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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| 烧 燒 | to burn; to cook; to stew; to bake; to roast; to heat; to boil (tea, water etc); fever; to run a temperature; (coll.) to let things go to one's head | Colloquialism |
| 俩 倆 | two (colloquial equivalent of 两个); both; some | Colloquialism |
| 抱 抱 | to hold; to carry (in one's arms); to hug; to embrace; to surround; to cherish; (coll.) (of clothes) to fit nicely | Colloquialism |
| 宝马 寶馬 | BMW (car company) | Proper Noun |
| 观音 觀音 | Guanyin (Goddess of Mercy) | Proper Noun |
| 玉兰 玉蘭 | Yulan magnolia | Proper Noun |
| 观世音 觀世音 | Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion or Goddess of Mercy (Sanskrit Avalokiteśvara) | Proper Noun |
| 福尔摩斯 福爾摩斯 | Sherlock Holmes | Proper Noun |
| 没想到 沒想到 | didn't expect | |
| 什么事 什麼事 | what matter | |
| 丽 麗 | beautiful, magnificent, elegant | |
| 咱俩 咱倆 | the two of us | |
| 知 知 | know | |
| 报应 報應 | (Buddhism) divine retribution; karma | |
| 散伙 散夥 | to disband; (of a partnership, group etc) to break up | |
| 应得 應得 | to deserve | |
| 盖房 蓋房 | to build a house | |
| 成色 成色 | relative purity of silver or gold; purity in carat weight; quality; fineness | |
| 怎么会 怎麼會 | how could it | |
| 没办法 沒辦法 | there is nothing to be done; one can't do anything about it | |
| 谓 謂 | say, tell; call, name; be called | |
| 怀 懷 | bosom, breast; carry in bosom | |
| 肚 肚 | belly; abdomen; bowels | |
| 纸巾 紙巾 | paper towel; napkin; facial tissue | |
| 底细 底細 | inside information; the ins and outs of the matter; how things stand; what's up | |
| 危殆 危殆 | grave danger; in jeopardy; in a critical condition | |
| 什么人 什麼人 | what kind of person | |
| 艺术片 藝術片 | art film; art house film | |
| 反悔 反悔 | to renege; to go back (on a deal); to back out (of a promise) | |
| 引开 引開 | to lure away; to divert | |
| 相 相 | mutually | |
| 怎么能 怎麼能 | how could one | |
| 看守 看守 | to guard; to watch over | |
| 拒 拒 | ward off with hand, defend | |
| 二十一世纪 二十一世紀 | 21st century | |
| 赏光 賞光 | to do sb the honor (of attending etc); to put in an appearance; to show up | |
| 顶嘴 頂嘴 | to talk back; to answer back | |
| 上厕所 上廁所 | to go to the bathroom | |
| 意 意 | meaning, intent | |
| 脱手 脫手 | (not of regular commerce) to sell or dispose of (goods etc); to get rid of; to unload | |
| 谢 謝 | thank | |
| 翻脸 翻臉 | to fall out with sb; to become hostile | |
| 重获 重獲 | recovery; to recover | |
| 叫醒 叫醒 | to awaken; to wake sb up; to rouse | |
| 成败 成敗 | success or failure | |
| 警 警 | guard, watch; alert, alarm | |
| 腰间 腰間 | waist | |
| 犯人 犯人 | convict; prisoner; criminal | |
| 一堆 一堆 | pile | |
| 归案 歸案 | to bring to justice; to file away (a document) |