Animal World 2018
动物世界
Backed into a corner by mounting debts, a youth agrees to submit himself to a high stakes game of chance in international waters aboard a disused warship.
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Vocabulary
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| 见钱眼开 見錢眼開 | to open one's eyes wide at the sight of profit (idiom); thinking of nothing but personal gain; money-grubbing | Idiom |
| 无济于事 無濟於事 | (idiom) to no avail; of no use | Idiom |
| 自以为是 自以為是 | to believe oneself infallible (idiom); to be opinionated | Idiom |
| 窟窿 窟窿 | hole; pocket; cavity; loophole; debt | Xiehouyu |
| 备用 備用 | reserve; spare; alternate; backup | Xiehouyu |
| 废物 廢物 | rubbish; waste material; useless person | Xiehouyu |
| 多余 多餘 | superfluous; unnecessary; surplus | Xiehouyu |
| 怪物 怪物 | monster; freak; eccentric person | Xiehouyu |
| 耗 耗 | to waste; to spend; to consume; to squander; news; (coll.) to delay; to dilly-dally | Colloquialism |
| 接听 接聽 | to answer the phone | |
| 碍事 礙事 | to be in the way; to be a hindrance; (usu. in the negative) to be of consequence; to matter | |
| 不利于 不利於 | is harmful to | |
| 胜出 勝出 | to come out on top; to win (in an election, contest etc); success; victory | |
| 要强 要強 | eager to excel; eager to get ahead in life; strong-minded | |
| 导火索 導火索 | fuse (for explosive) | |
| 好家伙 好家伙 | my God!; oh boy!; man! | |
| 口哨 口哨 | whistle | |
| 靶子 靶子 | target | |
| 人均 人均 | per capita | |
| 惯性 慣性 | (physics) inertia; (fig.) force of habit; tendency to do things in the accustomed way; habitual | |
| 属性 屬性 | attribute; property | |
| 冤 冤 | injustice; grievance; wrong | |
| 抵消 抵消 | to counteract; to cancel out; to offset | |
| 记号 記號 | mark; symbol; notation; seal | |
| 交情 交情 | friendship; friendly relations | |
| 实况 實況 | live (e.g. broadcast or recording); what is actually happening; scene; the real situation | |
| 过道 過道 | passageway; corridor; aisle | |
| 顶多 頂多 | at most; at best | |
| 去处 去處 | place; destination | |
| 与其 與其 | rather than...; 与其 A 如 B (rather than A, better to B) | |
| 大笔 大筆 | Large | |
| 包扎 包紮 | to wrap up; to pack; to bind up (a wound) | |
| 换成 換成 | to exchange (sth) for (sth else); to replace with; to convert into | |
| 吃亏 吃虧 | to suffer losses; to come to grief; to lose out; to get the worst of it; to be at a disadvantage; unfortunately | |
| 透气 透氣 | to flow freely (of air); to ventilate; to breathe (of fabric etc); to take a breath of fresh air; to divulge | |
| 仲裁 仲裁 | arbitration | |
| 发呆 發呆 | to stare blankly; to be stunned; to be lost in thought | |
| 均衡 均衡 | equal; balanced; harmony; equilibrium | |
| 管子 管子 | Guanzi or Guan Zhong 管仲 (-645 BC), famous politician of Qi 齐国 of Spring and Autumn period; Guanzi, classical book containing writings of Guan Zhong and his school | |
| 改名 改名 | to change one's name | |
| 一眼 一眼 | a glance; a quick look; a glimpse | |
| 危急 危急 | critical; desperate (situation) | |
| 计时 計時 | to measure time; to time; to reckon by time | |
| 牢记 牢記 | to keep in mind; to remember | |
| 芽 芽 | bud; sprout | |
| 体谅 體諒 | to empathize; to allow (for sth); to show understanding; to appreciate | |
| 安稳 安穩 | steady; stable; sedate; calm; (of sleep) sound; (of a transition) smooth | |
| 均匀 均勻 | even; well-distributed; homogeneous; well-proportioned (figure, body etc) | |
| 笼子 籠子 | cage; basket; container | |
| 趁着 趁著 | while |