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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| 枪 槍 | gun; firearm; rifle; spear; thing with shape or function similar to a gun; to substitute for another person in a test; to knock; classifier for rifle shots | |
| 讨厌 討厭 | to dislike; to loathe; disagreeable; troublesome; annoying | |
| 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 | |
| 即使 即使 | even if; even though | |
| 神 神 | God; abbr. for 舟 | |
| 令 令 | used in 令; used in 狐 (Taiwan pr. [lìng]) | |
| 哈 哈 | abbr. for 哈萨克斯坦, Kazakhstan; abbr. for 哈尔滨, Harbin | |
| 控制 控制 | to control | |
| 杀 殺 | to kill; to murder; to attack; to weaken or reduce; to smart (dialect); (used after a verb) extremely | |
| 肯定 肯定 | to be certain; to be positive; assuredly; definitely; to give recognition; to affirm; affirmative (answer) | |
| 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 | |
| 志在四方 志在四方 | to aspire to travel far and make one's mark (idiom) | Idiom |
| 保家卫国 保家衛國 | guard home, defend the country (idiom); national defense | Idiom |
| 平分秋色 平分秋色 | to both share the limelight; to both have an equal share of | Idiom |
| 来不及 來不及 | there's not enough time (to do sth); it's too late (to do sth) | Xiehouyu |
| 受不了 受不了 | unbearable; unable to endure; can't stand | Xiehouyu |
| 冷静 冷靜 | calm; cool-headed; dispassionate; (of a place) deserted; quiet | Xiehouyu |
| 恶心 惡心 | nausea; to feel sick; disgust; nauseating; to embarrass (deliberately) | Xiehouyu |
| 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 |
| 案子 案子 | long table; counter; (coll.) case (criminal, medical etc); matter; project; job | 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 |
| 老公 老公 | (coll.) husband | Colloquialism |
| 垃圾 垃圾 | trash; refuse; garbage; (coll.) of poor quality; Taiwan pr. [lè sè] | Colloquialism |
| 老婆 老婆 | (coll.) wife | Colloquialism |
| 俩 倆 | two (colloquial equivalent of 两个); both; some | Colloquialism |
| 新界 新界 | New Territories (in Hong Kong) | Proper Noun |
| 司徒 司徒 | two-character surname Situ | Proper Noun |
| 青山 青山 | Qingshan district of Wuhan city, Hubei; Qingshan district of Baotou city, Inner Mongolia | Proper Noun |
| 观音 觀音 | Guanyin (Goddess of Mercy) | Proper Noun |
| 廉署 廉署 | ICAC Independent Commission Against Corruption, Hong Kong | Proper Noun |
| 立法会 立法會 | legislative council; LegCo (Hong Kong) | Proper Noun |
| 维港 維港 | Victoria Harbor, Hong Kong; abbr. for | Proper Noun |
| 特首 特首 | chief executive of Special Administrative Region (Hong Kong or Macao); abbr. for 特別行政區首席執行官|特别行政区首席执行官 | Proper Noun |
| 黄金海岸 黃金海岸 | name of various places including Gold Coast (Australian city), Gold Coast (former British colony in Africa) and Costa Daurada (area on the coast of Catalonia, Spain) | Proper Noun |
| 同乡 同鄉 | person from the same village, town, or province | Proper Noun |
| 元朗 元朗 | Yuen Long town in northwest New Territories, Hong Kong | Proper Noun |
| 尖沙咀 尖沙咀 | Tsim Sha Tsui, urbanized area in Hong Kong | Proper Noun |
| 永 永 | long, perpetual, eternal, forever | |
| 仔 仔 | small thing, child; young animal | |
| 四方 四方 | four-way; four-sided; in all directions; everywhere | |
| 屁 屁 | break wind; fart; buttocks | |
| 屎 屎 | excrement, shit, dung | |
| 雄 雄 | male of species; hero; manly | |
| 知 知 | know | |
| 坐牢 坐牢 | to be imprisoned | |
| 盖楼 蓋樓 | to construct a building; (Internet slang) to reply to a thread | |
| 威 威 | pomp, power; powerful; dominate |