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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| 劳师动众 勞師動眾 | 劳: labor, toil, do manual work · 师: teacher, master, specialist · 动: move, happen; movement, action · 众: multitude, crowd; masses, public | Idiom |
| 一长一短 一長一短 | talking endlessly; long-winded | Idiom |
| 讨价还价 討價還價 | to haggle over price; to bargain | Idiom |
| 稳重 穩重 | steady; earnest; staid | Xiehouyu |
| 宰 宰 | to slaughter; to butcher; to kill (animals etc); (coll.) to fleece; to rip off; to overcharge; (bound form) to govern; to rule; (bound form) (a title for certain government officials in ancient China) | Colloquialism |
| 撒 撒 | to let go; to cast; to let loose; to discharge; to give expression to; (coll.) to pee | Colloquialism |
| 喜酒 喜酒 | wedding feast; liquor drunk at a wedding feast | |
| 牵头 牽頭 | to lead (an animal by the head); to take the lead; to coordinate (a combined operation); to mediate; a go-between (e.g. marriage broker) | |
| 理事 理事 | member of council; (literary) to take care of matters | |
| 威风 威風 | might; awe-inspiring authority; impressive | |
| 本钱 本錢 | capital; (fig.) asset; advantage; the means (to do sth) | |
| 汇合 匯合 | confluence; to converge; to join; to fuse; fusion | |
| 墓碑 墓碑 | gravestone; tombstone | |
| 甜头 甜頭 | sweet taste (of power, success etc); benefit | |
| 替身 替身 | stand-in; substitute; body double; stuntman; scapegoat; fall guy; to stand in for sb else | |
| 违约 違約 | to break a promise; to violate an agreement; to default (on a loan or contract) | |
| 惊动 驚動 | to alarm; to startle; to disturb | |
| 用人 用人 | servant; to employ sb for a job; to manage people; to be in need of staff | |
| 风水 風水 | feng shui; geomancy | |
| 新房 新房 | brand new house; bridal chamber | |
| 摇篮 搖籃 | cradle | |
| 福气 福氣 | good fortune; a blessing | |
| 偷看 偷看 | to peep; to peek; to steal a glance | |
| 果真 果真 | really; as expected; sure enough; if indeed...; if it's really... | |
| 好意 好意 | good intention; kindness | |
| 帝国主义 帝國主義 | imperialism | |
| 兴致 興致 | mood; spirits; interest | |
| 吓唬 嚇唬 | to scare; to frighten | |
| 译 譯 | to translate; to interpret | |
| 复原 復原 | to restore (sth) to (its) former condition; to recover from illness; recovery | |
| 哨 哨 | a whistle; sentry | |
| 优越 優越 | superior; superiority | |
| 正宗 正宗 | orthodox school; fig. traditional; old school; authentic; genuine | |
| 别看 別看 | don't be fooled by the fact that | |
| 抵御 抵禦 | to resist; to withstand | |
| 集结 集結 | to assemble; to concentrate; to mass; to build up; to marshal | |
| 航海 航海 | to sail the seas; maritime navigation; voyage | |
| 掏钱 掏錢 | to pay; to spend money; to fork out | |
| 短缺 短缺 | shortage | |
| 埋伏 埋伏 | to ambush; to lie in wait for; to lie low; ambush | |
| 着眼 著眼 | to have one's eyes on (a goal); having sth in mind; to concentrate | |
| 绷 繃 | to draw tight; to stretch taut; to tack (with thread or pin); embroidery hoop; woven bed mat | |
| 不算 不算 | to not calculate; to not count; to not be considered (as); to have no weight | |
| 捍卫 捍衛 | to defend; to uphold; to safeguard | |
| 晕倒 暈倒 | to faint; to swoon; to black out; to become unconscious | |
| 看中 看中 | to have a preference for; to fancy; to choose after consideration; to settle on | |
| 委屈 委屈 | to feel wronged; to cause sb to feel wronged; grievance | |
| 电报 電報 | telegram; cable; telegraph | |
| 妄想 妄想 | to attempt vainly; a vain attempt; delusion | |
| 蚊子 蚊子 | mosquito |