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

Cast

Zhou Xun Zhou Xun Gu Xiaomeng Zhang Hanyu Zhang Hanyu Wu Zhiguo Li Bingbing Li Bingbing Li Ningyu Huang Xiaoming Huang Xiaoming Takeda / Wutian Wang Zhiwen Wang Zhiwen Wang Daoxiang Alec Su Alec Su Bai Xiaonian Ying Da Ying Da Jin Shenghuo Shi Zhaoqi Shi Zhaoqi Commander Zhao Duan Yihong Duan Yihong Ye Jianbo Zhu Xu Zhu Xu Mr. Fan

Vocabulary

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而 而 ér and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast) HSK 4
裙带关系 裙帶關係 qún dài - guān xi (idiom) favoritism shown to sb because of the influence of the person's wife or other female relative; (idiom) (by extension) favoritism towards relatives, friends or associates Idiom ∼HSK 3
朝秦暮楚 朝秦暮楚 zhāo Qín mù Chǔ serve Qin in the morning Chu in the evening (idiom); quick to switch sides Idiom ∼HSK 3
乱来 亂來 luàn lái to act recklessly; to mess around Xiehouyu ∼HSK 3
没用 沒用 méi yòng useless Xiehouyu HSK 3
突出 突出 tū chū prominent; outstanding; to give prominence to; to protrude; to project Xiehouyu HSK 3
亲 親 qīn parent; one's own (flesh and blood); relative; related; marriage; bride; close; intimate; in person; first-hand; in favor of; pro-; to kiss; (Internet slang) dear Xiehouyu HSK 3
死人 死人 sǐ rén dead person; (coll.) to die; (of a death) to happen Colloquialism ∼HSK 3
要是 要是 yào shi (coll.) if Colloquialism HSK 3
整 整 zhěng exactly; in good order; whole; complete; entire; in order; orderly; to repair; to mend; to renovate; (coll.) to fix sb; to give sb a hard time; to mess with sb Colloquialism HSK 3
管 筦 guǎn to take care (of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to run; to care about; tube; pipe; woodwind; classifier for tube-shaped objects; particle similar to 把 in 管...叫 constructions; writing brush; (coll.) to; towards Colloquialism HSK 3
南阳 南陽 Nán yáng Nanyang, prefecture-level city in Henan Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
城隍 城隍 Chéng Huáng Shing Wong (deity in Chinese mythology) Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
蒋介石 蔣介石 Jiǎng Jiè shí Chiang Kai-shek (1887-1975), military leader, head of the Nationalist government in China 1928-1949 and the government in exile on Taiwan 1950-1975 Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
吴 吳 Wú name of warring state; surname ∼HSK 3
爷 爺 yé father, grandfather ∼HSK 3
志 志 zhì purpose, will, determination; annals ∼HSK 3
真面目 真面目 zhēn miàn mù true identity; true colors ∼HSK 3
陆 陸 Lù land, continental; army ∼HSK 3
帝 帝 dì supreme ruler, emperor; god ∼HSK 3
生火 生火 shēng huǒ to make a fire; to light a fire ∼HSK 3
事儿 事兒 shì r matter, affair ∼HSK 3
阴阳 陰陽 yīn yáng yin and yang ∼HSK 3
绝不 絕不 jué bù in no way; not in the least; absolutely not ∼HSK 3
会客室 會客室 huì kè shì parlor ∼HSK 3
有能力 有能力 yǒu néng lì able ∼HSK 3
抗日 抗日 kàng Rì to resist Japan (esp. during WW2); anti-Japanese (esp. wartime activities) ∼HSK 3
唐 唐 Táng Tang dynasty; Chinese ∼HSK 3
健 健 jiàn strong, robust, healthy; strength ∼HSK 3
范 範 fàn surname; bee-like insect ∼HSK 3
真香 真香 zhēn xiāng awesome (expression of approval used hypocritically after bitching about the exact same thing earlier) (neologism c. 2014) ∼HSK 3
部下 部下 bù xià troops under one's command; subordinate ∼HSK 3
线报 線報 xiàn bào tip-off ∼HSK 3
半小时 半小時 bàn xiǎo shí half hour ∼HSK 3
弄乱 弄亂 nòng luàn to mess up; to put into disorder; to meddle with; to confuse ∼HSK 3
开线 開線 kāi xiàn to come unsewn; to split at the seam ∼HSK 3
巧了 巧了 qiǎo le what a coincidence! ∼HSK 3
有联系 有聯繫 yǒu lián xì to be connected; to be related ∼HSK 3
没法 沒法 méi fǎ at a loss; unable to do anything about it; to have no choice ∼HSK 3
势 勢 shì power, force; tendency ∼HSK 3
比照 比照 bǐ zhào according to; in the light of; contrast ∼HSK 3
修行 修行 xiū xíng to devote oneself to spiritual development (esp. Buddhism or Daoism); to devote oneself to perfecting one's art or craft ∼HSK 3
历年 曆年 lì nián calendar year ∼HSK 3
考绩 考績 kǎo jì to check up on sb's achievements ∼HSK 3
留步 留步 liú bù (said by departing guest) no need to see me out ∼HSK 3
突 突 tū suddenly, abruptly, unexpectedly ∼HSK 3
面相 面相 miàn xiàng facial features; appearence; physiognomy ∼HSK 3
心机 心機 xīn jī thinking; scheme ∼HSK 3
该死 該死 gāi sǐ Damn it!; damned; wretched ∼HSK 3
眼皮 眼皮 yǎn pí eyelid ∼HSK 3