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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| 管 筦 | to take care (of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to run; to care about; tube; pipe; woodwind; classifier for tube-shaped objects; particle similar to 把 in 管...叫 constructions; writing brush; (coll.) to; towards | Colloquialism |
| 天台 天台 | Mt Tiantai near Shaoxing 紹興|绍兴 in Zhejiang, the center of Tiantai Buddhism 天台宗; Tiantai county in Taizhou, Zhejiang | Proper Noun |
| 谋杀 謀殺 | to murder; to assassinate; intentional homicide | |
| 叔 叔 | uncle; father's younger brother; husband's younger brother; Taiwan pr. [shu2] | |
| 死者 死者 | the dead; the deceased | |
| 双眼 雙眼 | the two eyes | |
| 吴 吳 | name of warring state; surname | |
| 志 志 | purpose, will, determination; annals | |
| 别管 別管 | no matter (who, what etc) | |
| 一声 一聲 | first tone in Mandarin (high, level tone) | |
| 梯 梯 | ladder, steps, stairs; lean | |
| 说死 說死 | to say definitely; to commit (to a proposition) | |
| 杀死 殺死 | to kill | |
| 楚 楚 | name of feudal state; clear | |
| 跳楼 跳樓 | to jump from a building (to kill oneself); fig. to sell at a large discount (in advertising) | |
| 另一 另一 | another; the other | |
| 阿哥 阿哥 | (familiar) elder brother | |
| 所知 所知 | known; what one knows | |
| 管他的 管他的 | don’t worry about (it, him etc); doesn’t matter; whatever; anyway | |
| 不合 不合 | to not conform to; to be unsuited to; to be out of keeping with; should not; ought out | |
| 想像力 想像力 | conception; imagination | |
| 嘴甜 嘴甜 | sweet-talking; ingratiating | |
| 乱动 亂動 | to fiddle with; to tamper with; to meddle with; to move randomly; to flail about | |
| 猪肉 豬肉 | pork | |
| 开台 開臺 | start of play; opening of theatrical performance | |
| 心想 心想 | to think to oneself; to think | |
| 各人 各人 | each one; everyone | |
| 邻 鄰 | neighbor; neighborhood | |
| 突然间 突然間 | suddenly | |
| 关连 關連 | variant of | |
| 干活 幹活 | to work; to be employed | |
| 打死 打死 | to kill; to beat to death | |
| 有的是 有的是 | have plenty of; there's no lack of | |
| 前后 前後 | around; from beginning to end; all around; front and rear | |
| 开展 開展 | to launch; to develop; to unfold; (of an exhibition etc) to open | |
| 底下 底下 | the location below sth; afterwards | |
| 初步 初步 | initial; preliminary; tentative | |
| 亲人 親人 | one's close relatives | |
| 纪录 紀錄 | variant of 记录 (but in Taiwan, not for the verb sense "to record") | |
| 主意 主意 | plan; idea; decision; Beijing pr. [zhú yi] | |
| 去世 去世 | to pass away; to die | |
| 整天 整天 | all day long; whole day | |
| 不论 不論 | whatever; no matter what (who, how etc); regardless of; not to discuss | |
| 上来 上來 | to come up; to approach; (verb complement indicating success) | |
| 能不能 能不能 | Can you | |
| 吵 吵 | to quarrel; to make a noise; noisy; to disturb by making a noise | |
| 古 古 | ancient; old; paleo- | |
| 成立 成立 | to establish; to set up; to be tenable; to hold water | |
| 主动 主動 | to take the initiative; to do sth of one's own accord; spontaneous; active; opposite: passive 被动; drive (of gears and shafts etc) | |
| 女子 女子 | woman; female |