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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| 固定 固定 | to fix; to fasten; to set rigidly in place; fixed; set; regular | |
| 作出 作出 | to put out; to come up with; to make (a choice, decision, proposal, response, comment etc); to issue (a permit, statement, explanation, apology, reassurance to the public etc); to draw (conclusion); to deliver (speech, judgment); to devise (explanation); to extract | |
| 袋 袋 | pouch; bag; sack; pocket | |
| 地下 地下 | underground; subterranean; covert | |
| 圆 圓 | circle; round; circular; spherical; (of the moon) full; unit of Chinese currency (yuan); tactful; to make consistent and whole (the narrative of a dream or a lie) | |
| 脑袋 腦袋 | head; skull; brains; mental capability | |
| 摸 摸 | to feel with the hand; to touch; to stroke; to grope; to steal; to abstract | |
| 黄金 黃金 | gold; golden (opportunity); prime (time) | |
| 诗 詩 | abbr. for Shijing 诗经, the Book of Songs | |
| 镜头 鏡頭 | camera lens; camera shot (in a movie etc); scene | |
| 财产 財產 | property; assets; estate | |
| 批 批 | to ascertain; to act on; to criticize; to pass on; classifier for batches, lots, military flights; tier (for the ranking of universities and colleges) | |
| 来源 來源 | source (of information etc); origin | |
| 神秘 神秘 | mysterious; mystery | |
| 箱 箱 | box; trunk; chest | |
| 女士 女士 | lady; madam; Miss; Ms | |
| 失望 失望 | disappointed; to lose hope; to despair | |
| 措施 措施 | measure; step | |
| 付出 付出 | to pay; to expend; to invest (energy or time) | |
| 烦 煩 | to feel vexed; to bother; to trouble; superfluous and confusing; edgy | |
| 材料 材料 | (raw) material; data; (fig.) person who has the potential to do the job | |
| 确认 確認 | to confirm; to verify; confirmation | |
| 尽快 儘快 | as quickly as possible; as soon as possible | |
| 美女 美女 | beautiful woman | |
| 刺激 刺激 | to provoke; to irritate; to upset; to stimulate; to excite; irritant | |
| 躺 躺 | to recline; to lie down | |
| 人家 人家 | household; dwelling; family; sb else's house; household business; house of woman's husband-to-be | |
| 替 替 | to substitute for; to take the place of; to replace; for; on behalf of; to stand in for | |
| 究竟 究竟 | to go to the bottom of a matter; after all; when all is said and done; (in an interrogative sentence) finally; outcome; result | |
| 戴 戴 | to put on or wear (glasses, hat, gloves etc); to respect; to bear; to support | |
| 怀疑 懷疑 | to doubt (sth); to be skeptical of; to have one's doubts; to harbor suspicions; to suspect that | |
| 手里 手裡 | in hand; (a situation is) in sb's hands | |
| 彻底 徹底 | thorough; thoroughly; complete | |
| 提醒 提醒 | to remind; to call attention to; to warn of | |
| 货 貨 | goods; money; commodity | |
| 既然 既然 | since; as; this being the case | |
| 教授 教授 | professor; to instruct; to lecture on | |
| 季 季 | season; the last month of a season; fourth or youngest amongst brothers; classifier for seasonal crop yields | |
| 失败 失敗 | to be defeated; to lose; to fail (e.g. experiments); failure; defeat | |
| 安 安 | (bound form) calm; peaceful; to calm; to set at ease; safe; secure; in good health; content; satisfied (as in 安于); to place (sb) in a suitable position (job); to install; to fix; to fit; to bring (a charge against sb); to harbor (certain intentions); ampere (abbr. for 培) | |
| 数据 數據 | data | |
| 梦想 夢想 | (fig.) to dream of; dream | |
| 寻找 尋找 | to seek; to look for | |
| 著名 著名 | famous; noted; well-known; celebrated | |
| 否则 否則 | otherwise; if not; or (else) | |
| 身份 身份 | identity; aspect of one's identity (i.e. sth that one is – mayor, father, permanent resident etc); role; capacity (as in "in his capacity as a ..." 以…份); status (social, legal etc); position; rank | |
| 醒 醒 | to wake up; to be awake; to become aware; to sober up; to come to | |
| 的确 的確 | really; indeed | |
| 嗯 嗯 | (a groaning sound) | |
| 翻 翻 | to turn over; to flip over; to overturn; to rummage through; to translate; to decode; to double; to climb over or into; to cross |