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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| 局面 局面 | aspect; phase; situation | |
| 靠近 靠近 | to be close to; to approach; to draw near | |
| 动手 動手 | to set about (a task); to hit; to punch; to touch | |
| 除非 除非 | only if (..., or otherwise, ...); only when; only in the case that; unless | |
| 在场 在場 | to be present; to be on the scene | |
| 尝 嘗 | to taste; to try (food); to experience; (literary) ever; once | |
| 认 認 | to recognize; to know; to admit | |
| 委托 委託 | to entrust; to trust; to commission | |
| 环节 環節 | (zoology) segment (of the body of a worm, centipede etc); (fig.) a part of an integrated whole: aspect (of a project), element (of a policy), sector (of the economy), stage (of a process) etc | |
| 随着 隨著 | along with; in the wake of; following | |
| 代价 代價 | price; cost; consideration (in share dealing) | |
| 脑子 腦子 | brains; mind | |
| 业务 業務 | business; professional work; service | |
| 当年 當年 | in those days; then; in those years; during that time | |
| 线索 線索 | trail; clues; thread (of a story) | |
| 自杀 自殺 | to kill oneself; to commit suicide; to attempt suicide | |
| 一句话 一句話 | in a word; in short | |
| 之下 之下 | under; beneath; less than | |
| 奖励 獎勵 | to reward; reward (as encouragement) | |
| 主管 主管 | in charge; responsible for; person in charge; manager | |
| 本人 本人 | I; me; myself; oneself; yourself; himself; herself; the person concerned | |
| 骂 罵 | to scold; to abuse; to curse | |
| 所在 所在 | place; location; (after a noun) place where it is located | |
| 咬 咬 | to bite; to nip | |
| 试图 試圖 | to attempt; to try | |
| 必 必 | certainly; must; will; necessarily | |
| 硬 硬 | hard; stiff; solid; (fig.) strong; firm; resolutely; uncompromisingly; laboriously; with great difficulty; good (quality); able (person); (of food) filling; substantial | |
| 辛苦 辛苦 | exhausting; hard; tough; arduous; to work hard; to go to a lot of trouble; hardship(s) | |
| 说法 說法 | to expound Buddhist teachings | |
| 命令 命令 | order; command | |
| 仔细 仔細 | careful; attentive; cautious; to be careful; to look out | |
| 洞 洞 | cave; hole; zero (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers) | |
| 彼此 彼此 | each other; one another | |
| 逃 逃 | to escape; to run away; to flee | |
| 可惜 可惜 | it is a pity; what a pity; unfortunately | |
| 吐 吐 | to spit; to send out (silk from a silkworm, bolls from cotton flowers etc); to say; to pour out (one's grievances) | |
| 可怜 可憐 | pitiful; pathetic; to have pity on | |
| 手段 手段 | method; means (of doing sth); strategy; trick | |
| 剩下 剩下 | to remain; to be left over | |
| 偷 偷 | to steal; to pilfer; to snatch; thief; stealthily | |
| 之中 之中 | inside; among; in the midst of (doing sth); during | |
| 鬼 鬼 | disembodied spirit; ghost; devil; (suffix) person with a certain vice or addiction etc; sly; crafty; resourceful (variant of 诡); one of the 28 constellations of ancient Chinese astronomy | |
| 疯 瘋 | insane; mad; wild | |
| 枪 槍 | gun; firearm; rifle; spear; thing with shape or function similar to a gun; to substitute for another person in a test; to knock; classifier for rifle shots | |
| 执行 執行 | to implement; to carry out; to execute; to run | |
| 一旦 一旦 | in case (sth happens); if; once (sth happens, then...); when; in a short time; in one day | |
| 待 待 | to stay | |
| 关键 關鍵 | crucial point; crux; key; crucial; pivotal | |
| 尽管 儘管 | despite; although; even though; in spite of; unhesitatingly; do not hesitate (to ask, complain etc); (go ahead and do it) without hesitating | |
| 即使 即使 | even if; even though |