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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| 开门 開門 | to open a door (lit. and fig.); to open for business | |
| 二十 二十 | twenty; 20 | |
| 跟着 跟著 | to follow after; immediately afterwards | |
| 在前 在前 | ahead; formerly; in the past | |
| 上校 上校 | high ranking officer in Chinese army; colonel | |
| 你我 你我 | you and I; everyone; all of us (in society); we (people in general) | |
| 有一点 有一點 | a little; somewhat | |
| 这下 這下 | this time | |
| 不住 不住 | (verb complement) unable to firmly or securely (grasp, recall etc); repeatedly; continuously; constantly | |
| 汉字 漢字 | Chinese character; Japanese: kanji; Korean: hanja; Vietnamese: hán tự | |
| 后天 後天 | the day after tomorrow; life after birth (the period in which one develops through experiences, contrasted with 天); acquired (not innate or congenital); a posteriori | |
| 一点儿 一點兒 | erhua variant of 一点; a bit; a little bit; (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit; (after an adjective, used to form the comparative) a bit more | |
| 中文 中文 | Chinese language | |
| 左边 左邊 | left; the left side; to the left of | |
| 开玩笑 開玩笑 | to play a joke; to make fun of; to joke | |
| 晚饭 晚飯 | evening meal; dinner; supper | |
| 桌子 桌子 | table; desk | |
| 零 零 | zero; nought; zero sign; fractional; fragmentary; odd (of numbers); (placed between two numbers to indicate a smaller quantity followed by a larger one); fraction; (in mathematics) remainder (after division); extra; to wither and fall; to wither | |
| 坐下 坐下 | to sit down | |
| 姐 姐 | older sister | |
| 那儿 那兒 | there | |
| 下班 下班 | to finish work; to get off work | |
| 也就是说 也就是說 | in other words; that is to say; so; thus | |
| 男朋友 男朋友 | boyfriend | |
| 听见 聽見 | to hear | |
| 这边 這邊 | this side; here | |
| 干什么 幹什麼 | what are you doing?; what's he up to? | |
| 是不是 是不是 | is or isn't; yes or no; whether or not | |
| 中午 中午 | noon; midday | |
| 哪儿 哪兒 | where?; wherever; anywhere; somewhere; (used in rhetorical questions) how can ...?; how could ...? | |
| 这儿 這兒 | here | |
| 妹 妹 | younger sister | |
| 那边 那邊 | over there; yonder | |
| 见面 見面 | to meet; to see each other | |
| 南 南 | south | |
| 最好 最好 | best; (you) had better (do what we suggest) | |
| 路上 路上 | on the road; on a journey; road surface | |
| 没什么 沒什麼 | nothing; it doesn't matter; it's nothing; never mind | |
| 进去 進去 | to go in | |
| 小姐 小姐 | young lady; miss; (slang) prostitute | |
| 家人 家人 | family member; (old) servant | |
| 一半 一半 | half | |
| 饭 飯 | cooked rice; meal; (loanword) fan; devotee | |
| 国 國 | country; nation; state; (bound form) national | |
| 姐姐 姐姐 | older sister | |
| 上班 上班 | to go to work; to be on duty; to start work; to go to the office | |
| 衣服 衣服 | clothes | |
| 吃饭 吃飯 | to have a meal; to eat; to make a living | |
| 八 八 | eight; 8 | |
| 房间 房間 | room |