
yūn confused; dizzy; giddy; to faint; to swoon; to lose consciousness; to pass out HSK 6
huǐ to destroy; to ruin; to defame; to slander HSK 6
jīng essence; extract; vitality; energy; semen; sperm; mythical goblin spirit; highly perfected; elite; the pick of sth; proficient (refined ability); extremely (fine); selected rice (archaic) HSK 6
liào material; stuff; grain; feed; to expect; to anticipate; to guess HSK 6
zhì as for; as to; to go so far as to HSK 6
tuō to trust; to entrust; to be entrusted with; to act as trustee HSK 6
excessive HSK 6
jiàn not to see; not to meet; to have disappeared; to be missing HSK 6
zài shuō to say again; to put off a discussion until later; moreover; what's more; besides HSK 6
zhuàn to earn; to make a profit HSK 6
tuō to drag; to tow; to trail; to hang down; to mop (the floor); to delay; to drag on HSK 6
yìn to print; to mark; to engrave; a seal; a print; a stamp; a mark; a trace; image HSK 6
dǎng party; association; club; society HSK 6
zuì guilt; crime; fault; blame; sin HSK 6
hùn to mix; to mingle; muddled; to drift along; to muddle along; to pass for; to get along with sb; thoughtless; reckless HSK 6
yàng manner; pattern; way; appearance; shape; classifier: kind, type HSK 6
fàn to violate; to offend; to assault; criminal; crime; to make a mistake; recurrence (of mistake or sth bad) HSK 6
wēi xié to threaten; to menace HSK 6
yīng xióng hero HSK 6
Zàng Tibet; abbr. for Xizang or Tibet Autonomous Region 藏 HSK 6
mìng life; fate; order or command; to assign a name, title etc HSK 6
jǐn to the greatest extent; (when used before a noun of location) furthest or extreme; to be within the limits of; to give priority to HSK 6
yuán former; original; primary; raw; level; cause; source HSK 6
to force (sb to do sth); to compel; to press for; to extort; to press on towards; to press up to; to close in on; euphemistic variant of 屄 HSK 6
fàn zuì to commit a crime; crime; offense HSK 6
zài no more; no longer HSK 6
yǒu guān to have sth to do with; to relate to; related to; to concern; concerning HSK 6
(onom.) sound of singing, cheering etc; (phonetic); (dialect) to chat HSK 6
po effeminate; old-womanish; garrulous; fainthearted; overly careful; overly sensitive; maudlin Idiom ∼HSK 5