Chinese Zodiac

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.

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4.45 Intermediate Director Jackie Chan 🍅 25%

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飞龙在天 飛龍在天 fēi lóng zài tiān a flying dragon in the sky (idiom); fig. a great man in a position of power and prominence Idiom ∼HSK 7
岂有此理 豈有此理 qǐ yǒu cǐ lǐ how can this be so? (idiom); preposterous; ridiculous; absurd Idiom HSK 7
面红耳赤 面紅耳赤 miàn hóng ěr chì flushed with anger (or excitement) Idiom HSK 7
五花八门 五花八門 wǔ huā bā mén myriad; all kinds of; all sorts of Idiom HSK 7
伤脑筋 傷腦筋 shāng nǎo jīn to be a real headache; to find sth a real headache; to beat one's brains Xiehouyu HSK 7
搁浅 擱淺 gē qiǎn to be stranded (of ship); to run aground; fig. to run into difficulties and stop Xiehouyu HSK 7
正直 正直 zhèng zhí upright; upstanding; honest Xiehouyu HSK 7
贪婪 貪婪 tān lán avaricious; greedy; rapacious; insatiable; avid Xiehouyu HSK 7
完蛋 完蛋 wán dàn (coll.) to be done for Xiehouyu HSK 7
无情 無情 wú qíng pitiless; ruthless; merciless; heartless Xiehouyu HSK 7
夸张 誇張 kuā zhāng to exaggerate; overstated; exaggerated; hyperbole; (coll.) excessive; ridiculous; outrageous Colloquialism HSK 7
家伙 傢伙 jiā huo household dish, implement or furniture; domestic animal; (coll.) guy; chap; weapon Colloquialism HSK 7
风沙 風沙 fēng shā sand blown by wind; sandstorm HSK 7
学艺 學藝 xué yì to learn a skill or art HSK 7
朝代 朝代 cháo dài dynasty; reign (of a king) HSK 7
耍赖 耍賴 shuǎ lài to act shamelessly; to refuse to acknowledge that one has lost the game, or made a promise etc; to act dumb; to act as if sth never happened HSK 7
郊游 郊遊 jiāo yóu to go for an outing; to go on an excursion HSK 7
地势 地勢 dì shì terrain; topography relief HSK 7
茅台酒 茅臺酒 máo tái jiǔ maotai (a Chinese liquor) HSK 7
邻国 鄰國 lín guó bordering country; neighbor country; neighboring countries; surrounding countries HSK 7
怨气 怨氣 yuàn qì grievance; resentment; complaint HSK 7
国宝 國寶 guó bǎo national treasure HSK 7
跟上 跟上 gēn shàng to catch up with; to keep pace with HSK 7
封建 封建 fēng jiàn system of enfeoffment; feudalism; feudal; feudalistic HSK 7
打磨 打磨 dǎ mó to polish; to burnish; to shine HSK 7
情怀 情懷 qíng huái feelings; mood HSK 7
领事 領事 lǐng shì consul HSK 7
机舱 機艙 jī cāng cabin of a plane HSK 7
肆无忌惮 肆無忌憚 sì wú jì dàn absolutely unrestrained; unbridled; without the slightest scruple HSK 7
售价 售價 shòu jià selling price HSK 7
倒卖 倒賣 dǎo mài to resell at a profit; to speculate HSK 7
兴建 興建 xīng jiàn to build; to construct HSK 7
嘱咐 囑咐 zhǔ fù to tell; to exhort; injunction HSK 7
跳伞 跳傘 tiào sǎn to parachute; to bail out; parachute jumping HSK 7
一刹那 一剎那 yī chà nà a moment; an instant; in a flash HSK 7
私事 私事 sī shì personal matters HSK 7
放肆 放肆 fàng sì wanton; unbridled; presumptuous; impudent HSK 7
杠杆 槓桿 gàng gǎn lever; pry bar; crowbar; financial leverage HSK 7
官兵 官兵 guān bīng (military) officers and soldiers; officers and men; (old) government troops HSK 7
下山 下山 xià shān to go down a hill; (of the sun or moon) to set HSK 7
记号 記號 jì hao mark; symbol; notation; seal HSK 7
抢夺 搶奪 qiǎng duó to plunder; to pillage; to forcibly take HSK 7
造假 造假 zào jiǎ to counterfeit; to pass off a fake as genuine HSK 7
瓦解 瓦解 wǎ jiě to collapse; to disintegrate; to crumble; to disrupt; to break up HSK 7
简陋 簡陋 jiǎn lòu simple and crude HSK 7
无话可说 無話可說 wú huà kě shuō to have nothing to say (idiom) HSK 7
沿途 沿途 yán tú along the sides of the road; by the wayside HSK 7
转交 轉交 zhuǎn jiāo to pass on to sb; to carry and give to sb else HSK 7
后人 後人 hòu rén later generation HSK 7
寺庙 寺廟 sì miào temple; monastery; shrine HSK 7