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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| 涉嫌 涉嫌 | to be a suspect (in a crime); to be suspected of | |
| 趴 趴 | to lie on one's stomach; to lean forward, resting one's upper body (on a desktop etc); (Tw) percent | |
| 介入 介入 | to intervene; to get involved | |
| 绑 綁 | to tie; bind or fasten together; to kidnap | |
| 监视 監視 | to monitor; to keep a close watch over; surveillance | |
| 铜 銅 | copper (chemistry); see also 红铜 | |
| 手臂 手臂 | arm; helper | |
| 保佑 保佑 | to bless and protect; blessing | |
| 渣 渣 | slag (in mining or smelting); dregs | |
| 戒指 戒指 | (finger) ring | |
| 有意 有意 | to intend; intentionally; interested in | |
| 钻石 鑽石 | diamond | |
| 来临 來臨 | to approach; to come closer | |
| 假装 假裝 | to feign; to pretend | |
| 化妆 化妝 | to put on makeup | |
| 拍卖 拍賣 | to auction; auction sale; to sell at a reduced price | |
| 讨 討 | to invite; to provoke; to demand or ask for; to send armed forces to suppress; to denounce or condemn; to marry (a woman); to discuss or study | |
| 欲望 慾望 | desire; longing; appetite; craving | |
| 拯救 拯救 | to save; to rescue | |
| 借口 借口 | to use as an excuse; excuse; pretext | |
| 都会 都會 | city; metropolis | |
| 秩序 秩序 | order (orderly); order (sequence); social order; the state (of society) | |
| 宗 宗 | school; sect; purpose; model; ancestor; clan; to take as one's model (in academic or artistic work); classifier for batches, items, cases (medical or legal), reservoirs | |
| 绑架 綁架 | to kidnap; to abduct; to hijack; a kidnapping; abduction; staking | |
| 回归 回歸 | to return to; to retreat; regression (statistics) | |
| 审判 審判 | a trial; to try sb | |
| 依 依 | to depend on; to comply with or listen to sb; according to; in the light of | |
| 乖 乖 | (of a child) obedient, well-behaved; clever; shrewd; alert; perverse; contrary to reason; irregular; abnormal | |
| 堂 堂 | (main) hall; large room for a specific purpose; relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family; of the same clan; classifier for classes, lectures etc; classifier for sets of furniture | |
| 注定 註定 | to foreordain; to be bound to; to be destined to; to be doomed to; inevitably | |
| 砍 砍 | to chop; to cut down; to throw sth at sb | |
| 钥匙 鑰匙 | key | |
| 奇迹 奇跡 | miracle; miraculous; wonder; marvel | |
| 监控 監控 | to monitor | |
| 失踪 失蹤 | to be missing; to disappear; unaccounted for | |
| 即便 即便 | even if; even though; right away; immediately | |
| 老大 老大 | old age; very; eldest child in a family; leader of a group; boss; captain of a boat; leader of a criminal gang | |
| 屁股 屁股 | buttocks; bottom; butt; back part | |
| 跟踪 跟蹤 | to follow sb's tracks; to tail; to shadow; tracking | |
| 耍 耍 | to play with; to wield; to act (cool etc); to display (a skill, one's temper etc) | |
| 灰 灰 | ash; dust; lime; gray; discouraged; dejected | |
| 金属 金屬 | metal | |
| 尿 尿 | to urinate; urine | |
| 哼 哼 | to groan; to snort; to hum; to croon; humph! | |
| 家族 家族 | family; clan | |
| 素 素 | raw silk; white; plain, unadorned; vegetarian (food); essence; nature; element; constituent; usually; always; ever | |
| 枚 枚 | classifier for coins, rings, badges, pearls, sporting medals, rockets, satellites etc; tree trunk; whip; wooden peg, used as a gag for marching soldiers (old) | |
| 艘 艘 | classifier for ships; Taiwan pr. [sāo] | |
| 恭喜 恭喜 | to congratulate; (interj.) congratulations! | |
| 盯 盯 | to watch attentively; to fix one's attention on; to stare at; to gaze at |