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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| 赢 贏 | to beat; to win; to profit | |
| 会议 會議 | meeting; conference | |
| 支 支 | to support; to sustain; to erect; to raise; branch; division; to draw money; classifier for rods such as pens and guns, for army divisions and for songs or compositions | |
| 安排 安排 | to arrange; to plan; to set up; arrangements; plans | |
| 父母 父母 | father and mother; parents | |
| 谈 談 | to speak; to talk; to converse; to chat; to discuss | |
| 下去 下去 | to go down; to descend; to go on; to continue; (of a servant) to withdraw | |
| 父亲 父親 | father; also pr. [fù qin] | |
| 光 光 | light; ray; bright; shiny; only; merely; used up; finished; to leave (a part of the body) uncovered | |
| 约 約 | to weigh in a balance or on a scale | |
| 各位 各位 | everybody; all (guests, colleagues etc); all of you | |
| 性 性 | nature; character; property; quality; attribute; sexuality; sex; gender; suffix forming adjective from verb; suffix forming noun from adjective, corresponding to -ness or -ity; essence | |
| 设计 設計 | to design; to plan; design; plan | |
| 好好 好好 | well; carefully; nicely; properly | |
| 绝对 絕對 | absolute; unconditional | |
| 到底 到底 | finally; in the end; when all is said and done; after all; to the end; to the last | |
| 简单 簡單 | simple; not complicated | |
| 伤 傷 | to injure; injury; wound | |
| 台 檯 | platform; stage; terrace; stand; support; station; broadcasting station; classifier for vehicles or machines | |
| 报告 報告 | to inform; to report; to make known; report; speech; talk; lecture | |
| 人员 人員 | staff; crew; personnel | |
| 任务 任務 | mission; assignment; task; duty; role | |
| 容易 容易 | easy; straightforward; likely; liable to; apt to | |
| 目标 目標 | target; goal; objective | |
| 确定 確定 | definite; certain; fixed; to fix (on sth); to determine; to be sure; to ensure; to make certain; to ascertain; to clinch; to recognize; to confirm; OK (on computer dialog box) | |
| 里面 裡面 | inside; interior; also pr. [lǐ mian] | |
| 突然 突然 | sudden; abrupt; unexpected | |
| 代表 代表 | representative; delegate; to represent; to stand for; on behalf of; in the name of | |
| 个人 個人 | individual; personal; oneself | |
| 下来 下來 | to come down; (completed action marker); (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.); (indicates continuation from the past towards us); to be harvested (of crops); to be over (of a period of time); to go among the masses (said of leaders) | |
| 现场 現場 | the scene (of a crime, accident etc); (on) the spot; (at) the site | |
| 终于 終於 | at last; in the end; finally; eventually | |
| 目前 目前 | at the present time; currently | |
| 城市 城市 | city; town | |
| 根本 根本 | fundamental; basic; root; simply; absolutely (not); (not) at all | |
| 极了 極了 | extremely; exceedingly | |
| 整个 整個 | whole; entire; total | |
| 注意 注意 | to take note of; to pay attention to | |
| 支持 支持 | to be in favor of; to support; to back; support; backing; to stand by | |
| 强 強 | stubborn; unyielding | |
| 处理 處理 | to handle; to deal with; to punish; to treat sth by a special process; to process; to sell at reduced prices | |
| 调查 調查 | investigation; inquiry; to investigate; to survey; survey; (opinion) poll | |
| 转 轉 | see 转文 | |
| 结束 結束 | termination; to finish; to end; to conclude; to close | |
| 成功 成功 | Chenggong or Chengkung town in Taitung County 台东县, southeast Taiwan | |
| 解决 解決 | to solve; to resolve; to settle (a problem); to eliminate; to wipe out (an enemy, bandits etc) | |
| 部 部 | ministry; department; section; part; division; troops; board; classifier for works of literature, films, machines etc | |
| 当然 當然 | only natural; as it should be; certainly; of course; without doubt | |
| 其实 其實 | actually; in fact; really | |
| 只有 只有 | only have ...; there is only ...; (used in combination with 才) it is only if one ... (that one can ...) (Example: 只有通过治疗才能痊愈 "the only way to cure it is with therapy"); it is only ... (who ...) (Example: 要 "only men would have such a requirement"); (used to indicate that one has no alternative) one can only (do a certain thing) (Example: 服 "the only thing you can do is give in") |