The Message

The Message 2009

fēngshēng

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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4.57 Intermediate Director Chen Kuofu, Gao Qunshu IMDb 7.4

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Vocabulary

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shèng to be certain of victory; to be bound to prevail ∼HSK 5
jué take leave of, bid farewell ∼HSK 5
five, company of five; troops ∼HSK 5
gāng lever, pole, crowbar; sharpen ∼HSK 5
break open, split open; an accounting version of the numeral eight ∼HSK 5
yuán original meaning; original intention ∼HSK 5
thirty, thirtieth ∼HSK 5
raid, attack; inherit ∼HSK 5
shā to assassinate; (military) to fight with a bayonet; (baseball) to put out (a baserunner) ∼HSK 5
nèi guǐ mole; spy; rat; traitor ∼HSK 5
yǐng shadow play ∼HSK 5
excessive; too; very-usually of objectionable things; to err; to mistake; changeable ∼HSK 5
fěi bandits, robbers, gangsters ∼HSK 5
qīng black clothes; servant (old); young woman role in Chinese opera, also called ∼HSK 5
huā dàn role of vivacious young female in Chinese opera ∼HSK 5
jūn military aircraft; secret plan; Privy Council during the Qing dynasty ∼HSK 5
gǎo cuò mistake; to make a mistake; to blunder; mistaken ∼HSK 5
píng shén me (spoken) why?; for which reason? ∼HSK 5
zhí zi brother's son; nephew ∼HSK 5
cān móu zhǎng chief of staff ∼HSK 5
qiè concubine; I (humble, female) ∼HSK 5
jūn huǒ weapons and ammunition; munitions; arms ∼HSK 5
xuè hàn (fig.) sweat and toil; hard work ∼HSK 5
qiāng shāng gunshot wound ∼HSK 5
Chāng light of sun; good, proper ∼HSK 5
nāo bad; cowardly ∼HSK 5
yìng shì just; simply; stubbornly; really ∼HSK 5
shāo děng to wait a moment ∼HSK 5
chuǎng jìn to burst in ∼HSK 5
lán zhù to stop; to bar the way ∼HSK 5
quán zygomatic bone (cheek bone) ∼HSK 5
nasal bone ∼HSK 5
xiá narrow, limited; narrow-minded ∼HSK 5
xiǎn to become visible; to reveal ∼HSK 5
shù forgive ∼HSK 5
desirable; worth having; (of a suggestion etc) commendable; worthy ∼HSK 5
qiè lacking in courage, afraid ∼HSK 5
dié small dish, plate ∼HSK 5
Xíng punishment, penalty; law ∼HSK 5
shǎn duǒ to dodge; to evade ∼HSK 5
cóng tóu dào wěi from start to finish; from head to tail; the whole (thing) ∼HSK 5
Ēmítuó Amitabha Buddha (also a Buddhist greeting) ∼HSK 5
gǒu bullshit; nonsense ∼HSK 5
fǎn suǒ locked in (with the door locked from the outside) ∼HSK 5
shēn zi posture; upright posture ∼HSK 5
na modal particle ∼HSK 5
xià bèi zi the next life ∼HSK 5
duò suì to mince ∼HSK 5
support with the arms; stick in, tuck in; fold up ∼HSK 5
bào xíng savage act; outrage; atrocity ∼HSK 5