Sparrow

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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3.34 Beginner Director Johnnie To 🍅 93%

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Zhōng huán Central, Hong Kong Island Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
xiǎo colt; pony ∼HSK 3
to die ∼HSK 3
gàn what are you doing?; whatever for?; why on earth? ∼HSK 3
currency, coins, legal tender ∼HSK 3
chàng tuán chorus; choir ∼HSK 3
qián to pay money ∼HSK 3
měi rén each person; everybody; per person ∼HSK 3
tán tán to discuss; to have a chat ∼HSK 3
zhuǎn huí to turn back; to put back; reversal; melodic inversion (in music) ∼HSK 3
lǎo to die of old age ∼HSK 3
biǎo form; table HSK 3
běn shì source material; original story HSK 3
shā sofa (loanword); (Internet slang) the first reply or replier to a forum post HSK 3
gōng fu skill; art; kung fu; labor; effort HSK 3
nián age HSK 3
to break; to smash HSK 3
chǎo to quarrel; to make a noise; noisy; to disturb by making a noise HSK 3
fèi to cost; to spend; fee; wasteful; expenses HSK 3
to pay; to hand over to; classifier for pairs or sets of things HSK 3
xiū to decorate; to embellish; to repair; to build; to write; to cultivate; to study; to take (a class) HSK 3
zhōng clock; o'clock; time as measured in hours and minutes; bell HSK 3
duàn to break; to snap; to cut off; to give up or abstain from sth; to judge; (usu. used in the negative) absolutely; definitely; decidedly HSK 3
fēi coffee (loanword) HSK 3
dùn to stop; to pause; to arrange; to lay out; to kowtow; to stamp (one's foot); at once; classifier for meals, beatings, scoldings etc: time, bout, spell, meal HSK 3
lóng dragon; imperial HSK 3
fan trouble; inconvenience; inconvenient; troublesome; annoying; to bother sb; to put sb to trouble HSK 3
kōng empty; air; sky; in vain HSK 3
zhí dào until HSK 3
tòng ache; pain; sorrow; deeply; thoroughly HSK 3
shàng miàn on top of; above-mentioned; also pr. [shàng mian] HSK 3
lǎo bǎn boss; business proprietor HSK 3
nán dào don't tell me ...; could it be that...? HSK 3
qīn mother; also pr. [mǔ qin] HSK 3
yíng to beat; to win; to profit HSK 3
xìng happiness; happy; blessed HSK 3
gǎn to dare; daring; (polite) may I venture HSK 3
xià to go down; to descend; to go on; to continue; (of a servant) to withdraw HSK 3
yuē to make an appointment; to invite; approximately; pact; treaty; to economize; to restrict; to reduce (a fraction); concise HSK 3
hǎo hǎo well; carefully; nicely; properly HSK 3
jiǎn dān simple; not complicated HSK 3
róng easy; straightforward; likely; liable to; apt to HSK 3
horse; horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess; knight in Western chess HSK 3
huó to live; alive; living; work; workmanship HSK 3
dāng rán only natural; as it should be; certainly; of course; without doubt HSK 3
zhǐ yǒu only have ...; there is only ...; (used in combination with 才) it is only if one ... (that one can ...) (Example: 只有通过治疗才能痊愈 "the only way to cure it is with therapy"); it is only ... (who ...) (Example: 要 "only men would have such a requirement"); (used to indicate that one has no alternative) one can only (do a certain thing) (Example: 服 "the only thing you can do is give in") HSK 3
yóu to follow; from; because of; due to; by; via; through; (before a noun and a verb) it is for ... to ... HSK 3
guān xi relation; relationship; to concern; to affect; to have to do with; guanxi HSK 3
zhāng to open up; to spread; sheet of paper; classifier for flat objects, sheet; classifier for votes HSK 3
to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned HSK 3