Chinese Zodiac 2012

十二生肖 shí'èr shēngxiào

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.

HSK 1

4.45 Intermediate Director Jackie Chan 🍅 25%

Cast

Jackie Chan Jackie / Asian Hawk

Yao Xingtong Coco

Kwon Sang-woo Simon

Zhang Lanxin Bonnie

Liao Fan David Liao Laura Weissbecker Catherine de Sichel

Rosario Amedeo Pierre Marceau

Vincent Sze Cho-Lam Michael Morgan

Oliver Platt Lawrence Morgan

Aventurina King Student Protester

Vocabulary

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砸砸 zá	to smash; to pound; to fail; to muck up; to bungle	HSK 7
不知不知 bù zhī	not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc)	HSK 7
经經 jīng	classics; sacred book; scripture; to pass through; to undergo; to bear; to endure; warp (textile); longitude; menstruation; channel (TCM); abbr. for economics 经济	HSK 7
情情 qíng	feeling; emotion; passion; situation	HSK 7
未未 wèi	not yet; did not; have not; not; 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep; ancient Chinese compass point: 210°	HSK 7
以㕥 Yǐ	abbr. for Israel 列	HSK 7
之之 zhī	(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it	HSK 7
奇珍异宝奇珍異寶 qí zhēn yì bǎo	rare treasure (idiom)	Idiom ∼HSK 6
付之一炬付之一炬 fù zhī yī jù	to put to the torch (idiom); to commit to the flames; to burn sth down deliberately	Idiom ∼HSK 6
罪有应得罪有應得 zuì yǒu yīng dé	guilty and deserves to be punished (idiom); entirely appropriate chastisement; the punishment fits the crime	Idiom ∼HSK 6
原封不动原封不動 yuán fēng - bù dòng	lit. the original seal has not been disturbed (idiom); fig. left completely unchanged; untouched; intact	Idiom ∼HSK 6
趾高气扬趾高氣揚 zhǐ gāo qì yáng	high and mighty (idiom); arrogant	Idiom ∼HSK 6
不成不成 bù chéng	won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be?	Xiehouyu HSK 6
同行同行 tóng háng	person of the same profession; of the same trade, occupation or industry	Xiehouyu HSK 6
就算就算 jiù suàn	(coll.) even if	Colloquialism HSK 6
嘛嘛 má	used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what?	Colloquialism HSK 6
有没有有沒有 yǒu méi yǒu	(before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?; Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)?	HSK 6
曾祖父曾祖父 zēng zǔ fù	father's father's father; paternal great-grandfather	∼HSK 6
古堡古堡 gǔ bǎo	ancient castle	∼HSK 6
生肖生肖 shēng xiào	one of the twelve animals symbolic of the earthly branches; animal from the Chinese zodiac	∼HSK 6
铜像銅像 tóng xiàng	bronze statue	∼HSK 6
权杖權杖 quán zhàng	scepter	∼HSK 6
尺码尺碼 chǐ mǎ	size; fitting (of apparel)	∼HSK 6
残杀殘殺 cán shā	to massacre; to slaughter	∼HSK 6
边沿邊沿 biān yán	edge; fringe	∼HSK 6
渡假渡假 dù jià	(Tw) to go on holidays; to spend one's vacation	∼HSK 6
强迫症強迫症 qiǎng pò zhèng	obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)	∼HSK 6
损毁損毀 sǔn huǐ	to damage; to wreck; to destroy	∼HSK 6
抢掠搶掠 qiǎng lüè	to loot; looting	∼HSK 6
讲理講理 jiǎng lǐ	to argue; to reason with sb; to talk sense; to be reasonable	∼HSK 6
蜥蜴蜥蜴 xī yì	lizard	∼HSK 6
地标地標 dì biāo	landmark	∼HSK 6
丝巾絲巾 sī jīn	headscarf; kerchief; silk neckband	∼HSK 6
追讨追討 zhuī tǎo	to demand payment of money owing	∼HSK 6
人渣人渣 rén zhā	dregs of society; scum	∼HSK 6
作假作假 zuò jiǎ	to counterfeit; to falsify; to cheat; to defraud; fraudulent; to behave affectedly	∼HSK 6
大嫂大嫂 dà sǎo	older brother's wife; sister-in-law; elder sister (respectful appellation for an older married woman)	∼HSK 6
余年餘年 yú nián	one's remaining years	∼HSK 6
十二时辰十二時辰 shí èr shí chen	twelve divisions of the day of early Chinese and Babylonian timekeeping and astronomy	∼HSK 6
水柱水柱 shuǐ zhù	stream of water (as from a fountain or a faucet); jet of water	∼HSK 6
蔚为蔚為 wèi wéi	to afford (a magnificent view etc); to become (a prevailing fashion etc)	∼HSK 6
焚毁焚毀 fén huǐ	to burn down; to destroy with fire	∼HSK 6
农庄農莊 nóng zhuāng	farm; ranch	∼HSK 6
愚见愚見 yú jiàn	my humble opinion	∼HSK 6
盗卖盜賣 dào mài	to steal sth and sell it	∼HSK 6
考据考據 kǎo jù	textual criticism	∼HSK 6
复制品複製品 fù zhì pǐn	replica; reproduction	∼HSK 6
堂兄堂兄 táng xiōng	older male patrilineal cousin	∼HSK 6
哗众取宠嘩眾取寵 huá zhòng qǔ chǒng	sensationalism; vulgar claptrap to please the crowds; playing to the gallery; demagogy	∼HSK 6
破译破譯 pò yì	to decipher; to decode	∼HSK 6