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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| 警觉 警覺 | to be on guard; alert; vigilance; alertness | |
| 尽欢 盡歡 | to thoroughly enjoy oneself | |
| 越界 越界 | to cross a border; to overstep a bound | |
| 大餐 大餐 | sumptuous meal; banquet | |
| 岂不 豈不 | how couldn't...?; wouldn't it...? | |
| 持械 持械 | armed (robbery etc) | |
| 冲锋 衝鋒 | to charge; to assault; assault | |
| 救护 救護 | to rescue; to administer first aid | |
| 铁轨 鐵軌 | rail; railroad track | |
| 混入 混入 | to sneak into | |
| 惯常 慣常 | usual; customary | |
| 临走 臨走 | before leaving; on departure | |
| 气功 氣功 | qigong, a traditional Chinese system of cultivating vital energy 气 through coordinated breathing, movement and meditation | |
| 用得着 用得著 | to be able to use; useable; to have a use for; (in a question) to be necessary to | |
| 匪徒 匪徒 | gangster; bandit | |
| 只得 只得 | to have no alternative but to; to be obliged to | |
| 照样 照樣 | as before; (same) as usual; in the same manner; still; nevertheless | |
| 聘请 聘請 | to engage; to hire (a lawyer etc) | |
| 一道 一道 | together | |
| 车牌 車牌 | license plate | |
| 枝 枝 | branch; classifier for sticks, rods, pencils etc | |
| 出路 出路 | a way out (lit. and fig.); opportunity for advancement; a way forward; outlet (for one's products) | |
| 急救 急救 | to give emergency treatment; first aid | |
| 都市 都市 | city; metropolis | |
| 心脏病 心臟病 | heart disease | |
| 挨 挨 | in order; in sequence; close to; adjacent to | |
| 发起 發起 | to originate; to initiate; to launch (an attack, an initiative etc); to start; to propose sth (for the first time) | |
| 顾 顧 | to look after; to take into consideration; to attend to | |
| 风暴 風暴 | storm; violent commotion; fig. crisis (e.g. revolution, uprising, financial crisis etc) | |
| 窗口 窗口 | window; opening providing restricted access (e.g. customer service window); computer operating system window; fig. medium; intermediary; showpiece; testing ground | |
| 凶手 兇手 | murderer; assassin | |
| 出事 出事 | to have an accident; to meet with a mishap | |
| 指定 指定 | to appoint; to assign; to indicate clearly and with certainty; designated | |
| 吊 吊 | to suspend; to hang up; to hang a person | |
| 欺负 欺負 | to bully | |
| 从不 從不 | never | |
| 战场 戰場 | battlefield | |
| 凶 兇 | terrible; fearful | |
| 从没 從沒 | never (in the past); never did | |
| 捡 撿 | to pick up; to collect; to gather | |
| 老鼠 老鼠 | rat; mouse | |
| 算了 算了 | let it be; let it pass; forget about it | |
| 罢了 罷了 | a modal particle indicating (that's all, only, nothing much) | |
| 地板 地板 | floor | |
| 总部 總部 | general headquarters | |
| 一番 一番 | Some | |
| 佛 佛 | Buddha; Buddhism (abbr. for 陀) | |
| 作战 作戰 | combat; to fight | |
| 毒品 毒品 | drugs; narcotics; poison | |
| 惨 慘 | miserable; wretched; cruel; inhuman; disastrous; tragic; dim; gloomy |