On His Majesty's Secret Service 2009
大内密探灵灵狗
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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Vocabulary
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| 多事 多事 | meddlesome; eventful | Xiehouyu |
| 坐等 坐等 | to sit and wait; (fig.) to be passive; to sit back and wait for (success, an opportunity etc) | Xiehouyu |
| 多谢 多謝 | many thanks; thanks a lot | Xiehouyu |
| 说不出话来 說不出話來 | speechless | Xiehouyu |
| 好看 好看 | good-looking; nice-looking; good (of a movie, book, TV show etc); embarrassed; humiliated | Xiehouyu |
| 对不起 對不起 | I'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon; to let (sb) down; to disappoint | Xiehouyu |
| 干 乾 | dry; dried food; empty; hollow; taken in to nominal kinship; adoptive; foster; futile; in vain; (dialect) rude; blunt; (dialect) to cold-shoulder | Xiehouyu |
| 不会 不會 | improbable; unlikely; will not (act, happen etc); not able; not having learned to do sth; (coll.) (Tw) don't mention it; not at all | Colloquialism |
| 真是 真是 | indeed; truly; (coll.) (used to express disapproval, annoyance etc) | Colloquialism |
| 看看 看看 | to take a look at; to examine; to survey; (coll.) pretty soon | Colloquialism |
| 好不好 好不好 | (coll.) all right?; OK? | Colloquialism |
| 一块 一塊 | a piece; a chunk; (fig.) (coll.) (typically preceded by a specifier such as) aspect; area; dimension (Example: "the emotional aspect (of it)"); (coll.) one yuan; a dollar; together; in the same | Colloquialism |
| 那是 那是 | (coll.) of course; naturally; indeed | Colloquialism |
| 菜 菜 | dish (type of food); vegetable; cuisine; (coll.) (one's) type; (of one's skills etc) weak; poor | Colloquialism |
| 山 山 | mountain; hill; (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on | Colloquialism |
| 花 花 | flower; blossom; fancy pattern; florid; to spend (money, time); (coll.) lecherous; lustful | Colloquialism |
| 吗 嗎 | (coll.) what? | Colloquialism |
| 那 那 | (specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nèi]); (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations); then (in that case) | Colloquialism |
| 着 著 | to touch; to come in contact with; to feel; to be affected by; to catch fire; to burn; (coll.) to fall asleep; (after a verb) hitting the mark; succeeding in | Colloquialism |
| 东瀛 東瀛 | (literary) East China Sea; (literary) Japan | Proper Noun |
| 中国人 中國人 | Chinese person | Proper Noun |
| 上都 上都 | Shangdu, also known as Xanadu, summer capital of the Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368) | Proper Noun |
| 花都 花都 | Huadu District of Guangzhou City, Guangdong; alternative name for Paris | Proper Noun |
| 天竺 天竺 | the Indian subcontinent (esp. in Tang or Buddhist context) | Proper Noun |
| 四国 四國 | Shikoku (one of the four main islands of Japan) | Proper Noun |
| 关外 關外 | beyond the pass, i.e. the region north and east of Shanhai Pass or the region west of Jiayu Pass or both | Proper Noun |
| 不是 不是 | no; is not; not | |
| 这个 這個 | (pronoun) this; (adjective) this | |
| 一个 一個 | a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc) | |
| 那个 那個 | that one; that thing; that (as opposed to this); (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis); (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word); (used in speech as a filler | |
| 快点 快點 | to do sth more quickly; Hurry up!; Get a move on! | |
| 没事 沒事 | it's not important; it's nothing; never mind; to have nothing to do; to be free; to be all right (out of danger or trouble) | |
| 几个 幾個 | a few; several; how many | |
| 这是 這是 | 这: this, the, here · 是: indeed, yes, right; to be; demonstrative pronoun, this, that | |
| 一下 一下 | (after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try); all at once; suddenly | |
| 这种 這種 | this kind of | |
| 有点 有點 | a little | |
| 老妈 老媽 | mother; mom | |
| 你好 你好 | hello; hi | |
| 小子 小子 | (literary) youngster; (old) young fellow (term of address used by the older generation); (old) I, me (used in speaking to one's elders) | |
| 一点 一點 | a bit; a little bit; (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit; (after an adjective, used to form the comparative) a bit more, -er; a point (in a discussion etc); (calligraphy) dot stroke (、); one o'clock (abbr. for 一點鍾|一点钟[yi1 dia | |
| 一个人 一個人 | by oneself (without assistance); alone (without company) | |
| 到了 到了 | at last; finally; in the end | |
| 不好 不好 | no good | |
| 不在 不在 | not to be present; to be out; (euphemism) to pass away; to be deceased | |
| 自己人 自己人 | those on our side; ourselves; one's own people; one of us | |
| 十二 十二 | twelve; 12 | |
| 不能 不能 | cannot; must not; should not | |
| 变得 變得 | to become | |
| 不想 不想 | unexpectedly; to one's surprise |