Overheard

Overheard 2009

qiètīng fēngyún

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.

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3.97 Beginner Director Alan Mak Siu-Fai, Felix Chong Man-Keung IMDb 7.1

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Vocabulary

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xiàn xiàng phenomenon; appearance HSK 3
dāng zhōng among; in the middle; in the center HSK 3
dòng automatic; voluntarily HSK 3
shí timely; at the right time; promptly; without delay HSK 3
jǐn liàng as much as possible; to the greatest extent HSK 3
bān to move (i.e. relocate oneself); to move (sth relatively heavy or bulky); to shift; to copy indiscriminately HSK 3
to carve wood HSK 3
shì yìng to adapt; to fit; to suit HSK 3
shāng business; trade; commerce HSK 3
shàng to go up HSK 3
gǎn to overtake; to catch up with; to hurry; to rush; to try to catch (the bus etc); to drive (cattle etc) forward; to drive (sb) away; to avail oneself of (an opportunity); until; by (a certain time) HSK 3
shēng life force; vitality HSK 3
yān cigarette or pipe tobacco; smoke; mist; vapour; tobacco plant; (of the eyes) to be irritated by smoke HSK 3
science and technology HSK 3
調 tiáo zhěng to adjust; adjustment; revision HSK 3
need not; does not have to; not necessarily HSK 3
fèi to cost; to spend; fee; wasteful; expenses HSK 3
gǎn jǐn hurriedly; without delay HSK 3
chū to issue (an order, decree etc); to send out; to dispatch; to produce (a sound); to let out (a laugh) HSK 3
fǎn zhèng anyway; in any case; to come over from the enemy's side HSK 3
xiāo to cancel; cancellation HSK 3
diàn electronic; electron (particle physics) HSK 3
shēng to ascend; to rise to the rank of; to promote; to hoist; liter; measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth dou 斗 HSK 3
yuán gōng staff; personnel; employee HSK 3
zhèng evidence; proof; testimony HSK 3
xiāng guān related; relevant; pertinent; to be interrelated; (statistics) correlation HSK 3
qiān wàn ten million; countless; many; one must by all means HSK 3
to press; to push down; to keep under (control); pressure HSK 3
màn màn slowly HSK 3
biǎo to express; to convey HSK 3
tíng zhǐ to stop; to halt; to cease HSK 3
zhì magazine HSK 3
dùn to stop; to pause; to arrange; to lay out; to kowtow; to stamp (one's foot); at once; classifier for meals, beatings, scoldings etc: time, bout, spell, meal HSK 3
zhèng to admonish; variant of 证 HSK 3
hài to be afraid; to be scared HSK 3
huài destruction; damage; to wreck; to break; to destroy HSK 3
zhuā zhù to grab hold of; to capture HSK 3
fan trouble; inconvenience; inconvenient; troublesome; annoying; to bother sb; to put sb to trouble HSK 3
調 diào to transfer; to move (troops or cadres); to investigate; to enquire into; accent; view; argument; key (in music); mode (music); tune; tone; melody HSK 3
nián dài a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties); age; era; period HSK 3
chéng yuán member HSK 3
zhí straight; to straighten; fair and reasonable; frank; straightforward; (indicates continuing motion or action); vertical; vertical downward stroke in Chinese characters HSK 3
(onom.) laughing out loud HSK 3
Shí dài Time, US weekly news magazine HSK 3
zhuàng kuàng condition; state; situation HSK 3
wài miàn outside (also pr. [wài mian] for this sense); surface; exterior; external appearance HSK 3
zuǒ yòu left and right; nearby; approximately; attendant; to control; to influence HSK 3
kōng empty; air; sky; in vain HSK 3
speed; rate; velocity; (music) tempo HSK 3
fàn wéi range; scope; limit; extent HSK 3