Overheard

Overheard 2009

窃听风云 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

Cast

Sean Lau Ching-Wan Sean Lau Ching-Wan Johnny Leung Louis Koo Louis Koo Gene Yeung Daniel Wu Daniel Wu Max Lam Zhang Jingchu Zhang Jingchu Mandy Yam Alex Fong Chung-Sun Alex Fong Chung-Sun Kelvin Lee Michael Wong Michael Wong Willie Ma Dominic Lam Ka-Wah Dominic Lam Ka-Wah Frankie Wong Waise Lee Chi-Hung Waise Lee Chi-Hung Ringo Low Sharon Luk Sze-Wan Sharon Luk Sze-Wan Mary William Chan William Chan Joe

Vocabulary

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监管 監管 jiān guǎn to oversee; to take charge of; to supervise; to administer; supervisory; supervision HSK 7
当晚 當晚 dāng wǎn on that evening HSK 7
好笑 好笑 hǎo xiào laughable; funny; ridiculous HSK 7
保佑 保佑 bǎo yòu to bless and protect; blessing HSK 7
天生 天生 tiān shēng nature; disposition; innate; natural HSK 7
应付 應付 yìng fu to deal with; to cope HSK 7
借口 借口 jiè kǒu to use as an excuse; excuse; pretext HSK 7
都会 都會 dū huì city; metropolis HSK 7
贱 賤 jiàn inexpensive; lowly; despicable; (bound form) (humble) my HSK 7
财政 財政 cái zhèng finances (public); financial HSK 7
宗 宗 zōng school; sect; purpose; model; ancestor; clan; to take as one's model (in academic or artistic work); classifier for batches, items, cases (medical or legal), reservoirs HSK 7
要不 要不 yào bù otherwise; or else; how about...?; either... (or...) HSK 7
司法 司法 sī fǎ judicial; (administration of) justice HSK 7
贼 賊 zéi thief; traitor; wily; deceitful; evil; extremely HSK 7
顺便 順便 shùn biàn conveniently; in passing; without much extra effort HSK 7
慈善 慈善 cí shàn benevolent; charitable HSK 7
乖 乖 guāi (of a child) obedient, well-behaved; clever; shrewd; alert; perverse; contrary to reason; irregular; abnormal HSK 7
港 港 gǎng harbor; port HSK 7
堂 堂 táng (main) hall; large room for a specific purpose; relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family; of the same clan; classifier for classes, lectures etc; classifier for sets of furniture HSK 7
善 善 shàn good (virtuous); benevolent; well-disposed; good at sth; to improve or perfect HSK 7
监狱 監獄 jiān yù prison HSK 7
钥匙 鑰匙 yào shi key HSK 7
失踪 失蹤 shī zōng to be missing; to disappear; unaccounted for HSK 7
老大 老大 lǎo dà old age; very; eldest child in a family; leader of a group; boss; captain of a boat; leader of a criminal gang HSK 7
跟踪 跟蹤 gēn zōng to follow sb's tracks; to tail; to shadow; tracking HSK 7
耍 耍 shuǎ to play with; to wield; to act (cool etc); to display (a skill, one's temper etc) HSK 7
斗 斗 Dǒu abbr. for the Big Dipper constellation 星 HSK 7
情报 情報 qíng bào information; intelligence HSK 7
惊 驚 jīng to startle; to be frightened; to be scared; alarm HSK 7
业 業 yè line of business; industry; occupation; job; employment; school studies; enterprise; property; (Buddhism) karma; deed; to engage in; already HSK 7
哼 哼 hēng to groan; to snort; to hum; to croon; humph! HSK 7
恭喜 恭喜 gōng xǐ to congratulate; (interj.) congratulations! HSK 7
盯 盯 dīng to watch attentively; to fix one's attention on; to stare at; to gaze at HSK 7
嫁 嫁 jià (of a woman) to marry; to marry off a daughter; to shift (blame etc) HSK 7
且 且 qiě and; moreover; yet; for the time being; to be about to; both (... and...) HSK 7
罗 羅 luó gauze; to collect; to gather; to catch; to sift HSK 7
不知 不知 bù zhī not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) HSK 7
情 情 qíng feeling; emotion; passion; situation HSK 7
未 未 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
以 㕥 Yǐ abbr. for Israel 列 HSK 7
之 之 zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it HSK 7
乌烟瘴气 烏煙瘴氣 wū yān zhàng qì billowing smoke (idiom); foul atmosphere; (fig.) murky atmosphere; in a turmoil Idiom ∼HSK 6
全神贯注 全神貫注 quán shén - guàn zhù (idiom) to concentrate one's attention completely; with rapt attention Idiom ∼HSK 6
家破人亡 家破人亡 jiā pò rén wáng family bankrupt and the people dead (idiom); ruined and orphaned; destitute and homeless Idiom ∼HSK 6
倾盆大雨 傾盆大雨 qīng pén - dà yǔ (idiom) a downpour; rain bucketing down Idiom ∼HSK 6
一点一滴 一點一滴 yī diǎn yī dī bit by bit; every little bit Idiom ∼HSK 6
罗唆 羅唆 luō suo erroneous variant of Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
不成 不成 bù chéng won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be? Xiehouyu HSK 6
不通 不通 bù tōng to be obstructed; to be blocked up; to be impassable; to make no sense; to be illogical Xiehouyu HSK 6
高手 高手 gāo shǒu expert; past master; dab hand Xiehouyu HSK 6