The Four

The Four 2012

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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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àn bīng dòng to hold back one's troops without moving (idiom); to bide one's time Idiom ∼HSK 4
lái bu there's not enough time (to do sth); it's too late (to do sth) Xiehouyu HSK 4
àn zi long table; counter; (coll.) case (criminal, medical etc); matter; project; job Colloquialism ∼HSK 4
shāo to burn; to cook; to stew; to bake; to roast; to heat; to boil (tea, water etc); fever; to run a temperature; (coll.) to let things go to one's head Colloquialism HSK 4
liǎ two (colloquial equivalent of 两个); both; some Colloquialism HSK 4
Zhū two-character surname Zhuge; Taiwan pr. [Zhu1ge2] Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
西 西 Western Regions (Han Dynasty term for regions beyond Yumen Pass) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Péng lái (Chinese mythology) Penglai, one of three fabled islands in the Bohai sea, where immortals were said to live; (by extension) fairyland Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Tài Taixu (famed Buddhist monk, 1890-1947) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Huáng chéng Imperial City, inner part of Beijing, with the Forbidden City at its center Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Shén dào Shinto (Japanese religion) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
méi xiǎng dào didn't expect HSK 4
wáng ye prince; marquis; nobleman ∼HSK 4
model, standard, pattern; copy ∼HSK 4
beauty; imperial concubine ∼HSK 4
slowly, quietly, calmly; composed, dignified ∼HSK 4
bàn àn to handle a (criminal) case ∼HSK 4
Cài surname; species of tortoise ∼HSK 4
Xiāng mutually ∼HSK 4
jiāng rivers and lakes; all corners of the country; remote areas to which hermits retreat; section of society operating independently of mainstream society, out of reach of the law; the milieu in which wuxia tales play out (cf.); ( ∼HSK 4
jīn zhēn needle used in embroidery or sewing; acupuncture needle; orange day-lily (Hemerocallis fulva) ∼HSK 4
zěn yāo huì how could it ∼HSK 4
reject, abandon, discard ∼HSK 4
assassin ∼HSK 4
shén me shì what matter ∼HSK 4
qǐng lái to turn up without being invited; unsolicited ∼HSK 4
xiōng elder brother ∼HSK 4
yǒng brave, courageous, fierce ∼HSK 4
private, personal; secret ∼HSK 4
fèn liang variant of ∼HSK 4
qīng chu unclear; not understood; currently unknown ∼HSK 4
luò to deal with (an offender) ∼HSK 4
shén me rén what kind of person ∼HSK 4
dùn shield, shield-shaped object; currency sign for Dutch guilder ∼HSK 4
i, my, our; resist, impede ∼HSK 4
xiào result, effect; effectiveness ∼HSK 4
military; martial, warlike ∼HSK 4
jiā bèi to double; to redouble ∼HSK 4
táo tuō to run away; to escape ∼HSK 4
dàn thin; light; flagging; faint ∼HSK 4
lustful; lecherous ∼HSK 4
gòng shì to work together ∼HSK 4
bu that's just the way it is; exactly! ∼HSK 4
kàn tòu to understand thoroughly; to see beyond the facade; to see through (sb) ∼HSK 4
pái biǎn board (attached to a wall) ∼HSK 4
chù nowhere ∼HSK 4
便 便 biàn to do as one pleases; to not inconvenience oneself ∼HSK 4
wán jié to finish; to conclude; completed ∼HSK 4
zi pregnant; potbelly; big eater ∼HSK 4
shǒu to guard ∼HSK 4