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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jiāng 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) HSK 5
(prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very HSK 5
lěng jìng calm; cool-headed; dispassionate; (of a place) deserted; quiet Xiehouyu HSK 4
àn zi long table; counter; (coll.) case (criminal, medical etc); matter; project; job Colloquialism ∼HSK 4
lǎo gōng (coll.) husband Colloquialism HSK 4
lǎo (coll.) wife Colloquialism HSK 4
liǎ two (colloquial equivalent of 两个); both; some Colloquialism HSK 4
Tài wén Thai (language) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
kǒu population (counted as number of households for census or taxation); registered residence; residence permit; (in Hong Kong and Macau) bank account Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Táng rén Jiē Chinatown Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
méi xiǎng dào didn't expect HSK 4
marsh, swamp; grace, brilliance ∼HSK 4
zhī know ∼HSK 4
xióng male of species; hero; manly ∼HSK 4
shén me shì what matter ∼HSK 4
zěn yāo huì how could it ∼HSK 4
shén me rén what kind of person ∼HSK 4
qīng chu unclear; not understood; currently unknown ∼HSK 4
bu that's just the way it is; exactly! ∼HSK 4
po husband's mother; mother-in-law; grandma ∼HSK 4
forensic pathologist; forensic doctor; medical examiner ∼HSK 4
doubt, question, suspect ∼HSK 4
zhì to cause death; to be lethal; to be deadly ∼HSK 4
jīng to manage (a business); manager; broker ∼HSK 4
jǐng guard, watch; alert, alarm ∼HSK 4
bào àn to report a case to the authorities ∼HSK 4
shuǐ jiǎo boiled dumpling (made by wrapping a pasta skin around a filling, like ravioli) ∼HSK 4
guàng guang to roam around; to have a stroll ∼HSK 4
dìng to be screwed; to be toast ∼HSK 4
Chuān stream, river; flow; boil ∼HSK 4
shì taxi (loanword) ∼HSK 4
shuì xǐng to wake up ∼HSK 4
zhǎng guān senior official; senior officer; commanding officer; sir (term of address for senior officer) ∼HSK 4
zhèn zi period of time ∼HSK 4
huó tuō remarkably alike ∼HSK 4
jiǎn dān not simple; rather complicated; remarkable; marvelous ∼HSK 4
shì duō (dialect) store (loanword) ∼HSK 4
zhòng àn major case; serious crime ∼HSK 4
duō shì toast (loanword) ∼HSK 4
huì fǒu can or cannot; is it possible? ∼HSK 4
chāo xiě to copy; to transcribe HSK 4
xià lóu to go downstairs HSK 4
shàng lóu to go upstairs HSK 4
chāo 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 HSK 4
interest (on a loan) HSK 4
shàng mén 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 HSK 4
lǎo shi honest; sincere; well-behaved; naive; gullible HSK 4
lóu stair; staircase HSK 4
huì to misunderstand; to mistake; misunderstanding HSK 4
bàn shì to handle (affairs); to work HSK 4