A World Without Thieves

A World Without Thieves 2004

天下无贼 tiānxià wú zéi

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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4.32 Intermediate Director Feng Xiaogang IMDb 7.2

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天诛地灭 天誅地滅 tiān zhū dì miè lit. may heaven and earth destroy (someone) (idiom); fig. used in an oath: may I be struck down by Heaven if I lie Idiom ∼HSK 7
走投无路 走投無路 zǒu tóu wú lù to be at an impasse (idiom); in a tight spot; at the end of one's rope; desperate Idiom HSK 7
胡思乱想 胡思亂想 hú sī luàn xiǎng to indulge in flights of fancy (idiom); to let one's imagination run wild Idiom HSK 7
丢人 丟人 diū rén to lose face Xiehouyu HSK 7
衣裳 衣裳 yī shang (coll.) clothes Colloquialism HSK 7
逮 逮 dǎi (coll.) to catch; to seize Colloquialism HSK 7
宰 宰 zǎi 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 HSK 7
逗 逗 dòu 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 HSK 7
不服气 不服氣 bù fú qì unwilling to concede; defiant; indignant; to find it galling HSK 7
豁 豁 huá to play Chinese finger-guessing game HSK 7
耍赖 耍賴 shuǎ lài 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 HSK 7
不服 不服 bù fú 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 HSK 7
每逢 每逢 měi féng every time; on each occasion; whenever HSK 7
猖狂 猖狂 chāng kuáng savage; furious HSK 7
馋 饞 chán gluttonous; greedy; to have a craving HSK 7
合情合理 合情合理 hé qíng hé lǐ reasonable and fair (idiom) HSK 7
逞强 逞強 chěng qiáng to show off; to try to be brave HSK 7
难处 難處 nán chu trouble; difficulty; problem HSK 7
生怕 生怕 shēng pà to fear; afraid; extremely nervous; for fear that; to avoid; so as not to HSK 7
本着 本著 běn zhe based on...; in conformance with..; taking as one's main principle HSK 7
菩萨 菩薩 Pú sà Bodhisattva (Buddhism) HSK 7
心肠 心腸 xīn cháng heart; intention; one's inclination; state of mind; to have the heart for sth; mood HSK 7
放肆 放肆 fàng sì wanton; unbridled; presumptuous; impudent HSK 7
筐 筐 kuāng basket HSK 7
上流 上流 shàng liú upper class HSK 7
淌 淌 tǎng to drip; to trickle; to shed (tears) HSK 7
打猎 打獵 dǎ liè to go hunting HSK 7
惊动 驚動 jīng dòng to alarm; to startle; to disturb HSK 7
抠 摳 kōu to dig out; to pick out (with one's fingers); to carve; to cut; to study meticulously; to lift one's clothes; stingy; miserly HSK 7
顶多 頂多 dǐng duō at most; at best HSK 7
粗鲁 粗魯 cū lǔ coarse; crude (in one's manner); boorish HSK 7
揣 揣 chuāi to put into (one's pockets, clothes); Taiwan pr. [chuǎi] HSK 7
无理 無理 wú lǐ irrational; unreasonable HSK 7
受苦 受苦 shòu kǔ to suffer hardship HSK 7
厚道 厚道 hòu dao kind and honest; generous; sincere HSK 7
输血 輸血 shū xuè to transfuse blood; to give aid and support HSK 7
心胸 心胸 xīn xiōng heart; mind; ambition; aspiration HSK 7
献血 獻血 xiàn xuè to donate blood HSK 7
好意 好意 hǎo yì good intention; kindness HSK 7
无偿 無償 wú cháng free; no charge; at no cost HSK 7
嚷 嚷 rǎng to shout; to bellow; to make a big deal of sth; to make a fuss about sth HSK 7
大意 大意 dà yì general idea; main idea HSK 7
媳妇 媳婦 xí fù daughter-in-law; wife (of a younger man); young married woman; young woman HSK 7
一眼 一眼 yī yǎn a glance; a quick look; a glimpse HSK 7
凳子 凳子 dèng zi stool; small seat HSK 7
通缉 通緝 tōng jī to order the arrest of sb as criminal; to list as wanted HSK 7
敲诈 敲詐 qiāo zhà to rip off; to extort (money); extortion; blackmail HSK 7
手艺 手藝 shǒu yì craftmanship; workmanship; handicraft; trade HSK 7
分担 分擔 fēn dān to share (a burden, a cost, a responsibility) HSK 7
蹬 蹬 dēng to step on; to tread on; to wear (shoes); (slang) to dump (sb); Taiwan pr. [dèng] HSK 7