On His Majesty's Secret Service

On His Majesty's Secret Service 2009

大内密探灵灵狗 dànèi mìtàn líng líng gǒu

Louis Koo plays 009, or translated literally from its aural pronunciation, double-O Dog. He's one of 12 special Royal Bodyguards of a simpleton Emperor (Liu Yiwei) who named these 12 guards after the Chinese Zodiac, hence 9 translated to Dog. Unlike his peers, Dog is a scientist, and relies pretty much on his brains and fantastical gadgets to protect his Majesty from evil ninja assassins.

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4.7 Intermediate Director Wong Jing IMDb 4.2

Cast

Louis Koo Louis Koo Royal Dog Barbie Hsu Barbie Hsu Faithful Louis Fan Siu-Wong Louis Fan Siu-Wong Lord Unicorn Sandra Ng Kwan-Yu Sandra Ng Kwan-Yu Empress Yang Jiang Forbidden City Cop Liu Yiwei Liu Yiwei Emperor Song Jia Song Jia Princess Rainbow Tong Dawei Tong Dawei Royal Tiger Lam Tze-Chung Lam Tze-Chung Royal Pig Shi Zhenlong Shi Zhenlong

Vocabulary

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弃暗投明 棄暗投明 qì àn tóu míng to renounce the dark and seek the light; to give up one's wrong way of life and turn to a better one Idiom ∼HSK 4
一言为定 一言為定 yī yán wéi dìng (idiom) it's a deal; that's settled then Idiom ∼HSK 4
沉鱼落雁 沉魚落雁 chén yú luò yàn lit. fish sink, goose alights (idiom, from Zhuangzi); fig. female beauty captivating even the birds and beasts Idiom ∼HSK 4
倾国倾城 傾國傾城 qīng guó qīng chéng lit. capable of causing the downfall of a city or state (idiom); fig. (of a woman) devastatingly beautiful; also written Idiom ∼HSK 4
花言巧语 花言巧語 huā yán qiǎo yǔ graceful words, flowery speech (idiom); elegant but insincere words; cheating wheedling; dishonest rhetoric Idiom ∼HSK 4
千真万确 千真萬確 qiān zhēn wàn què absolutely true (idiom); manifold; true from many points of view Idiom ∼HSK 4
王八 王八 wáng ba softshell turtle; cuckold; (old) male owner of a brothel Xiehouyu ∼HSK 4
受不了 受不了 shòu bù liǎo unbearable; unable to endure; can't stand Xiehouyu HSK 4
冷静 冷靜 lěng jìng calm; cool-headed; dispassionate; (of a place) deserted; quiet Xiehouyu HSK 4
聊天 聊天 liáo tiān to chat; to gossip Xiehouyu HSK 4
恶心 惡心 ě xīn nausea; to feel sick; disgust; nauseating; to embarrass (deliberately) Xiehouyu HSK 4
无法 無法 wú fǎ unable; incapable Xiehouyu HSK 4
老公 老公 lǎo gōng (coll.) husband Colloquialism HSK 4
老婆 老婆 lǎo pó (coll.) wife Colloquialism HSK 4
烧 燒 shāo to burn; to cook; to stew; to bake; to roast; to heat; to boil (tea, water etc); fever; to run a temperature; (coll.) to let things go to one's head Colloquialism HSK 4
帅 帥 shuài (bound form) commander-in-chief; (bound form) to lead; to command; handsome; graceful; dashing; elegant; (coll.) cool!; sweet!; (Chinese chess) general (on the red side, equivalent to a king in Western chess) Colloquialism HSK 4
俩 倆 liǎ two (colloquial equivalent of 两个); both; some Colloquialism HSK 4
抱 抱 bào to hold; to carry (in one's arms); to hug; to embrace; to surround; to cherish; (coll.) (of clothes) to fit nicely Colloquialism HSK 4
武功 武功 Wǔ gōng Wugong County in Xianyang, Shaanxi Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
中原 中原 Zhōng yuán Central Plain, the middle and lower regions of the Yellow river, including Henan, western Shandong, southern Shanxi and Hebei Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
德川 德川 Dé chuān Tokugawa, the ruling clan of Japan from 1550-1850 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
叶问 葉問 Yè Wèn Yip Man (1893-1972), martial arts practitioner, master of Bruce Lee Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
变形金刚 變形金剛 Biàn xíng jīn gāng Transformers (franchise) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
北斗星 北斗星 Běi dǒu xīng the Big Dipper; the Plow Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
西洋 西洋 Xī yáng the West (Europe and North America); countries of the Indian Ocean (traditional) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
波罗 波羅 Bō luó Polo (car made by Volkswagen); surname Polo Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
倭寇 倭寇 Wō kòu Japanese pirates (in 16th and 17th century) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
霹雳 霹靂 Pī lì Perak (state of Malaysia) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
刺客 刺客 cì kè assassin ∼HSK 4
曹 曹 Cáo ministry officials; surname ∼HSK 4
谋 謀 móu plan, scheme; strategem ∼HSK 4
谢 謝 Xiè thank ∼HSK 4
丽 麗 Lí beautiful, magnificent, elegant ∼HSK 4
镜 鏡 jìng mirror; lens; glass; glasses ∼HSK 4
彩云 彩雲 cǎi yún rosy clouds ∼HSK 4
茅厕 茅廁 máo si (dialect) latrine ∼HSK 4
死定 死定 sǐ dìng to be screwed; to be toast ∼HSK 4
意 意 Yì meaning, intent ∼HSK 4
寒 寒 hán cold, wintry, chilly ∼HSK 4
没办法 沒辦法 méi bàn fǎ there is nothing to be done; one can't do anything about it ∼HSK 4
怎么会 怎麼會 zěn yāo huì how could it ∼HSK 4
暗算 暗算 àn suàn to plot against ∼HSK 4
可不 可不 kě bu that's just the way it is; exactly! ∼HSK 4
梅 梅 Méi plums; prunes; surname ∼HSK 4
强暴 強暴 qiáng bào violent; to rape ∼HSK 4
知 知 zhī know ∼HSK 4
这样子 這樣子 zhè yàng zi so; such; this way; like this ∼HSK 4
骨 骨 gū bone; skeleton; frame, framework ∼HSK 4
授 授 shòu give to, transmit; confer ∼HSK 4
兄 兄 xiōng elder brother ∼HSK 4