Overheard 3 2014
窃听风云3
Law was a chauffeur for the rural tycoon Luk, and he was jailed for killing a major land owner in a car accident. It was rumored that Luk was behind the land owner’s death, which gave Luk a competitive edge in the native apartment development deal. When Law gets out of prison five years later, the world has changed. Luk’s corporation has grown more powerful, while Luk’s right-hand man Keung has his own agenda to pursue. But things take a surprising turn. With the help of Law’s prison mate and computer whiz Joe, Law drugs Sean and his brothers in the drinks, then modify their mobile phones for wiretapping, Joe gets acquainted with the materialistic single mom Eva, who turns out to have a dark history with both Law and Keung. Through the eavesdropping, Law realizes Keung’s ultimate plan, which may change Hong Kong’s land development forever.
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Vocabulary
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| 胡思乱想 胡思亂想 | to indulge in flights of fancy (idiom); to let one's imagination run wild | Idiom |
| 理所当然 理所當然 | as it should be by rights (idiom); proper and to be expected as a matter of course; inevitable and right | Idiom |
| 乱七八糟 亂七八糟 | (idiom) chaotic; in disorder; muddled | Idiom |
| 不定 不定 | indefinite; indeterminate; (botany) adventitious | Xiehouyu |
| 霸道 霸道 | the Way of the Hegemon; abbr. for 霸王之道; despotic rule; rule by might; evil as opposed to the Way of the King 王道; overbearing; tyranny; (of liquor, medicine etc) strong; potent | Xiehouyu |
| 公道 公道 | justice; fairness; public highway | Xiehouyu |
| 不理 不理 | to refuse to acknowledge; to pay no attention to; to take no notice of; to ignore | Xiehouyu |
| 完蛋 完蛋 | (coll.) to be done for | Xiehouyu |
| 多余 多餘 | superfluous; unnecessary; surplus | Xiehouyu |
| 邪 衺 | demonic; iniquitous; nefarious; evil; unhealthy influences that cause disease (Chinese medicine); (coll.) strange; abnormal | Colloquialism |
| 家伙 傢伙 | household dish, implement or furniture; domestic animal; (coll.) guy; chap; weapon | Colloquialism |
| 不服气 不服氣 | unwilling to concede; defiant; indignant; to find it galling | |
| 下乡 下鄉 | to go to the countryside | |
| 合作社 合作社 | cooperative; workers' or agricultural producers' cooperative etc | |
| 骨气 骨氣 | unyielding character; courageous spirit; integrity; moral backbone | |
| 整数 整數 | whole number; integer (math.); round figure | |
| 供奉 供奉 | to consecrate; to enshrine and worship; an offering (to one's ancestors); a sacrifice (to a god) | |
| 乡亲 鄉親 | fellow countryman (from the same village); local people; villager; the folks back home | |
| 豆浆 豆漿 | soy milk | |
| 山寨 山寨 | fortified hill village; mountain stronghold (esp. of bandits); (fig.) knockoff (goods); counterfeit; imitation | |
| 屯 屯 | to station (soldiers); to store up; village | |
| 耕地 耕地 | arable land; to plow land | |
| 电讯 電訊 | telecommunications; telecom | |
| 兴建 興建 | to build; to construct | |
| 财力 財力 | financial resources | |
| 竟敢 竟敢 | to have the impertinence; to have the cheek to | |
| 凄凉 悽涼 | mournful; miserable | |
| 批发 批發 | wholesale; bulk trade; distribution | |
| 传承 傳承 | to pass on (to future generations); passed on (from former times); a continued tradition; an inheritance | |
| 风水 風水 | feng shui; geomancy | |
| 吊销 吊銷 | to suspend (an agreement); to revoke | |
| 福气 福氣 | good fortune; a blessing | |
| 交接 交接 | (of two things) to come into contact; to meet; to hand over to; to take over from; to associate with; to have friendly relations with; to have sexual intercourse | |
| 换成 換成 | to exchange (sth) for (sth else); to replace with; to convert into | |
| 款项 款項 | funds; a sum of money | |
| 闸 閘 | gear; brake; sluice; lock (on waterway); electric switch or circuit breaker | |
| 鞠躬 鞠躬 | to bow; (literary) to bend down | |
| 干旱 乾旱 | drought; arid; dry | |
| 缕 縷 | strand; thread; detailed; in detail; classifier for wisps (of smoke, mist or vapor), strands, locks (of hair) | |
| 吓唬 嚇唬 | to scare; to frighten | |
| 麻将 麻將 | mahjong | |
| 视察 視察 | to inspect; an investigation | |
| 知己 知己 | to know oneself; to be intimate or close; intimate friend | |
| 往日 往日 | former days; the past | |
| 做主 做主 | see 主 | |
| 别看 別看 | don't be fooled by the fact that | |
| 打通 打通 | to open access; to establish contact; to remove a block; to put through (a phone connection) | |
| 迁 遷 | to move; to shift; to change (a position or location etc); to promote | |
| 专程 專程 | specifically; specially (for that purpose) | |
| 夜班 夜班 | night shift |