Detective Chinatown 2015
唐人街探案
After being rejected from the police college, a mannerly man travels to Bangkok where he and an energetic distant relative must solve a murder case.
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Vocabulary
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| 黑吃黑 黑吃黑 | (of a villain) to do the dirty on another villain | Xiehouyu |
| 难受 難受 | to feel unwell; to suffer pain; to be difficult to bear | Xiehouyu |
| 正好 正好 | just (in time); just right; just enough; to happen to; to chance to; by chance; it just so happens that | Xiehouyu |
| 开心 開心 | to feel happy; to rejoice; to have a great time; to make fun of sb | Xiehouyu |
| 你个头 你個頭 | (coll.) my ass!; yeah, right! (used to mock a claim sb just made, as in "expert", my ass!) | Colloquialism |
| 够 夠 | enough (sufficient); enough (too much); (coll.) (before adj.) really; (coll.) to reach by stretching out | Colloquialism |
| 猫 貓 | cat; (dialect) to hide oneself; (coll.) modem | Colloquialism |
| 拉 拉 | to pull; to play (a bowed instrument); to drag; to draw; to chat; (coll.) to empty one's bowels | Colloquialism |
| 泰国 泰國 | Thailand | Proper Noun |
| 越南 越南 | Vietnam | Proper Noun |
| 湄南河 湄南河 | Chao Phraya River (aka Menam), the main river of Thailand | Proper Noun |
| 缅甸 緬甸 | Myanmar (or Burma) | Proper Noun |
| 道里 道裡 | Daoli, a district of Harbin in Heilongjiang | Proper Noun |
| 非洲 非洲 | Africa; abbr. for | Proper Noun |
| 马来西亚 馬來西亞 | Malaysia | Proper Noun |
| 见过 見過 | seen | |
| 那时候 那時候 | at that time | |
| 杀人 殺人 | homicide; to murder; to kill (a person) | |
| 案 案 | table, bench; legal case | |
| 表哥 表哥 | older male cousin via female line | |
| 一周 一週 | one week; all the way around; a whole cycle | |
| 知道了 知道了 | OK!; Got it! | |
| 咖啡馆 咖啡館 | café; coffee shop | |
| 表弟 表弟 | younger male cousin via female line | |
| 面包车 麵包車 | van for carrying people; taxi minibus | |
| 不可能 不可能 | impossible; cannot; not able | |
| 巴 巴 | greatly desire, anxiously hope | |
| 什么时候 什麼時候 | when?; at what time? | |
| 小孩子 小孩子 | child | |
| 找遍 找遍 | to search everywhere; to search high and low; to comb | |
| 带回 帶回 | to bring back | |
| 喝酒 喝酒 | to drink (alcohol) | |
| 女房东 女房東 | landlady | |
| 过生日 過生日 | to celebrate a birthday | |
| 低级 低級 | low level; rudimentary; vulgar; low; inferior | |
| 排查 排查 | to inspect; to run through a checklist; to take stock; to audit | |
| 警方 警方 | police | |
| 名叫 名叫 | called; named | |
| 基 基 | foundation, base | |
| 带走 帶走 | to carry; to take away | |
| 得要 得要 | to need; must | |
| 我靠 我靠 | bosh!; crap!; see also | |
| 一句 一句 | a line of verse; a sentence | |
| 所有人 所有人 | everyone; owner | |
| 假话 假話 | a lie; untrue statement; misstatement | |
| 到头 到頭 | to the end (of); at the end of; in the end; to come to an end | |
| 手推车 手推車 | trolley; cart; barrow; handcart; wheelbarrow; baby buggy | |
| 陈 陳 | exhibit, display; plead; a surname | |
| 表姐 表姐 | older female cousin via female line | |
| 远房 遠房 | distantly related; a distant relative |