The Message 2009
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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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| 做牛做马 做牛做馬 | lit. to work like an ox, to work like a horse; fig. to work extremely hard | |
| 天时 天時 | the time; the right time; weather conditions; destiny; course of time; heaven's natural order | |
| 身亡 身亡 | to die | |
| 随性 隨性 | casual; laid-back; doing as one pleases | |
| 干嘛 幹嘛 | what are you doing?; whatever for?; why on earth? | |
| 破口 破口 | tear or rupture; to have a tear (e.g. in one's clothes); without restraint (e.g. of swearing) | |
| 好久不见 好久不見 | long time no see | |
| 活着 活著 | alive | |
| 一般人 一般人 | average person | |
| 直属 直屬 | directly subordinate | |
| 高参 高參 | senior staff officer; staff officer of great talent | |
| 上线 上線 | to go online; to put sth online; to reach a specific standard; to put into production; handler | |
| 谈谈 談談 | to discuss; to have a chat | |
| 总要 總要 | nevertheless | |
| 假造 假造 | to forge; fake; to fabricate (a story) | |
| 伪 偽 | false, counterfeit, bogus | |
| 死刑 死刑 | death penalty; capital punishment | |
| 另一 另一 | another; the other | |
| 终 終 | end; finally, in the end | |
| 之际 之際 | during; at the time of | |
| 同在 同在 | to be with | |
| 话剧 話劇 | stage play; modern drama | |
| 被子 被子 | quilt | |
| 老太太 老太太 | elderly lady (respectful); esteemed mother | |
| 干吗 幹嗎 | see 干嘛 | |
| 接待 接待 | to receive (a visitor); to admit (allow sb to enter) | |
| 比例 比例 | proportion; scale | |
| 屋子 屋子 | house; room | |
| 强调 強調 | to emphasize (a statement); to stress | |
| 预计 預計 | to forecast; to predict; to estimate | |
| 裤子 褲子 | trousers; pants | |
| 民族 民族 | nationality; ethnic group | |
| 部长 部長 | head of a (government etc) department; section chief; section head; secretary; minister | |
| 才能 才能 | talent; ability; capacity | |
| 分别 分別 | to part; to leave each other; to distinguish; to tell apart; difference; distinction; in different ways; differently; separately; individually | |
| 补 補 | to repair; to patch; to mend; to make up for; to fill (a vacancy); to supplement | |
| 较 較 | to compare; to dispute; compared to; (before adj.) relatively; comparatively; rather; also pr. [jiǎo] | |
| 表面 表面 | surface; face; outside; appearance | |
| 齐 齊 | neat; even; level with; identical; simultaneous; all together; to even sth out | |
| 吵 吵 | to quarrel; to make a noise; noisy; to disturb by making a noise | |
| 退出 退出 | to withdraw; to abort; to quit; to log out (computing) | |
| 判断 判斷 | to judge; to determine; judgment | |
| 对待 對待 | to treat; treatment | |
| 念 唸 | to read; to study (a subject); to attend (a school); to read aloud; to give (sb) a tongue-lashing; to miss (sb); idea; remembrance; twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿) | |
| 土 土 | earth; dust; clay; local; indigenous; crude opium; unsophisticated; one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 音 | |
| 亲自 親自 | personally; in person; oneself | |
| 配合 配合 | matching; fitting in with; compatible with; to correspond; to fit; to conform to; rapport; to coordinate with; to act in concert with; to cooperate; to become man and wife; to combine parts of machine | |
| 厂 厂 | "cliff" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 27), occurring in 原, 历, 压 etc | |
| 强烈 強烈 | strong; intense | |
| 上去 上去 | to go up |