The Four

The Four 2012

四大名捕 sìdà míng bǔ

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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4.18 Intermediate Director Gordon Chan, Janet Chun Siu-Chun IMDb 5.7

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之 之 zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it HSK 7
眼中钉 眼中釘 yǎn zhōng dīng a thorn in one's side Idiom ∼HSK 6
权宜之计 權宜之計 quán yí zhī jì plan of convenience (idiom); stop-gap measure; makeshift stratagem; interim step Idiom ∼HSK 6
凶多吉少 凶多吉少 xiōng duō jí shǎo lit. everything bodes ill, no positive signs (idiom); fig. inauspicious; everything points to disaster Idiom ∼HSK 6
忍气吞声 忍氣吞聲 rěn qì tūn shēng to submit to humiliation (idiom); to suffer in silence; to swallow one's anger; to grin and bear it Idiom ∼HSK 6
循规蹈矩 循規蹈矩 xún guī dǎo jǔ to follow the compass and go with the set square (idiom); to follow the rules inflexibly; to act according to convention Idiom ∼HSK 6
大功告成 大功告成 dà gōng gào chéng successfully accomplished (project or goal); to be highly successful Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
争风吃醋 爭風吃醋 zhēng fēng chī cù to rival sb for the affection of a man or woman; to be jealous of a rival in a love affair Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
横行霸道 橫行霸道 héng xíng bà dào to oppress; to rule as a despot; to tyrannize Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
自作自受 自作自受 zì zuò - zì shòu (idiom) to reap what one has sown; to stew in one's own juice Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
高手 高手 gāo shǒu expert; past master; dab hand Xiehouyu HSK 6
就算 就算 jiù suàn (coll.) even if Colloquialism HSK 6
嘛 嘛 má used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 6
表面上 表面上 biǎo miàn shang outwardly; superficially; on the face of it HSK 6
有没有 有沒有 yǒu méi yǒu (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)? HSK 6
圣上 聖上 shèng shàng Your Majesty ∼HSK 6
捕快 捕快 bǔ kuài bailiff responsible for catching criminals (in imperial China) ∼HSK 6
钱庄 錢莊 qián zhuāng 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 ∼HSK 6
铸币 鑄幣 zhù bì coin; to mint (coins) ∼HSK 6
叮当 叮噹 dīng dāng (onom.) ding dong; jingling of bells; clanking sound ∼HSK 6
捕头 捕頭 bǔ tóu constable ∼HSK 6
讨债 討債 tǎo zhài to demand repayment ∼HSK 6
死罪 死罪 sǐ zuì capital offense; crime punishable by death; my deepest apologies ∼HSK 6
闲杂人等 閒雜人等 xián zá rén děng idlers and miscellaneous persons; unauthorized people (often in "no admittance to unauthorized persons") ∼HSK 6
速速 速速 sù sù quickly ∼HSK 6
失窃 失竊 shī qiè to lose by theft; to have one's property stolen ∼HSK 6
相助 相助 xiāng zhù help ∼HSK 6
重犯 重犯 zhòng fàn serious criminal; felon ∼HSK 6
正人君子 正人君子 zhèng rén jūn zi upright gentleman; man of honor ∼HSK 6
绝密 絕密 jué mì top secret ∼HSK 6
棉被 棉被 mián bèi comforter; quilt ∼HSK 6
剑法 劍法 jiàn fǎ fencing; sword-play ∼HSK 6
赖账 賴賬 lài zhàng to renege on a debt ∼HSK 6
候命 候命 hòu mìng to await orders; to be on call ∼HSK 6
结帐 結帳 jié zhàng variant of ∼HSK 6
同谋 同謀 tóng móu to conspire with sb; to plot; a conspirator; a partner in crime; an accomplice ∼HSK 6
画押 畫押 huà yā to sign; to make one's mark ∼HSK 6
供词 供詞 gòng cí confession; statement; Taiwan pr. [gong1ci2] ∼HSK 6
通力合作 通力合作 tōng lì hé zuò to join forces; to give full cooperation ∼HSK 6
疑犯 疑犯 yí fàn a suspect ∼HSK 6
遵命 遵命 zūn mìng obey the order ∼HSK 6
飞鹰 飛鷹 fēi yīng eagle ∼HSK 6
大功 大功 dà gōng great merit; great service ∼HSK 6
毙命 斃命 bì mìng to meet violent death; to get killed ∼HSK 6
兽性 獸性 shòu xìng brutal ∼HSK 6
抛下 拋下 pāo xià to throw down; to dump; to abandon; thrown down ∼HSK 6
功名 功名 gōng míng scholarly honor (in imperial exams); rank; achievement; fame; glory ∼HSK 6
看不惯 看不慣 kàn bu guàn cannot bear to see; to hate; to dislike; to disapprove ∼HSK 6
侍奉 侍奉 shì fèng to wait upon; to serve; to attend to sb's needs ∼HSK 6
仗义 仗義 zhàng yì to uphold justice; to be loyal (to one's friends); to stick by ∼HSK 6