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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| 脚 腳 | foot; leg (of an animal or an object); base (of an object); classifier for kicks | |
| 意思 意思 | idea; opinion; meaning; wish; desire; interest; fun; token of appreciation, affection etc; to give as a small token; to do sth as a gesture of goodwill etc | |
| 越来越 越來越 | more and more | |
| 弄 弄 | lane; alley | |
| 低 低 | low; beneath; to lower (one's head); to let droop; to hang down; to incline | |
| 提 提 | used in 防 and 溜 | |
| 重新 重新 | again; once more; re- | |
| 漂亮 漂亮 | pretty; beautiful | |
| 离 离 | to leave; to part from; to be away from; (in giving distances) from; without (sth); independent of; one of the Eight Trigrams 卦, symbolizing fire; ☲ | |
| 怕 怕 | to be afraid; to fear; to dread; to be unable to endure; perhaps | |
| 只能 只能 | can only; obliged to do sth; to have no other choice | |
| 变成 變成 | to change into; to turn into; to become | |
| 声音 聲音 | voice; sound | |
| 收 收 | to receive; to accept; to collect; to put away; to restrain; to stop; in care of (used on address line after name) | |
| 眼睛 眼睛 | eye | |
| 边 邊 | side; edge; margin; border; boundary; simultaneously | |
| 欢迎 歡迎 | to welcome; welcome | |
| 酒 酒 | wine (esp. rice wine); liquor; spirits; alcoholic beverage | |
| 倒 倒 | to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally; to fail; to go bankrupt; to overthrow; to change (trains or buses); to move around; to resell at a profit | |
| 气 氣 | gas; air; smell; weather; to make angry; to annoy; to get angry; vital energy; qi | |
| 清楚 清楚 | clear; distinct; to understand thoroughly; to be clear about | |
| 眼 眼 | eye; small hole; crux (of a matter); classifier for big hollow things (wells, stoves, pots etc) | |
| 往 往 | to go (in a direction); to; towards; (of a train) bound for; past; previous | |
| 感谢 感謝 | (express) thanks; gratitude; grateful; thankful; thanks | |
| 音乐 音樂 | music | |
| 想到 想到 | to think of; to call to mind; to anticipate | |
| 服务 服務 | to serve; service | |
| 正常 正常 | regular; normal; ordinary | |
| 刚刚 剛剛 | just recently; just a moment ago | |
| 全部 全部 | whole; all | |
| 套 套 | to cover; to encase; cover; sheath; to overlap; to interleave; to model after; to copy; formula; harness; loop of rope; (fig.) to fish for; to obtain slyly; classifier for sets, collections; bend (of a river or mountain range, in place names); tau (Greek letter Ττ) | |
| 药 藥 | medicine; drug; substance used for a specific purpose (e.g. poisoning, explosion, fermenting); to poison | |
| 算 算 | to regard as; to figure; to calculate; to compute | |
| 过来 過來 | to come over; to manage; to handle; to be able to take care of | |
| 行动 行動 | operation; action; to move about; mobile | |
| 米 米 | rice; meter (classifier) | |
| 段 段 | paragraph; section; segment; stage (of a process); classifier for stories, periods of time, lengths of thread etc | |
| 狗 狗 | dog | |
| 换 換 | to exchange; to change (clothes etc); to substitute; to switch; to convert (currency) | |
| 份 份 | classifier for gifts, newspaper, magazine, papers, reports, contracts etc; variant of 分 | |
| 面 面 | face; side; surface; aspect; top; classifier for objects with flat surfaces such as drums, mirrors, flags etc | |
| 方面 方面 | respect; aspect; field; side | |
| 影响 影響 | influence; effect; to influence; to affect (usually adversely); to disturb | |
| 以为 以為 | to think (i.e. to take it to be true that ...) (Usually there is an implication that the notion is mistaken – except when expressing one's own current opinion.) | |
| 同时 同時 | at the same time; simultaneously | |
| 生 生 | to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; raw; uncooked; student | |
| 离开 離開 | to depart; to leave | |
| 万 萬 | used in 俟 | |
| 掉 掉 | to fall; to drop; to lag behind; to lose; to go missing; to reduce; fall (in prices); to lose (value, weight etc); to wag; to swing; to turn; to change; to exchange; to swap; to show off; to shed (hair); (used after certain verbs to express completion, fulfillment, removal etc) | |
| 以前 以前 | before; formerly; previous; ago |