Rule Number One

Rule Number One 2008

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Rookie Sergeant Lee is injured in a shoot-out and is assigned to the dubious-sounding Miscellaneous Affairs Department (MAD). There, he is paired up with Inspector Wong, a jaded and alcoholic veteran who explains that MAD’s role is to answer supernatural calls. Wong explains MAD’s rule number one - there are no ghosts. For every seemingly inexplicable phenomenon, there is a corresponding scientific and rational explanation.

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3.68 Beginner Director Kelvin Tong IMDb 6.2

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guài bewildering; odd; strange; uncanny; devil; monster; to wonder at; to blame; quite; rather HSK 4
jiā to become a member; to join; to mix into; to participate in; to add in HSK 4
jìn nearby; neighboring; (in the) vicinity (of); neighborhood HSK 4
wèi zhi position; place; seat HSK 4
bāo kuò to comprise; to include; to involve; to incorporate; to consist of HSK 4
yán zhòng grave; serious; severe; critical HSK 4
France; French; abbr. for 法国; Taiwan pr. [Fà] HSK 4
gēn according to; based on; basis; foundation HSK 4
xiē classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several HSK 4
self; oneself; from; since; naturally; surely HSK 4
chǔ to reside; to live; to dwell; to be in; to be situated at; to stay; to get along with; to be in a position of; to deal with; to discipline; to punish HSK 4
zhī qián before; prior to; ago; previously; beforehand HSK 4
ya (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt) HSK 4
liǎo jiě to understand; to realize; to find out HSK 4
zhī hòu after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then HSK 4
dān xīn anxious; worried; uneasy; to worry; to be anxious HSK 4
ér and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast) HSK 4
xīn zài yān absent-minded; preoccupied; inattentive; with one's thoughts wandering Xiehouyu ∼HSK 3
yào shi (coll.) if Colloquialism HSK 3
zhěng exactly; in good order; whole; complete; entire; in order; orderly; to repair; to mend; to renovate; (coll.) to fix sb; to give sb a hard time; to mess with sb Colloquialism HSK 3
Xīng liù Saturday Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
Xiǎo lóng Bruce Lee (1940-1973), Hong Kong actor and martial arts expert Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
Xīng Friday Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
Tiān tāi Mt Tiantai near Shaoxing 紹興|绍兴 in Zhejiang, the center of Tiantai Buddhism 天台宗; Tiantai county in Taizhou, Zhejiang Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
shū eldest of father's younger brothers; uncle (term used to address a man about the age of one's father) ∼HSK 3
Lán orchid; elegant, graceful ∼HSK 3
zhě the dead; the deceased ∼HSK 3
shā to kill ∼HSK 3
móu shā to murder; to assassinate; intentional homicide ∼HSK 3
gǎn shí jiān to be in a hurry ∼HSK 3
shàng xīng last week ∼HSK 3
Chǔ name of feudal state; clear ∼HSK 3
gǎn zǒu to drive out; to turn back ∼HSK 3
lìng another; the other ∼HSK 3
xīn zhòng overanxious; neurotic ∼HSK 3
to kill; to beat to death ∼HSK 3
diǎn zhōng (indicating time of day) o'clock ∼HSK 3
gàn huó to work; to be employed ∼HSK 3
biàn xiū to become revisionist ∼HSK 3
zhěng róng plastic surgery ∼HSK 3
kòng accuse, charge; control ∼HSK 3
zhuǎn tái to change the channel (TV) ∼HSK 3
zhè lèi this kind (of) ∼HSK 3
to infuriate; to be furious; to die from an excess of anger ∼HSK 3
yǒu xiē rén some people ∼HSK 3
chǎn real estate; landed estate; landed property ∼HSK 3
xiāng hǎo to be intimate; close friend; paramour ∼HSK 3
hūn get married; marriage, wedding ∼HSK 3
Kāng peaceful, quiet; happy, healthy ∼HSK 3
biàn tài to metamorphose (biology); abnormal; perverted; hentai; (slang) pervert ∼HSK 3