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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上镜 上鏡 shàng jìng photogenic; to appear on film or in the media ∼HSK 4
划花 劃花 huà huā engraving (on porcelain etc) ∼HSK 4
警 警 jǐng guard, watch; alert, alarm ∼HSK 4
货色 貨色 huò sè goods; (derog.) stuff; trash ∼HSK 4
通盘 通盤 tōng pán across the board; comprehensive; overall; global ∼HSK 4
登场 登場 dēng chǎng to go on stage; fig. to appear on the scene; used in advertising to mean new product ∼HSK 4
盘问 盤問 pán wèn to interrogate; to cross-examine; to inquire ∼HSK 4
冲进 衝進 chōng jìn to rush in; to charge in ∼HSK 4
前锋 前鋒 qián fēng vanguard; front line; a forward (sports) ∼HSK 4
温 溫 Wēn lukewarm ∼HSK 4
失手 失手 shī shǒu a slip; miscalculation; unwise move; accidentally; by mistake; to lose control; to be defeated ∼HSK 4
乒乓 乒乓 pīng pāng (onom.) rattle; clatter; (sports) ping-pong; table tennis ∼HSK 4
冲出 衝出 chōng chū to rush out ∼HSK 4
郑 鄭 Zhèng the name of a state in the Zhou dynasty in the vicinity of present-day Xinzheng, a county-level city in Henan; surname Zheng; abbr. for Zhengzhou, the capital of Henan ∼HSK 4
登报 登報 dēng bào to publish in the newspapers ∼HSK 4
摆明 擺明 bǎi míng to show clearly ∼HSK 4
怎么能 怎麼能 zěn yāo néng how could one ∼HSK 4
恋 戀 liàn love; long for, yearn for; love ∼HSK 4
雄 雄 xióng male of species; hero; manly ∼HSK 4
坐牢 坐牢 zuò láo to be imprisoned ∼HSK 4
抱抱 抱抱 bào bào to hug; to give a cuddle ∼HSK 4
血案 血案 xuè àn murder case ∼HSK 4
投案 投案 tóu àn to surrender to the authorities; to turn oneself in (for a crime) ∼HSK 4
梅 梅 Méi plums; prunes; surname ∼HSK 4
不要紧 不要緊 bù yào jǐn unimportant; not serious; it doesn't matter; never mind; it looks all right, but HSK 4
未必 未必 wèi bì not necessarily; maybe not HSK 4
来得及 來得及 lái de jí to have enough time; can do it in time; can still make it HSK 4
上个月 上個月 shàng gè yuè last month HSK 4
疑问 疑問 yí wèn question; interrogation; doubt HSK 4
玉 玉 yù jade HSK 4
做梦 做夢 zuò mèng to dream; to have a dream; fig. illusion; fantasy; pipe dream HSK 4
从此 從此 cóng cǐ from now on; since then; henceforth HSK 4
减 減 jiǎn to lower; to decrease; to reduce; to subtract; to diminish HSK 4
迟到 遲到 chí dào to arrive late HSK 4
模型 模型 mó xíng model; mold; matrix; pattern HSK 4
地面 地面 dì miàn floor; ground; surface HSK 4
黑暗 黑暗 hēi àn dark; darkly; darkness HSK 4
森林 森林 sēn lín forest HSK 4
勇气 勇氣 yǒng qì courage; valor HSK 4
弱 弱 ruò weak; feeble; young; inferior; not as good as; (following a decimal or fraction) slightly less than HSK 4
登 登 dēng to scale (a height); to ascend; to mount; to publish or record; to enter (e.g. in a register); to press down with the foot; to step or tread on; to put on (shoes or trousers) (dialect); to be gathered and taken to the threshing ground (old) HSK 4
黄金 黃金 huáng jīn gold; golden (opportunity); prime (time) HSK 4
守 守 shǒu to guard; to defend; to keep watch; to abide by the law; to observe (rules or ritual); nearby; adjoining HSK 4
细节 細節 xì jié details; particulars HSK 4
来源 來源 lái yuán source (of information etc); origin HSK 4
箱 箱 xiāng box; trunk; chest HSK 4
挑 挑 tiāo to carry on a shoulder pole; to choose; to pick; to nitpick HSK 4
脱 脫 tuō to shed; to take off; to escape; to get away from HSK 4
追求 追求 zhuī qiú to pursue (a goal etc) stubbornly; to seek after; to woo HSK 4
不然 不然 bù rán not so; no; or else; otherwise; if not; How about ...? HSK 4