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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| 碳排放 碳排放 | carbon emissions; carbon dioxide emissions | |
| 催化剂 催化劑 | catalyst | |
| 佛像 佛像 | Buddhist image; statue of Buddha or Bodhisattva | |
| 踢爆 踢爆 | to reveal; to expose | |
| 刑警 刑警 | criminal police | |
| 拆毁 拆毀 | to demolish; to tear down | |
| 连串 連串 | one after the other; a succession of; a series of | |
| 罪人 罪人 | sinner | |
| 秃鹰 禿鷹 | condor; bald eagle | |
| 主脑 主腦 | leader; the one in control; main (part, character etc) | |
| 女皇 女皇 | empress | |
| 火山爆发 火山爆發 | volcanic eruption | |
| 近视 近視 | shortsighted; nearsighted; myopia | |
| 中外 中外 | Sino-foreign; Chinese-foreign; home and abroad | |
| 单打 單打 | singles (in sports) | |
| 把戏 把戲 | acrobatics; jugglery; trick; ploy | |
| 一行 一行 | party; delegation | |
| 看得见 看得見 | can see; visible | |
| 祖母 祖母 | father's mother; paternal grandmother | |
| 很难说 很難說 | Hard to say | |
| 考古 考古 | archaeology | |
| 祖父 祖父 | father's father; paternal grandfather | |
| 挨着 挨著 | near | |
| 微波炉 微波爐 | microwave oven | |
| 低温 低溫 | low temperature | |
| 揭 揭 | to take the lid off; to expose; to unmask | |
| 壮观 壯觀 | spectacular; magnificent sight | |
| 主流 主流 | main stream (of a river); fig. the essential point; main viewpoint of a matter; mainstream (culture etc) | |
| 联手 聯手 | lit. to join hands; to act together | |
| 特地 特地 | specially; for a special purpose | |
| 海外 海外 | overseas; abroad | |
| 壶 壺 | pot; classifier for bottled liquid | |
| 本土 本土 | one's native country; native; local; metropolitan territory | |
| 好不容易 好不容易 | with great difficulty; very difficult | |
| 压迫 壓迫 | to oppress; to repress; to constrict; oppression; stress (physics) | |
| 船长 船長 | captain (of a boat); skipper | |
| 翼 翼 | surname Yi; alternative name for 绛 capital of the Jin State during the Spring and Autumn Period (770-475 BC) | |
| 有事 有事 | to be occupied with sth; to have sth on one's mind; there is something the matter | |
| 出名 出名 | well-known for sth; to become well known; to make one's mark; to lend one's name (to an event, endeavor etc) | |
| 医药 醫藥 | medical care and medicines; medicine (drug); medical; pharmaceutical | |
| 没收 沒收 | to confiscate; to seize | |
| 拿走 拿走 | to take away | |
| 捐款 捐款 | to donate money; to contribute funds; donation; contribution (of money) | |
| 意愿 意願 | aspiration; wish (for); desire | |
| 珠宝 珠寶 | pearls; jewels; precious stones | |
| 查出 查出 | to find out; to discover | |
| 会长 會長 | president of a club, committee etc | |
| 想不到 想不到 | unexpected; hard to imagine; it had not occurred to me; who could have thought that | |
| 大使 大使 | ambassador; envoy | |
| 接收 接收 | reception (of transmitted signal); to receive; to accept; to admit; to take over (e.g. a factory); to expropriate |