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
Filter the words you want to study before watching.
| 每人 每人 | each person; everybody; per person | |
| 电话线 電話線 | telephone line; telephone wire | |
| 变态 變態 | to metamorphose (biology); abnormal; perverted; hentai; (slang) pervert | |
| 另一 另一 | another; the other | |
| 别管 別管 | no matter (who, what etc) | |
| 讯 訊 | inquire; ask; examine; reproach | |
| 保祐 保祐 | to bless and protect; blessing; also written | |
| 艾 艾 | artemisia, mugwort; translit. | |
| 楚 楚 | name of feudal state; clear | |
| 没法 沒法 | at a loss; unable to do anything about it; to have no choice | |
| 打火机 打火機 | lighter; cigarette lighter | |
| 味 味 | taste, smell, odor; delicacy | |
| 低等动物 低等動物 | lower animal; primitive life-form | |
| 洛 洛 | river in Shanxi province; city | |
| 活着 活著 | alive | |
| 配药 配藥 | to dispense (drugs); to prescribe | |
| 转院 轉院 | to transfer (a patient) to a different hospital; to transfer to hospital (e.g. a prisoner) | |
| 挂名 掛名 | to attach sb's name to (a role); to go by the title of; nominal; in name only | |
| 人保 人保 | personal guarantee; to sign as guarantor | |
| 香槟 香檳 | champagne (loanword) | |
| 整夜 整夜 | the whole night; all through the night | |
| 打死 打死 | to kill; to beat to death | |
| 转来转去 轉來轉去 | to rove around; to run around in circles; to walk back and forth | |
| 输给 輸給 | to lose to (sb); to be outdone by | |
| 身分证 身分證 | identity card; also written | |
| 有心 有心 | to have a mind to; to intend to; deliberately; considerate | |
| 容身 容身 | to find a place where one can fit in; to make one's home; to seek shelter | |
| 湾 灣 | bay, cove, inlet, bend of stream | |
| 乱跑 亂跑 | to run around all over the place | |
| 转回 轉回 | to turn back; to put back; reversal; melodic inversion (in music) | |
| 月台 月臺 | railway platform | |
| 馆 館 | variant of | |
| 不实 不實 | untruthful; untrue | |
| 旅行社 旅行社 | travel agency | |
| 认得 認得 | to recognize; to remember sth (or sb) on seeing it; to know | |
| 景色 景色 | scenery; scene; landscape; view | |
| 报到 報到 | to report for duty; to check in; to register | |
| 短期 短期 | short term; short-term | |
| 手续 手續 | procedure; formalities | |
| 场所 場所 | location; place | |
| 演唱会 演唱會 | vocal recital or concert | |
| 好奇 好奇 | inquisitive; curious; inquisitiveness; curiosity | |
| 属 屬 | category; genus (taxonomy); family members; dependents; to belong to; subordinate to; affiliated with; be born in the year of (one of the 12 animals); to be; to prove to be; to constitute | |
| 纪录 紀錄 | variant of 记录 (but in Taiwan, not for the verb sense "to record") | |
| 欢乐 歡樂 | gaiety; gladness; glee; merriment; pleasure; happy; joyous; gay | |
| 部长 部長 | head of a (government etc) department; section chief; section head; secretary; minister | |
| 整天 整天 | all day long; whole day | |
| 玩具 玩具 | plaything; toy | |
| 上来 上來 | to come up; to approach; (verb complement indicating success) | |
| 发动 發動 | to start; to launch; to unleash; to mobilize; to arouse |