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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| 四十 四十 | forty; 40 | |
| 书本 書本 | book (chiefly used to refer to a plurality of books or books in general) | |
| 你我 你我 | you and I; everyone; all of us (in society); we (people in general) | |
| 老东西 老東西 | (derog.) old fool; old bastard | |
| 要看 要看 | (it) depends on... | |
| 两国 兩國 | both countries; the two countries | |
| 不问 不問 | to pay no attention to; to disregard; to ignore; to let go unpunished; to let off | |
| 走动 走動 | to walk around; to move about; to stretch one's legs; to go for a walk; to be mobile (e.g. after an illness); to visit one another; to socialize; to pay a visit (go to the toilet) | |
| 等等 等等 | et cetera; and so on...; wait a minute!; hold on! | |
| 穿衣 穿衣 | to put on clothes; to get dressed | |
| 拿下 拿下 | to arrest; to capture; to seize; to win (a set, a game etc) | |
| 哪一个 哪一個 | which | |
| 前人 前人 | predecessor; forebears; the person facing you | |
| 不兴 不興 | out of fashion; outmoded; impermissible; can't | |
| 有钱 有錢 | well-off; wealthy | |
| 女的 女的 | woman | |
| 坐好 坐好 | to sit properly; to sit up straight | |
| 十九 十九 | nineteen; 19 | |
| 拿起 拿起 | to pick up | |
| 跟人 跟人 | to marry (of woman) | |
| 昨晚 昨晚 | yesterday evening; last night | |
| 工匠 工匠 | artisan; smith | |
| 还好 還好 | not bad; tolerable; fortunately | |
| 树干 樹幹 | tree trunk | |
| 各国 各國 | each country; every country; various countries | |
| 最新 最新 | latest; newest | |
| 多个 多個 | many; multiple; multi- (faceted, ethnic etc) | |
| 今 今 | now, today, modern era | |
| 下个 下個 | second (of two parts); next (week etc); subsequent; the following | |
| 多国 多國 | multinational | |
| 从来没 從來沒 | have never; has never | |
| 果 果 | fruit; result | |
| 中间人 中間人 | intermediary; mediator | |
| 几分 幾分 | somewhat; a bit | |
| 等一下 等一下 | to wait a moment; later; in awhile | |
| 大一 大一 | first-year university student | |
| 每年 每年 | every year; each year; yearly | |
| 大大小小 大大小小 | large and small; of all sizes | |
| 工 工 | labor, work; worker, laborer | |
| 好几 好幾 | several; quite a few | |
| 三分 三分 | somewhat; to some degree | |
| 九十 九十 | ninety | |
| 有钱人 有錢人 | rich person; the rich | |
| 上西天 上西天 | (Buddhism) to go to the Western Paradise; (fig.) to die | |
| 不明 不明 | not clear; unknown; to fail to understand | |
| 开门 開門 | to open a door (lit. and fig.); to open for business | |
| 多大 多大 | how old?; how big?; how much?; so big; that much | |
| 一对一 一對一 | one-to-one; one-on-one | |
| 商会 商會 | chamber of commerce | |
| 到了 到了 | at last; finally; in the end |