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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| 我方 我方 | our side; we | |
| 躺下 躺下 | to lie down | |
| 什么人 什麼人 | what kind of person | |
| 出航 出航 | to set out (on a trip) | |
| 朗 朗 | clear, bright; distinct | |
| 宁 寧 | calm, peaceful, serene; healthy | |
| 处死 處死 | an execution; to put sb to death | |
| 开战 開戰 | to start a war; to make war; to battle against | |
| 自居 自居 | to consider oneself as; to believe oneself to be | |
| 回程 回程 | return trip | |
| 报应 報應 | (Buddhism) divine retribution; karma | |
| 自取 自取 | to help oneself to (food); to invite (trouble); to court (disaster) | |
| 歉 歉 | deficient, lacking, insufficient | |
| 怎么能 怎麼能 | how could one | |
| 脱臼 脫臼 | dislocation (of a joint) | |
| 饰 飾 | decorate, ornament, adorn | |
| 过激 過激 | drastic; extreme; aggressive | |
| 上厕所 上廁所 | to go to the bathroom | |
| 下沉 下沉 | to sink down | |
| 奋 奮 | strive, exert effort; arouse | |
| 装袋 裝袋 | to bag; to fill (a bag); bagging | |
| 早安 早安 | Good morning! | |
| 武士 武士 | warrior; samurai | |
| 无意中 無意中 | accidentally; unintentionally; unexpectedly | |
| 流落 流落 | to wander about destitute; to be stranded | |
| 屁 屁 | break wind; fart; buttocks | |
| 空手而归 空手而歸 | to return empty-handed; to fail to win anything | |
| 王妃 王妃 | princess (in Europe) | |
| 轻言 輕言 | to say, without careful consideration | |
| 硫酸 硫酸 | sulfuric acid H2SO4; sulfate | |
| 吸血鬼 吸血鬼 | leech; bloodsucking vermin; vampire (translated European notion); fig. cruel exploiter, esp. a capitalist exploiting the workers | |
| 碎片 碎片 | chip; fragment; splinter; tatter | |
| 包抄 包抄 | to outflank; to envelop | |
| 一肚子 一肚子 | bellyful (of sth); full of (sth) | |
| 法兰 法蘭 | flange (loanword) | |
| 世界各地 世界各地 | all over the world; everywhere; in all parts of the world | |
| 售 售 | sell | |
| 脱手 脫手 | (not of regular commerce) to sell or dispose of (goods etc); to get rid of; to unload | |
| 有失 有失 | to cause a loss of (decorum, dignity etc) (used in fixed expressions) | |
| 拘捕 拘捕 | to arrest | |
| 邮寄 郵寄 | to mail; to send by post | |
| 安娜 安娜 | Anna (name) | |
| 世界和平 世界和平 | world peace | |
| 感兴趣 感興趣 | to be interested | |
| 优良 優良 | fine; good; first-rate | |
| 离不开 離不開 | inseparable; inevitably linked to | |
| 光临 光臨 | (formal) to honor with one's presence; to attend | |
| 排列 排列 | to arrange in order; (math.) permutation | |
| 中奖 中獎 | to win a prize (in a lottery etc) | |
| 英勇 英勇 | heroic; gallant; valiant |