The Four 2012
四大名捕
An undercover agent is assigned by his corrupt chief to infiltrate a rival department and sabotage their investigation of counterfeit currency. What he discovers is the counterfeiter's real plan. To overthrow the capital. Not by flooding it with funny money, but with an army of undead.
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Vocabulary
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| 之 之 | (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it | |
| 眼中钉 眼中釘 | a thorn in one's side | Idiom |
| 权宜之计 權宜之計 | plan of convenience (idiom); stop-gap measure; makeshift stratagem; interim step | Idiom |
| 凶多吉少 凶多吉少 | lit. everything bodes ill, no positive signs (idiom); fig. inauspicious; everything points to disaster | Idiom |
| 忍气吞声 忍氣吞聲 | to submit to humiliation (idiom); to suffer in silence; to swallow one's anger; to grin and bear it | Idiom |
| 循规蹈矩 循規蹈矩 | to follow the compass and go with the set square (idiom); to follow the rules inflexibly; to act according to convention | Idiom |
| 大功告成 大功告成 | successfully accomplished (project or goal); to be highly successful | Xiehouyu |
| 争风吃醋 爭風吃醋 | to rival sb for the affection of a man or woman; to be jealous of a rival in a love affair | Xiehouyu |
| 横行霸道 橫行霸道 | to oppress; to rule as a despot; to tyrannize | Xiehouyu |
| 自作自受 自作自受 | (idiom) to reap what one has sown; to stew in one's own juice | Xiehouyu |
| 高手 高手 | expert; past master; dab hand | Xiehouyu |
| 就算 就算 | (coll.) even if | Colloquialism |
| 嘛 嘛 | used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? | Colloquialism |
| 表面上 表面上 | outwardly; superficially; on the face of it | |
| 有没有 有沒有 | (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)? | |
| 圣上 聖上 | Your Majesty | |
| 捕快 捕快 | bailiff responsible for catching criminals (in imperial China) | |
| 钱庄 錢莊 | old-style money shop (a type of private bank that first appeared in the Ming dynasty, flourished in the Qing, and was phased out after 1949); (in recent times) informal financial company, often operating at the edges of what is legal | |
| 铸币 鑄幣 | coin; to mint (coins) | |
| 叮当 叮噹 | (onom.) ding dong; jingling of bells; clanking sound | |
| 捕头 捕頭 | constable | |
| 讨债 討債 | to demand repayment | |
| 死罪 死罪 | capital offense; crime punishable by death; my deepest apologies | |
| 闲杂人等 閒雜人等 | 闲: fence, guard; defend; idle time · 杂: mixed, blended; mix, mingle · 人: man; people; mankind; someone else | |
| 速速 速速 | quickly | |
| 失窃 失竊 | to lose by theft; to have one's property stolen | |
| 相助 相助 | help | |
| 重犯 重犯 | serious criminal; felon | |
| 正人君子 正人君子 | upright gentleman; man of honor | |
| 绝密 絕密 | top secret | |
| 棉被 棉被 | comforter; quilt | |
| 剑法 劍法 | fencing; sword-play | |
| 赖账 賴賬 | to renege on a debt | |
| 候命 候命 | to await orders; to be on call | |
| 结帐 結帳 | variant of | |
| 同谋 同謀 | to conspire with sb; to plot; a conspirator; a partner in crime; an accomplice | |
| 画押 畫押 | to sign; to make one's mark | |
| 供词 供詞 | confession; statement; Taiwan pr. [gong1ci2] | |
| 通力合作 通力合作 | to join forces; to give full cooperation | |
| 疑犯 疑犯 | a suspect | |
| 遵命 遵命 | obey the order | |
| 飞鹰 飛鷹 | eagle | |
| 大功 大功 | great merit; great service | |
| 毙命 斃命 | to meet violent death; to get killed | |
| 兽性 獸性 | brutal | |
| 抛下 拋下 | to throw down; to dump; to abandon; thrown down | |
| 功名 功名 | scholarly honor (in imperial exams); rank; achievement; fame; glory | |
| 看不惯 看不慣 | cannot bear to see; to hate; to dislike; to disapprove | |
| 侍奉 侍奉 | to wait upon; to serve; to attend to sb's needs | |
| 仗义 仗義 | to uphold justice; to be loyal (to one's friends); to stick by |