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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| 偷拍 偷拍 | to photograph or film sb without their knowledge or consent | |
| 狐臭 狐臭 | body odor; bromhidrosis | |
| 果子 果子 | fruit | |
| 锰 錳 | manganese | |
| 液 液 | sap, juice, liquid, fluid | |
| 真迹 真跡 | authentic (painting or calligraphy); genuine work (of famous artist) | |
| 绢 絹 | kind of thick stiff silk | |
| 不可靠 不可靠 | unreliable | |
| 粗劣 粗劣 | coarse | |
| 覆 覆 | cover; tip over; return; reply | |
| 扔掉 扔掉 | to throw away; to throw out | |
| 坠落 墜落 | to fall; to drop | |
| 棒极了 棒極了 | super; excellent | |
| 廖 廖 | surname; name of an ancient state | |
| 比重 比重 | proportion; specific gravity | |
| 平坦 平坦 | level; even; smooth; flat | |
| 年前 年前 | by the end of the year; at the end of the year; shortly before New Year | |
| 国籍 國籍 | nationality | |
| 除夕 除夕 | lunar New Year's Eve | |
| 号召 號召 | to call; to appeal | |
| 体积 體積 | volume; bulk | |
| 公式 公式 | formula | |
| 工艺 工藝 | arts and crafts; industrial arts | |
| 迷信 迷信 | superstition; to have a superstitious belief (in sth) | |
| 搞好 搞好 | to do well at; to do a good job | |
| 台风 臺風 | stage presence, poise | |
| 不得了 不得了 | desperately serious; disastrous; extremely; exceedingly | |
| 背包 背包 | knapsack; rucksack; infantry pack; field pack; blanket roll | |
| 册 冊 | book; booklet; classifier for books | |
| 亏 虧 | deficiency; deficit; luckily; it's lucky that...; (often ironically) fancy that... | |
| 钓 釣 | to fish with a hook and bait | |
| 原理 原理 | principle; theory | |
| 岸 㟁 | bank; shore; beach; coast | |
| 再也 再也 | (not) any more | |
| 一带 一帶 | region; district | |
| 等候 等候 | to wait; to wait for | |
| 夜间 夜間 | nighttime; evening or night (e.g. classes) | |
| 国民 國民 | nationals; citizens; people of a nation | |
| 争议 爭議 | controversy; dispute; to dispute | |
| 将要 將要 | will; shall; to be going to | |
| 边境 邊境 | frontier; border | |
| 展览 展覽 | to put on display; to exhibit; exhibition; show | |
| 乘坐 乘坐 | to ride (in a vehicle) | |
| 在内 在內 | (included) in it; among them | |
| 包围 包圍 | to surround; to encircle; to hem in | |
| 四周 四周 | all around | |
| 珍贵 珍貴 | precious | |
| 军人 軍人 | serviceman; soldier; military personnel | |
| 上下 上下 | up and down; top and bottom; old and young; length; about | |
| 打扰 打擾 | to disturb; to bother; to trouble |