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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打劫 打劫 dǎ jié to loot; to rob; to plunder; to ransack ∼HSK 6
娶媳妇 娶媳婦 qǔ xí fù to get oneself a wife; to take a daughter-in-law ∼HSK 6
绝症 絕症 jué zhèng incurable disease; terminal illness ∼HSK 6
拜佛 拜佛 bài Fó to worship Buddha ∼HSK 6
鸳鸯 鴛鴦 yuān yāng (bird species of China) mandarin duck (Aix galericulata); (fig.) affectionate couple; happily married couple ∼HSK 6
捐血 捐血 juān xuè to donate blood ∼HSK 6
赚回来 賺回來 zhuàn huí lai to earn back (money one invested, wasted etc) ∼HSK 6
牧羊犬 牧羊犬 mù yáng quǎn sheepdog ∼HSK 6
医治 醫治 yī zhì medical treatment ∼HSK 6
灭火 滅火 miè huǒ to extinguish a fire; firefighting ∼HSK 6
设防 設防 shè fáng to set up defenses; to fortify ∼HSK 6
仗义 仗義 zhàng yì to uphold justice; to be loyal (to one's friends); to stick by ∼HSK 6
偿命 償命 cháng mìng to pay with one's life ∼HSK 6
凶器 兇器 xiōng qì lethal weapon; murder weapon ∼HSK 6
清晰度 清晰度 qīng xī dù definition; sharpness; clarity ∼HSK 6
抵债 抵債 dǐ zhài to repay a debt in kind or by labor ∼HSK 6
手印 手印 shǒu yìn handprint; fingerprint; thumbprint ∼HSK 6
高原反应 高原反應 gāo yuán fǎn yìng altitude sickness; acute mountain sickness; abbr. to ∼HSK 6
善男信女 善男信女 shàn nán xìn nǚ lay practitioners of Buddhism ∼HSK 6
偏要 偏要 piān yào to insist on doing sth; must do it, despite everything ∼HSK 6
绑住 綁住 bǎng zhù to fasten; to bind ∼HSK 6
避邪 避邪 bì xié to avoid evil spirits ∼HSK 6
何止 何止 hé zhǐ far more than; not just ∼HSK 6
嘀咕 嘀咕 dí gu to mutter; to feel apprehensive ∼HSK 6
招来 招來 zhāo lái to attract; to incur ∼HSK 6
眼珠 眼珠 yǎn zhū one's eyes; eyeball ∼HSK 6
逢年过节 逢年過節 féng nián - guò jié during holidays and festivals; on festive occasions such as New Year ∼HSK 6
招摇 招搖 zhāo yáo to rock back and forth; (fig.) to act ostentatiously; to brag; to show off ∼HSK 6
服众 服眾 fú zhòng to convince the masses ∼HSK 6
割伤 割傷 gē shāng to gash; to cut; gash; cut ∼HSK 6
破财免灾 破財免災 pò cái miǎn zāi a financial loss may prevent disaster (idiom) ∼HSK 6
轻饶 輕饒 qīng ráo to forgive easily; to let off lightly (often with negative: you won't get away with it) ∼HSK 6
承蒙 承蒙 chéng méng to be indebted (to sb) ∼HSK 6
沟渠 溝渠 gōu qú channel; moat; irrigation canal ∼HSK 6
有何 有何 yǒu hé what is there ∼HSK 6
饶了 饒了 ráo le to spare; to forgive ∼HSK 6
验货 驗貨 yàn huò inspection of goods ∼HSK 6
爹娘 爹孃 diē niáng (dialect) parents ∼HSK 6
办酒席 辦酒席 bàn jiǔ xí to prepare a feast ∼HSK 6
有缘 有緣 yǒu yuán related; brought together by fate ∼HSK 6
塞给 塞給 sāi gěi to slip sb sth; to press sb to accept sth; to insert surreptitiously; to foist sth off on sb ∼HSK 6
缺德 缺德 quē dé mean; nasty; reprehensible; unprincipled ∼HSK 6
走火入魔 走火入魔 zǒu huǒ rù mó to be obsessed with sth; to go overboard; (Buddhism, Taoism) to misguidedly focus on hallucinations that arise during meditation ∼HSK 6
心慈手软 心慈手軟 xīn cí - shǒu ruǎn (idiom) softhearted; merciful ∼HSK 6
祸水 禍水 huò shuǐ source of calamity (esp. of women) ∼HSK 6
祖师爷 祖師爺 zǔ shī yé founder (of a craft, religious sect etc) ∼HSK 6
锐气 銳氣 ruì qì acute spirit; dash; drive ∼HSK 6
闹别扭 鬧彆扭 nào biè niu to be difficult with sb; to provoke disagreement; at loggerheads; to fall out with ∼HSK 6
作怪 作怪 zuò guài (of a ghost) to make strange things happen; to act up; to act behind the scenes; to make mischief; odd; to misbehave (euphemism for having sex) ∼HSK 6
扒手 扒手 pá shǒu pickpocket ∼HSK 6