Protégé 2007
门徒
A special agent has for 8 years been deep undercover in Asia's lucrative organized crime trade as he plays protégé to one of the key players, Banker. Now, Nick has but he has started to feel loyalty to his new environment and to the money.
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Vocabulary
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| 赞不绝口 讚不絕口 | to praise without cease (idiom); praise sb to high heaven | Idiom |
| 伤脑筋 傷腦筋 | to be a real headache; to find sth a real headache; to beat one's brains | Xiehouyu |
| 胆小鬼 膽小鬼 | coward | Xiehouyu |
| 不理 不理 | to refuse to acknowledge; to pay no attention to; to take no notice of; to ignore | Xiehouyu |
| 空虚 空虛 | hollow; emptiness; meaningless | Xiehouyu |
| 完蛋 完蛋 | (coll.) to be done for | Xiehouyu |
| 嫂子 嫂子 | (coll.) older brother's wife; sister-in-law | Colloquialism |
| 愣 愣 | to look distracted; to stare blankly; distracted; blank; (coll.) unexpectedly; rash; rashly | Colloquialism |
| 家伙 傢伙 | household dish, implement or furniture; domestic animal; (coll.) guy; chap; weapon | Colloquialism |
| 水稻 水稻 | rice; paddy | |
| 供求 供求 | supply and demand (economics) | |
| 跟上 跟上 | to catch up with; to keep pace with | |
| 破例 破例 | to make an exception | |
| 凑巧 湊巧 | fortuitously; luckily; as chance has it | |
| 岳母 岳母 | wife's mother, mother-in-law | |
| 总而言之 總而言之 | in short; in a word; in brief | |
| 耕地 耕地 | arable land; to plow land | |
| 交界 交界 | common boundary; common border | |
| 本钱 本錢 | capital; (fig.) asset; advantage; the means (to do sth) | |
| 愈来愈 愈來愈 | more and more | |
| 进修 進修 | to undertake advanced studies; to take a refresher course | |
| 机灵 機靈 | clever; quick-witted | |
| 枪毙 槍斃 | to execute by firing squad; to shoot dead; fig. to discard; to get rid of | |
| 记号 記號 | mark; symbol; notation; seal | |
| 摆平 擺平 | to be fair; to be impartial; to settle (a matter etc) | |
| 连夜 連夜 | that very night; through the night; for several nights in a row | |
| 闹事 鬧事 | to cause trouble; to create a disturbance | |
| 行家 行家 | connoisseur; expert; veteran | |
| 绿灯 綠燈 | green light (traffic signal); (fig.) permission to proceed | |
| 灵通 靈通 | fast and abundant (news); clever; effective | |
| 像样 像樣 | presentable; decent; up to par | |
| 上头 上頭 | (of alcohol) to go to one's head; (old) (of a bride-to-be) to bind one's hair into a bun; (of a prostitute) to receive a patron for the first time | |
| 超标 超標 | to cross the limit; to be over the accepted norm; excessive | |
| 掀 掀 | to lift (a lid); to rock; to convulse | |
| 夕阳 夕陽 | sunset; the setting sun | |
| 凝固 凝固 | to freeze; to solidify; to congeal; fig. with rapt attention | |
| 别看 別看 | don't be fooled by the fact that | |
| 打通 打通 | to open access; to establish contact; to remove a block; to put through (a phone connection) | |
| 转机 轉機 | (to take) a turn for the better; to change planes | |
| 试探 試探 | to sound out; to probe; to feel out; to try out | |
| 引诱 引誘 | to coerce (sb into doing sth bad); to lure (into a trap); to seduce | |
| 秤 秤 | steelyard; Roman balance | |
| 遥控 遙控 | to direct operations from a remote location; to remotely control | |
| 仙女 仙女 | fairy | |
| 罐头 罐頭 | tin; can | |
| 上瘾 上癮 | to get into a habit; to become addicted | |
| 看中 看中 | to have a preference for; to fancy; to choose after consideration; to settle on | |
| 苗 苗 | sprout | |
| 耳光 耳光 | a slap on the face | |
| 泄 洩 | (bound form) to leak out; to discharge; (fig.) to divulge |