Overheard 2 2011
窃听风云2
Manson Law, a celebrated stockbroker in Hong Kong, is injured in a car accident. The police, led by Inspector Jack Ho, discovers a military surveillance device in the car wreck. Meanwhile, the wiretapper Joe Szema is unveiling his extensive plan that targets the mysterious financial conglomerate, the Landlord Club. The fate of these three men soon intertwines in the cat-and-mouse game that may bring down the entire stock market.
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Vocabulary
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| 巧取豪夺 巧取豪奪 | 巧: skillful, ingenious, clever · 取: take, receive, obtain; select · 豪: brave, heroic, chivalrous · 夺: take by force, rob, snatch | Idiom |
| 水涨船高 水漲船高 | the tide rises, the boat floats (idiom); fig. to change with the overall trend; to develop according to the situation | Idiom |
| 天经地义 天經地義 | lit. heaven's law and earth's principle (idiom); fig. right and proper; right and unalterable; a matter of course | Idiom |
| 一无所有 一無所有 | not having anything at all (idiom); utterly lacking; without two sticks to rub together | Idiom |
| 公道 公道 | justice; fairness; public highway | Xiehouyu |
| 废物 廢物 | rubbish; waste material; useless person | Xiehouyu |
| 着手 著手 | to put one's hand to it; to start out on a task; to set out | Xiehouyu |
| 嫂子 嫂子 | (coll.) older brother's wife; sister-in-law | Colloquialism |
| 成天 成天 | (coll.) all day long; all the time | Colloquialism |
| 逮 逮 | (coll.) to catch; to seize | Colloquialism |
| 家伙 傢伙 | household dish, implement or furniture; domestic animal; (coll.) guy; chap; weapon | Colloquialism |
| 一声不吭 一聲不吭 | to not say a word | |
| 伯伯 伯伯 | father's elder brother; uncle | |
| 孤零零 孤零零 | lone; isolated and without help; all alone; solitary | |
| 遭殃 遭殃 | to suffer a calamity | |
| 把柄 把柄 | handle; (fig.) information that can be used against sb | |
| 风浪 風浪 | wind and waves; rough waters; (fig.) hardship | |
| 周转 周轉 | to rotate; to circulate (cash, stock etc); turnover; circulation; cash flow | |
| 扩建 擴建 | to extend (a building, an airport runway etc) | |
| 雄厚 雄厚 | substantial; robust; ample; abundant | |
| 挟持 挾持 | to seize | |
| 电讯 電訊 | telecommunications; telecom | |
| 渊源 淵源 | origin; source; relationship | |
| 公事 公事 | work-related matters; documents | |
| 遇上 遇上 | to come across (sb); to run into | |
| 集资 集資 | to raise money; to accumulate funds | |
| 床位 床位 | bed (in hospital, hotel, train etc); berth; bunk | |
| 晚年 晚年 | one's later years | |
| 坛 壇 | platform; rostrum; altar | |
| 车速 車速 | vehicle speed | |
| 家用 家用 | home-use; domestic; family expenses; housekeeping money | |
| 郊外 郊外 | outskirts | |
| 行家 行家 | connoisseur; expert; veteran | |
| 土匪 土匪 | bandit | |
| 价位 價位 | price level | |
| 吊销 吊銷 | to suspend (an agreement); to revoke | |
| 长辈 長輩 | one's elders; older generation | |
| 失灵 失靈 | out of order (of machine); not working properly; a failing (of a system) | |
| 吓唬 嚇唬 | to scare; to frighten | |
| 顺手 順手 | easily; without trouble; while one is at it; in passing; handy | |
| 麻将 麻將 | mahjong | |
| 海啸 海嘯 | tsunami | |
| 流入 流入 | to flow into; to drift into; influx; inflow | |
| 交涉 交涉 | to negotiate (with); to have dealings (with) | |
| 管子 管子 | Guanzi or Guan Zhong 管仲 (-645 BC), famous politician of Qi 齐国 of Spring and Autumn period; Guanzi, classical book containing writings of Guan Zhong and his school | |
| 脱身 脫身 | to get away; to escape (from obligations); to free oneself; to disengage | |
| 复原 復原 | to restore (sth) to (its) former condition; to recover from illness; recovery | |
| 自责 自責 | to blame oneself | |
| 要害 要害 | vital part; (fig.) key point; crucial | |
| 富豪 富豪 | rich and powerful person |