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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| 击毙 擊斃 | to kill; to shoot dead | |
| 炸毁 炸燬 | to blow up; to destroy with explosives | |
| 洗胃 洗胃 | (medicine) to give or receive gastric lavage; to get one's stomach pumped | |
| 燃 燃 | burn; light fire, ignite | |
| 翠 翠 | color green; kingfisher | |
| 镭 鐳 | radium | |
| 崎 崎 | rough, uneven, jagged, rugged | |
| 小姑 小姑 | father's youngest sister; husband's younger sister; sister-in-law | |
| 羞 羞 | shame | |
| 眼尾 眼尾 | outer corner of the eye | |
| 还击 還擊 | to hit back; to return fire | |
| 毙 斃 | kill; die violent death | |
| 杀人犯 殺人犯 | murderer; homicide | |
| 非礼 非禮 | impolite; impropriety; to sexually harass | |
| 恶人 惡人 | evil person; vile creature; villain; (archaic) ugly person | |
| 匡 匡 | correct, restore, revise | |
| 扶正 扶正 | to set sth upright or straight; to promote an employee from part-time to full-time (or from deputy to principal); (old) to raise from concubine to wife status | |
| 改签 改簽 | to change one's reservation; to transfer to a different flight, airline, bus or train | |
| 差一点儿 差一點兒 | erhua variant of 差一点; almost; nearly | |
| 启事 啟事 | announcement (written, on billboard, letter, newspaper or website); to post information; a notice | |
| 年前 年前 | by the end of the year; at the end of the year; shortly before New Year | |
| 便于 便於 | easy to; convenient for | |
| 对立 對立 | to oppose; to set sth against; to be antagonistic to; antithetical; relative opposite; opposing; diametrical | |
| 舍不得 捨不得 | to hate to do sth; to hate to part with; to begrudge | |
| 泼 潑 | to splash; to spill; rough and coarse; brutish | |
| 册 冊 | book; booklet; classifier for books | |
| 直线 直線 | straight line; sharply (rise or fall) | |
| 预备 預備 | to prepare; to make ready; preparation; preparatory | |
| 研究所 研究所 | research institute; graduate studies; graduate school | |
| 交代 交代 | to transfer (duties to sb else); to give instructions; to tell (sb to do sth); to explain; to give an account; to brief; to confess; to account for oneself; (jocular) to come to a bad end | |
| 再也 再也 | (not) any more | |
| 指甲 指甲 | fingernail | |
| 终身 終身 | lifelong; all one's life; marriage | |
| 深度 深度 | depth; (of a speech etc) profundity; advanced stage of development | |
| 面子 面子 | outer surface; the outside of sth; social prestige; face | |
| 示范 示範 | to demonstrate; to show how to do sth; demonstration; a model example | |
| 典礼 典禮 | celebration; ceremony | |
| 助手 助手 | assistant; helper | |
| 隔壁 隔壁 | next door; neighbor | |
| 包围 包圍 | to surround; to encircle; to hem in | |
| 逃跑 逃跑 | to flee from sth; to run away; to escape | |
| 物理 物理 | physics; physical | |
| 包装 包裝 | to pack; to package; to wrap; packaging | |
| 骗子 騙子 | swindler; a cheat | |
| 动机 動機 | motive; motivation | |
| 不利 不利 | unfavorable; disadvantageous; harmful; detrimental | |
| 完了 完了 | to be finished; to be done for; ruined; gone to the dogs; oh no | |
| 码头 碼頭 | dock; pier; wharf | |
| 脾气 脾氣 | character; temperament; disposition; bad temper | |
| 丑 丑 | clown; 2nd earthly branch: 1-3 a.m., 12th solar month (6th January to 3rd February), year of the Ox; ancient Chinese compass point: 30° |