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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| 赶 趕 | to overtake; to catch up with; to hurry; to rush; to try to catch (the bus etc); to drive (cattle etc) forward; to drive (sb) away; to avail oneself of (an opportunity); until; by (a certain time) | |
| 生意 生意 | life force; vitality | |
| 烟 煙 | cigarette or pipe tobacco; smoke; mist; vapour; tobacco plant; (of the eyes) to be irritated by smoke | |
| 不必 不必 | need not; does not have to; not necessarily | |
| 反正 反正 | anyway; in any case; to come over from the enemy's side | |
| 合理 合理 | rational; reasonable; sensible; fair | |
| 实验 實驗 | experiment; test; experimental; to experiment | |
| 员 員 | person; employee; member | |
| 制作 製作 | to make; to manufacture | |
| 强大 強大 | large; formidable; powerful; strong | |
| 退 退 | to retreat; to withdraw; to reject; to return (sth); to decline | |
| 修 修 | to decorate; to embellish; to repair; to build; to write; to cultivate; to study; to take (a class) | |
| 接近 接近 | to approach; to get close to | |
| 断 斷 | to break; to snap; to cut off; to give up or abstain from sth; to judge; (usu. used in the negative) absolutely; definitely; decidedly | |
| 慢慢 慢慢 | slowly | |
| 复杂 複雜 | complicated; complex | |
| 消失 消失 | to disappear; to fade away | |
| 抓住 抓住 | to grab hold of; to capture | |
| 麻烦 麻煩 | trouble; inconvenience; inconvenient; troublesome; annoying; to bother sb; to put sb to trouble | |
| 调 調 | to transfer; to move (troops or cadres); to investigate; to enquire into; accent; view; argument; key (in music); mode (music); tune; tone; melody | |
| 期 朞 | a period of time; phase; stage; classifier for issues of a periodical, courses of study; time; term; period; to hope; Taiwan pr. [qí] | |
| 胜利 勝利 | victory | |
| 领导 領導 | lead; leading; to lead; leadership; leader | |
| 时代 時代 | Time, US weekly news magazine | |
| 室 室 | room; work unit; grave; scabbard; family or clan; one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy | |
| 反对 反對 | to oppose; to be against; to object to | |
| 经济 經濟 | economy; economic | |
| 记录 記錄 | to record; record (written account); note-taker; record (in sports etc) | |
| 直到 直到 | until | |
| 刀 刀 | knife; blade; single-edged sword; cutlass; (slang) dollar (loanword); classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper); classifier for knife cuts or stabs | |
| 破 破 | broken; damaged; worn out; lousy; rotten; to break, split or cleave; to get rid of; to destroy; to break with; to defeat; to capture (a city etc); to expose the truth of | |
| 追 追 | to sculpt; to carve; musical instrument (old) | |
| 变化 變化 | (intransitive) to change; to vary; change; variation | |
| 上面 上面 | on top of; above-mentioned; also pr. [shàng mian] | |
| 不断 不斷 | unceasing; uninterrupted; continuous; constant | |
| 适合 適合 | to fit; to suit | |
| 危险 危險 | danger; dangerous | |
| 祝 祝 | to pray for; to wish (sb bon voyage, happy birthday etc); person who invokes the spirits during sacrificial ceremonies | |
| 必要 必要 | necessary; essential; indispensable; required | |
| 更加 更加 | more (than sth else); even more | |
| 建立 建立 | to establish; to set up; to found | |
| 对方 對方 | the other person; the other side; the other party | |
| 久 久 | (long) time; (long) duration of time | |
| 专家 專家 | expert; specialist | |
| 值得 值得 | to be worth; to deserve | |
| 属于 屬於 | to be classified as; to belong to; to be part of | |
| 母亲 母親 | mother; also pr. [mǔ qin] | |
| 结婚 結婚 | to marry; to get married | |
| 步 步 | a step; a pace; walk; march; stages in a process; situation | |
| 人民 人民 | the people |