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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| 收藏家 收藏家 | a collector (e.g. of artworks) | |
| 洁癖 潔癖 | mysophobia; obsession with cleanliness; extreme fastidiousness | |
| 仿造 仿造 | to copy; to produce sth after a model; to counterfeit | |
| 沙皇 沙皇 | czar (loanword) | |
| 有情 有情 | to be in love; sentient beings (Buddhism) | |
| 死胡同 死衚衕 | dead end; blind alley | |
| 牟利 牟利 | to gain profit (by underhand means); to exploit; exploitation | |
| 意料之中 意料之中 | to come as no surprise; as expected | |
| 盯住 盯住 | to watch sb closely; to breathe down sb's neck; to mark (sports) | |
| 金融危机 金融危機 | financial crisis | |
| 副手 副手 | assistant | |
| 远征 遠征 | an expedition, esp. military; march to remote regions | |
| 胜仗 勝仗 | victory; victorious battle | |
| 战利品 戰利品 | spoils of war | |
| 滥好人 濫好人 | sb who tries to be on good terms with everyone | |
| 有道理 有道理 | to make sense; reasonable | |
| 扎营 紮營 | to camp; to pitch camp; stationed; quartered; Taiwan pr. [zha2 ying2] | |
| 回旋 迴旋 | variant of | |
| 狼蛛 狼蛛 | wolf spider | |
| 打爆 打爆 | 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) | |
| 打垮 打垮 | to defeat; to strike down; to destroy | |
| 蹲下 蹲下 | to squat down; to crouch | |
| 赎金 贖金 | ransom | |
| 蜜糖 蜜糖 | honey | |
| 烟雾弹 煙霧彈 | smoke bomb; smoke grenade | |
| 圆柱 圓柱 | column; cylinder | |
| 二分之一 二分之一 | one half | |
| 除以 除以 | (math.) divided by | |
| 乘以 乘以 | (math.) multiplied with | |
| 生闷气 生悶氣 | to seethe; to sulk; to be pissed off (vulgar) | |
| 满口谎言 滿口謊言 | to pour out lies | |
| 不可告人 不可告人 | to be kept secret; not to be divulged | |
| 大无畏 大無畏 | utterly fearless | |
| 纵使 縱使 | even if; even though | |
| 顺风 順風 | lit. tail wind; Bon voyage! | |
| 上钩 上鉤 | to take the bait | |
| 侵略者 侵略者 | aggressors; invaders | |
| 盗贼 盜賊 | robber | |
| 面罩 面罩 | mask; visor; facepiece (e.g. diving suit, gas mask) | |
| 偷盗 偷盜 | to steal | |
| 流标 流標 | (of an auction) to be inconclusive | |
| 耕耘 耕耘 | plowing and weeding; farm work; fig. to work or study diligently | |
| 皇天不负有心人 皇天不負有心人 | 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 | |
| 临终 臨終 | approaching one's end; with one foot in the grave | |
| 鼻孔 鼻孔 | nostril | |
| 泡制 泡製 | to infuse; to brew (a herbal remedy or beverage) | |
| 佣金 佣金 | commission | |
| 酒庄 酒莊 | winery | |
| 失窃 失竊 | to lose by theft; to have one's property stolen | |
| 百分之 百分之 | percent |