Once a Thief 1991
纵横四海
Three orphans grow up to become art thieves under the tutelage of a crime boss. Romance complicates matters when the trio are double-crossed.
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Vocabulary
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| 白 白 | white; snowy; pure; bright; empty; blank; plain; clear; to make clear; in vain; gratuitous; free of charge; reactionary; anti-communist; funeral; to stare coldly; to write wrong character; to state; to explain; vernacular; spoken lines in opera | |
| 汽车 汽車 | car; automobile; bus | |
| 说话 說話 | to speak; to say; to talk; to gossip; to tell stories; talk; word | |
| 女儿 女兒 | daughter | |
| 听到 聽到 | to hear | |
| 看见 看見 | to see; to catch sight of | |
| 今年 今年 | this year | |
| 马上 馬上 | at once; right away; immediately; on horseback (i.e. by military force) | |
| 她们 她們 | they; them (for females) | |
| 名字 名字 | name (of a person or thing) | |
| 病 病 | illness; disease; to fall ill; defect | |
| 六 六 | six; 6 | |
| 出去 出去 | to go out | |
| 飞 飛 | to fly | |
| 那里 那裏 | there; that place | |
| 包 包 | to cover; to wrap; to hold; to include; to take charge of; to contract (to or for); package; wrapper; container; bag; to hold or embrace; bundle; packet | |
| 哪里 哪裏 | where?; somewhere; anywhere; wherever; nowhere (negative answer to question); humble expression denying compliment; also written 哪里 | |
| 歌 歌 | song; to sing | |
| 记得 記得 | to remember | |
| 杯 杯 | cup; trophy cup; classifier for certain containers of liquids: glass, cup | |
| 儿子 兒子 | son | |
| 二 二 | two; 2; (Beijing dialect) stupid | |
| 子 子 | son; child; seed; egg; small thing; 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the Rat; Viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 位; ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north); subsidiary; subordinate; sub- | |
| 真的 真的 | really, truly, indeed | |
| 重 重 | to repeat; repetition; again; re-; classifier: layer | |
| 动 動 | (of sth) to move; to set in movement; to displace; to touch; to make use of; to stir (emotions); to alter; abbr. for 动词, verb | |
| 先生 先生 | teacher; gentleman; sir; mister (Mr.); husband; (dialect) doctor | |
| 五 五 | five; 5 | |
| 昨天 昨天 | yesterday | |
| 跑 跑 | (of an animal) to paw (the ground) | |
| 哪 哪 | how; which | |
| 间 間 | between; among; within a definite time or space; room; section of a room or lateral space between two pairs of pillars; classifier for rooms | |
| 电影 電影 | movie; film | |
| 少 少 | few; less; to lack; to be missing; to stop (doing sth); seldom | |
| 错 錯 | mistake; wrong; bad; interlocking; complex; to grind; to polish; to alternate; to stagger; to miss; to let slip; to evade; to inlay with gold or silver | |
| 妈妈 媽媽 | mama; mommy; mother | |
| 多少 多少 | number; amount; somewhat | |
| 谢谢 謝謝 | to thank; thanks; thank you | |
| 妈 媽 | ma; mom; mother | |
| 晚上 晚上 | evening; night; in the evening | |
| 四 四 | four; 4 | |
| 回来 回來 | to return; to come back | |
| 明天 明天 | tomorrow | |
| 睡 睡 | to sleep; to lie down | |
| 身上 身上 | on the body; at hand; among | |
| 坐 坐 | surname Zuo | |
| 穿 穿 | to wear; to put on; to dress; to bore through; to pierce; to perforate; to penetrate; to pass through; to thread | |
| 喝 喝 | to shout | |
| 门 門 | gate; door; gateway; doorway; opening; valve; switch; way to do something; knack; family; house; (religious) sect; school (of thought); class; category; phylum or division (taxonomy); classifier for large guns; classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology; (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal; derived from Watergate) | |
| 玩 玩 | to play; to have fun; to trifle with; toy; sth used for amusement; curio or antique (Taiwan pr. [wàn]); to keep sth for entertainment |