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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无路可走 無路可走 wú lù kě zǒu nowhere to go; at the end of one's tether Xiehouyu ∼HSK 5
臭 臭 chòu stench; smelly; to smell (bad); repulsive; loathsome; terrible; bad; severely; ruthlessly; dud (ammunition) Xiehouyu HSK 5
宜 宜 yí suitable ∼HSK 5
冯 馮 Féng surname; gallop; by dint of ∼HSK 5
煞 煞 shā to terminate; to cut short; to bring to a stop; to squeeze; to tighten; to damage; variant of ∼HSK 5
相见 相見 xiāng jiàn meet ∼HSK 5
音乐厅 音樂廳 yīn yuè tīng concert hall; auditorium ∼HSK 5
豆 荳 dòu beans, peas; bean-shaped ∼HSK 5
似 似 sì resemble (literary) ∼HSK 5
怎 怎 zěn how (variant of 怎么) ∼HSK 5
舖 舖 pù store, shop ∼HSK 5
莽 莽 mǎng thicket, underbrush; poisonous ∼HSK 5
拷贝 拷貝 kǎo bèi copy; to copy (loanword) ∼HSK 5
摄影机 攝影機 shè yǐng jī (old) camera; movie camera; cine camera ∼HSK 5
警铃 警鈴 jǐng líng alarm bell ∼HSK 5
巢 巢 Cháo nest, living quarter in tree ∼HSK 5
徒 徒 Tú disciple ∼HSK 5
姑 姑 gū paternal aunt; husband's sister; husband's mother (old); nun; for the time being (literary) ∼HSK 5
蕊 橤 ruǐ unopened flowers, flower buds ∼HSK 5
金石 金石 jīn shí metal and stone; fig. hard objects; inscription on metal or bronze ∼HSK 5
柔道 柔道 róu dào judo ∼HSK 5
涯 涯 yá border; horizon; shore ∼HSK 5
娇 嬌 jiāo seductive and loveable; tender ∼HSK 5
迫 廹 pò coerce, force, compel; urgent ∼HSK 5
可知 可知 kě zhī evidently; clearly; no wonder; knowable ∼HSK 5
何 何 hé what (literary) ∼HSK 5
私家 私家 sī jiā private; privately owned or managed ∼HSK 5
义气 義氣 yì qì spirit of loyalty and self-sacrifice; code of brotherhood; also pr. [yi4 qi5] ∼HSK 5
任凭 任憑 rèn píng no matter what; despite; to allow (sb to act arbitrarily) ∼HSK 5
锁链 鎖鏈 suǒ liàn chains; shackles ∼HSK 5
阱 穽 jǐng pitfall, trap, snare ∼HSK 5
无路可逃 無路可逃 wú lù kě táo no way out; nowhere to go; trapped beyond hope of rescue; painted into a corner ∼HSK 5
抢走 搶走 qiǎng zǒu to snatch (esp related to a robbery) ∼HSK 5
软片 軟片 ruǎn piàn (photographic) film ∼HSK 5
牵连 牽連 qiān lián to implicate; implicated; to link together ∼HSK 5
看清 看清 kàn qīng to see clearly ∼HSK 5
护卫 護衛 hù wèi to guard; to protect; bodyguard (for officials in ancient times) ∼HSK 5
纰漏 紕漏 pī lòu careless mistake; slip-up ∼HSK 5
怕死鬼 怕死鬼 pà sǐ guǐ afraid to die (contemptuous term) ∼HSK 5
还不如 還不如 hái bù rú to be better off...; might as well... ∼HSK 5
中枪 中槍 zhòng qiāng to be hit by a gun; shot ∼HSK 5
卧底 臥底 wò dǐ to hide (as an undercover agent); an insider (in a gang of thieves); a mole ∼HSK 5
怎么搞的 怎麼搞的 zěn me gǎo de How did it happen?; What's wrong?; What went wrong?; What's up? ∼HSK 5
撞死 撞死 zhuàng sǐ to knock down and kill (with a car, train etc) ∼HSK 5
阴沟 陰溝 yīn gōu sewer; underground drainage channel ∼HSK 5
打滚 打滾 dǎ gǔn to roll about ∼HSK 5
害得 害得 hài de to cause or lead to sth bad ∼HSK 5
凭什么 憑什麼 píng shén me (spoken) why?; for which reason? ∼HSK 5
闯进 闖進 chuǎng jìn to burst in ∼HSK 5
逍遥 逍遙 xiāo yáo free and unfettered ∼HSK 5