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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| 摸清 摸清 | to suss out; to figure out; to ascertain | |
| 未决 未決 | as yet undecided; unsolved; still outstanding | |
| 求饶 求饒 | to beg forgiveness | |
| 撒野 撒野 | to display shockingly bad behavior; to behave atrociously | |
| 七级浮屠 七級浮屠 | seven floor pagoda | |
| 餐车 餐車 | dining car; diner | |
| 过招 過招 | to fight; to exchange blows | |
| 通缉令 通緝令 | order for arrest; wanted circular; wanted poster | |
| 将功赎罪 將功贖罪 | to atone for one's crimes by meritorious acts | |
| 便衣 便衣 | civilian clothes; plain clothes; plainclothesman | |
| 废纸 廢紙 | waste paper | |
| 着魔 著魔 | obsessed; bewitched; enchanted; as if possessed | |
| 物归原主 物歸原主 | (idiom) to return sth to its rightful owner | |
| 都护 都護 | (old) highest administrative post in border areas; governor of a march | |
| 忠厚 忠厚 | honest and considerate | |
| 善事 善事 | good deeds | |
| 重判 重判 | major punishment (law) | |
| 布署 佈署 | variant of | |
| 安身立命 安身立命 | (idiom) to settle down and pursue one's path in life | |
| 事理 事理 | reason; logic | |
| 主犯 主犯 | culprit | |
| 从犯 從犯 | accessory to a crime; accomplice | |
| 副手 副手 | assistant | |
| 人形 人形 | human form; human-shaped; humanoid | |
| 抹去 抹去 | to erase | |
| 看得起 看得起 | to show respect for; to think highly of | |
| 卧铺 臥鋪 | a bed (on a train); a couchette | |
| 惹祸 惹禍 | to stir up trouble; to invite disaster | |
| 民工 民工 | migrant worker (who moved from a rural area of China to a city to find work); temporary worker enlisted on a public project | |
| 狠心 狠心 | callous; heartless; to resolve (to do sth); firm resolve (as in 心) | |
| 指头 指頭 | finger; toe | |
| 老乡 老鄉 | fellow townsman; fellow villager; sb from the same hometown | |
| 日夜 日夜 | day and night; around the clock | |
| 治病 治病 | to treat an illness | |
| 站台 站臺 | platform (at a railway station); (Tw) (of an influential person) to publicly lend one's support (e.g. for an election candidate); (Tw) website | |
| 远方 遠方 | far away; a distant location | |
| 强盗 強盜 | to rob (with force); bandit; robber | |
| 免得 免得 | so as not to; so as to avoid | |
| 眼看 眼看 | soon; in a moment; to look on as sth happens | |
| 事后 事後 | after the event; in hindsight; in retrospect | |
| 寺 寺 | Buddhist temple; mosque; government office (old) | |
| 自在 自在 | comfortable; at ease | |
| 恰好 恰好 | as it turns out; by lucky coincidence; (of number, time, size etc) just right | |
| 要不然 要不然 | otherwise; or else; or | |
| 好不容易 好不容易 | with great difficulty; very difficult | |
| 协商 協商 | to consult with; to talk things over; agreement | |
| 有事 有事 | to be occupied with sth; to have sth on one's mind; there is something the matter | |
| 账 賬 | account; bill; debt | |
| 传出 傳出 | to transmit outwards; to disseminate; efferent (nerve) | |
| 嫌 嫌 | to dislike; suspicion; resentment; enmity; abbr. for 犯, criminal suspect |