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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| 按兵不动 按兵不動 | to hold back one's troops without moving (idiom); to bide one's time | Idiom |
| 来不及 來不及 | there's not enough time (to do sth); it's too late (to do sth) | Xiehouyu |
| 案子 案子 | long table; counter; (coll.) case (criminal, medical etc); matter; project; job | Colloquialism |
| 烧 燒 | 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 |
| 俩 倆 | two (colloquial equivalent of 两个); both; some | Colloquialism |
| 诸葛 諸葛 | two-character surname Zhuge; Taiwan pr. [Zhu1ge2] | Proper Noun |
| 西域 西域 | Western Regions (Han Dynasty term for regions beyond Yumen Pass) | Proper Noun |
| 蓬莱 蓬萊 | (Chinese mythology) Penglai, one of three fabled islands in the Bohai sea, where immortals were said to live; (by extension) fairyland | Proper Noun |
| 太虚 太虛 | Taixu (famed Buddhist monk, 1890-1947) | Proper Noun |
| 皇城 皇城 | Imperial City, inner part of Beijing, with the Forbidden City at its center | Proper Noun |
| 神道 神道 | Shinto (Japanese religion) | Proper Noun |
| 没想到 沒想到 | didn't expect | |
| 王爷 王爺 | prince; marquis; nobleman | |
| 模 模 | model, standard, pattern; copy | |
| 姬 姬 | beauty; imperial concubine | |
| 徐 徐 | slowly, quietly, calmly; composed, dignified | |
| 办案 辦案 | to handle a (criminal) case | |
| 蔡 蔡 | surname; species of tortoise | |
| 相 相 | mutually | |
| 江湖 江湖 | 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.); ( | |
| 金针 金針 | needle used in embroidery or sewing; acupuncture needle; orange day-lily (Hemerocallis fulva) | |
| 怎么会 怎麼會 | how could it | |
| 弃 棄 | reject, abandon, discard | |
| 刺客 刺客 | assassin | |
| 什么事 什麼事 | what matter | |
| 不请自来 不請自來 | to turn up without being invited; unsolicited | |
| 兄 兄 | elder brother | |
| 勇 勇 | brave, courageous, fierce | |
| 私 私 | private, personal; secret | |
| 份量 份量 | variant of | |
| 不清楚 不清楚 | unclear; not understood; currently unknown | |
| 发落 發落 | to deal with (an offender) | |
| 什么人 什麼人 | what kind of person | |
| 盾 盾 | shield, shield-shaped object; currency sign for Dutch guilder | |
| 吾 吾 | i, my, our; resist, impede | |
| 效 俲 | result, effect; effectiveness | |
| 武 武 | military; martial, warlike | |
| 加倍 加倍 | to double; to redouble | |
| 逃脱 逃脫 | to run away; to escape | |
| 淡薄 淡薄 | thin; light; flagging; faint | |
| 色迷迷 色迷迷 | lustful; lecherous | |
| 共事 共事 | to work together | |
| 可不 可不 | that's just the way it is; exactly! | |
| 看透 看透 | to understand thoroughly; to see beyond the facade; to see through (sb) | |
| 牌匾 牌匾 | board (attached to a wall) | |
| 无处 無處 | nowhere | |
| 自便 自便 | to do as one pleases; to not inconvenience oneself | |
| 完结 完結 | to finish; to conclude; completed | |
| 大肚子 大肚子 | pregnant; potbelly; big eater | |
| 把守 把守 | to guard |