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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cōng ming intelligent; clever; bright; smart; acute (of sight and hearing) HSK 5
jiē chù to touch; to contact; access; in touch with HSK 5
tōu to steal; to pilfer; to snatch; thief; stealthily HSK 5
hèn to hate; to regret HSK 5
pāi shè to take (a picture); to shoot (a film) HSK 5
to dance; to wield; to brandish HSK 5
dāi foolish; stupid; expressionless; blank; to stay HSK 5
fēng insane; mad; wild HSK 5
qiāng 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 HSK 5
shǎ foolish HSK 5
qiǎng to fight over; to rush; to scramble; to grab; to rob; to snatch HSK 5
péi to accompany; to keep sb company; to assist; old variant of 赔 HSK 5
shā to kill; to murder; to attack; to weaken or reduce; to smart (dialect); (used after a verb) extremely HSK 5
wéi only; sole HSK 5
gǎo to do; to make; to go in for; to set up; to get hold of; to take care of HSK 5
jiāng will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把) HSK 5
(prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very HSK 5
yìng wài to coordinate outside and inside offensives (idiom); (fig.) to act together Idiom ∼HSK 4
duì zhèng the dead cannot testify (idiom); dead men tell no tales Idiom ∼HSK 4
unable; incapable Xiehouyu HSK 4
àn zi long table; counter; (coll.) case (criminal, medical etc); matter; project; job Colloquialism ∼HSK 4
qióng poor; destitute; to use up; to exhaust; thoroughly; extremely; (coll.) persistently and pointlessly Colloquialism HSK 4
shāo 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 HSK 4
Yǒng chūn Yongchun County in Quanzhou, Fujian Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Li (surname) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
yīng Daying county in Suining, Sichuan; Great Britain Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
màn long, extended, vast; beautiful ∼HSK 4
lotus, water lily, holland ∼HSK 4
Xiè thank ∼HSK 4
shǒu wèi to guard; to defend ∼HSK 4
shǒu to give oneself up; to surrender (to the authorities) ∼HSK 4
huā flowery ∼HSK 4
háo to wail; to cry out in distress ∼HSK 4
zhèn zi a while; a spell; a short time; a burst ∼HSK 4
zuì innocent; guileless; not guilty (of crime) ∼HSK 4
shén me rén what kind of person ∼HSK 4
zěn yāo huì how could it ∼HSK 4
shén me shì what matter ∼HSK 4
shì clan, family; mister ∼HSK 4
jiān hard, strong, firm; resolute ∼HSK 4
guó shù martial arts ∼HSK 4
bu that's just the way it is; exactly! ∼HSK 4
xiǎo tiny; fine; minute ∼HSK 4
xiá faultless; perfect ∼HSK 4
jīn restrict, prohibit, forbid ∼HSK 4
穿 穿 chuān to skewer; to impale; to pierce through ∼HSK 4
zhī to pay in advance; to get payment in advance ∼HSK 4
yáo qián shù legendary tree that sheds coins when shaken; (fig.) source of easy money ∼HSK 4
pèi dài to put on; to wear (mouthguard, contact lenses, hearing aid etc) ∼HSK 4
chén chén deeply; heavily ∼HSK 4