The Silent War 2012
听风者
An espionage thriller set in the 1950s and adapted from the novel "Year Suan/Plot Against" by May Jia. Tony Leung Chiu Wai plays a blind man who works for a piano tuner. He is recruited for a spy mission because of his exceptional hearing.
Cast
Vocabulary
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| 几乎 幾乎 | almost; nearly; practically | |
| 单 單 | bill; list; form; single; only; sole; odd number | |
| 不管 不管 | not to be concerned; regardless of; no matter | |
| 看来 看來 | apparently; it seems that | |
| 未来 未來 | future; tomorrow; approaching; coming; pending | |
| 局 侷 | narrow | |
| 些 些 | classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several | |
| 政府 政府 | government | |
| 之前 之前 | before; prior to; ago; previously; beforehand | |
| 呀 呀 | (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt) | |
| 之后 之後 | after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then | |
| 担心 擔心 | anxious; worried; uneasy; to worry; to be anxious | |
| 却 卻 | but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though | |
| 而 而 | and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast) | |
| 吃香 吃香 | popular; in demand; well regarded | Xiehouyu |
| 毛病 毛病 | fault; defect; shortcomings; ailment | Xiehouyu |
| 没用 沒用 | useless | Xiehouyu |
| 要是 要是 | (coll.) if | Colloquialism |
| 输 輸 | to lose; to be beaten; (bound form) to transport; (literary) to donate; to contribute; (coll.) to enter (a password) | Colloquialism |
| 管 筦 | to take care (of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to run; to care about; tube; pipe; woodwind; classifier for tube-shaped objects; particle similar to 把 in 管...叫 constructions; writing brush; (coll.) to; towards | Colloquialism |
| 旧金山 舊金山 | San Francisco, California | Proper Noun |
| 大城市 大城市 | major city; metropolis | Proper Noun |
| 叶 葉 | to harmonize, to rhyme; to unite; (borrowed for) leaf | |
| 耳 耳 | ear; merely, only; handle | |
| 楚 楚 | name of feudal state; clear | |
| 爷 爺 | father, grandfather | |
| 连累 連累 | to implicate; to get (sb) into trouble; also pr. [lian2lei3] or [lian2lei4] | |
| 少爷 少爺 | son of the boss; young master of the house; your son (honorific) | |
| 调音 調音 | to tune (a musical instrument) | |
| 打死 打死 | to kill; to beat to death | |
| 准备好了 準備好了 | to be ready | |
| 程 程 | journey, trip; schedule, agenda | |
| 各界 各界 | all walks of life; all social circles | |
| 总得 總得 | must; have to; be bound to | |
| 音 音 | sound, tone, pitch, pronunciation | |
| 发报 發報 | to send a message | |
| 杨 楊 | willow, poplar, aspen; surname | |
| 红线 紅線 | red line | |
| 喝光 喝光 | to drink up; to finish (a drink) | |
| 白费 白費 | to waste (one's energy etc) | |
| 老爷子 老爺子 | my (your etc) old father; polite appellation for an elderly male | |
| 可能性 可能性 | possibility; probability | |
| 上个星期 上個星期 | last week | |
| 死伤 死傷 | casualties; dead and injured | |
| 朱 朱 | cinnabar, vermilion; surname | |
| 心跳 心跳 | heartbeat; pulse | |
| 干嘛 幹嘛 | what are you doing?; whatever for?; why on earth? | |
| 乱说 亂說 | to talk drivel; to make irresponsible remarks | |
| 干活 幹活 | to work; to be employed | |
| 血糖 血糖 | blood sugar |