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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| 关于 關於 | pertaining to; concerning; with regard to; about; a matter of | |
| 之间 之間 | (after a noun) between; among; amid; (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 弹指之间) | |
| 呀 呀 | (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt) | |
| 之后 之後 | after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then | |
| 担心 擔心 | anxious; worried; uneasy; to worry; to be anxious | |
| 却 卻 | but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though | |
| 而 而 | and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast) | |
| 风云人物 風雲人物 | the man (or woman) of the moment (idiom); influential figure | Idiom |
| 不值得 不值得 | unworthy | Xiehouyu |
| 死不了 死不了 | Portulaca Sundial (a type of plant) | Xiehouyu |
| 没用 沒用 | useless | Xiehouyu |
| 亲 親 | parent; one's own (flesh and blood); relative; related; marriage; bride; close; intimate; in person; first-hand; in favor of; pro-; to kiss; (Internet slang) dear | Xiehouyu |
| 输 輸 | to lose; to be beaten; (bound form) to transport; (literary) to donate; to contribute; (coll.) to enter (a password) | Colloquialism |
| 整 整 | exactly; in good order; whole; complete; entire; in order; orderly; to repair; to mend; to renovate; (coll.) to fix sb; to give sb a hard time; to mess with sb | Colloquialism |
| 血 血 | blood; colloquial pr. [xiě] | Colloquialism |
| 管 筦 | to take care (of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to run; to care about; tube; pipe; woodwind; classifier for tube-shaped objects; particle similar to 把 in 管...叫 constructions; writing brush; (coll.) to; towards | Colloquialism |
| 蓝光 藍光 | Blu-ray (disc format) | Proper Noun |
| 加州 加州 | California | Proper Noun |
| 杨 楊 | willow, poplar, aspen; surname | |
| 干嘛 幹嘛 | what are you doing?; whatever for?; why on earth? | |
| 监 監 | supervise, control, direct | |
| 打火机 打火機 | lighter; cigarette lighter | |
| 光是 光是 | solely; just | |
| 有空 有空 | to have time (to do sth) | |
| 跳楼 跳樓 | to jump from a building (to kill oneself); fig. to sell at a large discount (in advertising) | |
| 志 志 | purpose, will, determination; annals | |
| 到时候 到時候 | when the moment comes; at that time | |
| 两星期 兩星期 | fortnight | |
| 吴 吳 | name of warring state; surname | |
| 谋杀 謀殺 | to murder; to assassinate; intentional homicide | |
| 校准 校準 | to calibrate | |
| 时间轴 時間軸 | time axis; timeline | |
| 乱写 亂寫 | to write without basis | |
| 比照 比照 | according to; in the light of; contrast | |
| 光能 光能 | light energy (e.g. solar) | |
| 叔 叔 | uncle; father's younger brother; husband's younger brother; Taiwan pr. [shu2] | |
| 之上 之上 | above | |
| 大火 大火 | conflagration; large fire | |
| 鼻 鼻 | nose; first; KangXi radical 209 | |
| 把门 把門 | to stand as a goalkeeper; to keep guard on a gate | |
| 搬走 搬走 | to carry | |
| 火机 火機 | lighter; cigarette lighter | |
| 财 財 | wealth, valuables, riches | |
| 把风 把風 | to keep watch (during a clandestine activity); to be on the lookout | |
| 猪排 豬排 | pork ribs; pork chop | |
| 每人 每人 | each person; everybody; per person | |
| 大幅 大幅 | large-format (picture, banner, photo etc); substantially; by a wide margin | |
| 陆 陸 | land, continental; army | |
| 修好 修好 | to repair (sth broken); to restore (sth damaged); to establish friendly relations with; (literary) to do meritorious deeds | |
| 过目 過目 | to look over |