The Message 2009
风声
After a series of assassinations in Nanking, a Japanese spy master gathers a group of suspects in a mansion, then a tense cat-and-mouse game erupts as the Chinese agent tries to keep his or her identity a secret.
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Vocabulary
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| 危急 危急 | critical; desperate (situation) | |
| 陷害 陷害 | to entrap; to set up; to frame (up); to make false charges against | |
| 别看 別看 | don't be fooled by the fact that | |
| 过关 過關 | to cross a barrier; to get through (an ordeal); to pass (a test); to reach (a standard) | |
| 缘分 緣分 | fate or chance that brings people together; predestined affinity or relationship; (Budd.) destiny | |
| 傲慢 傲慢 | arrogant; haughty | |
| 反过来 反過來 | conversely; in reverse order; in an opposite direction | |
| 差错 差錯 | mistake; slip-up; fault; error; accident; mishap | |
| 揭发 揭發 | to expose; to bring to light; to disclose; revelation | |
| 不愧 不愧 | to be worthy of; to deserve to be called; to prove oneself to be | |
| 货运 貨運 | freight transport; cargo; transported goods | |
| 不肯 不肯 | Refuse | |
| 委屈 委屈 | to feel wronged; to cause sb to feel wronged; grievance | |
| 泄 洩 | (bound form) to leak out; to discharge; (fig.) to divulge | |
| 滑稽 滑稽 | comical; funny; amusing (old pr. [gǔ jī]); huaji, a form of comedy performance popular in Shanghai, Jiangsu and Zhejiang | |
| 仿 仿 | to imitate; to copy | |
| 提早 提早 | ahead of schedule; sooner than planned; to bring forward (to an earlier time) | |
| 监察 監察 | to supervise; to control | |
| 四肢 四肢 | the four limbs of the body | |
| 代号 代號 | code name | |
| 追随 追隨 | to follow; to accompany | |
| 司令 司令 | commanding officer | |
| 庙 廟 | temple; ancestral shrine; temple fair; great imperial hall; imperial | |
| 白白 白白 | in vain; to no purpose; for nothing; white | |
| 暗杀 暗殺 | to assassinate | |
| 破解 破解 | to break (a bond, constraint etc); to explain; to unravel; to decipher; to decode; to crack (software) | |
| 否决 否決 | to veto; to overrule | |
| 胆子 膽子 | courage; nerve; guts | |
| 裁 裁 | to cut out (as a dress); to cut; to trim; to reduce; to diminish; to cut back (e.g. on staff); decision; judgment | |
| 重伤 重傷 | seriously hurt; serious injury | |
| 大队 大隊 | group; a large body of; production brigade; military group | |
| 不容 不容 | must not; cannot; to not allow; cannot tolerate | |
| 折扣 折扣 | discount | |
| 蒸 蒸 | to evaporate; (of cooking) to steam; torch made from hemp stalks or bamboo (old); finely chopped firewood (old) | |
| 暗中 暗中 | in the dark; in secret; on the sly; surreptitiously | |
| 得罪 得罪 | to commit an offense; to violate the law; excuse me! (formal); see also 罪 | |
| 余地 餘地 | margin; leeway | |
| 囚犯 囚犯 | prisoner; convict | |
| 窄 窄 | narrow; narrow-minded; badly off | |
| 扒 扒 | to peel; to skin; to tear; to pull down; to cling to (sth on which one is climbing); to dig | |
| 演戏 演戲 | to put on a play; to perform; fig. to pretend; to feign | |
| 过节 過節 | to celebrate a festival; after the celebrations (i.e. once the festival is over) | |
| 打仗 打仗 | to fight a battle; to go to war | |
| 渗透 滲透 | (lit. and fig.) to permeate; to seep into; (of a product, idea etc) to penetrate (in a population); (of hostile forces) to infiltrate; (chemistry) osmosis | |
| 宁可 寧可 | preferably; one would prefer to...(or not to...); would rather; (would) be better to; (to pick) the lesser of two evils | |
| 刻意 刻意 | intentionally; deliberately; purposely; painstakingly; meticulously | |
| 统统 統統 | totally | |
| 偏偏 偏偏 | (indicates that sth turns out just the opposite of what one would wish) unfortunately; as it happened; (indicates that sth is the opposite of what would be normal or reasonable) stubbornly; contrarily; against reason; (indicates that sb or a group is singled out) precisely; only; of all people | |
| 人身 人身 | person; personal; human body | |
| 人事 人事 | personnel; human resources; human affairs; ways of the world; (euphemism) sexuality; the facts of life |