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criminal, a bank clerk and a police officer find their destinies entwined when a loan shark gets assaulted after having withdrawn $10 million from the bank in the midst of the world financial crisis.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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| 委员会 委員會 | committee | |
| 罗 羅 | gauze; to collect; to gather; to catch; to sift | |
| 需 需 | to require; to need; to want; necessity; need | |
| 不知 不知 | not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) | |
| 经 經 | classics; sacred book; scripture; to pass through; to undergo; to bear; to endure; warp (textile); longitude; menstruation; channel (TCM); abbr. for economics 经济 | |
| 文 文 | language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle; (old) classifier for coins; Kangxi radical 67 | |
| 而已 而已 | that's all; nothing more | |
| 以 㕥 | abbr. for Israel 列 | |
| 之 之 | (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it | |
| 大吉大利 大吉大利 | great luck, great profit (idiom); everything is thriving | Idiom |
| 一触即发 一觸即發 | could happen at any moment; on the verge | Idiom |
| 嘛 嘛 | used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? | Colloquialism |
| 有没有 有沒有 | (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?; Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)? | |
| 认购 認購 | to undertake to purchase sth; to subscribe (to share issue) | |
| 百分之 百分之 | percent | |
| 废纸 廢紙 | waste paper | |
| 单位信托 單位信托 | unit trust (finance) | |
| 下注 下注 | to pour; to pour down (of rain); to lay a bet | |
| 何事 何事 | what matter | |
| 伙计 伙計 | partner; fellow; mate; waiter; servant; shop assistant | |
| 生意兴隆 生意興隆 | thriving and prosperous business or trade | |
| 素菜 素菜 | vegetable dish | |
| 海景 海景 | seascape; sea view | |
| 按揭 按揭 | a mortgage (loanword via Cantonese); to buy property on a mortgage | |
| 客户服务 客戶服務 | customer service; client service | |
| 招致 招致 | to recruit (followers); to scout for (talent etc); to incur; to lead to | |
| 帐单 帳單 | bill; check | |
| 证供 證供 | (law) testimony; evidence (given by a witness) | |
| 控制台 控制臺 | control desk; console | |
| 闭路电视 閉路電視 | closed-circuit television | |
| 遇袭 遇襲 | to suffer attack; to be ambushed | |
| 临走 臨走 | before leaving; on departure | |
| 串谋 串謀 | to conspire | |
| 制衣 製衣 | clothing manufacture | |
| 即日 即日 | this or that very day; in the next few days | |
| 口供 口供 | oral confession (as opposed to); statement; deposition | |
| 砍伤 砍傷 | to wound with a blade or hatchet; to slash; to gash | |
| 阿昌 阿昌 | Achang also called Ngac'ang or Maingtha (ethnic group) | |
| 保险箱 保險箱 | safe deposit box; safe | |
| 专业人士 專業人士 | a professional | |
| 存入 存入 | to deposit (e.g. in a bank account) | |
| 通胀 通脹 | inflation | |
| 期权 期權 | (finance) option | |
| 积极进取 積極進取 | proactive | |
| 佣金 佣金 | commission | |
| 固定收入 固定收入 | fixed income | |
| 跌市 跌市 | falling stock prices; bear market | |
| 庄家 莊家 | farmhouse; banker (gambling) | |
| 顺风 順風 | lit. tail wind; Bon voyage! | |
| 不吉利 不吉利 | ominous |