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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| 受得了 受得了 | to put up with; to endure | |
| 管它 管它 | no matter if; regardless of; don’t worry about (it, him etc); doesn’t matter | |
| 内裤 內褲 | underpants; panties; briefs | |
| 直通 直通 | to lead directly to | |
| 木 木 | tree; wood, lumber; wooden | |
| 种树 種樹 | to plant trees | |
| 杀死 殺死 | to kill | |
| 迷你 迷你 | mini (as in mini-skirt or Mini Cooper) (loanword) | |
| 羊头 羊頭 | sheep's head; fig. advertisement for good meat | |
| 准的 準的 | standard; norm; criterion | |
| 每人 每人 | each person; everybody; per person | |
| 奇趣 奇趣 | quaint charm | |
| 喜乐 喜樂 | joy | |
| 张嘴 張嘴 | to open one's mouth (to speak, esp. to make a request); to gape | |
| 之际 之際 | during; at the time of | |
| 传给 傳給 | to pass on to; to transfer to; to hand on to; (in football etc) to pass to | |
| 古物 古物 | antique | |
| 光照 光照 | illumination | |
| 会死 會死 | mortal | |
| 搬走 搬走 | to carry | |
| 开刀 開刀 | (of a surgeon) to perform an operation; (of a patient) to have an operation; to decapitate; to behead; to single out as a point of attack | |
| 龙飞 龍飛 | to promote (to official position in former times) | |
| 活火山 活火山 | active volcano | |
| 物件 物件 | object | |
| 跳出 跳出 | to jump out; fig. to appear suddenly | |
| 向火 向火 | to warm oneself facing the fire | |
| 未能 未能 | cannot; to fail to; unable to | |
| 已久 已久 | already a long time | |
| 古书 古書 | ancient book; old book | |
| 银行家 銀行家 | banker | |
| 年初 年初 | beginning of the year | |
| 书架 書架 | bookshelf | |
| 实话实说 實話實說 | to tell the truth; to tell it as it is | |
| 华人 華人 | ethnic Chinese person or people | |
| 请教 請教 | to ask for guidance; to consult | |
| 专题 專題 | specific topic (addressed by a book, lecture, TV program etc); article, report or program etc on a specific topic | |
| 邮票 郵票 | (postage) stamp | |
| 木头 木頭 | slow-witted; blockhead; log (of wood, timber etc) | |
| 海关 海關 | customs (i.e. border crossing inspection) | |
| 建成 建成 | to establish; to build | |
| 加工 加工 | to process; processing; working (of machinery) | |
| 农业 農業 | agriculture; farming | |
| 干吗 幹嗎 | see 干嘛 | |
| 价钱 價錢 | price | |
| 人工 人工 | artificial; manpower; manual work | |
| 秋 秋 | autumn; fall; harvest time | |
| 录音 錄音 | to record (sound); sound recording | |
| 本事 本事 | source material; original story | |
| 外交 外交 | diplomacy; diplomatic; foreign affairs | |
| 日常 日常 | day-to-day; daily; everyday |