Chinese Zodiac

Chinese Zodiac 2012

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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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4.45 Intermediate Director Jackie Chan 🍅 25%

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Vocabulary

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shōu cáng jiā a collector (e.g. of artworks) ∼HSK 6
jié mysophobia; obsession with cleanliness; extreme fastidiousness ∼HSK 6
仿 仿 fǎng zào to copy; to produce sth after a model; to counterfeit ∼HSK 6
shā huáng czar (loanword) ∼HSK 6
yǒu qíng to be in love; sentient beings (Buddhism) ∼HSK 6
tòng dead end; blind alley ∼HSK 6
móu to gain profit (by underhand means); to exploit; exploitation ∼HSK 6
liào zhī zhōng to come as no surprise; as expected ∼HSK 6
dīng zhù to watch sb closely; to breathe down sb's neck; to mark (sports) ∼HSK 6
jīn róng wēi financial crisis ∼HSK 6
shǒu assistant ∼HSK 6
yuǎn zhēng an expedition, esp. military; march to remote regions ∼HSK 6
shèng zhàng victory; victorious battle ∼HSK 6
zhàn pǐn spoils of war ∼HSK 6
làn hǎo rén sb who tries to be on good terms with everyone ∼HSK 6
yǒu dào li to make sense; reasonable ∼HSK 6
zhā yíng to camp; to pitch camp; stationed; quartered; Taiwan pr. [zha2 ying2] ∼HSK 6
huí xuán variant of ∼HSK 6
láng zhū wolf spider ∼HSK 6
bào to blow out; to blow off; (computer games) to zap; (phone) to ring off the hook; to be jammed; to max out (credit card etc) ∼HSK 6
kuǎ to defeat; to strike down; to destroy ∼HSK 6
dūn xià to squat down; to crouch ∼HSK 6
shú jīn ransom ∼HSK 6
táng honey ∼HSK 6
yān dàn smoke bomb; smoke grenade ∼HSK 6
yuán zhù column; cylinder ∼HSK 6
èr fēn zhī one half ∼HSK 6
chú (math.) divided by ∼HSK 6
chéng (math.) multiplied with ∼HSK 6
shēng mèn to seethe; to sulk; to be pissed off (vulgar) ∼HSK 6
滿 mǎn kǒu huǎng yán to pour out lies ∼HSK 6
gào rén to be kept secret; not to be divulged ∼HSK 6
wèi utterly fearless ∼HSK 6
使 使 zòng shǐ even if; even though ∼HSK 6
shùn fēng lit. tail wind; Bon voyage! ∼HSK 6
shàng gōu to take the bait ∼HSK 6
qīn lüè zhě aggressors; invaders ∼HSK 6
dào zéi robber ∼HSK 6
miàn zhào mask; visor; facepiece (e.g. diving suit, gas mask) ∼HSK 6
tōu dào to steal ∼HSK 6
liú biāo (of an auction) to be inconclusive ∼HSK 6
gēng yún plowing and weeding; farm work; fig. to work or study diligently ∼HSK 6
huáng tiān yǒu xīn rén 皇: royal, imperial; ruler, superior · 天: sky, heaven; god, celestial · 不: no, not; un-; negative prefix · 负: load, burden; carry, bear · 有: have, own, possess; exist · 心: heart; mind, intelligence; soul · 人: man; people; mankind; someone else ∼HSK 6
lín zhōng approaching one's end; with one foot in the grave ∼HSK 6
kǒng nostril ∼HSK 6
pào zhì to infuse; to brew (a herbal remedy or beverage) ∼HSK 6
yòng jīn commission ∼HSK 6
jiǔ zhuāng winery ∼HSK 6
shī qiè to lose by theft; to have one's property stolen ∼HSK 6
bǎi fēn zhī percent ∼HSK 6