The Message

The Message 2009

风声 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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必胜 必勝 bì shèng to be certain of victory; to be bound to prevail ∼HSK 5
诀 訣 jué take leave of, bid farewell ∼HSK 5
伍 伍 Wǔ five, company of five; troops ∼HSK 5
杠 槓 gāng lever, pole, crowbar; sharpen ∼HSK 5
捌 捌 bā break open, split open; an accounting version of the numeral eight ∼HSK 5
原意 原意 yuán yì original meaning; original intention ∼HSK 5
卅 卅 sà thirty, thirtieth ∼HSK 5
袭 襲 xí raid, attack; inherit ∼HSK 5
刺杀 刺殺 cì shā to assassinate; (military) to fight with a bayonet; (baseball) to put out (a baserunner) ∼HSK 5
内鬼 內鬼 nèi guǐ mole; spy; rat; traitor ∼HSK 5
皮影戏 皮影戲 pí yǐng xì shadow play ∼HSK 5
忒 忒 tè excessive; too; very-usually of objectionable things; to err; to mistake; changeable ∼HSK 5
匪 匪 fěi bandits, robbers, gangsters ∼HSK 5
青衣 青衣 qīng yī black clothes; servant (old); young woman role in Chinese opera, also called ∼HSK 5
花旦 花旦 huā dàn role of vivacious young female in Chinese opera ∼HSK 5
军机 軍機 jūn jī military aircraft; secret plan; Privy Council during the Qing dynasty ∼HSK 5
搞错 搞錯 gǎo cuò mistake; to make a mistake; to blunder; mistaken ∼HSK 5
凭什么 憑什麼 píng shén me (spoken) why?; for which reason? ∼HSK 5
侄子 姪子 zhí zi brother's son; nephew ∼HSK 5
参谋长 參謀長 cān móu zhǎng chief of staff ∼HSK 5
妾 妾 qiè concubine; I (humble, female) ∼HSK 5
军火 軍火 jūn huǒ weapons and ammunition; munitions; arms ∼HSK 5
血汗 血汗 xuè hàn (fig.) sweat and toil; hard work ∼HSK 5
枪伤 槍傷 qiāng shāng gunshot wound ∼HSK 5
昌 昌 Chāng light of sun; good, proper ∼HSK 5
孬 孬 nāo bad; cowardly ∼HSK 5
硬是 硬是 yìng shì just; simply; stubbornly; really ∼HSK 5
稍等 稍等 shāo děng to wait a moment ∼HSK 5
闯进 闖進 chuǎng jìn to burst in ∼HSK 5
拦住 攔住 lán zhù to stop; to bar the way ∼HSK 5
颧骨 顴骨 quán gǔ zygomatic bone (cheek bone) ∼HSK 5
鼻骨 鼻骨 bí gǔ nasal bone ∼HSK 5
狭 狹 xiá narrow, limited; narrow-minded ∼HSK 5
显露 顯露 xiǎn lù to become visible; to reveal ∼HSK 5
恕 恕 shù forgive ∼HSK 5
可取 可取 kě qǔ desirable; worth having; (of a suggestion etc) commendable; worthy ∼HSK 5
怯 怯 qiè lacking in courage, afraid ∼HSK 5
碟 碟 dié small dish, plate ∼HSK 5
刑 刑 Xíng punishment, penalty; law ∼HSK 5
闪躲 閃躲 shǎn duǒ to dodge; to evade ∼HSK 5
从头到尾 從頭到尾 cóng tóu dào wěi from start to finish; from head to tail; the whole (thing) ∼HSK 5
阿弥陀佛 阿彌陀佛 Ēmítuófó Amitabha Buddha (also a Buddhist greeting) ∼HSK 5
狗屁 狗屁 gǒu pì bullshit; nonsense ∼HSK 5
反锁 反鎖 fǎn suǒ locked in (with the door locked from the outside) ∼HSK 5
身子骨 身子骨 shēn zi gǔ posture; upright posture ∼HSK 5
呐 吶 na modal particle ∼HSK 5
下辈子 下輩子 xià bèi zi the next life ∼HSK 5
剁碎 剁碎 duò suì to mince ∼HSK 5
掖 掖 yē support with the arms; stick in, tuck in; fold up ∼HSK 5
暴行 暴行 bào xíng savage act; outrage; atrocity ∼HSK 5