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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| 日本人 日本人 | Japanese person or people | Proper Noun |
| 老子 老子 | Laozi or Lao-tze (c. 500 BC), Chinese philosopher, the founder of Taoism; the sacred book of Daoism, by Laozi | Proper Noun |
| 南京 南京 | Nanjing, sub-provincial city and capital of Jiangsu Province; Nanjing, capital of the Ming dynasty (1368-1421) and of the Republic of China (1927-1937 and 1946-1949) | Proper Noun |
| 日本 日本 | Japan | Proper Noun |
| 共产党 共產黨 | Communist Party | Proper Noun |
| 十月 十月 | October; tenth month (of the lunar year) | Proper Noun |
| 东吴 東吳 | Eastern Wu (222-280); the southern state of Wu during the Three Kingdoms period, founded by Sun Quan 孫權|孙权 | Proper Noun |
| 美国 美國 | United States; USA; US | Proper Noun |
| 台湾 台灣 | variant of | Proper Noun |
| 谁知道 誰知道 | God knows...; Who would have imagined...? | |
| 不是 不是 | no; is not; not | |
| 一个 一個 | a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc) | |
| 放开 放開 | to let go; to release | |
| 这个 這個 | (pronoun) this; (adjective) this | |
| 这是 這是 | this is; this is the ... | |
| 自己人 自己人 | those on our side; ourselves; one's own people; one of us | |
| 军 軍 | army, military; soldiers, troops | |
| 不能 不能 | cannot; must not; should not | |
| 一种 一種 | one kind of; one type of | |
| 那个 那個 | that one; that thing; that (as opposed to this); (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis); (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word); (used in speech as a filler | |
| 这种 這種 | this kind of | |
| 一次 一次 | first; first time; once; (math.) linear (of degree one) | |
| 怎么了 怎麼了 | What's up?; What's going on?; What happened? | |
| 有点 有點 | a little | |
| 小白 小白 | (slang) novice; greenhorn; (old) (slang) fool; idiot; abbr. for, pretty boy | |
| 不了 不了 | no thanks (used to politely but informally decline) | |
| 一个人 一個人 | by oneself (without assistance); alone (without company) | |
| 家的 家的 | (old) wife | |
| 那天 那天 | that day; the other day | |
| 并不 並不 | not at all; by no means | |
| 不好 不好 | no good | |
| 话说 話說 | It is said that... (at the start of a narrative); to discuss; to recount | |
| 女的 女的 | woman | |
| 回本 回本 | to recoup one's investment | |
| 你好 你好 | hello; hi | |
| 哪个 哪個 | which; who | |
| 走出 走出 | to leave (a room etc); to go out through (a door etc) | |
| 你妈 你媽 | (interjection) fuck you; (intensifier) fucking | |
| 第一次 第一次 | the first time; first; number one | |
| 不见了 不見了 | to have disappeared; to be missing; nowhere to be found | |
| 上路 上路 | to start on a journey; to be on one's way | |
| 从来没 從來沒 | have never; has never | |
| 上前 上前 | to advance; to step forward | |
| 儿 兒 | son, child; KangXi radical 10 | |
| 一下 一下 | (after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try); all at once; suddenly | |
| 没事 沒事 | it's not important; it's nothing; never mind; to have nothing to do; to be free; to be all right (out of danger or trouble) | |
| 明 明 | bright, light, brilliant; clear | |
| 老到 老到 | experienced and careful | |
| 您好 您好 | hello (polite) | |
| 对了 對了 | Correct!; Oh, that's right,... (when one suddenly remembers sth one wanted to mention); Oh, by the way,... |