Overheard 2009
窃听风云
The story revolves around three members of a police surveillance squad conducting an investigation into a financial investment group involved in criminal fraud. The focus of the plot, however, is actually on the three officers themselves who stumble upon an opportunity to capitalize on information they gathered during their surveillance.
Cast
Vocabulary
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| 一塌糊涂 一塌糊塗 | muddled and completely collapsing (idiom); in an awful condition; complete shambles; a total mess | Idiom |
| 不定 不定 | indefinite; indeterminate; (botany) adventitious | Xiehouyu |
| 小气 小氣 | stingy; miserly; narrow-minded; petty | Xiehouyu |
| 完蛋 完蛋 | (coll.) to be done for | Xiehouyu |
| 使唤 使喚 | to order sb around; (coll.) to handle (a draught animal, tool, machine etc); Taiwan pr. [shǐ huàn] | Colloquialism |
| 外婆 外婆 | (coll.) mother's mother; maternal grandmother | Colloquialism |
| 家伙 傢伙 | household dish, implement or furniture; domestic animal; (coll.) guy; chap; weapon | Colloquialism |
| 喜酒 喜酒 | wedding feast; liquor drunk at a wedding feast | |
| 搞鬼 搞鬼 | to make mischief; to play tricks | |
| 粗心大意 粗心大意 | negligent; careless; inadvertent | |
| 志气 志氣 | ambition; resolve; backbone; drive; spirit | |
| 休眠 休眠 | to be dormant (biology); inactive (volcano); to hibernate (computing) | |
| 每逢 每逢 | every time; on each occasion; whenever | |
| 上火 上火 | to get angry; to suffer from excessive internal heat (TCM) | |
| 利害 利害 | pros and cons; advantages and disadvantages; gains and losses | |
| 把柄 把柄 | handle; (fig.) information that can be used against sb | |
| 遇上 遇上 | to come across (sb); to run into | |
| 年薪 年薪 | annual salary | |
| 岳父 岳父 | wife's father, father-in-law | |
| 价位 價位 | price level | |
| 谈到 談到 | to refer to; to speak about; to talk about | |
| 大笔 大筆 | Large | |
| 收买 收買 | to purchase; to bribe | |
| 吓唬 嚇唬 | to scare; to frighten | |
| 噪声 噪聲 | noise | |
| 聋 聾 | deaf | |
| 协同 協同 | to cooperate; in coordination with; coordinated; collaborate; collaboration; collaborative | |
| 夜班 夜班 | night shift | |
| 认错 認錯 | to admit an error; to acknowledge one's mistake | |
| 难关 難關 | difficulty; crisis | |
| 当着 當著 | in front of; in the presence of | |
| 合伙 合伙 | to act jointly; to form a partnership | |
| 不肯 不肯 | Refuse | |
| 进场 進場 | to enter the venue; to enter the arena; (aviation) to approach the airfield; (investing) to get into the market | |
| 贪 貪 | to have a voracious desire for; to covet; greedy; corrupt | |
| 聘 聘 | to engage (a teacher etc); to hire; to betroth; betrothal gift; to get married (of woman) | |
| 上游 上游 | upper reaches (of a river); upper level; upper echelon; upstream | |
| 信誉 信譽 | prestige; distinction; reputation; trust | |
| 内幕 內幕 | inside story; non-public information; behind the scenes; internal | |
| 胡说 胡說 | to talk nonsense; drivel | |
| 器材 器材 | equipment; material | |
| 关掉 關掉 | to switch off; to shut off | |
| 惯 慣 | accustomed to; used to; indulge; to spoil (a child) | |
| 人手 人手 | manpower; staff; human hand | |
| 修正 修正 | to revise; to amend | |
| 俊 㑺 | smart; eminent; handsome; talented | |
| 位子 位子 | place; seat | |
| 搜集 蒐集 | to gather; to collect | |
| 余 餘 | extra; surplus; remaining; remainder after division; (following numerical value) or more; in excess of (some number); residue (math.); after; I; me | |
| 把手 把手 | to shake hands |