Sparrow

Sparrow 2008

wén qiāo

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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Vocabulary

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hǎo no good ∼HSK 1
xià chē to get off or out of (a bus, train, car etc) HSK 1
shàng chē to get on or into (a bus, train, car etc) HSK 1
zǒu to walk; to go on foot HSK 1
r there HSK 1
cháng cháng frequently; often HSK 1
nǎi breast; milk; to breastfeed HSK 1
gàn shén me what are you doing?; what's he up to? HSK 1
kāi chē to drive a car HSK 1
shì shì is or isn't; yes or no; whether or not HSK 1
zài jiàn goodbye; see you again later HSK 1
bǎi hundred; numerous; all kinds of HSK 1
bian over there; yonder HSK 1
chǎng airport; airfield; (slang) service provider for Shadowsocks or similar software for circumventing Internet censorship HSK 1
jìn lái to come in HSK 1
bāng máng to help; to lend a hand; to do a favor; to do a good turn HSK 1
zuì hǎo best; (you) had better (do what we suggest) HSK 1
xiǎo jie young lady; miss; (slang) prostitute HSK 1
fàn cooked rice; meal; (loanword) fan; devotee HSK 1
chī fàn to have a meal; to eat; to make a living HSK 1
to wash; to bathe; to develop (photographs); to shuffle (cards etc); to erase (a recording) HSK 1
huí qu to return; to go back HSK 1
wàng to forget; to overlook; to neglect HSK 1
yòng need not HSK 1
(prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 六 "sixth"); (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed; (old) residence of a high official; (literary) but; however; (literary) only; just HSK 1
shuì jiào to go to bed; to sleep HSK 1
shì to test; to try; experiment; examination; test HSK 1
bái white; snowy; pure; bright; empty; blank; plain; clear; to make clear; in vain; gratuitous; free of charge; reactionary; anti-communist; funeral; to stare coldly; to write wrong character; to state; to explain; vernacular; spoken lines in opera HSK 1
gāo xìng happy; glad; willing (to do sth); in a cheerful mood HSK 1
shǒu cell phone; mobile phone HSK 1
shēng doctor HSK 1
chū to go out HSK 1
fēi to fly HSK 1
li there; that place HSK 1
lóu house with more than 1 story; storied building; floor HSK 1
where?; somewhere; anywhere; wherever; nowhere (negative answer to question); humble expression denying compliment; also written 哪里 HSK 1
míng bai clear; obvious; unequivocal; to understand; to realize HSK 1
son; child; seed; egg; small thing; 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the Rat; Viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 位; ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north); subsidiary; subordinate; sub- HSK 1
yuàn hospital HSK 1
chóng to repeat; repetition; again; re-; classifier: layer HSK 1
xiān sheng teacher; gentleman; sir; mister (Mr.); husband; (dialect) doctor HSK 1
huí jiā to return home HSK 1
how; which HSK 1
nán difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good HSK 1
shǎo few; less; to lack; to be missing; to stop (doing sth); seldom HSK 1
duō shǎo number; amount; somewhat HSK 1
xué to learn; to study; to imitate; science; -ology HSK 1
xiè xie to thank; thanks; thank you HSK 1
four; 4 HSK 1
shuì to sleep; to lie down HSK 1