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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| 而 而 | and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast) | |
| 心平气和 心平氣和 | tranquil and even-tempered (idiom); calmly and without stress | Idiom |
| 猪朋狗友 豬朋狗友 | dissolute companions; disreputable comrades | Idiom |
| 痛苦 痛苦 | pain; suffering; painful | Xiehouyu |
| 要是 要是 | (coll.) if | Colloquialism |
| 输 輸 | to lose; to be beaten; (bound form) to transport; (literary) to donate; to contribute; (coll.) to enter (a password) | Colloquialism |
| 管 筦 | to take care (of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to run; to care about; tube; pipe; woodwind; classifier for tube-shaped objects; particle similar to 把 in 管...叫 constructions; writing brush; (coll.) to; towards | Colloquialism |
| 柬埔寨 柬埔寨 | Cambodia | Proper Noun |
| 强国 強國 | (ironically) mainland China (Taiwan & Hong Kong usage) | Proper Noun |
| 天朝 天朝 | Celestial Empire, tributary title conferred on imperial China; Taiping Heavenly Kingdom | Proper Noun |
| 东南亚 東南亞 | Southeast Asia | Proper Noun |
| 欧元 歐元 | euro (currency) | |
| 干嘛 幹嘛 | what are you doing?; whatever for?; why on earth? | |
| 龙头 龍頭 | faucet; tap; bicycle handlebar; chief; boss (esp. of a gang); (referring to a company) leader; front-runner; figurehead on the prow of a dragon boat | |
| 流拍 流拍 | (of an item) to fail to sell at an auction | |
| 乱跑 亂跑 | to run around all over the place | |
| 龙年 龍年 | Year of the Dragon (e.g. 2000, 2012, etc) | |
| 财 財 | wealth, valuables, riches | |
| 古玩 古玩 | antique; curio | |
| 吴 吳 | name of warring state; surname | |
| 本相 本相 | original form | |
| 准备好了 準備好了 | to be ready | |
| 阿拉伯 阿拉伯 | Arabian; Arabic; Arab | |
| 赃物 贓物 | booty; stolen property | |
| 修读 修讀 | to study (in an academic program); to pursue (a degree) | |
| 邦 邦 | nation, country, state | |
| 拍卖会 拍賣會 | auction | |
| 年历 年曆 | calendar; diary | |
| 没法 沒法 | at a loss; unable to do anything about it; to have no choice | |
| 王朝 王朝 | dynasty | |
| 防线 防線 | defensive line or perimeter | |
| 大火 大火 | conflagration; large fire | |
| 内疚 內疚 | guilty conscience; to feel a twinge of guilt | |
| 每个人 每個人 | everybody; everyone | |
| 出乎 出乎 | due to; to stem from; to go beyond (also fig. beyond reason, expectations etc); to go against (expectations) | |
| 开火 開火 | to open fire; to start shooting; to light the flame (for cooking) | |
| 农 農 | agriculture, farming; farmer | |
| 到时候 到時候 | when the moment comes; at that time | |
| 真实性 真實性 | authenticity; truthfulness; veracity; reality; validity | |
| 兽 獸 | beast, animal; bestial | |
| 金银 金銀 | gold and silver | |
| 录影带 錄影帶 | (Tw) videotape; video cassette | |
| 有兴趣 有興趣 | interested; interesting | |
| 鲁 魯 | foolish, stupid, rash; vulgar | |
| 诺 諾 | promise; assent, approve | |
| 有价值 有價值 | valuable | |
| 红外线 紅外線 | infrared ray | |
| 老天爷 老天爺 | God; Heavens | |
| 活着 活著 | alive | |
| 传回 傳回 | to send back |