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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| 粥 粥 | used in 荤粥 | |
| 打断 打斷 | to interrupt; to break off; to break (a bone) | |
| 大力 大力 | energetically; vigorously | |
| 专用 專用 | special; dedicated | |
| 洋 洋 | ocean; vast; foreign; silver dollar or coin | |
| 掌声 掌聲 | applause | |
| 出事 出事 | to have an accident; to meet with a mishap | |
| 空军 空軍 | air force | |
| 误 誤 | mistake; error; to miss; to harm; to delay; to neglect; mistakenly | |
| 吊 吊 | to suspend; to hang up; to hang a person | |
| 节奏 節奏 | rhythm; tempo; musical pulse; cadence; beat | |
| 战场 戰場 | battlefield | |
| 祖国 祖國 | motherland | |
| 路过 路過 | to pass by or through | |
| 机关 機關 | mechanism; gear; machine-operated; office; agency; organ; organization; establishment; institution; body; stratagem; scheme; intrigue; plot; trick | |
| 牵 牽 | to lead along; to pull (an animal on a tether); (bound form) to involve; to draw in | |
| 狠 狠 | ruthless; fierce; ferocious; determined; to harden (one's heart); old variant of 很 | |
| 暴露 暴露 | to expose; to reveal; to lay bare; also pr. [pù lù] | |
| 赚钱 賺錢 | to earn money; moneymaking | |
| 章 章 | chapter; section; clause; movement (of symphony); seal; badge; regulation; order | |
| 蒙 濛 | drizzle; mist | |
| 赌 賭 | to bet; to gamble | |
| 贡献 貢獻 | to contribute; to dedicate; to devote; contribution | |
| 煮 煑 | to cook; to boil | |
| 舞蹈 舞蹈 | dance (performance art); dancing | |
| 斗争 鬥爭 | a struggle; fight; battle | |
| 军事 軍事 | military affairs; (attributive) military | |
| 档案 檔案 | file; record; archive | |
| 不见 不見 | not to see; not to meet; to have disappeared; to be missing | |
| 聊 聊 | to chat; to depend upon (literary); temporarily; just; slightly | |
| 泡 泡 | puffed; swollen; spongy; small lake (esp. in place names); classifier for urine or feces | |
| 赚 賺 | to earn; to make a profit | |
| 算是 算是 | considered to be; at last | |
| 觉 覺 | a nap; a sleep | |
| 解 解 | to divide; to break up; to split; to separate; to dissolve; to solve; to melt; to remove; to untie; to loosen; to open; to emancipate; to explain; to understand; to know; a solution; a dissection | |
| 部队 部隊 | army; armed forces; troops; force; unit | |
| 学会 學會 | to learn; to master; institute; learned society; (scholarly) association | |
| 军队 軍隊 | armed forces; troops | |
| 混 混 | to mix; to mingle; muddled; to drift along; to muddle along; to pass for; to get along with sb; thoughtless; reckless | |
| 犯 犯 | to violate; to offend; to assault; criminal; crime; to make a mistake; recurrence (of mistake or sth bad) | |
| 允许 允許 | to permit; to allow | |
| 英雄 英雄 | hero | |
| 命 命 | life; fate; order or command; to assign a name, title etc | |
| 原 原 | former; original; primary; raw; level; cause; source | |
| 不再 不再 | no more; no longer | |
| 最终 最終 | final; ultimate | |
| 特 特 | special; unique; distinguished; especially; unusual; very; abbr. for 斯, tex | |
| 超 超 | to exceed; to overtake; to surpass; to transcend; to pass; to cross; ultra-; super- | |
| 作 作 | worker; workshop; (slang) troublesome; high-maintenance (person) | |
| 啦 啦 | (onom.) sound of singing, cheering etc; (phonetic); (dialect) to chat |