Overheard 3

Overheard 3 2014

3 qiètīng fēngyún

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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4.06 Intermediate Director Felix Chong Man-Keung, Alan Mak Siu-Fai IMDb 6.0

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hēng to groan; to snort; to hum; to croon; humph! HSK 7
hēi hey HSK 7
āi interjection or grunt of agreement or recognition (e.g. yes, it's me!); to sigh HSK 7
shè to set up; to put in place; (math.) given; suppose; if HSK 7
fěn powder; cosmetic face powder; food prepared from starch; noodles or pasta made from any kind of flour; to turn to powder; (dialect) to whitewash; white; pink; (suffix) fan (abbr. for 粉丝); to be a fan of HSK 7
gōng to congratulate; (interj.) congratulations! HSK 7
fēi illegal HSK 7
tàn to explore; to search out; to scout; to visit; to stretch forward HSK 7
āi hey!; (interjection used to attract attention or to express surprise or disapprobation) HSK 7
líng quick; alert; efficacious; effective; to come true; spirit; departed soul; coffin HSK 7
luó gauze; to collect; to gather; to catch; to sift HSK 7
zhī not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) HSK 7
wén language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle; (old) classifier for coins; Kangxi radical 67 HSK 7
ér that's all; nothing more HSK 7
zhǔ owner; master; host; individual or party concerned; God; Lord; main; to indicate or signify; trump card (in card games) HSK 7
wèi not yet; did not; have not; not; 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep; ancient Chinese compass point: 210° HSK 7
é to chant HSK 7
abbr. for Israel 列 HSK 7
huà xiǔ wéi shén lit. to change something rotten into something magical (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
wén zhí worthless (idiom); no use whatsoever Idiom ∼HSK 6
rěn tūn shēng to submit to humiliation (idiom); to suffer in silence; to swallow one's anger; to grin and bear it Idiom ∼HSK 6
tōu gōng jiǎn liào to skimp on the job and stint on materials (idiom); jerry-building; sloppy work Idiom ∼HSK 6
西 西 dōng bēn pǎo to run this way and that (idiom); to rush about busily; to bustle about Idiom ∼HSK 6
shǒu zhī láo lit. the exertion of lifting one's hand (idiom); fig. a very slight effort Idiom ∼HSK 6
cōng ming - líng (idiom) bright; clever; quick-witted Idiom ∼HSK 6
li confused; vague; indistinct; muddle-headed; mixed up; in a daze Idiom ∼HSK 6
zāo everything in disorder (idiom); in a hideous mess; obscene; dirty; filthy Idiom ∼HSK 6
chèn tiě to strike while the iron is hot Idiom ∼HSK 6
gōng kuī kuì lit. to ruin the enterprise for the sake of one basketful; to fail through lack of a final effort; to spoil the ship for a ha'penny worth of tar (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
ān to live in peace and work happily (idiom) Idiom HSK 6
xiā shuō to talk drivel; to assert sth without a proper understanding or basis in fact; not to know what one is talking about Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
héng xíng dào to oppress; to rule as a despot; to tyrannize Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
zhì tóng - dào (idiom) to be devoted to a common cause; to be like-minded Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
yǒu profitable Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
chéng won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be? Xiehouyu HSK 6
yàng exactly the same (idiom); carbon copy; also pr. [yī mó yī yàng] Xiehouyu HSK 6
tōng to be obstructed; to be blocked up; to be impassable; to make no sense; to be illogical Xiehouyu HSK 6
gāo shǒu expert; past master; dab hand Xiehouyu HSK 6
guān shì (coll.) None of your goddamn business!; Mind your own business! Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
jiù suàn (coll.) even if Colloquialism HSK 6
used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 6
yǒu méi yǒu (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?; Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)? HSK 6
qiè tīng tapping device; bug ∼HSK 6
tài gōng great-grandfather; (old) grandfather; father ∼HSK 6
huán shān 还: still, yet, also, besides · 我: our, us, i, me, my, we · 河: river; stream; yellow river · 山: mountain, hill, peak ∼HSK 6
qiè tīng to eavesdrop; to wiretap ∼HSK 6
diàn shì closed-circuit television ∼HSK 6
dòng mài main artery (blood vessel); fig. main highway; arterial road ∼HSK 6
wéi guì harmony is to be prized ∼HSK 6
rén my child ∼HSK 6