The Detective

The Detective 2007

C+ c+ zhēntàn

A private detective is drawn into a complex murder mystery when he is hired to track down a missing young woman.

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3.72 Beginner Director Oxide Pang Chun IMDb 6.6

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kāi qiāng to open fire; to shoot a gun HSK 7
bài tuō to request sb to do sth; please! HSK 7
chán to wind around; to wrap round; to coil; tangle; to involve; to bother; to annoy HSK 7
shè xián to be a suspect (in a crime); to be suspected of HSK 7
gōng meritorious deed or service; achievement; result; service; accomplishment; work (physics) HSK 7
xiān wéi fiber HSK 7
jiǎ shè to suppose; to presume; to assume; supposing that ...; if; hypothesis; conjecture HSK 7
nest; pit or hollow on the human body; lair; den; place; to harbor or shelter; to hold in check; to bend; classifier for litters and broods HSK 7
hén vestige; mark; trace HSK 7
zōng school; sect; purpose; model; ancestor; clan; to take as one's model (in academic or artistic work); classifier for batches, items, cases (medical or legal), reservoirs HSK 7
kēng pit; depression; hollow; tunnel; hole in the ground; (archaic) to bury alive; to hoodwink; to cheat (sb) HSK 7
shā shǒu killer; murderer; hit man; (sports) formidable player HSK 7
zhù dìng to foreordain; to be bound to; to be destined to; to be doomed to; inevitably HSK 7
bǎo zhàng to ensure; to guarantee; to safeguard HSK 7
shī zōng to be missing; to disappear; unaccounted for HSK 7
gēn zōng to follow sb's tracks; to tail; to shadow; tracking HSK 7
line of business; industry; occupation; job; employment; school studies; enterprise; property; (Buddhism) karma; deed; to engage in; already HSK 7
raw silk; white; plain, unadorned; vegetarian (food); essence; nature; element; constituent; usually; always; ever HSK 7
shī dead body; corpse; carcass HSK 7
tàn to explore; to search out; to scout; to visit; to stretch forward HSK 7
àn jiàn case; instance HSK 7
zhī not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) HSK 7
wén language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle; (old) classifier for coins; Kangxi radical 67 HSK 7
ér that's all; nothing more HSK 7
qíng feeling; emotion; passion; situation HSK 7
é to chant HSK 7
rén mìng guān tiān human life is beyond value (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
móu cái hài mìng to plot and kill sb for his property (idiom); to murder for money Idiom ∼HSK 6
hún dàn variant of Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
gāo shǒu expert; past master; dab hand Xiehouyu HSK 6
used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 6
yǒu méi yǒu (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?; Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)? HSK 6
shén tàn master sleuth; lit. miraculous detective; cf Sherlock Holmes or Di Renjie ∼HSK 6
yàn shī autopsy; postmortem examination ∼HSK 6
chǎo piào to speculate in stocks ∼HSK 6
yǎn to partially obscure; (of a door, gate or window) slightly open; ajar; not fully shut; unlocked; (of a jacket or shirt) unbuttoned ∼HSK 6
wèi zuì shā to commit suicide to escape punishment ∼HSK 6
huán zhài to settle a debt ∼HSK 6
jīng deputy director; assistant manager ∼HSK 6
zhuō jiān to catch a couple in the act (adultery, illicit sexual relations) ∼HSK 6
mǎi xiōng to hire a hitman ∼HSK 6
shàng diào to hang oneself ∼HSK 6
zǒu huǒ to be obsessed with sth; to go overboard; (Buddhism, Taoism) to misguidedly focus on hallucinations that arise during meditation ∼HSK 6
wholly-owned (often by foreign company); exclusive investment ∼HSK 6
lín facing death; at death's door ∼HSK 6
zhēng yòng to expropriate; to commandeer ∼HSK 6
tōng fàn wanted criminal; fugitive (from the law) ∼HSK 6
huán qīng to pay back in full; to redeem a debt ∼HSK 6
share (in a listed company) ∼HSK 6
zhà to kill with an explosion ∼HSK 6