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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| 能 能 | can; to be able to; might possibly; ability; (physics) energy | |
| 想 想 | to think (about); to think of; to devise; to think (that); to believe (that); to desire; to want (to); to miss (feel wistful about the absence of) | |
| 去 去 | to go; to go to (a place); (of a time etc) last; just passed; to send; to remove; to get rid of; to reduce; to be apart from in space or time; to die (euphemism); to play (a part); (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth; (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker); (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation) | |
| 她 她 | she | |
| 还 還 | still; still in progress; still more; yet; even more; in addition; fairly; passably (good); as early as; even; also; else | |
| 很 很 | (adverb of degree); quite; very; awfully | |
| 来 來 | to come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb); hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回来); ever since (as in 自古以来); for the past (amount of time); (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 来世); (between two verbs) in order to; (after a round number) approximately; (used after 得 to indicate possibility, as in 谈得来, or after 不 to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不来) | |
| 到 到 | to reach; to arrive; to leave for; to go to; to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point); (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point); considerate; thoughtful; thorough | |
| 上 上 | used in 上声 | |
| 对 對 | right; correct; towards; at; for; concerning; regarding; to treat (sb a certain way); to face; (bound form) opposite; facing; matching; to match together; to adjust; to fit; to suit; to answer; to reply; to add; to pour in (a fluid); to check; to compare; classifier: couple; pair | |
| 都 都 | all; both; entirely; (used for emphasis) even; already; (not) at all | |
| 会 會 | can; to have the skill; to know how to; to be likely to; to be sure to; to meet; to get together; meeting; gathering; (suffix) union; group; association; (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. [huǐ]) | |
| 也 也 | (adverb) also; both ... and ... (before predicates only); (literary) particle having functions similar to 啊 | |
| 一 一 | one; single; a (article); as soon as; entire; whole; all; throughout; "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1); also pr. [yāo] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit | |
| 好 好 | to be fond of; to have a tendency to; to be prone to | |
| 我们 我們 | we; us; ourselves; our | |
| 说 說 | to speak; to talk; to say; to explain; to comment; to scold; to tell off; (bound form) theory; doctrine | |
| 个 個 | (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individual | |
| 人 人 | person; people | |
| 要 要 | (bound form) to demand; to coerce | |
| 和 咊 | (joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. [hàn]); (math.) sum; to make peace; (sports) to draw; to tie; (bound form) harmonious; (bound form) Japan; Japanese | |
| 就 就 | (after a suppositional clause) in that case; then; (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after; (same as 是) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly; only; as little as; as much as; as many as; to approach; to move towards; to undertake; to engage in; (often followed by 着) taking advantage of; (of food) to go with; with regard to; concerning; (pattern: 就 ... 也 ...) even if ... still ...; (pattern: 不 ... 就 ...) if not ... then must be ... | |
| 这 這 | (pronoun) this; these; (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun); (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. [zhèi], esp. in Beijing) | |
| 他 他 | he; him (used for either sex when the sex is unknown or unimportant); (used before sb's name for emphasis); (used as a meaningless mock object); (literary) other | |
| 有 有 | to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 意 intentional) | |
| 不 不 | no; not so; (bound form) not; un- | |
| 你 你 | you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您) | |
| 在 在 | to exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at; (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) | |
| 是 是 | to be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true; (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well; (adverb for emphatic assertion) | |
| 我 我 | I; me; my | |
| 了 了 | (completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) | |
| 的 的 | of; ~'s (possessive particle); (used after an attribute); (used to form a nominal expression); (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis); also pr. [dì] or [di] in poetry and songs | |
| 噢 噢 | oh; ah (used to indicate realization); also pr. [ou4] | Interjection |
| 思 思 | think, consider, ponder; final particle | Interjection |
| 哗 嘩 | (onom.) bang; clang; sound of gurgling, splashing or flowing water; (interjection expressing surprise) wow | Onomatopoeia |