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criminal, a bank clerk and a police officer find their destinies entwined when a loan shark gets assaulted after having withdrawn $10 million from the bank in the midst of the world financial crisis.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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| 就是 就是 | exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也) even; even if | |
| 被 被 | quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅游 to "go on a trip", for example) | |
| 把 把 | to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把 + {noun} + {verb}) | |
| 拉倒 拉倒 | (coll.) forget it; drop it; let it go; to pull down | Xiehouyu |
| 开心 開心 | to feel happy; to rejoice; to have a great time; to make fun of sb | Xiehouyu |
| 够 夠 | enough (sufficient); enough (too much); (coll.) (before adj.) really; (coll.) to reach by stretching out | Colloquialism |
| 挺 挺 | straight; erect; to stick out (a part of the body); to (physically) straighten up; to support; to withstand; outstanding; (coll.) quite; very; classifier for machine guns | Colloquialism |
| 拉 拉 | to pull; to play (a bowed instrument); to drag; to draw; to chat; (coll.) to empty one's bowels | Colloquialism |
| 希腊 希臘 | Greece | Proper Noun |
| 巴西 巴西 | Brazil | Proper Noun |
| 泰国 泰國 | Thailand | Proper Noun |
| 天津 天津 | Tianjin municipality | Proper Noun |
| 好时 好時 | Hershey's (brand) | Proper Noun |
| 大名 大名 | Daming county in Handan, Hebei | Proper Noun |
| 荷兰 荷蘭 | Holland; the Netherlands | Proper Noun |
| 深圳 深圳 | Shenzhen, sub-provincial city in Guangdong Province | Proper Noun |
| 西班牙 西班牙 | Spain | Proper Noun |
| 意大利 意大利 | Italy | Proper Noun |
| 见过 見過 | seen | |
| 百万 百萬 | million | |
| 华 華 | flowery; illustrious; Chinese | |
| 陈 陳 | exhibit, display; plead; a surname | |
| 联 聯 | connect, join; associate, ally | |
| 取向 取向 | orientation; direction | |
| 没问题 沒問題 | no problem | |
| 进取 進取 | to show initiative; to be a go-getter; to push forward with one's agenda | |
| 什么时候 什麼時候 | when?; at what time? | |
| 房契 房契 | deed (for a house) | |
| 挺住 挺住 | to stand firm; to stand one's ground (in the face of adversity or pain) | |
| 林 林 | forest, grove; surname | |
| 房 房 | surname Fang | |
| 得很 得很 | (after an adjective) very | |
| 款 款 | item, article; clause; fund | |
| 九成 九成 | nine-tenths; ninety percent | |
| 今晚 今晚 | tonight | |
| 万人 萬人 | ten thousand people; all the people; everyman | |
| 欧盟 歐盟 | European Union; EU | |
| 万事 萬事 | all things | |
| 每次 每次 | every time | |
| 息 息 | rest, put stop to, end, cease | |
| 收工 收工 | to stop work for the day (generally of laborers); to knock off | |
| 义 義 | right conduct, righteousness | |
| 当头 當頭 | coming right into one's face; imminent; to put first | |
| 几千 幾千 | several thousand | |
| 有权 有權 | to have the right to; to be entitled to; to have authority; powerful | |
| 呈 呈 | submit, show; appear; petition | |
| 雪茄 雪茄 | cigar (loanword) | |
| 改口 改口 | to change one's tune; to modify one's previous remark; to change the way one addresses sb (as when one marries and starts to call one's husband's parents and) | |
| 月租 月租 | to rent by the month | |
| 二房东 二房東 | sublandlord; tenant who sublets |