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.
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Vocabulary
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| 撞 撞 | to knock against; to bump into; to run into; to meet by accident | |
| 逃 逃 | to escape; to run away; to flee | |
| 吐 吐 | to spit; to send out (silk from a silkworm, bolls from cotton flowers etc); to say; to pour out (one's grievances) | |
| 骗 騙 | to cheat; to swindle; to deceive; to get on (a horse etc) by swinging one leg over | |
| 尊重 尊重 | to esteem; to respect; to honor; to value; eminent; serious; proper | |
| 厉害 厲害 | (used to describe sb or sth that makes a very strong impression, whether favorable or unfavorable) terrible; intense; severe; devastating; amazing; awesome; outstanding; (of a person) stern; strict; harsh; shrewd; tough; (of an animal) fierce; (of a resemblance) striking; (of liquor or chili pepper) strong; (of bacteria) virulent | |
| 聪明 聰明 | intelligent; clever; bright; smart; acute (of sight and hearing) | |
| 接触 接觸 | to touch; to contact; access; in touch with | |
| 基金 基金 | fund | |
| 剩下 剩下 | to remain; to be left over | |
| 戏 戲 | trick; drama; play; show | |
| 版 版 | a register; block of printing; edition; version; page | |
| 鬼 鬼 | disembodied spirit; ghost; devil; (suffix) person with a certain vice or addiction etc; sly; crafty; resourceful (variant of 诡); one of the 28 constellations of ancient Chinese astronomy | |
| 疯 瘋 | insane; mad; wild | |
| 枪 槍 | gun; firearm; rifle; spear; thing with shape or function similar to a gun; to substitute for another person in a test; to knock; classifier for rifle shots | |
| 恢复 恢復 | to reinstate; to resume; to restore; to recover; to regain; to rehabilitate | |
| 傻 傻 | foolish | |
| 居然 居然 | unexpectedly; to one's surprise; go so far as to | |
| 陪 陪 | to accompany; to keep sb company; to assist; old variant of 赔 | |
| 令 令 | used in 令; used in 狐 (Taiwan pr. [lìng]) | |
| 哈 哈 | (interj.) ha!; (onom. for laughter); (slang) to be infatuated with; to adore; abbr. for 奇, husky (dog) | |
| 杀 殺 | to kill; to murder; to attack; to weaken or reduce; to smart (dialect); (used after a verb) extremely | |
| 肯定 肯定 | to be certain; to be positive; assuredly; definitely; to give recognition; to affirm; affirmative (answer) | |
| 搞 搞 | to do; to make; to go in for; to set up; to get hold of; to take care of | |
| 可 可 | (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very | |
| 目无法纪 目無法紀 | with no regard for law or discipline (idiom); flouting the law and disregarding all rules; in complete disorder | Idiom |
| 哭穷 哭窮 | to bewail one's poverty; to complain about being hard up; to pretend to be poor | Xiehouyu |
| 无法无天 無法無天 | (idiom) defiant of the law and lacking any sense of morality; lawless; out of control; unruly | Xiehouyu |
| 来不及 來不及 | there's not enough time (to do sth); it's too late (to do sth) | Xiehouyu |
| 轻松 輕鬆 | light; gentle; relaxed; effortless; uncomplicated; to relax; to take things less seriously | Xiehouyu |
| 案子 案子 | long table; counter; (coll.) case (criminal, medical etc); matter; project; job | Colloquialism |
| 穷 窮 | poor; destitute; to use up; to exhaust; thoroughly; extremely; (coll.) persistently and pointlessly | Colloquialism |
| 垃圾 垃圾 | trash; refuse; garbage; (coll.) of poor quality; Taiwan pr. [lè sè] | Colloquialism |
| 老婆 老婆 | (coll.) wife | Colloquialism |
| 俩 倆 | two (colloquial equivalent of 两个); both; some | Colloquialism |
| 廉政公署 廉政公署 | Independent Commission Against Corruption, Hong Kong (ICAC) | Proper Noun |
| 司徒 司徒 | two-character surname Situ | Proper Noun |
| 户口 戶口 | population (counted as number of households for census or taxation); registered residence; residence permit; (in Hong Kong and Macau) bank account | Proper Noun |
| 证监会 證監會 | China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) | Proper Noun |
| 警员 警員 | police officer; policeman (general term for any police officer); police constable (lowest rank in mainland China and Hong Kong) | Proper Noun |
| 礼拜五 禮拜五 | Friday | Proper Noun |
| 李 李 | Li (surname) | Proper Noun |
| 危地马拉 危地馬拉 | Guatemala | Proper Noun |
| 哥斯达黎加 哥斯達黎加 | Costa Rica | Proper Noun |
| 象牙海岸 象牙海岸 | Côte d'Ivoire or Ivory Coast (Tw) | Proper Noun |
| 下个月 下個月 | next month | |
| 没想到 沒想到 | didn't expect | |
| 长官 長官 | senior official; senior officer; commanding officer; sir (term of address for senior officer) | |
| 股价 股價 | stock price; share price | |
| 徐 徐 | slowly, quietly, calmly; composed, dignified |