Chinese Zodiac

Chinese Zodiac 2012

shí'èr shēngxiào

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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4.45 Intermediate Director Jackie Chan 🍅 25%

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Vocabulary

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receptacle, vessel; instrument ∼HSK 2
kàn zhe bàn to do as one sees fit; to play it by ear (according to the circumstances) ∼HSK 2
tīng bu dǒng unable to make sense of what one is hearing ∼HSK 2
zhù to jam; to choke; to clutch; also pr. [qia3 zhu4] ∼HSK 2
hǎi tún dolphin ∼HSK 2
jīng whale ∼HSK 2
hǎi nautical mile ∼HSK 2
mài diào to sell off ∼HSK 2
suàn liǎo does not count for anything; of no account ∼HSK 2
nán hái boy ∼HSK 2
tóu to start; at first; beginning ∼HSK 2
shàng chuán to get on the boat ∼HSK 2
a line of verse; a sentence ∼HSK 2
chéng nián rén adult person ∼HSK 2
xiǎo hái zi child ∼HSK 2
zhēn shēn the real body (of Buddha or a God); true effigy ∼HSK 2
thing, substance, creature ∼HSK 2
yàng different; distinctive; unlike ∼HSK 2
shēn hòu the time after one's death; a place behind sb; (fig.) one's social background ∼HSK 2
xiè gratitude; thanks ∼HSK 2
tōng huà Mandarin (common language); Putonghua (common speech of the Chinese language); ordinary speech HSK 2
zhàn zhù to stand HSK 2
dōng nán southeast HSK 2
chū yuàn to leave hospital; to be discharged from hospital HSK 2
Yīng wén English (language) HSK 2
zhǎo chū to find; to search out HSK 2
hǎi sea; ocean HSK 2
chū to obtain (a result); to arrive at (a conclusion) HSK 2
shāng rén merchant; businessman HSK 2
kuài yào nearly at the point of (doing sth); about to (do sth) HSK 2
滿 mǎn resentful; discontented; dissatisfied HSK 2
gòng altogether HSK 2
cóng xiǎo from childhood; from a young age HSK 2
dào to get; to obtain HSK 2
jià vacation HSK 2
cān guān to look around; to tour; to visit HSK 2
shēng loud voice; in a loud voice; loudly HSK 2
píng ān safe and sound; well; without mishap; quiet and safe; at peace HSK 2
xiǎo shí hou in one's childhood HSK 2
jiē xià lái to accept; to take; next; following HSK 2
pèng dào to come across; to run into; to meet; to hit HSK 2
pèng to touch; to meet with; to bump HSK 2
hǎo si to feel embarrassed; to find it embarrassing; to be sorry (for inconveniencing sb) HSK 2
rén visitor; guest; customer; client HSK 2
sòng gěi to send; to give as a present HSK 2
not equal to; not as good as; inferior to; it would be better to HSK 2
zhǔ rén master; host; owner HSK 2
ren adult; grownup; title of respect toward superiors HSK 2
duō jiǔ (of time) how long?; (not) a long time HSK 2
de huà if (coming after a conditional clause) HSK 2