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
Filter the words you want to study before watching.
| 两手 兩手 | one's two hands; two prongs (of a strategy); both aspects, eventualities etc; skills; expertise | |
| 用得着 用得著 | to be able to use; useable; to have a use for; (in a question) to be necessary to | |
| 不值 不值 | not worth | |
| 内地 內地 | mainland China (PRC excluding Hong Kong and Macau, but including islands such as Hainan); Japan (used in Taiwan during Japanese colonization) | |
| 处长 處長 | department head; section chief | |
| 待会儿 待會兒 | in a moment; later; also pr. [dāi huǐ r] or [dāi hui r] | |
| 三明治 三明治 | sandwich (loanword) | |
| 要好 要好 | to be on good terms; to be close friends; striving for self-improvement | |
| 治病 治病 | to treat an illness | |
| 桥梁 橋梁 | bridge (lit. and fig.) | |
| 来往 來往 | to come and go; to have dealings with; to be in relation with | |
| 早晚 早晚 | morning and evening; (dialect) some time in the future; some day | |
| 要不然 要不然 | otherwise; or else; or | |
| 薪水 薪水 | salary; wage | |
| 枝 枝 | branch; classifier for sticks, rods, pencils etc | |
| 波动 波動 | to undulate; to fluctuate; wave motion; rise and fall | |
| 有事 有事 | to be occupied with sth; to have sth on one's mind; there is something the matter | |
| 发言人 發言人 | spokesperson | |
| 总监 總監 | head; director (of an organizational unit); (police) commissioner; inspector-general; rank of local governor in Tang dynasty administration | |
| 捐款 捐款 | to donate money; to contribute funds; donation; contribution (of money) | |
| 传出 傳出 | to transmit outwards; to disseminate; efferent (nerve) | |
| 嫌 嫌 | to dislike; suspicion; resentment; enmity; abbr. for 犯, criminal suspect | |
| 通话 通話 | to hold a conversation; to talk over the telephone; phone call | |
| 认同 認同 | to approve of; to endorse; to acknowledge; to recognize; to identify oneself with | |
| 仪器 儀器 | instrument; apparatus | |
| 接收 接收 | reception (of transmitted signal); to receive; to accept; to admit; to take over (e.g. a factory); to expropriate | |
| 搭档 搭檔 | to cooperate; partner | |
| 赌博 賭博 | to gamble | |
| 掏 掏 | to fish out (from pocket); to scoop | |
| 出事 出事 | to have an accident; to meet with a mishap | |
| 刚好 剛好 | just; exactly; to happen to be | |
| 新人 新人 | newcomer; fresh talent; newlywed, esp. new bride; bride and groom; (paleoanthropology) Homo sapiens | |
| 内衣 內衣 | undergarment; underwear | |
| 版本 版本 | version; edition; release | |
| 跌 跌 | to fall; to tumble; to trip; (of prices etc) to drop; Taiwan pr. [dié] | |
| 持有 持有 | to hold (passport, views etc) | |
| 机关 機關 | mechanism; gear; machine-operated; office; agency; organ; organization; establishment; institution; body; stratagem; scheme; intrigue; plot; trick | |
| 录像 錄像 | to videotape; to videorecord; video recording | |
| 和谐 和諧 | harmonious; harmony; (euphemism) to censor | |
| 账户 賬戶 | bank account; online account | |
| 算了 算了 | let it be; let it pass; forget about it | |
| 总部 總部 | general headquarters | |
| 协助 協助 | to provide assistance; to aid | |
| 赚钱 賺錢 | to earn money; moneymaking | |
| 厕所 廁所 | toilet; lavatory | |
| 无关 無關 | unrelated; having nothing to do (with sth else) | |
| 踩 跴 | to step on; to tread; to stamp; to press a pedal; to pedal (a bike); (online) to downvote | |
| 股票 股票 | share certificate; stock (finance) | |
| 露 露 | to show; to reveal; to betray; to expose | |
| 至于 至於 | as for; as to; to go so far as to |