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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| 米高 米高 | (HK) (name) Michael | Proper Noun |
| 海晏 海晏 | Haiyan County in Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai | Proper Noun |
| 希腊 希臘 | Greece | Proper Noun |
| 伦敦 倫敦 | London, capital of United Kingdom | Proper Noun |
| 九头鸟 九頭鳥 | legendary bird with nine heads (old); cunning or sly person | |
| 带回 帶回 | to bring back | |
| 住嘴 住嘴 | to hold one's tongue; Shut up! | |
| 不可能 不可能 | impossible; cannot; not able | |
| 百万 百萬 | million | |
| 每次 每次 | every time | |
| 接住 接住 | to catch (sth thrown etc); to receive (sth given); to accept | |
| 年轻人 年輕人 | young people; youngster | |
| 一定要 一定要 | must | |
| 停下来 停下來 | to stop | |
| 掉下 掉下 | to drop down; to fall | |
| 世 世 | generation; world; era | |
| 带走 帶走 | to carry; to take away | |
| 几千 幾千 | several thousand | |
| 卖出 賣出 | to sell; to reach (a price in an auction) | |
| 没问题 沒問題 | no problem | |
| 埃及 埃及 | Egypt | |
| 具 具 | tool, implement; draw up, write | |
| 应该的 應該的 | (polite response) you're welcome; just doing my duty; no problem | |
| 报导 報導 | to report (in the media); (news) report | |
| 低洼 低窪 | low-lying | |
| 出海 出海 | to go out to sea; (neologism) to expand into overseas markets | |
| 十亿 十億 | one billion; giga- | |
| 一只 一隻 | 一: one; a, an; alone · 只: only, just, simply | |
| 听懂 聽懂 | to understand (on hearing); to catch (what is spoken) | |
| 身 身 | body; trunk, hull; rad. no. 158 | |
| 知道了 知道了 | OK!; Got it! | |
| 史 史 | history, chronicle, annals | |
| 说了算 說了算 | to have the final say; to be the one in charge | |
| 基 基 | foundation, base | |
| 十万 十萬 | hundred thousand | |
| 款 款 | item, article; clause; fund | |
| 英 英 | petal, flower, leaf; brave, a hero; England, English | |
| 停手 停手 | to stop (what one is doing) | |
| 警方 警方 | police | |
| 改天 改天 | another day; some other time; to find another day (for appointment etc); to take a rain check | |
| 来讲 來講 | as to; considering; for | |
| 书画 書畫 | painting and calligraphy | |
| 眼中 眼中 | in (sb's) eyes | |
| 商船 商船 | merchant ship | |
| 开眼 開眼 | to open one's eyes; to widen one's horizons | |
| 好生 好生 | (dialect) very; quite; properly; well; thoroughly | |
| 什么时候 什麼時候 | when?; at what time? | |
| 养家 養家 | to support a family; to raise a family | |
| 挺住 挺住 | to stand firm; to stand one's ground (in the face of adversity or pain) | |
| 有可能 有可能 | possible; probable; possibly; probably; may; might |