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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| 急功近利 急功近利 | seeking instant benefit (idiom); shortsighted vision, looking only for fast return | Idiom |
| 一塌糊涂 一塌糊塗 | muddled and completely collapsing (idiom); in an awful condition; complete shambles; a total mess | Idiom |
| 乱七八糟 亂七八糟 | (idiom) chaotic; in disorder; muddled | Idiom |
| 诉苦 訴苦 | to grumble; to complain; grievance | Xiehouyu |
| 一无所知 一無所知 | not knowing anything at all (idiom); completely ignorant; without an inkling | Xiehouyu |
| 无情 無情 | pitiless; ruthless; merciless; heartless | Xiehouyu |
| 开口 開口 | to open one's mouth; to start to talk | Xiehouyu |
| 逮 逮 | (coll.) to catch; to seize | Colloquialism |
| 耗 耗 | to waste; to spend; to consume; to squander; news; (coll.) to delay; to dilly-dally | Colloquialism |
| 扯 扯 | to pull; to tear; (of cloth, thread etc) to buy; to chat; to gossip; (coll.) (Tw) ridiculous; hokey | Colloquialism |
| 娘 娘 | mother; young lady; (coll.) effeminate | Colloquialism |
| 慰劳 慰勞 | to show appreciation (by kind words, small gifts etc); to comfort | |
| 娇气 嬌氣 | delicate; squeamish; finicky | |
| 旗袍 旗袍 | Chinese-style dress; cheongsam | |
| 久仰 久仰 | honorific: I've long looked forward to meeting you.; It's an honor to meet you at last. | |
| 急迫 急迫 | urgent; pressing; imperative | |
| 推敲 推敲 | to think over | |
| 查获 查獲 | to track down and seize (a criminal suspect, contraband etc) | |
| 分寸 分寸 | propriety; appropriate behavior; proper speech or action; within the norms | |
| 立功 立功 | to render meritorious service (one the three imperishables 朽); to make worthy contributions; to distinguish oneself | |
| 一系列 一系列 | a series of; a string of | |
| 全长 全長 | overall length; span | |
| 较劲 較勁 | to match one's strength with; to compete; more competitive; to set oneself against sb; disobliging; to make a special effort | |
| 诬陷 誣陷 | to entrap; to frame; to plant false evidence against sb | |
| 屯 屯 | to station (soldiers); to store up; village | |
| 惨痛 慘痛 | bitter; painful; deeply distressed | |
| 祖宗 祖宗 | ancestor; forebear | |
| 字迹 字跡 | handwriting | |
| 门路 門路 | way of doing sth; the right social connection | |
| 告示 告示 | announcement | |
| 航运 航運 | shipping; transport | |
| 口令 口令 | oral command; a word of command (used in drilling troops or gymnasts); password (used by sentry) | |
| 窃取 竊取 | to steal (usu. private information, intellectual property etc) | |
| 枪毙 槍斃 | to execute by firing squad; to shoot dead; fig. to discard; to get rid of | |
| 管教 管教 | to discipline; to teach; to guarantee | |
| 疑点 疑點 | a doubtful point | |
| 生平 生平 | life (a person's whole life); in one's entire life | |
| 含糊 含糊 | ambiguous; vague; careless; perfunctory | |
| 无话可说 無話可說 | to have nothing to say (idiom) | |
| 口子 口子 | hole; opening; cut; gap; gash; my husband or wife; classifier for people (used for indicating the number of people in a family etc); precedent | |
| 耽搁 耽擱 | to tarry; to delay; to stop over | |
| 香料 香料 | spice; flavoring; condiment; perfume | |
| 反倒 反倒 | but on the contrary; but expectedly | |
| 通通 通通 | all; entire; complete | |
| 算计 算計 | to reckon; to calculate; to plan; to expect; to scheme | |
| 断定 斷定 | to conclude; to determine; to come to a judgment | |
| 丰盛 豐盛 | rich; sumptuous | |
| 一眼 一眼 | a glance; a quick look; a glimpse | |
| 人道 人道 | human sympathy; humanitarianism; humane; the "human way", one of the stages in the cycle of reincarnation (Buddhism); sexual intercourse | |
| 译 譯 | to translate; to interpret |