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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tàn pái fàng carbon emissions; carbon dioxide emissions ∼HSK 6
cuī huà catalyst ∼HSK 6
xiàng Buddhist image; statue of Buddha or Bodhisattva ∼HSK 6
bào to reveal; to expose ∼HSK 6
xíng jǐng criminal police ∼HSK 6
chāi huǐ to demolish; to tear down ∼HSK 6
lián chuàn one after the other; a succession of; a series of ∼HSK 6
zuì rén sinner ∼HSK 6
禿 yīng condor; bald eagle ∼HSK 6
zhǔ nǎo leader; the one in control; main (part, character etc) ∼HSK 6
huáng empress ∼HSK 6
huǒ shān bào volcanic eruption ∼HSK 6
jìn shì shortsighted; nearsighted; myopia HSK 6
zhōng wài Sino-foreign; Chinese-foreign; home and abroad HSK 6
dān singles (in sports) HSK 6
acrobatics; jugglery; trick; ploy HSK 6
xíng party; delegation HSK 6
kàn jiàn can see; visible HSK 6
father's mother; paternal grandmother HSK 6
hěn nánshuō Hard to say HSK 6
kǎo archaeology HSK 6
father's father; paternal grandfather HSK 6
āi zhe near HSK 6
wēi microwave oven HSK 6
wēn low temperature HSK 6
jiē to take the lid off; to expose; to unmask HSK 6
zhuàng guān spectacular; magnificent sight HSK 6
zhǔ liú main stream (of a river); fig. the essential point; main viewpoint of a matter; mainstream (culture etc) HSK 6
lián shǒu lit. to join hands; to act together HSK 6
specially; for a special purpose HSK 6
hǎi wài overseas; abroad HSK 6
pot; classifier for bottled liquid HSK 6
běn one's native country; native; local; metropolitan territory HSK 6
hǎo róng with great difficulty; very difficult HSK 6
to oppress; to repress; to constrict; oppression; stress (physics) HSK 6
chuán zhǎng captain (of a boat); skipper HSK 6
surname Yi; alternative name for 绛 capital of the Jin State during the Spring and Autumn Period (770-475 BC) HSK 6
yǒu shì to be occupied with sth; to have sth on one's mind; there is something the matter HSK 6
chū míng well-known for sth; to become well known; to make one's mark; to lend one's name (to an event, endeavor etc) HSK 6
yào medical care and medicines; medicine (drug); medical; pharmaceutical HSK 6
shōu to confiscate; to seize HSK 6
zǒu to take away HSK 6
juān kuǎn to donate money; to contribute funds; donation; contribution (of money) HSK 6
yuàn aspiration; wish (for); desire HSK 6
zhū bǎo pearls; jewels; precious stones HSK 6
chá chū to find out; to discover HSK 6
huì zhǎng president of a club, committee etc HSK 6
xiǎng bu dào unexpected; hard to imagine; it had not occurred to me; who could have thought that HSK 6
使 使 shǐ ambassador; envoy HSK 6
jiē shōu reception (of transmitted signal); to receive; to accept; to admit; to take over (e.g. a factory); to expropriate HSK 6