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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guǎn 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 HSK 3
Tiān tāi 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 ∼HSK 3
móu shā to murder; to assassinate; intentional homicide ∼HSK 3
shū uncle; father's younger brother; husband's younger brother; Taiwan pr. [shu2] ∼HSK 3
zhě the dead; the deceased ∼HSK 3
shuāng yǎn the two eyes ∼HSK 3
name of warring state; surname ∼HSK 3
zhì purpose, will, determination; annals ∼HSK 3
bié guǎn no matter (who, what etc) ∼HSK 3
shēng first tone in Mandarin (high, level tone) ∼HSK 3
ladder, steps, stairs; lean ∼HSK 3
shuō to say definitely; to commit (to a proposition) ∼HSK 3
shā to kill ∼HSK 3
Chǔ name of feudal state; clear ∼HSK 3
tiào lóu to jump from a building (to kill oneself); fig. to sell at a large discount (in advertising) ∼HSK 3
lìng another; the other ∼HSK 3
ā (familiar) elder brother ∼HSK 3
suǒ zhī known; what one knows ∼HSK 3
guǎn de don’t worry about (it, him etc); doesn’t matter; whatever; anyway ∼HSK 3
to not conform to; to be unsuited to; to be out of keeping with; should not; ought out ∼HSK 3
xiǎng xiàng conception; imagination ∼HSK 3
zuǐ tián sweet-talking; ingratiating ∼HSK 3
luàn dòng to fiddle with; to tamper with; to meddle with; to move randomly; to flail about ∼HSK 3
zhū ròu pork ∼HSK 3
kāi tái start of play; opening of theatrical performance ∼HSK 3
xīn xiǎng to think to oneself; to think ∼HSK 3
rén each one; everyone ∼HSK 3
lín neighbor; neighborhood ∼HSK 3
rán jiān suddenly ∼HSK 3
guān lián variant of ∼HSK 3
gàn huó to work; to be employed ∼HSK 3
to kill; to beat to death ∼HSK 3
yǒu de shì have plenty of; there's no lack of HSK 3
qián hòu around; from beginning to end; all around; front and rear HSK 3
kāi zhǎn to launch; to develop; to unfold; (of an exhibition etc) to open HSK 3
xia the location below sth; afterwards HSK 3
chū initial; preliminary; tentative HSK 3
qīn rén one's close relatives HSK 3
variant of 记录 (but in Taiwan, not for the verb sense "to record") HSK 3
zhǔ yi plan; idea; decision; Beijing pr. [zhú yi] HSK 3
shì to pass away; to die HSK 3
zhěng tiān all day long; whole day HSK 3
lùn whatever; no matter what (who, how etc); regardless of; not to discuss HSK 3
shàng lái to come up; to approach; (verb complement indicating success) HSK 3
néng néng Can you HSK 3
chǎo to quarrel; to make a noise; noisy; to disturb by making a noise HSK 3
ancient; old; paleo- HSK 3
chéng to establish; to set up; to be tenable; to hold water HSK 3
zhǔ dòng to take the initiative; to do sth of one's own accord; spontaneous; active; opposite: passive 被动; drive (of gears and shafts etc) HSK 3
woman; female HSK 3