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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| 临死 臨死 | facing death; at death's door | |
| 斩获 斬獲 | to kill or capture (in battle); (fig.) (sports) to score (a goal); to win (a medal); (fig.) to reap rewards; to achieve gains | |
| 入席 入席 | to take one's seat | |
| 堂堂 堂堂 | grand; magnificent; stately; majestic appearance | |
| 出人命 出人命 | fatal; resulting in sb's death | |
| 以死明志 以死明志 | to demonstrate one's sincerity by dying | |
| 殃及 殃及 | to bring disaster to | |
| 惟独 惟獨 | only; solely; this one alone | |
| 戴罪立功 戴罪立功 | 戴: wear on top; support · 罪: crime, sin, vice; evil; hardship · 立: stand; let stand; establish, set · 功: achievement, merit, good result | |
| 有惊无险 有驚無險 | to be more scared than hurt (idiom); to get through a daunting experience without mishap | |
| 不甘心 不甘心 | not reconciled to; not resigned to | |
| 瞎猜 瞎猜 | to make a wild guess; blind guess | |
| 凡人 凡人 | ordinary person; mortal; earthling | |
| 被窝 被窩 | (traditional bedding) quilt wrapped around the body as a tube; (contemporary) bedding; bed cover | |
| 犯上 犯上 | to offend one's superiors | |
| 布告栏 佈告欄 | bulletin board | |
| 同僚 同僚 | colleague; coworker | |
| 异样 異樣 | difference; peculiar | |
| 中计 中計 | to fall into a trap; to be taken in | |
| 圣旨 聖旨 | imperial edict | |
| 半死不活 半死不活 | 半: half · 死: die; dead; death · 不: no, not; un-; negative prefix · 活: live, exist, survive; lively | |
| 顶罪 頂罪 | to take the blame for sb else; to compensate for one's crime; to get charges dropped (by paying money etc) | |
| 原定 原定 | originally planned; originally determined | |
| 设伏 設伏 | to prepare an ambush; to waylay | |
| 有何 有何 | what is there | |
| 陈情 陳情 | to present a petition; to submit an appeal; to express a grievance to an authority | |
| 缝补 縫補 | to darn (clothing); to sew and mend | |
| 唱腔 唱腔 | vocal music (in opera); aria | |
| 绷着脸 繃著臉 | to have a taut face; to pull a long face; to look displeased | |
| 奉命 奉命 | by order | |
| 曲调 曲調 | tune; melody | |
| 昏迷不醒 昏迷不醒 | to remain unconscious | |
| 炼狱 煉獄 | purgatory | |
| 存亡 存亡 | to live or die; to exist or perish | |
| 长短 長短 | length; accident; mishap; right and wrong; good and bad; merits and demerits | |
| 处长 處長 | department head; section chief | |
| 清洁工 清潔工 | cleaner; janitor; garbage collector | |
| 老乡 老鄉 | fellow townsman; fellow villager; sb from the same hometown | |
| 祖父 祖父 | father's father; paternal grandfather | |
| 挨着 挨著 | near | |
| 出面 出面 | to appear personally; to step in; to step forth; to show up | |
| 诸位 諸位 | (pron) everyone; Ladies and Gentlemen; Sirs | |
| 眼看 眼看 | soon; in a moment; to look on as sth happens | |
| 凡是 凡是 | each and every; every; all; any | |
| 早晚 早晚 | morning and evening; (dialect) some time in the future; some day | |
| 好不容易 好不容易 | with great difficulty; very difficult | |
| 陆军 陸軍 | army; ground forces | |
| 一贯 一貫 | consistent; constant; from start to finish; all along; persistent | |
| 拐 枴 | cane; walking stick; crutch; old man's staff | |
| 哎哟 哎喲 | hey; ow; ouch; interjection of pain or surprise |