Yes, Madam! 1985
皇家师姐
Two unlucky thieves break into a just murdered man's hotel room and steal his passport, with a hidden microfilm, wanted by a triad boss. Two ass-kicking women cops—one Chinese, one British—are on the case.
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Vocabulary
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| 转弯抹角 轉彎抹角 | lit. going round the curves and skirting the corners (idiom); fig. to speak in a roundabout way; to equivocate; to beat about the bush | Idiom |
| 二一添作五 二一添作五 | lit. one half equals zero point five (division rule in abacus reckoning); to share fairly between two parties; to go fifty-fifty | Idiom |
| 天罗地网 天羅地網 | inescapable net (idiom); trap; dragnet | Idiom |
| 堂堂正正 堂堂正正 | displaying strength and discipline; impressive; upright and frank; square | Idiom |
| 想入非非 想入非非 | to indulge in fantasy (idiom); to let one's imagination run wild | Idiom |
| 稳如泰山 穩如泰山 | steady as Mt Tai; as safe as houses | Idiom |
| 自相残杀 自相殘殺 | to massacre one another (idiom); internecine strife | Idiom |
| 出生入死 出生入死 | from the cradle to the grave (idiom); to go through fire and water; brave; willing to risk life and limb | Idiom |
| 废话连篇 廢話連篇 | a bunch of nonsense; verbose and rambling | Idiom |
| 捣蛋 搗蛋 | to cause trouble; to stir up trouble | Xiehouyu |
| 见死不救 見死不救 | 见: see, observe, behold; perceive · 死: die; dead; death · 不: no, not; un-; negative prefix · 救: save, rescue, relieve; help, aid | Xiehouyu |
| 不成 不成 | won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be? | Xiehouyu |
| 不通 不通 | to be obstructed; to be blocked up; to be impassable; to make no sense; to be illogical | Xiehouyu |
| 宰了 宰了 | (coll.) (typically used hyperbolically) to kill (sb) | Colloquialism |
| 炒鱿鱼 炒魷魚 | (coll.) to fire sb; to sack sb | Colloquialism |
| 就算 就算 | (coll.) even if | Colloquialism |
| 嘛 嘛 | used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? | Colloquialism |
| 有没有 有沒有 | (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?; Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)? | |
| 验伤 驗傷 | to examine a wound or injury (typically for forensic purposes) | |
| 渡假 渡假 | (Tw) to go on holidays; to spend one's vacation | |
| 告密 告密 | to inform against sb | |
| 有料 有料 | impressive | |
| 拍档 拍檔 | partner | |
| 证供 證供 | (law) testimony; evidence (given by a witness) | |
| 打劫 打劫 | to loot; to rob; to plunder; to ransack | |
| 苏格兰场 蘇格蘭場 | Scotland Yard | |
| 伙计 伙計 | partner; fellow; mate; waiter; servant; shop assistant | |
| 扭伤 扭傷 | a sprain; a crick; to sprain | |
| 验尸 驗屍 | autopsy; postmortem examination | |
| 罪案 罪案 | a criminal case | |
| 闭上 閉上 | to close; to shut up | |
| 作主 作主 | to decide; to have the final say | |
| 钉死 釘死 | to nail securely; to execute by means of impalement; to crucify | |
| 威士忌 威士忌 | whiskey (loanword) | |
| 天理 天理 | Heaven's law; the natural order of things | |
| 开解 開解 | to straighten out; to explain; to ease sb's anxiety | |
| 受训 受訓 | to receive training | |
| 麻婆豆腐 麻婆豆腐 | mapo tofu; stir-fried beancurd in chili sauce | |
| 公家 公家 | the public; the state; society; the public purse | |
| 疑犯 疑犯 | a suspect | |
| 俐落 俐落 | variant of | |
| 杀身之祸 殺身之禍 | (idiom) getting killed | |
| 凶杀案 兇殺案 | murder case | |
| 肥腻 肥膩 | (of foods) fatty; greasy | |
| 矿泉 礦泉 | mineral spring | |
| 没命 沒命 | to lose one's life; to die; recklessly; desperately | |
| 勒死 勒死 | to strangle | |
| 特种部队 特種部隊 | (military) special forces | |
| 唇舌 唇舌 | argument; words; lips and tongue | |
| 幼稚园 幼稚園 | kindergarten (Tw) |