A World Without Thieves 2004
天下无贼
A con-team couple head west after taking a city businessman for his BMW. But an encounter with a naive young carpenter traveling home with his life savings challenges their fate as thieves.
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Vocabulary
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| 天诛地灭 天誅地滅 | 天: sky, heaven; god, celestial · 诛: execute, kill, put to death; punish · 地: earth; soil, ground; region · 灭: extinguish; wipe out, exterminate | Idiom |
| 走投无路 走投無路 | to be at an impasse (idiom); in a tight spot; at the end of one's rope; desperate | Idiom |
| 胡思乱想 胡思亂想 | to indulge in flights of fancy (idiom); to let one's imagination run wild | Idiom |
| 丢人 丟人 | to lose face | Xiehouyu |
| 衣裳 衣裳 | (coll.) clothes | Colloquialism |
| 逮 逮 | (coll.) to catch; to seize | Colloquialism |
| 宰 宰 | to slaughter; to butcher; to kill (animals etc); (coll.) to fleece; to rip off; to overcharge; (bound form) to govern; to rule; (bound form) (a title for certain government officials in ancient China) | Colloquialism |
| 逗 逗 | to tease (playfully); to entice; (coll.) to joke; (coll.) funny; amusing; to stay; to sojourn; brief pause at the end of a phrase (variant of 读) | Colloquialism |
| 不服气 不服氣 | unwilling to concede; defiant; indignant; to find it galling | |
| 豁 豁 | to play Chinese finger-guessing game | |
| 耍赖 耍賴 | to act shamelessly; to refuse to acknowledge that one has lost the game, or made a promise etc; to act dumb; to act as if sth never happened | |
| 不服 不服 | not to accept sth; to want to have sth overruled or changed; to refuse to obey or comply; to refuse to accept as final; to remain unconvinced by; not to give in to | |
| 每逢 每逢 | every time; on each occasion; whenever | |
| 猖狂 猖狂 | savage; furious | |
| 馋 饞 | gluttonous; greedy; to have a craving | |
| 合情合理 合情合理 | reasonable and fair (idiom) | |
| 逞强 逞強 | to show off; to try to be brave | |
| 难处 難處 | trouble; difficulty; problem | |
| 生怕 生怕 | to fear; afraid; extremely nervous; for fear that; to avoid; so as not to | |
| 本着 本著 | based on...; in conformance with..; taking as one's main principle | |
| 菩萨 菩薩 | Bodhisattva (Buddhism) | |
| 心肠 心腸 | heart; intention; one's inclination; state of mind; to have the heart for sth; mood | |
| 放肆 放肆 | wanton; unbridled; presumptuous; impudent | |
| 筐 筐 | basket | |
| 上流 上流 | upper class | |
| 淌 淌 | to drip; to trickle; to shed (tears) | |
| 打猎 打獵 | to go hunting | |
| 惊动 驚動 | to alarm; to startle; to disturb | |
| 抠 摳 | to dig out; to pick out (with one's fingers); to carve; to cut; to study meticulously; to lift one's clothes; stingy; miserly | |
| 顶多 頂多 | at most; at best | |
| 粗鲁 粗魯 | coarse; crude (in one's manner); boorish | |
| 揣 揣 | to put into (one's pockets, clothes); Taiwan pr. [chuǎi] | |
| 无理 無理 | irrational; unreasonable | |
| 受苦 受苦 | to suffer hardship | |
| 厚道 厚道 | kind and honest; generous; sincere | |
| 输血 輸血 | to transfuse blood; to give aid and support | |
| 心胸 心胸 | heart; mind; ambition; aspiration | |
| 献血 獻血 | to donate blood | |
| 好意 好意 | good intention; kindness | |
| 无偿 無償 | free; no charge; at no cost | |
| 嚷 嚷 | to shout; to bellow; to make a big deal of sth; to make a fuss about sth | |
| 大意 大意 | general idea; main idea | |
| 媳妇 媳婦 | daughter-in-law; wife (of a younger man); young married woman; young woman | |
| 一眼 一眼 | a glance; a quick look; a glimpse | |
| 凳子 凳子 | stool; small seat | |
| 通缉 通緝 | to order the arrest of sb as criminal; to list as wanted | |
| 敲诈 敲詐 | to rip off; to extort (money); extortion; blackmail | |
| 手艺 手藝 | craftmanship; workmanship; handicraft; trade | |
| 分担 分擔 | to share (a burden, a cost, a responsibility) | |
| 蹬 蹬 | to step on; to tread on; to wear (shoes); (slang) to dump (sb); Taiwan pr. [dèng] |