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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| 清点 清點 | to check; to make inventory | |
| 御赐 御賜 | to be bestowed by the emperor | |
| 案情 案情 | details of a case; case | |
| 打探 打探 | to make discreet inquiries; to scout out | |
| 工作坊 工作坊 | workshop; atelier; studio; (Tw) workshop; seminar | |
| 伪君子 偽君子 | hypocrite | |
| 铲除 剷除 | to root out; to eradicate; to sweep away; to abolish | |
| 风寒 風寒 | cold (TCM) | |
| 赚大钱 賺大錢 | to earn a fortune | |
| 民不聊生 民不聊生 | (idiom) the people have no way to make a living (from Records of the Grand Historian) | |
| 添置 添置 | to buy; to acquire; to add to one's possessions | |
| 大驾光临 大駕光臨 | we are honored by your presence | |
| 受命 受命 | ordained or appointed to a post; to benefit from counsel | |
| 雅兴 雅興 | refined and elegant attitude of mind | |
| 告退 告退 | to petition for retirement (old); to ask for leave to withdraw; to ask to be excused | |
| 平心静气 平心靜氣 | 平: flat, level, even; peaceful · 心: heart; mind, intelligence; soul · 静: quiet, still, motionless; gentle · 气: steam, vapor; KangXi radical 84 | |
| 盗贼 盜賊 | robber | |
| 贪官 貪官 | corrupt official; grasping functionary; greedy mandarin | |
| 榜眼 榜眼 | candidate who came second in the Han-lin examination; top scorer in the palace examination (highest rank of the Imperial examination system); see and; top scorer in college entrance examination; (fig.) the most brilliantly talented person in the field | |
| 灭门 滅門 | to exterminate an entire family | |
| 独女 獨女 | a daughter who is an only child | |
| 孤僻 孤僻 | antisocial; reclusive; eccentric | |
| 仰慕 仰慕 | to admire | |
| 陀螺 陀螺 | spinning top; gyroscope | |
| 铸铁 鑄鐵 | pig iron; foundry iron | |
| 焦炭 焦炭 | coke (processed coal used in blast furnace) | |
| 猎狗 獵狗 | hunting dog | |
| 弄清 弄清 | to clarify; to fully understand | |
| 熔炉 熔爐 | smelting furnace; forge | |
| 听命 聽命 | to obey an order; to take orders; to accept a state of affairs | |
| 收监 收監 | to imprison; to take into custody | |
| 恩典 恩典 | favor; grace | |
| 闯荡江湖 闖蕩江湖 | to travel around the country | |
| 主谋 主謀 | mastermind; ringleader; lead plotter | |
| 抵赖 抵賴 | to refuse to admit (what one has done); to disavow; to renege | |
| 自尽 自盡 | to kill oneself; suicide | |
| 收押 收押 | in custody; to keep sb in detention | |
| 抢功 搶功 | to take credit for sb else's achievements | |
| 尸臭 屍臭 | odor of a dead body | |
| 尸身 屍身 | corpse; dead body | |
| 采取行动 採取行動 | to take action; to adopt policies; to move on some issue | |
| 定夺 定奪 | to make a decision; to determine | |
| 援兵 援兵 | (military) reinforcements | |
| 何人 何人 | who | |
| 尸首 屍首 | dead body; corpse (Note: In expressions like or, decapitation is implied.) | |
| 论功行赏 論功行賞 | 论: debate; discuss; discourse · 功: achievement, merit, good result · 行: go; walk; move, travel; circulate · 赏: reward, grant, bestow; appreciate | |
| 功不可没 功不可沒 | one's contributions cannot go unnoticed (idiom) | |
| 吉祥 吉祥 | lucky; auspicious; propitious | |
| 内外 內外 | inside and outside; domestic and foreign; approximately; about | |
| 书房 書房 | study (room); studio |