The Stool Pigeon 2010
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Living in the guilt of sacrificing his informant in a previous operation, Criminal Intelligence Inspector Don Lee is wary when his superior orders him to send another informant to spy on the criminal operations of Barbarian, a vicious gangster plotting a jewelry heist. He seeks ex-convict Ghost, who agrees to work for Don despite vowing to go straight since he's desperately in need of money to repay a debt and save his sister. Ghost's driving skills help him infiltrate Barbarian's gang and earn his trust, but by feeding information to Don and hooking up with Barbarian's girlfriend Dee, Ghost is pushing himself into a tight and deadly corner...
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Vocabulary
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| 不管 不管 | not to be concerned; regardless of; no matter | |
| 严重 嚴重 | grave; serious; severe; critical | |
| 未来 未來 | future; tomorrow; approaching; coming; pending | |
| 首 首 | head; chief; first (occasion, thing etc); classifier for poems, songs etc | |
| 些 些 | classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several | |
| 考虑 考慮 | to think over; to consider; consideration | |
| 是否 是否 | whether (or not); if; is or isn't | |
| 系统 系統 | system | |
| 曾 曾 | once; already; ever (in the past); former; previously; (past tense marker used before verb or clause) | |
| 甚至 甚至 | even; so much so that | |
| 关于 關於 | pertaining to; concerning; with regard to; about; a matter of | |
| 作为 作為 | one's conduct; deed; activity; accomplishment; achievement; to act as; as (in the capacity of); qua; to view as; to look upon (sth as); to take sth to be | |
| 此 此 | this; these | |
| 选择 選擇 | to select; to pick; choice; option; alternative | |
| 了解 了解 | to understand; to realize; to find out | |
| 之后 之後 | after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then | |
| 却 卻 | but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though | |
| 而 而 | and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast) | |
| 痛苦 痛苦 | pain; suffering; painful | Xiehouyu |
| 要是 要是 | (coll.) if | Colloquialism |
| 整 整 | exactly; in good order; whole; complete; entire; in order; orderly; to repair; to mend; to renovate; (coll.) to fix sb; to give sb a hard time; to mess with sb | Colloquialism |
| 血 血 | blood; colloquial pr. [xiě] | Colloquialism |
| 管 筦 | to take care (of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to run; to care about; tube; pipe; woodwind; classifier for tube-shaped objects; particle similar to 把 in 管...叫 constructions; writing brush; (coll.) to; towards | Colloquialism |
| 洛杉矶 洛杉磯 | Los Angeles, California | Proper Noun |
| 加州 加州 | California | Proper Noun |
| 某人 某人 | someone; a certain person; some people; I (self-address after one's surname) | Proper Noun |
| 马里 馬里 | Mali | Proper Noun |
| 小镇 小鎮 | small town; village | Proper Noun |
| 马克 馬克 | Mark (name) | Proper Noun |
| 姆 姆 | used in | |
| 干嘛 幹嘛 | what are you doing?; whatever for?; why on earth? | |
| 谈谈 談談 | to discuss; to have a chat | |
| 该死 該死 | Damn it!; damned; wretched | |
| 录影带 錄影帶 | (Tw) videotape; video cassette | |
| 乐团 樂團 | band; orchestra | |
| 洛 洛 | river in Shanxi province; city | |
| 派对 派對 | (loanword) party | |
| 埃 埃 | fine dust, dirt | |
| 强力 強力 | powerful | |
| 恩 㤙 | kindness, mercy, charity | |
| 参演 參演 | to take part in a performance; to appear in (a movie etc) | |
| 工作室 工作室 | studio; workshop | |
| 朱 朱 | cinnabar, vermilion; surname | |
| 没法 沒法 | at a loss; unable to do anything about it; to have no choice | |
| 参议员 參議員 | senator | |
| 重整 重整 | to restructure; to reorganize; to revamp | |
| 拍电影 拍電影 | to make a movie | |
| 马球 馬球 | polo | |
| 衫 衫 | shirt; robe; gown; jacket | |
| 鲁 魯 | foolish, stupid, rash; vulgar |