Life Without Principle 2011
夺命金
A criminal, a bank clerk and a police officer find their destinies entwined when a loan shark gets assaulted after having withdrawn $10 million from the bank in the midst of the world financial crisis.
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Vocabulary
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| 岂有此理 豈有此理 | how can this be so? (idiom); preposterous; ridiculous; absurd | Idiom |
| 吹捧 吹捧 | to flatter; to laud sb's accomplishments; adulation | Xiehouyu |
| 照办 照辦 | to follow the rules; to do as instructed; to play by the book; to comply with a request | Xiehouyu |
| 不定 不定 | indefinite; indeterminate; (botany) adventitious | Xiehouyu |
| 吹牛 吹牛 | to talk big; to shoot off one's mouth; to chat (dialect) | Xiehouyu |
| 捣乱 搗亂 | to disturb; to look for trouble; to stir up a row; to bother sb intentionally | Xiehouyu |
| 公道 公道 | justice; fairness; public highway | Xiehouyu |
| 不理 不理 | to refuse to acknowledge; to pay no attention to; to take no notice of; to ignore | Xiehouyu |
| 贪婪 貪婪 | avaricious; greedy; rapacious; insatiable; avid | Xiehouyu |
| 多余 多餘 | superfluous; unnecessary; surplus | Xiehouyu |
| 嫂子 嫂子 | (coll.) older brother's wife; sister-in-law | Colloquialism |
| 家伙 傢伙 | household dish, implement or furniture; domestic animal; (coll.) guy; chap; weapon | Colloquialism |
| 农历 農曆 | the traditional Chinese calendar; the lunar calendar | |
| 输家 輸家 | loser (as opposed to winner 赢家) | |
| 换言之 換言之 | in other words | |
| 万万 萬萬 | absolutely; wholly | |
| 不平 不平 | uneven; injustice; unfairness; wrong; grievance; indignant; dissatisfied | |
| 还款 還款 | repayment; to pay back money | |
| 愈演愈烈 愈演愈烈 | ever more critical; problems get more and more intense | |
| 势必 勢必 | to be bound to; undoubtedly will | |
| 回升 回升 | to rise again after a fall; to pick up; rally (stock market etc) | |
| 达标 達標 | to reach a set standard | |
| 稳健 穩健 | firm; stable and steady | |
| 清淡 清淡 | light (of food, not greasy or strongly flavored); insipid; slack (sales) | |
| 杠杆 槓桿 | lever; pry bar; crowbar; financial leverage | |
| 稀罕 稀罕 | rare; uncommon; rare thing; rarity; to value as a rarity; to cherish; Taiwan pr. [xī hǎn] | |
| 专人 專人 | specialist; person appointed for specific task | |
| 顶多 頂多 | at most; at best | |
| 大笔 大筆 | Large | |
| 上限 上限 | upper bound | |
| 譬如 譬如 | for example; for instance; such as | |
| 落下 落下 | to fall; to drop; to land (of projectile) | |
| 问卷 問卷 | questionnaire | |
| 零钱 零錢 | change (of money); small change; pocket money | |
| 主权 主權 | sovereignty | |
| 划算 划算 | to calculate; to weigh (pros and cons); to view as profitable; worthwhile; value for money; cost-effective | |
| 分担 分擔 | to share (a burden, a cost, a responsibility) | |
| 日后 日後 | sometime; someday (in the future) | |
| 凸 凸 | to stick out; protruding; convex; male (connector etc); Taiwan pr. [tú] | |
| 完好 完好 | intact; in good condition | |
| 光顾 光顧 | to visit (as a customer) | |
| 神仙 神仙 | Daoist immortal; supernatural entity; (in modern fiction) fairy, elf, leprechaun etc; fig. lighthearted person | |
| 讲解 講解 | to explain | |
| 亲友 親友 | friends and relatives | |
| 赢家 贏家 | winner | |
| 反弹 反彈 | to bounce; to bounce back; to boomerang; to ricochet; rebound (of stock market etc); bounce; backlash; negative repercussions | |
| 关照 關照 | to take care; to keep an eye on; to look after; to tell; to remind | |
| 庙 廟 | temple; ancestral shrine; temple fair; great imperial hall; imperial | |
| 可信 可信 | trustworthy | |
| 景观 景觀 | landscape |