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.

HSK 1
2
3
4
5
6
7
3.9 Beginner

Vocabulary

Filter the words you want to study before watching.

透 透 tòu (bound form) to penetrate; to seep through; to tell secretly; to leak; thoroughly; through and through; to appear; to show HSK 4
卷 卷 juǎn to roll up; roll; classifier for small rolled things (wad of paper money, movie reel etc) HSK 4
美女 美女 měi nǚ beautiful woman HSK 4
人家 人家 rén jiā household; dwelling; family; sb else's house; household business; house of woman's husband-to-be HSK 4
替 替 tì to substitute for; to take the place of; to replace; for; on behalf of; to stand in for HSK 4
究竟 究竟 jiū jìng to go to the bottom of a matter; after all; when all is said and done; (in an interrogative sentence) finally; outcome; result HSK 4
戴 戴 dài to put on or wear (glasses, hat, gloves etc); to respect; to bear; to support HSK 4
怀疑 懷疑 huái yí to doubt (sth); to be skeptical of; to have one's doubts; to harbor suspicions; to suspect that HSK 4
寻找 尋找 xún zhǎo to seek; to look for HSK 4
否则 否則 fǒu zé otherwise; if not; or (else) HSK 4
身份 身份 shēn fèn identity; aspect of one's identity (i.e. sth that one is – mayor, father, permanent resident etc); role; capacity (as in "in his capacity as a ..." 以…份); status (social, legal etc); position; rank HSK 4
醒 醒 xǐng to wake up; to be awake; to become aware; to sober up; to come to HSK 4
承认 承認 chéng rèn to admit; to concede; to recognize; recognition (diplomatic, artistic etc); to acknowledge HSK 4
冲 沖 chōng (of water) to dash against; to mix with water; to infuse; to rinse; to flush; to develop (a film); to rise in the air; to clash; to collide with HSK 4
兄弟 兄弟 xiōng dì brothers; younger brother; I, me (humble term used by men in public speech); brotherly; fraternal HSK 4
梦 夢 mèng dream; (bound form) to dream HSK 4
表示 表示 biǎo shì to express; to show; to say; to state; to indicate; to mean HSK 4
不管 不管 bù guǎn not to be concerned; regardless of; no matter HSK 4
看来 看來 kàn lai apparently; it seems that HSK 4
提供 提供 tí gōng to offer; to supply; to provide; to furnish HSK 4
些 些 xiē classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several HSK 4
自 自 zì self; oneself; from; since; naturally; surely HSK 4
之前 之前 zhī qián before; prior to; ago; previously; beforehand HSK 4
关于 關於 guān yú pertaining to; concerning; with regard to; about; a matter of HSK 4
之间 之間 zhī jiān (after a noun) between; among; amid; (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 弹指之间) HSK 4
呀 呀 ya (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt) HSK 4
之后 之後 zhī hòu after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then HSK 4
担心 擔心 dān xīn anxious; worried; uneasy; to worry; to be anxious HSK 4
却 卻 què but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though HSK 4
而 而 ér and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast) HSK 4
一刀两断 一刀兩斷 yī dāo - liǎng duàn (idiom) to make a clean break with; to have nothing more to do with Idiom ∼HSK 3
死路一条 死路一條 sǐ lù yī tiáo (idiom) dead end; road to ruin Xiehouyu ∼HSK 3
要是 要是 yào shi (coll.) if Colloquialism HSK 3
输 輸 shū to lose; to be beaten; (bound form) to transport; (literary) to donate; to contribute; (coll.) to enter (a password) Colloquialism HSK 3
血 血 xuè blood; colloquial pr. [xiě] Colloquialism HSK 3
管 筦 guǎn to take care (of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to run; to care about; tube; pipe; woodwind; classifier for tube-shaped objects; particle similar to 把 in 管...叫 constructions; writing brush; (coll.) to; towards Colloquialism HSK 3
绝不 絕不 jué bù in no way; not in the least; absolutely not ∼HSK 3
老地方 老地方 lǎo dì fāng same place as before; usual place; stomping ground ∼HSK 3
刀子 刀子 dāo zi knife ∼HSK 3
整容 整容 zhěng róng plastic surgery ∼HSK 3
放马过来 放馬過來 fàng mǎ guò lái bring it on!; give me all you got! ∼HSK 3
叶 葉 xié to harmonize, to rhyme; to unite; (borrowed for) leaf ∼HSK 3
干嘛 幹嘛 gàn má what are you doing?; whatever for?; why on earth? ∼HSK 3
每个人 每個人 měi ge rén everybody; everyone ∼HSK 3
有心 有心 yǒu xīn to have a mind to; to intend to; deliberately; considerate ∼HSK 3
打死 打死 dǎ sǐ to kill; to beat to death ∼HSK 3
老爷车 老爺車 lǎo ye chē classic car ∼HSK 3
春光 春光 chūn guāng scenes of springtime; the radiance of spring; (fig.) a sight of sth sexy or erotic; an indication of a love affair ∼HSK 3
空手道 空手道 kōng shǒu dào karate ∼HSK 3
叫春 叫春 jiào chūn to caterwaul; to call like an animal in heat ∼HSK 3