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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| 楚 楚 | name of feudal state; clear | |
| 游学 遊學 | to study away from home or abroad (old) | |
| 气死 氣死 | to infuriate; to be furious; to die from an excess of anger | |
| 没种 沒種 | not to have the guts (to do sth); cowardly | |
| 有种 有種 | to have guts; to have courage; to be brave | |
| 连累 連累 | to implicate; to get (sb) into trouble; also pr. [lian2lei3] or [lian2lei4] | |
| 搬出去 搬出去 | to move out (vacate); to shift sth out | |
| 不愿 不願 | unwilling | |
| 并发 並發 | to happen simultaneously | |
| 馆 館 | variant of | |
| 银子 銀子 | money; silver | |
| 追上 追上 | to overtake | |
| 夜总会 夜總會 | nightclub; nightspot | |
| 房租 房租 | rent for a room or house | |
| 学费 學費 | tuition fee; tuition | |
| 电台 電臺 | transmitter-receiver; broadcasting station; radio station | |
| 从前 從前 | previously; formerly; once upon a time | |
| 环保 環保 | environmental protection; environmentally friendly; abbr. for 环境保护 | |
| 预计 預計 | to forecast; to predict; to estimate | |
| 整天 整天 | all day long; whole day | |
| 直播 直播 | (TV, radio) to broadcast live; live broadcast; (Internet) to livestream; (agriculture) direct seeding | |
| 年纪 年紀 | age | |
| 上来 上來 | to come up; to approach; (verb complement indicating success) | |
| 能不能 能不能 | Can you | |
| 团结 團結 | to unite; unity; solidarity; united | |
| 富 富 | rich; abundant; wealthy | |
| 订 訂 | to agree; to conclude; to draw up; to subscribe to (a newspaper etc); to order | |
| 始终 始終 | from beginning to end; all along | |
| 当初 當初 | at that time; originally | |
| 补 補 | to repair; to patch; to mend; to make up for; to fill (a vacancy); to supplement | |
| 福 福 | good fortune; happiness; luck | |
| 齐 齊 | neat; even; level with; identical; simultaneous; all together; to even sth out | |
| 吵 吵 | to quarrel; to make a noise; noisy; to disturb by making a noise | |
| 人才 人才 | talent; talented person; looks; attractive looks | |
| 机器 機器 | machine | |
| 啤酒 啤酒 | beer (loanword) | |
| 批准 批准 | to approve; to ratify | |
| 将来 將來 | in the future; future; the future | |
| 合法 合法 | lawful; legitimate; legal | |
| 伤心 傷心 | to grieve; to be broken-hearted; to feel deeply hurt | |
| 形式 形式 | outer appearance; form; shape; formality | |
| 村 村 | village | |
| 结合 結合 | to combine; to link; to integrate; binding | |
| 背后 背後 | behind; at the back; in the rear; behind sb's back | |
| 连续 連續 | continuous; in a row; serial; consecutive | |
| 工具 工具 | tool; instrument; utensil; means (to achieve a goal etc) | |
| 资格 資格 | qualifications; seniority | |
| 搬 搬 | to move (i.e. relocate oneself); to move (sth relatively heavy or bulky); to shift; to copy indiscriminately | |
| 恐怕 恐怕 | fear; to dread; I'm afraid that...; perhaps; maybe | |
| 争取 爭取 | to fight for; to strive for; to win over |