The Message

The Message 2009

风声 fēngshēng

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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4.57 Intermediate Director Chen Kuofu, Gao Qunshu IMDb 7.4

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令 令 líng used in 令; used in 狐 (Taiwan pr. [lìng]) HSK 5
组织 組織 zǔ zhī to organize; organization; (biology) tissue; (textiles) weave HSK 5
杀 殺 shā to kill; to murder; to attack; to weaken or reduce; to smart (dialect); (used after a verb) extremely HSK 5
肯定 肯定 kěn dìng to be certain; to be positive; assuredly; definitely; to give recognition; to affirm; affirmative (answer) HSK 5
如此 如此 rú cǐ like this; so; such HSK 5
唯一 唯一 wéi yī only; sole HSK 5
搞 搞 gǎo to do; to make; to go in for; to set up; to get hold of; to take care of HSK 5
将 將 jiāng will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把) HSK 5
可 可 kě (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very HSK 5
错怪 錯怪 cuò guài to blame sb wrongly Xiehouyu ∼HSK 4
受不了 受不了 shòu bù liǎo unbearable; unable to endure; can't stand Xiehouyu HSK 4
聊天 聊天 liáo tiān to chat; to gossip Xiehouyu HSK 4
轻松 輕鬆 qīng sōng light; gentle; relaxed; effortless; uncomplicated; to relax; to take things less seriously Xiehouyu HSK 4
俩 倆 liǎ two (colloquial equivalent of 两个); both; some Colloquialism HSK 4
武田 武田 Wǔ tián Takeda (Japanese surname) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
李 李 Lǐ Li (surname) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
李宁 李寧 Lǐ Níng Li Ning (1963-), PRC gymnast, winner of three gold medals at Los Angeles 1984 Olympic games Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
保定 保定 Bǎo dìng Baoding, prefecture-level city in Hebei Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
唐山 唐山 Táng shān Tangshan, prefecture-level city in Hebei Province; China (a name for China used by some overseas Chinese) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
空城计 空城計 kōng chéng jì the empty city stratagem (in which Zhuge Liang presents himself as unperturbed while making it evident that his city is undefended, hoping his adversary will suspect an ambush); double bluff Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
乐亭 樂亭 Lào tíng Laoting county in Tangshan, Hebei Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
西贡 西貢 Xī gòng Saigon, capital of former South Vietnam; Sai Kung town in New Territories, Hong Kong Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
斯里兰卡 斯里蘭卡 Sī lǐ lán kǎ Sri Lanka Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
莫尔斯电码 莫爾斯電碼 Mò ěr sī diàn mǎ Morse code Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
曹魏 曹魏 Cáo Wèi Cao Wei, the most powerful of the Three Kingdoms, established as a dynasty in 220 by Cao Pi 曹丕, son of Cao Cao, replaced by Jin dynasty in 265 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
延安 延安 Yán ān Yan'an, prefecture-level city in Shaanxi Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
岳阳 岳陽 Yuè yáng Yueyang, prefecture-level city in Hunan Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
沙河 沙河 Shā hé Sand River Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
宾夕法尼亚大学 賓夕法尼亞大學 Bīn xī fǎ ní yà Dà xué University of Pennsylvania Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
卧龙岗 臥龍崗 Wò lóng gǎng Wollongong, Australia Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
日俄战争 日俄戰爭 Rì É Zhàn zhēng the war of 1904-1905 between Russia and Japan Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
没想到 沒想到 méi xiǎng dào didn't expect HSK 4
长官 長官 zhǎng guān senior official; senior officer; commanding officer; sir (term of address for senior officer) ∼HSK 4
尾 尾 wěi tail, extremity; end, stern ∼HSK 4
中将 中將 zhōng jiàng lieutenant general; vice admiral; air marshal ∼HSK 4
特务 特務 tè wu special assignment (military); special agent; operative; spy ∼HSK 4
密电 密電 mì diàn coded telegram; secret telegram ∼HSK 4
闪开 閃開 shǎn kāi to get out of the way ∼HSK 4
反日 反日 fǎn rì anti-Japan ∼HSK 4
屁 屁 pì break wind; fart; buttocks ∼HSK 4
回事儿 回事兒 huí shì rén what's the matter ∼HSK 4
奸细 奸細 jiān xi a spy; a crafty person ∼HSK 4
既是 既是 jì shì is both...(and...); since; as; being the case that ∼HSK 4
骨 骨 gū bone; skeleton; frame, framework ∼HSK 4
知 知 zhī know ∼HSK 4
暗号 暗號 àn hào secret signal (sign); countersign; password ∼HSK 4
庄 莊 zhuāng village, hamlet; villa, manor ∼HSK 4
节节败退 節節敗退 jié jié bài tuì to retreat again and again in defeat; to suffer defeat after defeat ∼HSK 4
纯正 純正 chún zhèng pure; unadulterated; (of motives etc) honest ∼HSK 4
怀 懷 Huái bosom, breast; carry in bosom ∼HSK 4