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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| 器 器 | receptacle, vessel; instrument | |
| 看着办 看著辦 | to do as one sees fit; to play it by ear (according to the circumstances) | |
| 听不懂 聽不懂 | unable to make sense of what one is hearing | |
| 卡住 卡住 | to jam; to choke; to clutch; also pr. [qia3 zhu4] | |
| 海豚 海豚 | dolphin | |
| 鲸鱼 鯨魚 | whale | |
| 海里 海里 | nautical mile | |
| 卖掉 賣掉 | to sell off | |
| 算不了 算不了 | does not count for anything; of no account | |
| 男孩 男孩 | boy | |
| 起头 起頭 | to start; at first; beginning | |
| 上船 上船 | to get on the boat | |
| 一句 一句 | a line of verse; a sentence | |
| 成年人 成年人 | adult person | |
| 小孩子 小孩子 | child | |
| 真身 真身 | the real body (of Buddha or a God); true effigy | |
| 物 物 | thing, substance, creature | |
| 不一样 不一樣 | different; distinctive; unlike | |
| 身后 身後 | the time after one's death; a place behind sb; (fig.) one's social background | |
| 谢意 謝意 | gratitude; thanks | |
| 普通话 普通話 | Mandarin (common language); Putonghua (common speech of the Chinese language); ordinary speech | |
| 站住 站住 | to stand | |
| 东南 東南 | southeast | |
| 出院 出院 | to leave hospital; to be discharged from hospital | |
| 英文 英文 | English (language) | |
| 找出 找出 | to find; to search out | |
| 大海 大海 | sea; ocean | |
| 得出 得出 | to obtain (a result); to arrive at (a conclusion) | |
| 商人 商人 | merchant; businessman | |
| 快要 快要 | nearly at the point of (doing sth); about to (do sth) | |
| 不满 不滿 | resentful; discontented; dissatisfied | |
| 一共 一共 | altogether | |
| 从小 從小 | from childhood; from a young age | |
| 拿到 拿到 | to get; to obtain | |
| 假期 假期 | vacation | |
| 参观 參觀 | to look around; to tour; to visit | |
| 大声 大聲 | loud voice; in a loud voice; loudly | |
| 平安 平安 | safe and sound; well; without mishap; quiet and safe; at peace | |
| 小时候 小時候 | in one's childhood | |
| 接下来 接下來 | to accept; to take; next; following | |
| 碰到 碰到 | to come across; to run into; to meet; to hit | |
| 碰 掽 | to touch; to meet with; to bump | |
| 不好意思 不好意思 | to feel embarrassed; to find it embarrassing; to be sorry (for inconveniencing sb) | |
| 客人 客人 | visitor; guest; customer; client | |
| 送给 送給 | to send; to give as a present | |
| 不如 不如 | not equal to; not as good as; inferior to; it would be better to | |
| 主人 主人 | master; host; owner | |
| 大人 大人 | adult; grownup; title of respect toward superiors | |
| 多久 多久 | (of time) how long?; (not) a long time | |
| 的话 的話 | if (coming after a conditional clause) |