The Silent War

The Silent War 2012

听风者 yǐn fēng zhě

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.

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3.83 Beginner Director Alan Mak Siu-Fai, Felix Chong Man-Keung IMDb 6.2

Cast

Zhou Xun Zhou Xun Zhang Xuening Tony Leung Chiu-wai Tony Leung Chiu-wai He Bing Wang Xuebing Wang Xuebing Guo Xingzhong / Lao Gui / Devi Mavis Fan Mavis Fan Shen Jing Dong Yong Dong Yong Wu Chang, 701 Agent David Lam Wai David Lam Wai Zhang Guoxiang, KMT Agent Jacob Cheung Chi-Leung Jacob Cheung Chi-Leung Sparrow Pal Sinn Lap-Man Pal Sinn Lap-Man Luo San Er Carrie Ng Ka-Lai Carrie Ng Ka-Lai Mrs Li Henry Fong Ping Henry Fong Ping Mr Chao

Vocabulary

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天气预报 天氣預報 tiān qì yù bào weather forecast ∼HSK 4
走散 走散 zǒu sàn to wander off; to stray; to get lost ∼HSK 4
双倍 雙倍 shuāng bèi twofold; double ∼HSK 4
打呼 打呼 dǎ hū to snore ∼HSK 4
戴上 戴上 dài shang to put on (hat etc) ∼HSK 4
微调 微調 wēi tiáo fine tuning; trimming ∼HSK 4
萄 萄 táo grapes ∼HSK 4
葡糖 葡糖 pú táng glucose C6H12O6; abbr. for 葡萄糖 ∼HSK 4
高烧 高燒 gāo shāo fever; high temperature ∼HSK 4
葡萄糖 葡萄糖 pú tao táng glucose C6H12O6 ∼HSK 4
当归 當歸 dāng guī Angelica sinensis ∼HSK 4
冰凉 冰涼 bīng liáng ice-cold ∼HSK 4
温 溫 Wēn lukewarm ∼HSK 4
丽 麗 Lí beautiful, magnificent, elegant ∼HSK 4
侦查 偵查 zhēn chá to detect; to investigate ∼HSK 4
音箱 音箱 yīn xiāng loudspeaker box; speaker (audio equipment); resonating chamber of a musical instrument; sound box ∼HSK 4
意 意 Yì meaning, intent ∼HSK 4
不稳 不穩 bù wěn unstable; unsteady ∼HSK 4
战后 戰後 zhàn hòu after the war; postwar ∼HSK 4
闹新房 鬧新房 nào xīn fáng disturbing the privacy of bridal room (Chinese custom where guests banter with and play pranks on the newlyweds) ∼HSK 4
治好 治好 zhì hǎo to cure ∼HSK 4
加密 加密 jiā mì to encrypt; encryption; to protect with a password ∼HSK 4
世界各地 世界各地 shì jiè gè dì all over the world; everywhere; in all parts of the world ∼HSK 4
另有 另有 lìng yǒu to have some other (reason etc) ∼HSK 4
幸会 幸會 xìng huì nice to meet you ∼HSK 4
开局 開局 kāi jú opening (chess etc); early stage of game, match, work, activity etc ∼HSK 4
风水轮流转 風水輪流轉 fēng shuǐ lún liú zhuàn fortunes rise and fall; times change ∼HSK 4
怎么能 怎麼能 zěn yāo néng how could one ∼HSK 4
风圈 風圈 fēng quān ring around the moon; lunar halo; solar halo ∼HSK 4
头儿 頭兒 tóu r head, leader ∼HSK 4
什么事 什麼事 shén me shì what matter ∼HSK 4
首长 首長 shǒu zhǎng senior official ∼HSK 4
步枪 步槍 bù qiāng rifle ∼HSK 4
时局 時局 shí jú current political situation ∼HSK 4
百货 百貨 bǎi huò general merchandise HSK 4
上楼 上樓 shàng lóu to go upstairs HSK 4
大姐 大姐 dà jiě big sister; elder sister; older sister (also polite term of address for a girl or woman slightly older than the speaker) HSK 4
爱国 愛國 ài guó to love one's country; patriotic HSK 4
耳机 耳機 ěr jī headphones; earphones; telephone receiver HSK 4
促进 促進 cù jìn to promote (an idea or cause); to advance; boost HSK 4
延续 延續 yán xù to continue; to go on; to last HSK 4
进口 進口 jìn kǒu to import; imported; entrance; inlet (for the intake of air, water etc) HSK 4
玉 玉 yù jade HSK 4
老实 老實 lǎo shi honest; sincere; well-behaved; naive; gullible HSK 4
力气 力氣 lì qi strength HSK 4
招呼 招呼 zhāo hu to call out to; to greet; to say hello to; to inform; to take care of; to take care that one does not HSK 4
说不定 說不定 shuō bu dìng can't say for sure; maybe HSK 4
胖子 胖子 pàng zi fat person; fatty HSK 4
多年 多年 duō nián many years; for many years; longstanding HSK 4
风景 風景 fēng jǐng scenery; landscape HSK 4