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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| 带给 帶給 | to give to; to provide to; to bring to; to take to | |
| 义 義 | right conduct, righteousness | |
| 九成 九成 | nine-tenths; ninety percent | |
| 轻轻 輕輕 | lightly; softly | |
| 说了算 說了算 | to have the final say; to be the one in charge | |
| 发给 發給 | to issue; to grant; to distribute | |
| 奥 奧 | mysterious, obscure, profound | |
| 不一样 不一樣 | different; distinctive; unlike | |
| 点灯 點燈 | to light a lamp | |
| 风生水起 風生水起 | lit. a breeze springs up and creates waves on the water (idiom); fig. flourishing; thriving; prosperous | |
| 在座 在座 | to be present | |
| 名下 名下 | under sb's name | |
| 生还 生還 | to return alive; to survive | |
| 弄坏 弄壞 | to ruin; to spoil; to break | |
| 天亮 天亮 | to grow light (at daybreak) | |
| 房 房 | surname Fang | |
| 接住 接住 | to catch (sth thrown etc); to receive (sth given); to accept | |
| 黑钱 黑錢 | dirty money | |
| 将会 將會 | auxiliary verb introducing future action: may (be able to); will (cause); should (enable); going to | |
| 跑掉 跑掉 | to run away; to take to one's heels | |
| 什么时候 什麼時候 | when?; at what time? | |
| 一点点 一點點 | a little bit | |
| 难听 難聽 | unpleasant to hear; coarse; vulgar; offensive; shameful | |
| 外卖 外賣 | (of a restaurant) to provide a takeout or home delivery meal; takeout (business); takeout (meal) | |
| 拿出 拿出 | to take out; to put out; to provide; to put forward (a proposal); to come up with (evidence) | |
| 干杯 乾杯 | to drink a toast; Cheers! (proposing a toast); Here's to you!; Bottoms up!; lit. dry cup | |
| 做生意 做生意 | to do business | |
| 英文 英文 | English (language) | |
| 快要 快要 | nearly at the point of (doing sth); about to (do sth) | |
| 公斤 公斤 | kilogram (kg) | |
| 饱 飽 | to eat till full; satisfied | |
| 从小 從小 | from childhood; from a young age | |
| 拿到 拿到 | to get; to obtain | |
| 报名 報名 | to sign up; to enter one's name; to apply; to register; to enroll; to enlist | |
| 等到 等到 | to wait until; by the time when (sth is ready etc) | |
| 太太 太太 | married woman; Mrs.; Madam; wife | |
| 姓 姓 | family name; surname; to be surnamed | |
| 校长 校長 | (college, university) president; headmaster | |
| 好人 好人 | good person; healthy person; person who tries not to offend anyone, even at the expense of principle | |
| 云 云 | (classical) to say | |
| 亿 億 | 100 million | |
| 小时候 小時候 | in one's childhood | |
| 碰到 碰到 | to come across; to run into; to meet; to hit | |
| 碗 㼝 | bowl; cup | |
| 碰 掽 | to touch; to meet with; to bump | |
| 便宜 便宜 | convenient | |
| 不好意思 不好意思 | to feel embarrassed; to find it embarrassing; to be sorry (for inconveniencing sb) | |
| 送给 送給 | to send; to give as a present | |
| 不如 不如 | not equal to; not as good as; inferior to; it would be better to | |
| 草 艸 | grass; straw; manuscript; draft (of a document); careless; rough |