The Goldfinger 2023
金手指
In 1970s Hong Kong, the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) was formed to bring down the corruption syndicate led by British government officials. One of its top investigators is Senior Investigator Lau Kai-Yuen, who brought down countless corrupted officials. Just as he thought stability and prosperity are within reach, a new era of greed and riches takes him into a new battlefield of corruption.
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Vocabulary
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| 恭喜 恭喜 | to congratulate; (interj.) congratulations! | |
| 盯 盯 | to watch attentively; to fix one's attention on; to stare at; to gaze at | |
| 非法 非法 | illegal | |
| 供 供 | to provide; to supply | |
| 哎 哎 | hey!; (interjection used to attract attention or to express surprise or disapprobation) | |
| 砸 砸 | to smash; to pound; to fail; to muck up; to bungle | |
| 一一 一一 | one by one; one after another | |
| 罗 羅 | gauze; to collect; to gather; to catch; to sift | |
| 案件 案件 | case; instance | |
| 所谓 所謂 | so-called; what is called | |
| 即 即 | namely; that is; i.e.; prompt; at once; at present; even if; prompted (by the occasion); to approach; to come into contact; to assume (office); to draw near | |
| 不知 不知 | not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) | |
| 文 文 | language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle; (old) classifier for coins; Kangxi radical 67 | |
| 德 德 | Germany; German; abbr. for 德国 | |
| 哦 哦 | to chant | |
| 以 㕥 | to use; by means of; according to; in order to; because of; at (a certain date or place) | |
| 之 之 | (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it | |
| 罪大恶极 罪大惡極 | guilty of terrible crimes (idiom); reprehensible | Idiom |
| 天公地道 天公地道 | absolutely fair and reasonable (idiom); equitable | Idiom |
| 知法犯法 知法犯法 | to know the law and break it (idiom); consciously going against the rules | Idiom |
| 坐以待毙 坐以待斃 | to sit and wait for death (idiom); resigned to one's fate | Idiom |
| 安居乐业 安居樂業 | to live in peace and work happily (idiom) | Idiom |
| 老糊涂 老糊塗 | dotard | Xiehouyu |
| 拍马屁 拍馬屁 | to flatter; to fawn on; to butter sb up; toadying; bootlicking | Xiehouyu |
| 吃灰 吃灰 | (neologism c. 2019) (coll.) to gather dust | Colloquialism |
| 宰了 宰了 | (coll.) (typically used hyperbolically) to kill (sb) | Colloquialism |
| 就算 就算 | (coll.) even if | Colloquialism |
| 嘛 嘛 | used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? | Colloquialism |
| 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)? | |
| 证供 證供 | (law) testimony; evidence (given by a witness) | |
| 家公 家公 | head of a family; (polite) my father; (polite) my grandfather; your esteemed father | |
| 庄家 莊家 | farmhouse; banker (gambling) | |
| 保险箱 保險箱 | safe deposit box; safe | |
| 新市镇 新市鎮 | new town; planned community | |
| 崩盘 崩盤 | (finance) to crash; to collapse; crash | |
| 爆料 爆料 | to make explosive allegations | |
| 顺风车 順風車 | vehicle that gives one a free ride; (fig.) (ride on sb's) coattails; (take advantage of) an opportunity | |
| 串通 串通 | to collude; to collaborate; to gang up | |
| 佣金 佣金 | commission | |
| 原则上 原則上 | in principle; generally | |
| 清盘 清盤 | liquidation | |
| 副经理 副經理 | deputy director; assistant manager | |
| 买凶 買兇 | to hire a hitman | |
| 控罪 控罪 | criminal charge; accusation | |
| 欠债 欠債 | to owe a debt; the sum owed | |
| 抢购 搶購 | to buy frenetically; to snap up (bargains, dwindling supplies etc) | |
| 钢筋水泥 鋼筋水泥 | reinforced concrete | |
| 连番 連番 | repeatedly | |
| 袭警 襲警 | to assault a police officer | |
| 吃哑巴亏 吃啞巴虧 | to be forced to suffer in silence; unable to speak of one's bitter suffering |