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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| 报 報 | to announce; to inform; report; newspaper; recompense; revenge | |
| 责任 責任 | responsibility; blame; duty | |
| 敢 敢 | to dare; daring; (polite) may I venture | |
| 交易 交易 | to deal; to trade; to transact; transaction; deal | |
| 负责 負責 | to be in charge of; to take responsibility for; to be to blame; conscientious | |
| 至少 至少 | at least; (to say the) least | |
| 谈 談 | to speak; to talk; to converse; to chat; to discuss | |
| 记者 記者 | reporter; journalist | |
| 证明 證明 | proof; certificate; identification; testimonial; to prove; to testify; to confirm the truth of | |
| 社会 社會 | society | |
| 金 金 | gold; chemical element Au; generic term for lustrous and ductile metals; money; golden; highly respected; one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 音 | |
| 父亲 父親 | father; also pr. [fù qin] | |
| 光 光 | light; ray; bright; shiny; only; merely; used up; finished; to leave (a part of the body) uncovered | |
| 抓 抓 | to grab; to catch; to arrest; to snatch; to scratch | |
| 约 約 | to make an appointment; to invite; approximately; pact; treaty; to economize; to restrict; to reduce (a fraction); concise | |
| 各位 各位 | everybody; all (guests, colleagues etc); all of you | |
| 利用 利用 | to exploit; to make use of; to use; to take advantage of; to utilize | |
| 技术 技術 | technology; technique; skill | |
| 好好 好好 | well; carefully; nicely; properly | |
| 到底 到底 | finally; in the end; when all is said and done; after all; to the end; to the last | |
| 简单 簡單 | simple; not complicated | |
| 另外 另外 | additional; in addition; besides; separate; other; moreover; furthermore | |
| 曾经 曾經 | once; already; former; previously; ever; (past tense marker used before verb or clause) | |
| 明显 明顯 | clear; distinct; obvious | |
| 台 檯 | platform; stage; terrace; stand; support; station; broadcasting station; classifier for vehicles or machines | |
| 报告 報告 | to inform; to report; to make known; report; speech; talk; lecture | |
| 按 按 | to press; to push; to leave aside or shelve; to control; to restrain; to keep one's hand on; to check or refer to; according to; in the light of; (of an editor or author) to make a comment | |
| 人员 人員 | staff; crew; personnel | |
| 合作 合作 | to cooperate; to collaborate; to work together; cooperation | |
| 因此 因此 | thus; consequently; as a result | |
| 联系 聯繫 | connection; contact; relation; to get in touch with; to integrate; to link; to touch | |
| 任务 任務 | mission; assignment; task; duty; role | |
| 目标 目標 | target; goal; objective | |
| 确定 確定 | definite; certain; fixed; to fix (on sth); to determine; to be sure; to ensure; to make certain; to ascertain; to clinch; to recognize; to confirm; OK (on computer dialog box) | |
| 里面 裡面 | inside; interior; also pr. [lǐ mian] | |
| 代表 代表 | representative; delegate; to represent; to stand for; on behalf of; in the name of | |
| 突然 突然 | sudden; abrupt; unexpected | |
| 精神 精神 | spirit; mind; consciousness; thought; mental; psychological; essence; gist | |
| 指 指 | finger; to point at or to; to indicate or refer to; to depend on; to count on; (of hair) to stand on end | |
| 区 區 | area; region; district; small; distinguish | |
| 总是 總是 | always | |
| 个人 個人 | individual; personal; oneself | |
| 下来 下來 | to come down; (completed action marker); (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.); (indicates continuation from the past towards us); to be harvested (of crops); to be over (of a period of time); to go among the masses (said of leaders) | |
| 终于 終於 | at last; in the end; finally; eventually | |
| 比较 比較 | to compare; to contrast; comparatively; relatively; quite; comparison | |
| 马 馬 | horse; horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess; knight in Western chess | |
| 根本 根本 | fundamental; basic; root; simply; absolutely (not); (not) at all | |
| 保证 保證 | guarantee; to guarantee; to ensure; to safeguard; to pledge | |
| 拍 拍 | to pat; to clap; to slap; to swat; to take (a photo); to shoot (a film); racket (sports); beat (music) | |
| 注意 注意 | to take note of; to pay attention to |