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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Vocabulary

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烦恼 煩惱 fán nǎo to be worried; to be distressed; worries HSK 7
实话 實話 shí huà truth HSK 7
坑 坑 kēng pit; depression; hollow; tunnel; hole in the ground; (archaic) to bury alive; to hoodwink; to cheat (sb) HSK 7
要不 要不 yào bù otherwise; or else; how about...?; either... (or...) HSK 7
贼 賊 zéi thief; traitor; wily; deceitful; evil; extremely HSK 7
顺便 順便 shùn biàn conveniently; in passing; without much extra effort HSK 7
桶 桶 tǒng bucket; (trash) can; barrel (of oil etc) HSK 7
堂 堂 táng (main) hall; large room for a specific purpose; relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family; of the same clan; classifier for classes, lectures etc; classifier for sets of furniture HSK 7
注定 註定 zhù dìng to foreordain; to be bound to; to be destined to; to be doomed to; inevitably HSK 7
恶 惡 ě used in 恶心 HSK 7
监狱 監獄 jiān yù prison HSK 7
砍 砍 kǎn to chop; to cut down; to throw sth at sb HSK 7
蛮 蠻 mán barbarian; bullying; very; quite; rough; reckless HSK 7
一阵 一陣 yī zhèn a burst; a fit; a peal; a spell (period of time) HSK 7
怀孕 懷孕 huái yùn pregnant; to have conceived; gestation; pregnancy HSK 7
屁股 屁股 pì gu buttocks; bottom; butt; back part HSK 7
惹 惹 rě to provoke; to irritate; to vex; to stir up; to anger; to attract (troubles); to cause (problems) HSK 7
耍 耍 shuǎ to play with; to wield; to act (cool etc); to display (a skill, one's temper etc) HSK 7
他人 他人 tā rén another person; sb else; other people HSK 7
拨 撥 bō to push aside with the hand, foot, a stick etc; to dial; to allocate; to set aside (money); to poke (the fire); to pluck (a string instrument); to turn round; classifier: group, batch HSK 7
盯 盯 dīng to watch attentively; to fix one's attention on; to stare at; to gaze at HSK 7
狼 狼 láng wolf HSK 7
探 探 tàn to explore; to search out; to scout; to visit; to stretch forward HSK 7
供 供 gōng to provide; to supply HSK 7
毫无 毫無 háo wú not in the least; to completely lack HSK 7
不知 不知 bù zhī not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) HSK 7
经 經 jīng classics; sacred book; scripture; to pass through; to undergo; to bear; to endure; warp (textile); longitude; menstruation; channel (TCM); abbr. for economics 经济 HSK 7
德 德 Dé Germany; German; abbr. for 德国 HSK 7
情 情 qíng feeling; emotion; passion; situation HSK 7
主 主 zhǔ owner; master; host; individual or party concerned; God; Lord; main; to indicate or signify; trump card (in card games) HSK 7
以 㕥 Yǐ abbr. for Israel 列 HSK 7
之 之 zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it HSK 7
作茧自缚 作繭自縛 zuò jiǎn zì fù to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising; hoist by his own petard Idiom ∼HSK 6
道不同不相为谋 道不同不相為謀 dào bù tóng bù xiāng wéi móu lit. persons who walk different paths cannot make plans together; to go separate ways (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
不知好歹 不知好歹 bù zhī hǎo dǎi unable to differentiate good from bad (idiom); not to know what's good for one; unable to recognize others' good intentions Idiom ∼HSK 6
孤家寡人 孤家寡人 gū jiā guǎ rén one who is cut off from others (idiom); one who has chosen to follow a solitary path; (can also be an indirect way of referring to an unmarried person) Idiom ∼HSK 6
恨铁不成钢 恨鐵不成鋼 hèn tiě bù chéng gāng lit. disappointed that iron does not turn into steel (idiom); fig. frustrated with sb who has failed to meet one's expectations Idiom ∼HSK 6
有钱能使鬼推磨 有錢能使鬼推磨 yǒu qián néng shǐ guǐ tuī mò lit. with money, you can get a devil to turn a millstone (idiom); fig. with money, you can get anything done; money talks Idiom ∼HSK 6
叽叽喳喳 嘰嘰喳喳 jī jī zhā zhā (onom.) chirp; twitter; buzzing; to chatter continuously Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
装蒜 裝蒜 zhuāng suàn to act stupid; to play dumb; to pretend to not know Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
难熬 難熬 nán áo (of pain or hardship) hard to bear Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
不识抬举 不識抬舉 bù shí tái jǔ fail to appreciate sb's kindness; not know how to appreciate favors Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
死到临头 死到臨頭 sǐ dào lín tóu Death is near at hand. (idiom) Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
大开眼界 大開眼界 dà kāi - yǎn jiè (idiom) to broaden one's horizons greatly Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
不成 不成 bù chéng won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be? Xiehouyu HSK 6
同行 同行 tóng háng person of the same profession; of the same trade, occupation or industry Xiehouyu HSK 6
关你屁事 關你屁事 guān nǐ pì shì (coll.) None of your goddamn business!; Mind your own business! Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
就算 就算 jiù suàn (coll.) even if Colloquialism HSK 6
嘛 嘛 má used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 6
有没有 有沒有 yǒu méi yǒu (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)? HSK 6