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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| 不想 不想 | unexpectedly; to one's surprise | |
| 第一次 第一次 | the first time; first; number one | |
| 二十 二十 | twenty; 20 | |
| 买回 買回 | to buy back; to redeem; repurchase | |
| 儿 兒 | son, child; KangXi radical 10 | |
| 对了 對了 | Correct!; Oh, that's right,... (when one suddenly remembers sth one wanted to mention); Oh, by the way,... | |
| 这位 這位 | this (person) | |
| 这种 這種 | this kind of | |
| 百年 百年 | hundred years; century; lifetime | |
| 星 星 | a star, planet; any point of light | |
| 找不到 找不到 | can't find | |
| 找回 找回 | to retrieve | |
| 上天 上天 | Heaven; Providence; God; the sky above; to fly skywards; (euphemism) to die; to pass away; the previous day (or days) | |
| 不了 不了 | no thanks (used to politely but informally decline) | |
| 一个人 一個人 | by oneself (without assistance); alone (without company) | |
| 看不见 看不見 | cannot see; cannot be seen; invisible | |
| 说说 說說 | to say sth | |
| 您好 您好 | hello (polite) | |
| 还给 還給 | to return sth to sb | |
| 要有 要有 | to need; to require; must have | |
| 几天 幾天 | several days | |
| 每天 每天 | every day | |
| 不见了 不見了 | to have disappeared; to be missing; nowhere to be found | |
| 是的 是的 | yes, that's right; variant of | |
| 女孩 女孩 | girl; lass | |
| 在一起 在一起 | together | |
| 在外 在外 | outer; excluded | |
| 家的 家的 | (old) wife | |
| 中的 中的 | to hit the target; (fig.) to hit the nail on the head | |
| 不忙 不忙 | there's no hurry; take one's time | |
| 到现在 到現在 | up until now; to date | |
| 正午 正午 | midday; noon; noonday | |
| 地窖 地窖 | cellar; basement | |
| 八十 八十 | eighty; 80 | |
| 西打 西打 | cider (loanword) | |
| 几次 幾次 | several times | |
| 买进 買進 | to purchase; to buy in (goods) | |
| 第五 第五 | fifth | |
| 买家 買家 | buyer; purchaser | |
| 不是吗 不是嗎 | isn't that so? | |
| 怎么回事 怎麼回事 | what's the matter?; what's going on?; how could that be?; how did that come about?; what's it all about? | |
| 好几年 好幾年 | several years | |
| 你等 你等 | (archaic) you all | |
| 男友 男友 | boyfriend | |
| 女友 女友 | girlfriend | |
| 几年 幾年 | a few years; several years; how many years? | |
| 没电 沒電 | discharged; flat; dead (of batteries) | |
| 走出 走出 | to leave (a room etc); to go out through (a door etc) | |
| 过多 過多 | too many; excessive | |
| 回电 回電 | to call sb back (on the phone); a return call; to reply to a telegram; to wire back; a reply telegram |