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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| 神探 神探 | master sleuth; lit. miraculous detective; cf Sherlock Holmes or Di Renjie | |
| 失窃 失竊 | to lose by theft; to have one's property stolen | |
| 监视器 監視器 | security camera; surveillance monitor | |
| 袭警 襲警 | to assault a police officer | |
| 凶器 兇器 | lethal weapon; murder weapon | |
| 嫌疑犯 嫌疑犯 | a suspect | |
| 佛像 佛像 | Buddhist image; statue of Buddha or Bodhisattva | |
| 刑警 刑警 | criminal police | |
| 哑巴 啞巴 | a mute; mute; silent | |
| 斑斑 斑斑 | full of stains or spots | |
| 血浓于水 血濃於水 | blood is thicker than water; fig. family ties are closer than social relations | |
| 剑指 劍指 | (fig.) to target; to set one's sights on (a goal, problem etc) | |
| 异味 異味 | unpleasant odor | |
| 盗匪 盜匪 | bandit | |
| 清白 清白 | pure; innocent | |
| 凶杀案 兇殺案 | murder case | |
| 真凶 真兇 | culprit | |
| 善恶 善惡 | good and evil; good versus evil | |
| 堂弟 堂弟 | younger male patrilineal cousin | |
| 查清 查清 | to find out; to ascertain; to get to the bottom of; to clarify | |
| 甩尾 甩尾 | drifting (motorsport) | |
| 尸检 屍檢 | autopsy | |
| 勘察 勘察 | to reconnoiter; to explore; to survey | |
| 不灵 不靈 | not work; be ineffective | |
| 紧绷 緊繃 | to stretch taut; (of muscles etc) taut; strained; tense | |
| 档期 檔期 | slot within a schedule; timeslot (for a TV program, a session with a photographer etc); range of dates in which an event is to be held (film screening, exhibition etc) | |
| 变样 變樣 | to change (appearance); to change shape | |
| 如假包换 如假包換 | replacement guaranteed if not genuine; fig. authentic | |
| 血丝 血絲 | wisps of blood; visible veins; (of eyes) bloodshot | |
| 泥垢 泥垢 | dirt; grime | |
| 烟熏 煙燻 | smoke; to fumigate | |
| 押送 押送 | to send under escort; to transport a detainee | |
| 印堂 印堂 | the part of the forehead between the eyebrows; yintang, acupuncture point at the midpoint between the medial ends of the eyebrows | |
| 证据确凿 證據確鑿 | 证: prove, confirm, verify; proof · 据: to occupy, take possession of; a base, position · 确: sure, certain; real, true · 凿: chisel; bore, pierce | |
| 活命 活命 | life; to survive; to save a life; to scrape a living | |
| 一夜之间 一夜之間 | (lit. and fig.) overnight | |
| 犯事 犯事 | to break the law; to commit a crime | |
| 暴打 暴打 | to beat viciously | |
| 蛮横 蠻橫 | rude and unreasonable | |
| 作坊 作坊 | workshop (of artisan) | |
| 丧门星 喪門星 | messenger of death; person bringing bad luck; Taiwan pr. [sang1 men2 xing1] | |
| 案情 案情 | details of a case; case | |
| 无以为报 無以為報 | unable to return the favor | |
| 酬劳 酬勞 | reward | |
| 不祥 不祥 | ominous; inauspicious | |
| 扯淡 扯淡 | to talk nonsense | |
| 胎盘 胎盤 | placenta | |
| 探案 探案 | (of a detective) to investigate a case | |
| 吉凶 吉凶 | good and bad luck (in astrology) | |
| 寻出 尋出 | to find out; to search out; to uncover; to discover |