Chinese Zodiac

Chinese Zodiac 2012

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Asian Hawk leads a mercenary team to recover several lost artifacts from the Old Summer Palace, the bronze heads of the twelve Chinese Zodiac animals which were sacked by the French and British armies from the imperial Summer Palace in Beijing in 1860. Assisted by a Chinese student and a Parisian woman, Hawk stops at nothing to accomplish the mission.

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4.45 Intermediate Director Jackie Chan 🍅 25%

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Vocabulary

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shēng a shout; fig. opinion or demand, esp. expressed by a group HSK 7
kòu liú to detain; to arrest; to hold; to confiscate HSK 7
dāng zhòng in public; in front of everybody HSK 7
xiǎo kàn to look down on; to underestimate HSK 7
lài hoodlum; rascal; rogue; rascally; scoundrelly HSK 7
sǔn to suffer wear and tear; to deteriorate through use; to wear out HSK 7
hǎi xiào tsunami HSK 7
xiāng to inlay; to embed; ridge; border HSK 7
zhōng to feel strongly about; to be fond of; obsession; deep commitment HSK 7
Máo tái Maotai town in Renhuai county, Guizhou; Maotai liquor 茅台酒 HSK 7
lu:è duó to plunder; to rob HSK 7
jīng to experience; to go through HSK 7
yuán to restore (sth) to (its) former condition; to recover from illness; recovery HSK 7
wēi critical; desperate (situation) HSK 7
chinaware; porcelain HSK 7
yǒng to dare to; to be brave enough to HSK 7
róng to hold; to contain; to accommodate; to tolerate (different opinions) HSK 7
滿 měi mǎn happy; blissful HSK 7
hǎi sea area; territorial waters; maritime space HSK 7
míng anonymous HSK 7
táo shēng to flee for one's life HSK 7
rèn cuò to admit an error; to acknowledge one's mistake HSK 7
làn to rot; to putrefy; (fig.) corrupt HSK 7
dòu to wrestle; to fight; to struggle HSK 7
yǒu shàn friendly HSK 7
shú to redeem; to ransom HSK 7
cái property; belongings HSK 7
liú shī (of soil etc) to wash away; to be eroded; (fig.) (of talented staff, followers of a religious faith, investment funds etc) to go elsewhere; to fail to be retained HSK 7
jiē to expose; to bring to light; to disclose; revelation HSK 7
zhǔ to focus attention upon HSK 7
Lěng zhàn (US-Soviet) Cold War HSK 7
huǒ shān volcano HSK 7
jīn zi gold HSK 7
pǎo dào athletic track; track; runway (i.e. airstrip) HSK 7
yóu huà oil painting HSK 7
liào to anticipate; to expect; expectations HSK 7
bēi base; mean; contemptible; despicable HSK 7
xiān ancestors; forebears; (biology) ancestral species; ancient species from which present-day species evolved HSK 7
tàn wàng to visit; to call on sb; to look around HSK 7
zōng zhǐ objective; aim; goal HSK 7
táo pottery and porcelain; ceramics HSK 7
huán yuán to restore to the original state; to reconstruct (an event); reduction (chemistry) HSK 7
shī to lose; to leave behind (inadvertently) HSK 7
zhí jìng diameter HSK 7
chǐ shameful; disgraceful; ignominious HSK 7
dǒng curio; antique HSK 7
jīn pyramid (building or structure) HSK 7
cái wood HSK 7
pàn to criticize; critique HSK 7
fén grave; tomb HSK 7