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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jué duì absolute; unconditional HSK 3
dào finally; in the end; when all is said and done; after all; to the end; to the last HSK 3
lìng wài additional; in addition; besides; separate; other; moreover; furthermore HSK 3
míng xiǎn clear; distinct; obvious HSK 3
tái desk; table; counter HSK 3
bào gào to inform; to report; to make known; report; speech; talk; lecture HSK 3
线 xiàn thread; string; wire; line; (after a number) tier (unofficial ranking of a Chinese city) HSK 3
zuò to cooperate; to collaborate; to work together; cooperation HSK 3
lián connection; contact; relation; to get in touch with; to integrate; to link; to touch HSK 3
róng easy; straightforward; likely; liable to; apt to HSK 3
biāo target; goal; objective HSK 3
miàn inside; interior; also pr. [lǐ mian] HSK 3
rán sudden; abrupt; unexpected HSK 3
dài biǎo representative; delegate; to represent; to stand for; on behalf of; in the name of HSK 3
area; region; district; small; distinguish HSK 3
rén individual; personal; oneself HSK 3
xià lai to come down; (completed action marker); (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.); (indicates continuation from the past towards us); to be harvested (of crops); to be over (of a period of time); to go among the masses (said of leaders) HSK 3
zhōng at last; in the end; finally; eventually HSK 3
jiào to compare; to contrast; comparatively; relatively; quite; comparison HSK 3
horse; horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess; knight in Western chess HSK 3
qián at the present time; currently HSK 3
gēn běn fundamental; basic; root; simply; absolutely (not); (not) at all HSK 3
zhěng whole; entire; total HSK 3
zhù to take note of; to pay attention to HSK 3
zhī chí to be in favor of; to support; to back; support; backing; to stand by HSK 3
chǔ to handle; to deal with; to punish; to treat sth by a special process; to process; to sell at reduced prices HSK 3
調 diào chá investigation; inquiry; to investigate; to survey; survey; (opinion) poll HSK 3
jié shù termination; to finish; to end; to conclude; to close HSK 3
jiě jué to solve; to resolve; to settle (a problem); to eliminate; to wipe out (an enemy, bandits etc) HSK 3
xiāo xi news; information HSK 3
ministry; department; section; part; division; troops; board; classifier for works of literature, films, machines etc HSK 3
dāng rán only natural; as it should be; certainly; of course; without doubt HSK 3
lián to link; to join; to connect; continuously; in succession; including; (used with 也, 都 etc) even; company (military) HSK 3
shí actually; in fact; really HSK 3
zhǐ yǒu only have ...; there is only ...; (used in combination with 才) it is only if one ... (that one can ...) (Example: 只有通过治疗才能痊愈 "the only way to cure it is with therapy"); it is only ... (who ...) (Example: 要 "only men would have such a requirement"); (used to indicate that one has no alternative) one can only (do a certain thing) (Example: 服 "the only thing you can do is give in") HSK 3
jué dìng to decide (to do something); to resolve; decision; certainly HSK 3
yóu to follow; from; because of; due to; by; via; through; (before a noun and a verb) it is for ... to ... HSK 3
měi each; every HSK 3
guān xi relation; relationship; to concern; to affect; to have to do with; guanxi HSK 3
zhāng to open up; to spread; sheet of paper; classifier for flat objects, sheet; classifier for votes HSK 3
shì jiè world HSK 3
zhǐ shì merely; only; just; nothing but; simply; but; however HSK 3
wèi le for; for the purpose of; in order to HSK 3
shēng to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out HSK 3
wàng to hope; a hope; a wish HSK 3
to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned HSK 3
suǒ actually; place; classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc; that which; particle introducing a relative clause or passive HSK 3
kāi shǐ to begin; beginning; to start; initial HSK 3
yào to need; to want; to demand; to require; needs HSK 3
shí o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period HSK 3