Sparrow 2008
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Kei is the experienced leader of a team of pickpockets — also known as "Sparrows" in HK slang. He enjoys a carefree lifestyle taking photos. One day a dashing beauty, Chun-Lei, suddenly appears in Kei's viewfinder. Kei is mesmerized. But behind Chun-Lei's attractive facade lies a mysterious past and a mission to set herself free.
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Vocabulary
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| 资产 資產 | property; assets | |
| 全都 全都 | all; without exception | |
| 报警 報警 | to sound an alarm; to report sth to the police | |
| 为止 為止 | until; (used in combination with words like 到 or 至 in constructs of the form 到...到...为止) | |
| 欠 欠 | to owe; to lack; (literary) to be deficient in; (bound form) yawn; to raise slightly (a part of one's body) | |
| 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 | |
| 偷 偷 | to steal; to pilfer; to snatch; thief; stealthily | |
| 丢 丟 | to lose; to put aside; to throw | |
| 抢 搶 | to fight over; to rush; to scramble; to grab; to rob; to snatch | |
| 搞 搞 | to do; to make; to go in for; to set up; to get hold of; to take care of | |
| 冷静 冷靜 | calm; cool-headed; dispassionate; (of a place) deserted; quiet | Xiehouyu |
| 老婆 老婆 | (coll.) wife | Colloquialism |
| 傅 傅 | tutor, teacher; assist; surname | |
| 自来 自來 | from the beginning; always; to come of one's own accord | |
| 首选 首選 | first choice; premium; to come first in the imperial examinations | |
| 谢 謝 | thank | |
| 什么事 什麼事 | what matter | |
| 什么人 什麼人 | what kind of person | |
| 散伙 散夥 | to disband; (of a partnership, group etc) to break up | |
| 坐牢 坐牢 | to be imprisoned | |
| 彩头 彩頭 | good omen; good luck (in business etc); profits (gained in gambling, lottery etc) | |
| 单手 單手 | one hand; single-handed | |
| 打底 打底 | to lay a foundation (also fig.); to make a first sketch; to eat sth before drinking; to apply an undercoat | |
| 乖乖 乖乖 | (of a child) well-behaved; obediently; (term of endearment for a child) darling; sweetie | |
| 头儿 頭兒 | head, leader | |
| 站稳 站穩 | to stand firm | |
| 屎 屎 | excrement, shit, dung | |
| 头奖 頭獎 | first prize | |
| 不要紧 不要緊 | unimportant; not serious; it doesn't matter; never mind; it looks all right, but | |
| 市区 市區 | urban district; downtown; city center | |
| 误会 誤會 | to misunderstand; to mistake; misunderstanding | |
| 填 填 | to fill or stuff; (of a form etc) to fill in | |
| 细 細 | thin or slender; finely particulate; thin and soft; fine; delicate; trifling; (of a sound) quiet; frugal | |
| 大哥 大哥 | eldest brother; big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself); gang leader; boss | |
| 摇 搖 | to shake; to rock; to row; to crank | |
| 不然 不然 | not so; no; or else; otherwise; if not; How about ...? | |
| 号码 號碼 | number | |
| 人家 人家 | household; dwelling; family; sb else's house; household business; house of woman's husband-to-be | |
| 抽 抽 | to draw out; to pull out from in between; to remove part of the whole; (of certain plants) to sprout or bud; to whip or thrash | |
| 律师 律師 | lawyer | |
| 兄弟 兄弟 | brothers; younger brother; I, me (humble term used by men in public speech); brotherly; fraternal | |
| 解释 解釋 | explanation; to explain; to interpret; to resolve | |
| 严重 嚴重 | grave; serious; severe; critical | |
| 之前 之前 | before; prior to; ago; previously; beforehand | |
| 呀 呀 | (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt) | |
| 之后 之後 | after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then | |
| 担心 擔心 | anxious; worried; uneasy; to worry; to be anxious | |
| 牛头不对马嘴 牛頭不對馬嘴 | lit. a donkey's lips do not match a horse's mouth (saying); fig. wide of the mark; irrelevant; incongruous | Idiom |
| 上环 上環 | (coll.) to be fitted with an IUD; (of a doctor) to insert an IUD | Colloquialism |
| 要是 要是 | (coll.) if | Colloquialism |