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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| 醉 醉 | intoxicated | |
| 烂 爛 | soft; mushy; well-cooked and soft; to rot; to decompose; rotten; worn out; chaotic; messy; utterly; thoroughly; crappy; bad | |
| 全世界 全世界 | worldwide; entire world | |
| 一辈子 一輩子 | (for) a lifetime | |
| 欣赏 欣賞 | to appreciate; to enjoy; to admire | |
| 价 價 | price; value; (chemistry) valence | |
| 签 籤 | inscribed bamboo stick (used in divination, gambling, drawing lots etc); small wood sliver; label; tag | |
| 洞 洞 | cave; hole; zero (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers) | |
| 猜 猜 | to guess | |
| 集团 集團 | group; bloc; corporation; conglomerate | |
| 人士 人士 | person; figure; public figure | |
| 欠 欠 | to owe; to lack; (literary) to be deficient in; (bound form) yawn; to raise slightly (a part of one's body) | |
| 可惜 可惜 | it is a pity; what a pity; unfortunately | |
| 可怜 可憐 | pitiful; pathetic; to have pity on | |
| 骗 騙 | to cheat; to swindle; to deceive; to get on (a horse etc) by swinging one leg over | |
| 损失 損失 | loss; damage; to lose; to suffer damage | |
| 聪明 聰明 | intelligent; clever; bright; smart; acute (of sight and hearing) | |
| 基金 基金 | fund | |
| 吓 嚇 | to scare; to intimidate; to threaten; (interjection showing disapproval) tut-tut; (interjection showing astonishment) | |
| 剩下 剩下 | to remain; to be left over | |
| 记忆 記憶 | to remember; to recall; memory | |
| 偷 偷 | to steal; to pilfer; to snatch; thief; stealthily | |
| 射 䠶 | to shoot; to launch; to allude to; radio- (chemistry) | |
| 恨 恨 | to hate; to regret | |
| 愿 願 | to hope; to wish; to desire; hoped-for; ready; willing | |
| 邀请 邀請 | to invite; invitation | |
| 幅 幅 | width; roll; classifier for textiles or pictures | |
| 鬼 鬼 | disembodied spirit; ghost; devil; (suffix) person with a certain vice or addiction etc; sly; crafty; resourceful (variant of 诡); one of the 28 constellations of ancient Chinese astronomy | |
| 讨厌 討厭 | to dislike; to loathe; disagreeable; troublesome; annoying | |
| 颗 顆 | classifier for small spheres, pearls, corn grains, teeth, hearts, satellites etc | |
| 棒 棒 | stick; club; cudgel; smart; capable; strong; wonderful; classifier for legs of a relay race | |
| 抢 搶 | to fight over; to rush; to scramble; to grab; to rob; to snatch | |
| 陪 陪 | to accompany; to keep sb company; to assist; old variant of 赔 | |
| 尽管 儘管 | despite; although; even though; in spite of; unhesitatingly; do not hesitate (to ask, complain etc); (go ahead and do it) without hesitating | |
| 令 令 | to order; to command; an order; warrant; writ; to cause; to make sth happen; virtuous; honorific title; season; government position (old); type of short song or poem | |
| 哈 哈 | abbr. for 哈萨克斯坦, Kazakhstan; abbr. for 哈尔滨, Harbin | |
| 声 聲 | sound; voice; tone; noise; reputation; classifier for sounds | |
| 杀 殺 | to kill; to murder; to attack; to weaken or reduce; to smart (dialect); (used after a verb) extremely | |
| 搞 搞 | to do; to make; to go in for; to set up; to get hold of; to take care of | |
| 将 將 | will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把) | |
| 可 可 | (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very | |
| 里应外合 裡應外合 | to coordinate outside and inside offensives (idiom); (fig.) to act together | Idiom |
| 完璧归赵 完璧歸趙 | lit. to return the jade annulus to Zhao (idiom); fig. to return something intact to its rightful owner | Idiom |
| 扫把星 掃把星 | comet; person who brings bad luck; jinx | Xiehouyu |
| 大方 大方 | expert; scholar; mother earth; a type of green tea | Xiehouyu |
| 来不及 來不及 | there's not enough time (to do sth); it's too late (to do sth) | Xiehouyu |
| 冷静 冷靜 | calm; cool-headed; dispassionate; (of a place) deserted; quiet | Xiehouyu |
| 脱光 脫光 | to strip naked; to strip nude; (coll.) to find oneself a partner | Colloquialism |
| 拜拜 拜拜 | (loanword) bye-bye; also pr. [bai1 bai1] etc; (coll.) to part ways (with sb); (fig.) to have nothing further to do (with sb or sth) | Colloquialism |
| 问候 問候 | to give one's respects; to send a greeting; (fig.) (coll.) to make offensive reference to (somebody dear to the person to whom one is speaking) | Colloquialism |