The Message

The Message 2009

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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Vocabulary

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tòng kuài delighted; to one's heart's content; straightforward; also pr. [tòng kuai] HSK 4
pán zi tray; plate; dish HSK 4
arrogant idler; self-centered show-off HSK 4
shǎng to bestow (a reward); to give (to an inferior); to hand down; a reward (bestowed by a superior); to appreciate (beauty) HSK 4
lái de to have enough time; can do it in time; can still make it HSK 4
yáng tái balcony; porch HSK 4
zhǔn shí on time; punctual; on schedule HSK 4
shùn sequence; order HSK 4
yíng to do business; to trade HSK 4
to gather; to assemble; (math.) set HSK 4
chōu yān to smoke (a cigarette, tobacco) HSK 4
jade HSK 4
jiān sound of moving water HSK 4
dān bǎo to guarantee; to vouch for HSK 4
guān (physiology) organ; apparatus HSK 4
dàn insipid; diluted; weak; mild; light in color; tasteless; indifferent; (variant of 氮) nitrogen HSK 4
dài treatment; pay; salary; status; rank HSK 4
guī rule (e.g. of science); law of behavior; regular pattern; rhythm; discipline HSK 4
shuō bu dìng can't say for sure; maybe HSK 4
bài to defeat; to damage; to lose (to an opponent); to fail; to wither HSK 4
even; even if; even though; no matter how HSK 4
suǒ wèi to be indifferent; not to matter; cannot be said to be HSK 4
thin or slender; finely particulate; thin and soft; fine; delicate; trifling; (of a sound) quiet; frugal HSK 4
eldest brother; big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself); gang leader; boss HSK 4
secret; confidential; close; thick; dense HSK 4
jiàn to meet HSK 4
to congregate; to assemble; to mass; to gather together; to amass; to polymerize HSK 4
shù countless; numberless; innumerable HSK 4
cipher; secret code; password; PIN HSK 4
péi yǎng to cultivate; to breed; to foster; to nurture; to educate; to groom (for a position); education; fostering; culture (biology) HSK 4
zhēn needle; pin; injection; stitch HSK 4
sǎn scattered; loose; to come loose; to fall apart; leisurely; powdered medicine HSK 4
xià underground; subterranean; covert HSK 4
yǐn to draw (e.g. a bow); to pull; to stretch sth; to extend; to lengthen; to involve or implicate in; to attract; to lead; to guide; to leave; to provide evidence or justification for; old unit of distance equal to 10 丈, one-thirtieth of a km or 33.33 meters HSK 4
nǎo dai head; skull; brains; mental capability HSK 4
zhǐ huī to conduct; to command; to direct; conductor (of an orchestra) HSK 4
wàn just in case; if by any chance; contingency HSK 4
bèi jǐng background; backdrop; context; (fig.) powerful backer HSK 4
shì bīng soldier HSK 4
zhǔ chairperson; premier; chairman HSK 4
tuō to shed; to take off; to escape; to get away from HSK 4
guī to return; to go back to; to give back to; (of a responsibility) to be taken care of by; to belong to; to gather together; (used between two identical verbs) despite; to marry (of a woman) (old); division on the abacus with a one-digit divisor HSK 4
ren lady; madam; Mrs. HSK 4
nào noisy; cacophonous; to make noise; to disturb; to vent (feelings); to fall ill; to have an attack (of sickness); to go in (for some activity); to joke HSK 4
chū remarkable; outstanding HSK 4
tiē to stick; to paste; to post (e.g. on a blog); to keep close to; to fit snugly; to subsidize; allowance (e.g. money for food or housing); sticker; classifier for sticking plaster: strip HSK 4
jiāng on the eve of; to be about to; to be on the verge of HSK 4
zhēn duì to target; to focus on; to be aimed at or against; in response to HSK 4
in keeping with; in accordance with; tallying with; in line with; to agree with; to accord with; to conform to; to correspond with; to manage; to handle HSK 4
nèi interior; inside (part, section); internal HSK 4