The Detective 2007
C+侦探
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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Vocabulary
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| 将 將 | will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把) | |
| 可 可 | (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very | |
| 冷静 冷靜 | calm; cool-headed; dispassionate; (of a place) deserted; quiet | Xiehouyu |
| 案子 案子 | long table; counter; (coll.) case (criminal, medical etc); matter; project; job | Colloquialism |
| 老公 老公 | (coll.) husband | Colloquialism |
| 老婆 老婆 | (coll.) wife | Colloquialism |
| 俩 倆 | two (colloquial equivalent of 两个); both; some | Colloquialism |
| 泰文 泰文 | Thai (language) | Proper Noun |
| 户口 戶口 | population (counted as number of households for census or taxation); registered residence; residence permit; (in Hong Kong and Macau) bank account | Proper Noun |
| 唐人街 唐人街 | Chinatown | Proper Noun |
| 没想到 沒想到 | didn't expect | |
| 泽 澤 | marsh, swamp; grace, brilliance | |
| 知 知 | know | |
| 雄 雄 | male of species; hero; manly | |
| 什么事 什麼事 | what matter | |
| 怎么会 怎麼會 | how could it | |
| 什么人 什麼人 | what kind of person | |
| 不清楚 不清楚 | unclear; not understood; currently unknown | |
| 可不 可不 | that's just the way it is; exactly! | |
| 婆婆 婆婆 | husband's mother; mother-in-law; grandma | |
| 法医 法醫 | forensic pathologist; forensic doctor; medical examiner | |
| 疑 疑 | doubt, question, suspect | |
| 致死 致死 | to cause death; to be lethal; to be deadly | |
| 经纪 經紀 | to manage (a business); manager; broker | |
| 警 警 | guard, watch; alert, alarm | |
| 报案 報案 | to report a case to the authorities | |
| 水饺 水餃 | boiled dumpling (made by wrapping a pasta skin around a filling, like ravioli) | |
| 逛逛 逛逛 | to roam around; to have a stroll | |
| 死定 死定 | to be screwed; to be toast | |
| 川 川 | stream, river; flow; boil | |
| 的士 的士 | taxi (loanword) | |
| 睡醒 睡醒 | to wake up | |
| 长官 長官 | senior official; senior officer; commanding officer; sir (term of address for senior officer) | |
| 阵子 陣子 | period of time | |
| 活脱 活脫 | remarkably alike | |
| 不简单 不簡單 | not simple; rather complicated; remarkable; marvelous | |
| 士多 士多 | (dialect) store (loanword) | |
| 重案 重案 | major case; serious crime | |
| 多士 多士 | toast (loanword) | |
| 会否 會否 | can or cannot; is it possible? | |
| 抄写 抄寫 | to copy; to transcribe | |
| 下楼 下樓 | to go downstairs | |
| 上楼 上樓 | to go upstairs | |
| 抄 抄 | to make a copy; to plagiarize; to search and seize; to raid; to grab; to go off with; to take a shortcut; to make a turning move; to fold one's arms | |
| 利息 利息 | interest (on a loan) | |
| 上门 上門 | to drop in; to visit; to lock a door; (of a shop) to close; to go and live with one's wife's family, in effect becoming a member of her family | |
| 老实 老實 | honest; sincere; well-behaved; naive; gullible | |
| 楼梯 樓梯 | stair; staircase | |
| 误会 誤會 | to misunderstand; to mistake; misunderstanding | |
| 办事 辦事 | to handle (affairs); to work |