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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| 射 䠶 | to shoot; to launch; to allude to; radio- (chemistry) | |
| 愿 願 | to hope; to wish; to desire; hoped-for; ready; willing | |
| 鬼 鬼 | disembodied spirit; ghost; devil; (suffix) person with a certain vice or addiction etc; sly; crafty; resourceful (variant of 诡); one of the 28 constellations of ancient Chinese astronomy | |
| 疯 瘋 | insane; mad; wild | |
| 枪 槍 | gun; firearm; rifle; spear; thing with shape or function similar to a gun; to substitute for another person in a test; to knock; classifier for rifle shots | |
| 人物 人物 | person; personage; figure (esp. sb of importance); character (in a play, novel etc); figure painting (as a genre of traditional Chinese painting) | |
| 待 待 | to stay | |
| 抢 搶 | (literary) to knock against (esp. to knock one's head on the ground in grief or rage); opposite in direction; contrary | |
| 享受 享受 | to enjoy; to live it up; pleasure | |
| 陪 陪 | to accompany; to keep sb company; to assist; old variant of 赔 | |
| 即使 即使 | even if; even though | |
| 至 至 | to arrive; most; to; until | |
| 令 令 | used in 令; used in 狐 (Taiwan pr. [lìng]) | |
| 声 聲 | sound; voice; tone; noise; reputation; classifier for sounds | |
| 控制 控制 | to control | |
| 杀 殺 | to kill; to murder; to attack; to weaken or reduce; to smart (dialect); (used after a verb) extremely | |
| 肯定 肯定 | to be certain; to be positive; assuredly; definitely; to give recognition; to affirm; affirmative (answer) | |
| 唯一 唯一 | only; sole | |
| 搞 搞 | to do; to make; to go in for; to set up; to get hold of; to take care of | |
| 将 將 | will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把) | |
| 可 可 | (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very | |
| 大而无当 大而無當 | grandiose but impractical (idiom); large but of no real use | Idiom |
| 受不了 受不了 | unbearable; unable to endure; can't stand | Xiehouyu |
| 案子 案子 | long table; counter; (coll.) case (criminal, medical etc); matter; project; job | Colloquialism |
| 老公 老公 | (coll.) husband | Colloquialism |
| 老婆 老婆 | (coll.) wife | Colloquialism |
| 帅 帥 | (bound form) commander-in-chief; (bound form) to lead; to command; handsome; graceful; dashing; elegant; (coll.) cool!; sweet!; (Chinese chess) general (on the red side, equivalent to a king in Western chess) | Colloquialism |
| 里昂 里昂 | Lyon, French city on the Rhône | Proper Noun |
| 米格 米格 | MiG; Russian Aircraft Corporation; Mikoyan | Proper Noun |
| 六合彩 六合彩 | Mark Six (Hong Kong lotto game) | Proper Noun |
| 飞虎队 飛虎隊 | Flying Tigers, US airmen in China during World War Two; Hong Kong nickname for police special duties unit | Proper Noun |
| 洞口 洞口 | Dongkou county in Shaoyang, Hunan | Proper Noun |
| 同乡 同鄉 | person from the same village, town, or province | Proper Noun |
| 彼得 彼得 | Peter (name) | Proper Noun |
| 闸口 閘口 | area in the Shangcheng district of Hangzhou | Proper Noun |
| 玛利亚 瑪利亞 | Mary (biblical name) | Proper Noun |
| 警员 警員 | police officer; policeman (general term for any police officer); police constable (lowest rank in mainland China and Hong Kong) | Proper Noun |
| 没想到 沒想到 | didn't expect | |
| 荷 荷 | lotus, water lily, holland | |
| 什么事 什麼事 | what matter | |
| 相 相 | mutually | |
| 今夜 今夜 | tonight | |
| 侍应 侍應 | waiter; waitress | |
| 的士 的士 | taxi (loanword) | |
| 顶住 頂住 | to withstand; to stand up to | |
| 贴身 貼身 | worn next to the skin; close-fitting; personal (servant etc) | |
| 没办法 沒辦法 | there is nothing to be done; one can't do anything about it | |
| 摆明 擺明 | to show clearly | |
| 金色 金色 | golden; gold (color) | |
| 王八蛋 王八蛋 | bastard; son of a bitch |