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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| 画面 畫面 | scene; tableau; picture; image; screen (displayed by a computer); (motion picture) frame; field of view | |
| 连接 連接 | to link; to join; to connect | |
| 空中 空中 | in the sky; in the air | |
| 糟糕 糟糕 | too bad; how terrible; what bad luck; terrible; bad | |
| 动手 動手 | to set about (a task); to hit; to punch; to touch | |
| 用来 用來 | to be used for | |
| 挡 擋 | to resist; to obstruct; to hinder; to keep off; to block (a blow); to get in the way of; cover; gear (e.g. in a car's transmission) | |
| 软 軟 | soft; flexible | |
| 之内 之內 | inside; within | |
| 厨房 廚房 | kitchen | |
| 发射 發射 | to shoot (a projectile); to fire (a rocket); to launch; to emit (a particle); to discharge; emanation; emission | |
| 剪 剪 | scissors; shears; clippers; to cut with scissors; to trim; to wipe out or exterminate | |
| 甲 甲 | first of the ten Heavenly Stems 干; (used for an unspecified person or thing); first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc); letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; armor plating; shell or carapace; (of the fingers or toes) nail; bladed leather or metal armor (old); ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old); civil administration unit in the baojia 甲 system (old); ancient Chinese compass point: 75° | |
| 盒 盒 | small box; case | |
| 频道 頻道 | frequency; (television) channel | |
| 男性 男性 | the male sex; a male | |
| 违法 違法 | illegal; to break the law | |
| 旁 旁 | one side; other; different; lateral component of a Chinese character (such as 刂, 亻 etc) | |
| 负责人 負責人 | person in charge | |
| 矛盾 矛盾 | contradiction; conflicting views; contradictory | |
| 之下 之下 | under; beneath; less than | |
| 忍 忍 | to bear; to endure; to tolerate; to restrain oneself | |
| 滑 滑 | to slip; to slide; slippery; smooth; sly; slippery; not to be trusted | |
| 咬 咬 | to bite; to nip | |
| 拼 拼 | to piece together; to join together; to stake all; adventurous; at the risk of one's life; to spell | |
| 证实 證實 | to confirm (sth to be true); to verify | |
| 或是 或是 | or; either one or the other | |
| 醉 醉 | intoxicated | |
| 烂 爛 | soft; mushy; well-cooked and soft; to rot; to decompose; rotten; worn out; chaotic; messy; utterly; thoroughly; crappy; bad | |
| 躲 躲 | to hide; to dodge; to avoid | |
| 全世界 全世界 | worldwide; entire world | |
| 欣赏 欣賞 | to appreciate; to enjoy; to admire | |
| 命令 命令 | order; command | |
| 洞 洞 | cave; hole; zero (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers) | |
| 暂时 暫時 | temporary; provisional; for the time being | |
| 猜 猜 | to guess | |
| 为止 為止 | until; (used in combination with words like 到 or 至 in constructs of the form 到...到...为止) | |
| 欠 欠 | to owe; to lack; (literary) to be deficient in; (bound form) yawn; to raise slightly (a part of one's body) | |
| 狂 狂 | mad; wild; violent | |
| 撞 撞 | to knock against; to bump into; to run into; to meet by accident | |
| 熟悉 熟悉 | to be familiar with; to know well | |
| 毒 毒 | poison; to poison; poisonous; malicious; cruel; fierce; narcotics | |
| 骗 騙 | to cheat; to swindle; to deceive; to get on (a horse etc) by swinging one leg over | |
| 厉害 厲害 | (used to describe sb or sth that makes a very strong impression, whether favorable or unfavorable) terrible; intense; severe; devastating; amazing; awesome; outstanding; (of a person) stern; strict; harsh; shrewd; tough; (of an animal) fierce; (of a resemblance) striking; (of liquor or chili pepper) strong; (of bacteria) virulent | |
| 皮肤 皮膚 | skin | |
| 手段 手段 | method; means (of doing sth); strategy; trick | |
| 剩下 剩下 | to remain; to be left over | |
| 偷 偷 | to steal; to pilfer; to snatch; thief; stealthily | |
| 戏 戲 | trick; drama; play; show | |
| 运 運 | to move; to transport; to use; to apply; fortune; luck; fate |