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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| 爱国 愛國 | to love one's country; patriotic | |
| 两边 兩邊 | either side; both sides | |
| 促进 促進 | to promote (an idea or cause); to advance; boost | |
| 穿上 穿上 | to put on (clothes etc) | |
| 燃料 燃料 | fuel | |
| 参考 參考 | consultation; reference; to consult; to refer | |
| 期限 期限 | time limit; deadline; allotted time | |
| 孙子 孫子 | Sun Tzu, also known as Sun Wu 孙武 (c. 500 BC, dates of birth and death uncertain), general, strategist and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn Period (700-475 BC), believed to be the author of the “Art of War” 孙子兵法, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武经七书 | |
| 骨头 骨頭 | bone; moral character; bitterness; Taiwan pr. [gú tou] | |
| 诚实 誠實 | honest | |
| 包裹 包裹 | to wrap up; to bind up; bundle; parcel; package | |
| 疑问 疑問 | question; interrogation; doubt | |
| 赞成 贊成 | to approve; to endorse; (literary) to assist | |
| 打败 打敗 | to defeat; to overpower; to beat; to be defeated | |
| 没错 沒錯 | that's right; sure!; rest assured!; that's good; can't go wrong | |
| 遗产 遺產 | heritage; legacy; inheritance; bequest | |
| 楼梯 樓梯 | stair; staircase | |
| 做梦 做夢 | to dream; to have a dream; fig. illusion; fantasy; pipe dream | |
| 破产 破產 | to go bankrupt; to become impoverished; bankruptcy | |
| 同情 同情 | to sympathize with; sympathy | |
| 燃烧 燃燒 | to ignite; to combust; to burn; combustion; flaming | |
| 着急 著急 | to worry; to feel anxious; to feel a sense of urgency; to be in a hurry; Taiwan pr. [zhāo jí] | |
| 形容 形容 | to describe; (literary) countenance; appearance | |
| 多年 多年 | many years; for many years; longstanding | |
| 棵 棵 | classifier for trees, cabbages, plants etc | |
| 不在乎 不在乎 | not to care | |
| 薄 薄 | thin; cold in manner; indifferent; weak; light; infertile | |
| 伙 夥 | companion; partner; group; classifier for groups of people; to combine; together | |
| 其余 其餘 | the rest; the others; remaining; remainder; apart from them | |
| 沉 沉 | to submerge; to immerse; to sink; to keep down; to lower; to drop; deep; profound; heavy | |
| 翻译 翻譯 | to translate; to interpret; translator; interpreter; translation; interpretation | |
| 抓紧 抓緊 | to keep a firm grip on; to pay close attention to; to lose no time in (doing sth) | |
| 各个 各個 | every; various; separately, one by one | |
| 轻易 輕易 | easily; lightly; rashly | |
| 收获 收穫 | to harvest; to reap; to gain; crop; harvest; profit; gain; bonus; reward | |
| 拍照 拍照 | to take a picture | |
| 出售 出售 | to sell; to offer for sale; to put on the market | |
| 迟到 遲到 | to arrive late | |
| 盐 鹽 | salt | |
| 奖金 獎金 | premium; award money; bonus | |
| 大哥 大哥 | eldest brother; big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself); gang leader; boss | |
| 帽子 帽子 | hat; cap; (fig.) label; bad name | |
| 叔叔 叔叔 | father's younger brother; uncle; Taiwan pr. [shú shu] | |
| 财富 財富 | wealth; riches | |
| 教训 教訓 | to provide guidance; to lecture sb; to upbraid; a talking-to; a bitter lesson | |
| 对付 對付 | to handle; to deal with; to tackle; to get by with; to make do; (dialect) (usu. used in the negative) to get along with (sb) | |
| 无数 無數 | countless; numberless; innumerable | |
| 维护 維護 | to defend; to safeguard; to protect; to uphold; to maintain | |
| 密码 密碼 | cipher; secret code; password; PIN | |
| 摇 搖 | to shake; to rock; to row; to crank |