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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| 层 層 | to pile on top of one another; layer; stratum; floor (of a building); story; (math.) sheaf; classifier for layers | |
| 取 取 | to take; to get; to choose; to fetch | |
| 留下 留下 | to leave behind; to stay behind; to remain; to keep; not to let (sb) go | |
| 节 節 | see 节骨眼 | |
| 鱼 魚 | fish | |
| 方向 方向 | direction; orientation | |
| 收到 收到 | to receive | |
| 正确 正確 | correct; sound; right; proper | |
| 通 通 | to go through; to know well; (suffix) expert; to connect; to communicate; open; to clear; classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls etc | |
| 刚才 剛才 | just now; a moment ago | |
| 样子 樣子 | appearance; manner; pattern; model | |
| 画 畫 | to draw; to paint; picture; painting; to draw (a line) (variant of 划); stroke of a Chinese character (variant of 划); (calligraphy) horizontal stroke (variant of 划) | |
| 称 稱 | to fit; balanced; suitable | |
| 夜 亱 | night | |
| 省 省 | to save; to economize; to be frugal; to omit; to delete; to leave out; province; provincial capital; a ministry (of the Japanese government) | |
| 就要 就要 | will; shall; to be going to | |
| 后来 後來 | afterwards; later; newly arrived | |
| 假 假 | used in 掰 | |
| 超过 超過 | to surpass; to exceed; to outstrip | |
| 主要 主要 | main; principal; major; primary | |
| 脚 腳 | foot; leg (of an animal or an object); base (of an object); classifier for kicks | |
| 意见 意見 | idea; opinion; suggestion; objection; complaint | |
| 意思 意思 | idea; opinion; meaning; wish; desire; interest; fun; token of appreciation, affection etc; to give as a small token; to do sth as a gesture of goodwill etc | |
| 身边 身邊 | at one's side; on hand | |
| 越来越 越來越 | more and more | |
| 许多 許多 | many; a lot of; much | |
| 弄 弄 | lane; alley | |
| 低 低 | low; beneath; to lower (one's head); to let droop; to hang down; to incline | |
| 面前 面前 | in front of; facing; (in the) presence (of) | |
| 漂亮 漂亮 | pretty; beautiful | |
| 重新 重新 | again; once more; re- | |
| 怕 怕 | to be afraid; to fear; to dread; to be unable to endure; perhaps | |
| 哭 哭 | to cry; to weep | |
| 只能 只能 | can only; obliged to do sth; to have no other choice | |
| 经过 經過 | to pass; to go through; process; course | |
| 受到 受到 | to receive (praise, an education, punishment etc); to be ...ed (praised, educated, punished etc) | |
| 变成 變成 | to change into; to turn into; to become | |
| 数 數 | to count; to count as; to regard as; to enumerate; to list | |
| 声音 聲音 | voice; sound | |
| 收 收 | to receive; to accept; to collect; to put away; to restrain; to stop; in care of (used on address line after name) | |
| 怎样 怎樣 | how; what kind | |
| 做到 做到 | to accomplish; to achieve | |
| 新闻 新聞 | news | |
| 可爱 可愛 | adorable; cute; lovely | |
| 欢迎 歡迎 | to welcome; welcome | |
| 它们 它們 | they (for inanimate objects) | |
| 原来 原來 | original; former; originally; formerly; at first; so, actually, as it turns out | |
| 倒 倒 | to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally; to fail; to go bankrupt; to overthrow; to change (trains or buses); to move around; to resell at a profit | |
| 气 氣 | gas; air; smell; weather; to make angry; to annoy; to get angry; vital energy; qi | |
| 银行 銀行 | bank |