Time and Tide 2000
顺流逆流
A streetwise young man becomes a bodyguard to score quick cash. He befriends a disillusioned mercenary determined to begin life anew. They find themselves working together to foil an assassination attempt, but their partnership ultimately can't last.
Vocabulary
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| 当心 當心 | to take care; to look out | |
| 从头 從頭 | anew; from the start | |
| 通风 通風 | airy; ventilation; to ventilate; to disclose information | |
| 发脾气 發脾氣 | to get angry | |
| 苍蝇 蒼蠅 | housefly | |
| 关掉 關掉 | to switch off; to shut off | |
| 黑白 黑白 | black and white; right and wrong; monochrome | |
| 眉毛 眉毛 | eyebrow | |
| 开张 開張 | to open a business; first transaction of a business day | |
| 稍后 稍後 | in a little while; in a moment; later on | |
| 不适 不適 | unwell; indisposed; out of sorts | |
| 疏散 疏散 | to scatter; to disperse; to evacuate; scattered; to relax | |
| 无能为力 無能為力 | impotent (idiom); powerless; helpless | |
| 扒 扒 | to peel; to skin; to tear; to pull down; to cling to (sth on which one is climbing); to dig | |
| 兼职 兼職 | to hold concurrent posts; concurrent job; moonlighting | |
| 牌照 牌照 | (business) license; vehicle license; car registration; license plate | |
| 撤退 撤退 | to retreat | |
| 救护车 救護車 | ambulance | |
| 指南 指南 | to guide; guidebook | |
| 着想 著想 | to give thought (to others); to consider (other people's needs); also pr. [zháo xiǎng] | |
| 啃 啃 | to gnaw; to nibble; to bite | |
| 芝士 芝士 | cheese (loanword) | |
| 吩咐 吩咐 | to tell; to instruct; to command | |
| 水准 水準 | level (of achievement etc); standard; level (surveying) | |
| 彩虹 彩虹 | rainbow | |
| 耽误 耽誤 | to delay; to hold up; to waste time; to interfere with | |
| 掩护 掩護 | to screen; to shield; to cover; protection; cover | |
| 原地 原地 | (in) the original place; the place where one currently is; place of origin; local (product) | |
| 下场 下場 | to leave (the stage, an exam room, the playing field etc); to take part in some activity; to take an examination (in the imperial examination system) | |
| 切断 切斷 | to cut off; to sever | |
| 孕妇 孕婦 | pregnant woman | |
| 纠缠 糾纏 | to be in a tangle; to nag | |
| 失眠 失眠 | to suffer from insomnia | |
| 失控 失控 | to go out of control | |
| 嫌疑 嫌疑 | suspicion; to have suspicions | |
| 放过 放過 | to let off; to let slip by; to let sb get away with sth | |
| 尽头 盡頭 | end; extremity; limit | |
| 通往 通往 | to lead to | |
| 警官 警官 | constable; police officer | |
| 上司 上司 | boss; superior | |
| 召集 召集 | to convene; to gather | |
| 海滩 海灘 | beach | |
| 良心 良心 | conscience | |
| 沙滩 沙灘 | beach; sandy shore | |
| 流血 流血 | to bleed; to shed blood | |
| 废话 廢話 | nonsense; rubbish; superfluous words; You don't say!; No kidding! (gently sarcastic) | |
| 陷 陷 | pitfall; trap; to get stuck; to sink; to cave in; to frame (false charge); to capture (a city in battle); to fall (to the enemy); defect | |
| 恶劣 惡劣 | vile; nasty; of very poor quality | |
| 糊涂 糊塗 | muddled; silly; confused | |
| 可疑 可疑 | suspicious; dubious |