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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| 碰 掽 | to touch; to meet with; to bump | |
| 不好意思 不好意思 | to feel embarrassed; to find it embarrassing; to be sorry (for inconveniencing sb) | |
| 比如说 比如說 | for example | |
| 好事 好事 | good action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, "a fine thing indeed"); charity; happy occasion; Daoist or Buddhist ceremony for the souls of the dead | |
| 安静 安靜 | quiet; peaceful; calm | |
| 放心 放心 | to feel relieved; to feel reassured; to be at ease | |
| 角 角 | angle; corner; horn; horn-shaped; unit of money equal to 0.1 yuan, or 10 cents (a dime) | |
| 黑色 黑色 | black | |
| 舒服 舒服 | comfortable; feeling well | |
| 多久 多久 | (of time) how long?; (not) a long time | |
| 的话 的話 | if (coming after a conditional clause) | |
| 高级 高級 | high level; high grade; advanced; high-ranking | |
| 出生 出生 | to be born | |
| 合适 合適 | suitable; fitting; appropriate | |
| 随便 隨便 | as one wishes; as one pleases; at random; negligent; casual; wanton | |
| 爬 爬 | to crawl; to climb; to get up or sit up | |
| 颜色 顏色 | color; countenance; appearance; facial expression; pigment; dyestuff | |
| 经理 經理 | manager; director | |
| 轻 輕 | light; easy; gentle; soft; reckless; unimportant; frivolous; small in number; unstressed; neutral; to disparage | |
| 出发 出發 | to set off; to start (on a journey) | |
| 出口 出口 | an exit; to speak; to export; (of a ship) to leave port | |
| 礼物 禮物 | gift; present | |
| 急 急 | urgent; pressing; rapid; hurried; worried; to make (sb) anxious | |
| 照顾 照顧 | to take care of; to show consideration; to attend to; to look after | |
| 背 揹 | to be burdened; to carry on the back or shoulder | |
| 网 網 | net; network | |
| 不行 不行 | won't do; be out of the question; be no good; not work; not be capable | |
| 怎么办 怎麼辦 | what's to be done | |
| 不够 不夠 | not enough; insufficient; inadequate | |
| 小心 小心 | to be careful; to take care | |
| 咱们 咱們 | we or us (including both the speaker and the person(s) spoken to); (dialect) I or me; (dialect) (in a coaxing or familiar way) you; also pr. [zá men] | |
| 普通 普通 | common; ordinary; general; average | |
| 怎么样 怎麼樣 | how?; how about?; how was it?; how are things? | |
| 船 舩 | boat; vessel; ship | |
| 实在 實在 | really; actually; indeed; true; real; honest; dependable; (philosophy) reality | |
| 听说 聽說 | to hear (sth said); one hears (that); hearsay; listening and speaking | |
| 目的 目的 | purpose; aim; goal; target; objective | |
| 笔 筆 | pen; pencil; writing brush; to write or compose; the strokes of Chinese characters; classifier for sums of money, deals | |
| 全国 全國 | whole nation; nationwide; countrywide; national | |
| 留下 留下 | to leave behind; to stay behind; to remain; to keep; not to let (sb) go | |
| 关心 關心 | to be concerned about; to care about | |
| 刚才 剛才 | just now; a moment ago | |
| 样子 樣子 | appearance; manner; pattern; model | |
| 条件 條件 | condition; circumstance; term; factor; requirement; prerequisite; qualification; situation; state; condition | |
| 年轻 年輕 | young | |
| 夜 亱 | night | |
| 就要 就要 | will; shall; to be going to | |
| 改 改 | to change; to alter; to transform; to correct | |
| 比如 比如 | for example; for instance; such as | |
| 不少 不少 | many; a lot; not few |