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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| 无辜 無辜 | innocent; innocence; not guilty (law) | |
| 擅长 擅長 | to be good at; to be expert in | |
| 当晚 當晚 | on that evening | |
| 哎呀 哎呀 | interjection of wonder, shock or admiration | |
| 缝 縫 | to sew; to stitch | |
| 敬 敬 | (bound form) respectful; to respect; to offer politely | |
| 脆弱 脆弱 | weak; frail | |
| 驾 駕 | to harness; to draw (a cart etc); to drive; to pilot; to sail; to ride; your good self; prefixed word denoting respect (polite 敬辞) | |
| 肾 腎 | kidney | |
| 都会 都會 | city; metropolis | |
| 宗 宗 | school; sect; purpose; model; ancestor; clan; to take as one's model (in academic or artistic work); classifier for batches, items, cases (medical or legal), reservoirs | |
| 瞎 瞎 | blind; groundlessly; foolishly; to no purpose | |
| 要不 要不 | otherwise; or else; how about...?; either... (or...) | |
| 行政 行政 | administration; (attributive) administrative; executive | |
| 授权 授權 | to authorize | |
| 相对 相對 | relatively; opposite; to resist; to oppose; relative; vis-a-vis; counterpart | |
| 堂 堂 | (main) hall; large room for a specific purpose; relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family; of the same clan; classifier for classes, lectures etc; classifier for sets of furniture | |
| 栋 棟 | classifier for houses or buildings; ridgepole (old) | |
| 致 緻 | (bound form) fine; delicate; exquisite | |
| 原本 原本 | originally; original | |
| 耍 耍 | to play with; to wield; to act (cool etc); to display (a skill, one's temper etc) | |
| 斗 斗 | abbr. for the Big Dipper constellation 星 | |
| 眼神 眼神 | expression or emotion showing in one's eyes; meaningful glance; wink; eyesight (dialect) | |
| 情报 情報 | information; intelligence | |
| 码 碼 | weight; number; code; to pile; to stack; classifier for length or distance (yard), happenings etc | |
| 业 業 | line of business; industry; occupation; job; employment; school studies; enterprise; property; (Buddhism) karma; deed; to engage in; already | |
| 从未 從未 | never | |
| 哼 哼 | to groan; to snort; to hum; to croon; humph! | |
| 嘿 嘿 | hey | |
| 家族 家族 | family; clan | |
| 灵魂 靈魂 | soul; spirit | |
| 唉 唉 | interjection or grunt of agreement or recognition (e.g. yes, it's me!); to sigh | |
| 粉 粉 | powder; cosmetic face powder; food prepared from starch; noodles or pasta made from any kind of flour; to turn to powder; (dialect) to whitewash; white; pink; (suffix) fan (abbr. for 粉丝); to be a fan of | |
| 哎 哎 | hey!; (interjection used to attract attention or to express surprise or disapprobation) | |
| 许 許 | to allow; to permit; to promise; to praise; somewhat; perhaps | |
| 有所 有所 | somewhat; to some extent | |
| 不知 不知 | not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) | |
| 文 文 | language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle; (old) classifier for coins; Kangxi radical 67 | |
| 同志 同志 | comrade; (slang) homosexual | |
| 以 㕥 | abbr. for Israel 列 | |
| 之 之 | (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it | |
| 防患于未然 防患於未然 | to prevent troubles before the event (idiom); to forestall; to nip sth in the bud | Idiom |
| 寻欢作乐 尋歡作樂 | pleasure seeking (idiom); life of dissipation | Idiom |
| 一网打尽 一網打盡 | lit. to catch everything in the one net (idiom); fig. to scoop up the whole lot; to capture them all in one go | Idiom |
| 奋不顾身 奮不顧身 | to dash on bravely with no thought of personal safety (idiom); undaunted by dangers; regardless of perils | Idiom |
| 非同小可 非同小可 | extremely important; no small matter | Xiehouyu |
| 心虚 心虛 | lacking in confidence; diffident; to have a guilty conscience | Xiehouyu |
| 高手 高手 | expert; past master; dab hand | Xiehouyu |
| 瘸子 瘸子 | lame person (colloquial) | Colloquialism |
| 嘛 嘛 | used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? | Colloquialism |