Chinese Zodiac 2012
十二生肖
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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Vocabulary
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| 呼声 呼聲 | a shout; fig. opinion or demand, esp. expressed by a group | |
| 扣留 扣留 | to detain; to arrest; to hold; to confiscate | |
| 当众 當眾 | in public; in front of everybody | |
| 小看 小看 | to look down on; to underestimate | |
| 无赖 無賴 | hoodlum; rascal; rogue; rascally; scoundrelly | |
| 磨损 磨損 | to suffer wear and tear; to deteriorate through use; to wear out | |
| 海啸 海嘯 | tsunami | |
| 镶 鑲 | to inlay; to embed; ridge; border | |
| 热衷 熱衷 | to feel strongly about; to be fond of; obsession; deep commitment | |
| 茅台 茅臺 | Maotai town in Renhuai county, Guizhou; Maotai liquor 茅台酒 | |
| 掠夺 掠奪 | to plunder; to rob | |
| 历经 歷經 | to experience; to go through | |
| 复原 復原 | to restore (sth) to (its) former condition; to recover from illness; recovery | |
| 危急 危急 | critical; desperate (situation) | |
| 瓷器 瓷器 | chinaware; porcelain | |
| 勇于 勇於 | to dare to; to be brave enough to | |
| 容纳 容納 | to hold; to contain; to accommodate; to tolerate (different opinions) | |
| 美满 美滿 | happy; blissful | |
| 海域 海域 | sea area; territorial waters; maritime space | |
| 匿名 匿名 | anonymous | |
| 逃生 逃生 | to flee for one's life | |
| 认错 認錯 | to admit an error; to acknowledge one's mistake | |
| 腐烂 腐爛 | to rot; to putrefy; (fig.) corrupt | |
| 搏斗 搏鬥 | to wrestle; to fight; to struggle | |
| 友善 友善 | friendly | |
| 赎 贖 | to redeem; to ransom | |
| 财物 財物 | property; belongings | |
| 流失 流失 | (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 | |
| 揭发 揭發 | to expose; to bring to light; to disclose; revelation | |
| 瞩目 矚目 | to focus attention upon | |
| 冷战 冷戰 | (US-Soviet) Cold War | |
| 火山 火山 | volcano | |
| 金子 金子 | gold | |
| 跑道 跑道 | athletic track; track; runway (i.e. airstrip) | |
| 油画 油畫 | oil painting | |
| 意料 意料 | to anticipate; to expect; expectations | |
| 卑鄙 卑鄙 | base; mean; contemptible; despicable | |
| 祖先 祖先 | ancestors; forebears; (biology) ancestral species; ancient species from which present-day species evolved | |
| 探望 探望 | to visit; to call on sb; to look around | |
| 宗旨 宗旨 | objective; aim; goal | |
| 陶瓷 陶瓷 | pottery and porcelain; ceramics | |
| 还原 還原 | to restore to the original state; to reconstruct (an event); reduction (chemistry) | |
| 遗失 遺失 | to lose; to leave behind (inadvertently) | |
| 直径 直徑 | diameter | |
| 可耻 可恥 | shameful; disgraceful; ignominious | |
| 古董 古董 | curio; antique | |
| 金字塔 金字塔 | pyramid (building or structure) | |
| 木材 木材 | wood | |
| 批判 批判 | to criticize; critique | |
| 坟墓 墳墓 | grave; tomb |