The Stool Pigeon

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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3.9 Beginner Director Dante Lam Chiu-Yin IMDb 6.7

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to cut; to cut apart HSK 7
inconceivable (idiom); unimaginable; unfathomable HSK 7
jìng (bound form) respectful; to respect; to offer politely HSK 7
āo to boil; to simmer HSK 7
zài to care about; to mind HSK 7
jiè kǒu to use as an excuse; excuse; pretext HSK 7
huì city; metropolis HSK 7
shí when HSK 7
chèn to avail oneself of; to take advantage of HSK 7
also HSK 7
zhǔn not to allow; to forbid; to prohibit HSK 7
yào otherwise; or else; how about...?; either... (or...) HSK 7
shàn benevolent; charitable HSK 7
to depend on; to comply with or listen to sb; according to; in the light of HSK 7
shuǎi to throw; to fling; to swing; to leave behind; to throw off; to dump (sb) HSK 7
hǒu to roar; to howl; to shriek; roar or howl of an animal; bellow of rage HSK 7
dān lone; lonely; loneliness HSK 7
dòng classifier for houses or buildings; ridgepole (old) HSK 7
yào shi key HSK 7
便 便 biàn even if; even though; right away; immediately HSK 7
使 使 tiān shǐ angel HSK 7
zhī suǒ (after a noun N and before a predicate P) the reason why N P; Example: 我之所以讨厌他 "the reason why I dislike him (is ...)" HSK 7
jìng unexpectedly; actually; to go so far as to; indeed HSK 7
gu buttocks; bottom; butt; back part HSK 7
zhì to install; to place; to put; to buy HSK 7
shuǎ to play with; to wield; to act (cool etc); to display (a skill, one's temper etc) HSK 7
gōng apartment building; block of flats HSK 7
hēi hey HSK 7
rén another person; sb else; other people HSK 7
fěn bean vermicelli; mung bean starch noodles; Chinese vermicelli; cellophane noodles; fan (loanword); enthusiast for sb or sth HSK 7
xìng gǎn sex appeal; eroticism; sexuality; sexy HSK 7
shēng organism; living creature; life form; biological HSK 7
square; frame; rule; (legal) case; style; character; standard; pattern; (grammar) case; (classical) to obstruct; to hinder; (classical) to arrive; to come; (classical) to investigate; to study exhaustively HSK 7
luó gauze; to collect; to gather; to catch; to sift HSK 7
suǒ wèi so-called; what is called HSK 7
namely; that is; i.e.; prompt; at once; at present; even if; prompted (by the occasion); to approach; to come into contact; to assume (office); to draw near HSK 7
zhī not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) HSK 7
Germany; German; abbr. for 德国 HSK 7
qíng feeling; emotion; passion; situation HSK 7
and; to reach; up to; in time for HSK 7
é to chant HSK 7
zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it HSK 7
chóng dǎo zhé lit. to follow in the tracks of an overturned cart (idiom); fig. to follow a path that led to failure in the past; to repeat a disastrous mistake Idiom ∼HSK 6
chě to chatter; nonsense; blather Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
néng 不: no, not; un-; negative prefix · 能: to be able; can, permitted to; ability · 自: self, private, personal; from · 拔: uproot, pull out Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
lài (coll.) not bad; good; fine Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
jiù suàn (coll.) even if Colloquialism HSK 6
léi thunder; (bound form) (military) mine, as in 雷 land mine; (coll.) to shock; to stun; to astound; (Tw) (coll.) spoiler; (Tw) (coll.) to reveal plot details to (sb) Colloquialism HSK 6
used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 6
yǒu méi yǒu (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?; Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)? HSK 6