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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| 对不对 對不對 | right or wrong?; Is it right?; OK, yes? (colloquial) | Colloquialism |
| 一块 一塊 | a piece; a chunk; (fig.) (coll.) (typically preceded by a specifier such as) aspect; area; dimension (Example: "the emotional aspect (of it)"); (coll.) one yuan; a dollar; together; in the same | Colloquialism |
| 打的 打的 | (coll.) to take a taxi; to go by taxi | Colloquialism |
| 有本事 有本事 | to have what it takes; (coll.) (often followed by) (used to challenge sb) if you're so clever,..., if she's so tough,... etc; Example: Hit me if you dare! | Colloquialism |
| 这不 這不 | (coll.) As a matter of fact,... (used to introduce evidence for what one has just asserted) | Colloquialism |
| 爷爷 爺爺 | (coll.) father's father; paternal grandfather | Colloquialism |
| 山 山 | mountain; hill; (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on | Colloquialism |
| 爸爸 爸爸 | (coll.) father; dad | Colloquialism |
| 块 塊 | lump; chunk; piece; classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc; (coll.) classifier for money and currency units | Colloquialism |
| 吗 嗎 | (coll.) what? | Colloquialism |
| 那 那 | (specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nèi]); (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations); then (in that case) | Colloquialism |
| 着 著 | to touch; to come in contact with; to feel; to be affected by; to catch fire; to burn; (coll.) to fall asleep; (after a verb) hitting the mark; succeeding in | Colloquialism |
| 法国 法國 | France | Proper Noun |
| 水里 水裡 | Shuili Township in Nantou County, central Taiwan | Proper Noun |
| 中国人 中國人 | Chinese person | Proper Noun |
| 印度 印度 | India | Proper Noun |
| 七月 七月 | July; seventh month (of the lunar year) | Proper Noun |
| 十月 十月 | October; tenth month (of the lunar year) | Proper Noun |
| 吴哥窟 吳哥窟 | Angkor Wat, temple complex in Cambodia | Proper Noun |
| 山下 山下 | Yamashita (Japanese surname) | Proper Noun |
| 十一 十一 | PRC National Day (October 1st) | Proper Noun |
| 山口 山口 | Yamaguchi (Japanese surname and place name); Yamaguchi prefecture in the southwest of Japan's main island Honshū | Proper Noun |
| 日本 日本 | Japan | Proper Noun |
| 韩国 韓國 | South Korea (Republic of Korea); (historical) Han, one of the Seven Warring States | Proper Noun |
| 南韩 南韓 | (Tw, HK) South Korea | Proper Noun |
| 谁知道 誰知道 | God knows...; Who would have imagined...? | |
| 一个 一個 | a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc) | |
| 这个 這個 | (pronoun) this; (adjective) this | |
| 不是 不是 | no; is not; not | |
| 没事 沒事 | it's not important; it's nothing; never mind; to have nothing to do; to be free; to be all right (out of danger or trouble) | |
| 这是 這是 | 这: this, the, here · 是: indeed, yes, right; to be; demonstrative pronoun, this, that | |
| 一下 一下 | (after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try); all at once; suddenly | |
| 玫瑰花 玫瑰花 | rose | |
| 十二 十二 | twelve; 12 | |
| 那个 那個 | that one; that thing; that (as opposed to this); (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis); (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word); (used in speech as a filler | |
| 不能 不能 | cannot; must not; should not | |
| 一点 一點 | a bit; a little bit; (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit; (after an adjective, used to form the comparative) a bit more, -er; a point (in a discussion etc); (calligraphy) dot stroke (、); one o'clock (abbr. for 一點鍾|一点钟[yi1 dia | |
| 你好 你好 | hello; hi | |
| 五十 五十 | fifty | |
| 快点 快點 | to do sth more quickly; Hurry up!; Get a move on! | |
| 这就 這就 | immediately; at once | |
| 怎么了 怎麼了 | What's up?; What's going on?; What happened? | |
| 我去 我去 | (slang) what the...!; oh my god!; that's insane! | |
| 一次 一次 | first; first time; once; (math.) linear (of degree one) | |
| 不到 不到 | not to arrive; not reaching; insufficient; less than | |
| 太好了 太好了 | very good | |
| 第二次 第二次 | the second time; second; number two | |
| 想要 想要 | to want to; to feel like; to fancy; to care for sb; desirous of | |
| 几个 幾個 | a few; several; how many | |
| 不可以 不可以 | may not |