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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| 贬 貶 | decrease, lower; censure, criticize | |
| 维新 維新 | (political) reform; revitalization; modernization | |
| 佐 佐 | assist, aid, second; subordinate | |
| 冒着 冒著 | to brave; to face dangers | |
| 军法 軍法 | martial law | |
| 增兵 增兵 | to reinforce; to increase troop numbers; reinforcements; extra troops | |
| 战时 戰時 | wartime | |
| 无可 無可 | can't | |
| 对立面 對立面 | opposite; antonym; the opposite side (in a conflict) | |
| 我辈 我輩 | (literary) we; us | |
| 陨 隕 | fall, slip; let fall; die | |
| 不免 不免 | inevitably | |
| 书法 書法 | calligraphy; handwriting; penmanship | |
| 一口气 一口氣 | one breath; in one breath; at a stretch | |
| 团长 團長 | regimental command; head of a delegation; group buy organizer; group-buying coordinator | |
| 敲门 敲門 | to knock on a door | |
| 通用 通用 | to use anywhere, anytime (card, ticket etc); to be used by everyone (language, textbook etc); (of two or more things) interchangeable | |
| 间接 間接 | indirect | |
| 递 遞 | to hand over; to pass on; to deliver; (bound form) progressively; in the proper order | |
| 出差 出差 | to go on an official or business trip | |
| 交代 交代 | to transfer (duties to sb else); to give instructions; to tell (sb to do sth); to explain; to give an account; to brief; to confess; to account for oneself; (jocular) to come to a bad end | |
| 彩票 彩票 | lottery ticket | |
| 传达 傳達 | to pass on; to convey; to relay; to transmit; transmission | |
| 洒 灑 | to sprinkle; to spray; to spill; to shed | |
| 回避 迴避 | to shun; to avoid (sb); to skirt; to evade (an issue); to step back; to withdraw; to recuse (a judge etc) | |
| 乡 鄉 | country or countryside; native place; home village or town; township (PRC administrative unit) | |
| 胆 膽 | gall bladder; courage; guts; gall; inner container (e.g. bladder of a football, inner container of a thermos) | |
| 当场 當場 | at the scene; on the spot | |
| 难得 難得 | seldom; rare; hard to come by | |
| 眼光 眼光 | gaze; insight; foresight; vision; way of looking at things | |
| 传递 傳遞 | to transmit; to pass on to sb else; (math.) transitive | |
| 总算 總算 | at long last; finally; on the whole | |
| 意志 意志 | will; willpower; determination | |
| 部位 部位 | part (esp. of the body, but also of a vegetable (e.g. the root), or a garment (e.g. the sleeve) etc) | |
| 模仿 模仿 | to imitate; to copy; to emulate; to mimic; model | |
| 依据 依據 | according to; basis; foundation | |
| 干脆 乾脆 | candid; direct and to the point; simply; just; might as well | |
| 天才 天才 | talent; gift; genius; talented; gifted | |
| 兔 兎 | rabbit | |
| 有力 有力 | powerful; forceful; vigorous | |
| 目光 目光 | gaze; (fig.) attention; expression in one's eyes; look; (lit. and fig.) sight; vision | |
| 此刻 此刻 | this moment; now; at present | |
| 倒是 倒是 | contrary to what one might expect; actually; contrariwise; why don't you | |
| 认定 認定 | to maintain (that sth is true); to determine (a fact); determination (of an amount); of the firm opinion; to believe firmly; to set one's mind on; to identify with | |
| 起码 起碼 | at the minimum; at the very least | |
| 不止 不止 | incessantly; without end; more than; not limited to | |
| 拔 拔 | to pull up; to pull out; to draw out by suction; to select; to pick; to stand out (above level); to surpass; to seize | |
| 得了 得了 | all right!; that's enough! | |
| 搜 搜 | to search | |
| 排除 排除 | to eliminate; to remove; to exclude; to rule out |