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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| 可以 可以 | can; may; possible; able to; not bad; pretty good | |
| 为 為 | as (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as; to serve as; to behave as; to become; to be; to do; by (in the passive voice) | |
| 自己 自己 | oneself; one's own | |
| 让 讓 | to yield; to permit; to let sb do sth; to have sb do sth; to make sb (feel sad etc); by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被) | |
| 啊 啊 | interjection of surprise; Ah!; Oh! | |
| 好看 好看 | good-looking; nice-looking; good (of a movie, book, TV show etc); embarrassed; humiliated | Xiehouyu |
| 对不起 對不起 | I'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon; to let (sb) down; to disappoint | Xiehouyu |
| 干 乹 | (bound form) to have to do with; to concern oneself with; one of the ten heavenly stems 干; (archaic) shield | Xiehouyu |
| 不会 不會 | improbable; unlikely; will not (act, happen etc); not able; not having learned to do sth; (coll.) (Tw) don't mention it; not at all | Colloquialism |
| 真是 真是 | indeed; truly; (coll.) (used to express disapproval, annoyance etc) | Colloquialism |
| 这不 這不 | (coll.) As a matter of fact,... (used to introduce evidence for what one has just asserted) | Colloquialism |
| 那是 那是 | (coll.) of course; naturally; indeed | Colloquialism |
| 有病 有病 | to be ill; (coll.) to be not right in the head | Colloquialism |
| 看看 看看 | to take a look at; to examine; to survey; (coll.) pretty soon | Colloquialism |
| 山 山 | mountain; hill; (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on | Colloquialism |
| 爸爸 爸爸 | (coll.) father; dad | Colloquialism |
| 块 塊 | lump; chunk; piece; classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc; (coll.) classifier for money and currency units | Colloquialism |
| 花 花 | flower; blossom; fancy pattern; florid; to spend (money, time); (coll.) lecherous; lustful | Colloquialism |
| 吗 嗎 | (coll.) what? | Colloquialism |
| 那 那 | (specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nèi]); (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations); then (in that case) | Colloquialism |
| 美国 美國 | United States; USA; US | Proper Noun |
| 路西弗 路西弗 | Lucifer (Satan's name before his fall in Jewish and Christian mythology) | Proper Noun |
| 日本人 日本人 | Japanese person or people | Proper Noun |
| 谁知道 誰知道 | God knows...; Who would have imagined...? | |
| 他妈的 他媽的 | (taboo curse) damn it!; fucking | |
| 不是 不是 | no; is not; not | |
| 不想 不想 | unexpectedly; to one's surprise | |
| 这个 這個 | (pronoun) this; (adjective) this | |
| 一个 一個 | a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc) | |
| 老天 老天 | God; Heavens | |
| 那个 那個 | that one; that thing; that (as opposed to this); (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis); (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word); (used in speech as a filler | |
| 这是 這是 | this is; this is the ... | |
| 怎么回事 怎麼回事 | what's the matter?; what's going on?; how could that be?; how did that come about?; what's it all about? | |
| 你好 你好 | hello; hi | |
| 不能 不能 | cannot; must not; should not | |
| 老爸 老爸 | father; dad | |
| 什么的 什麼的 | and so on; and so forth; and what not | |
| 女孩 女孩 | girl; lass | |
| 这就 這就 | immediately; at once | |
| 儿 兒 | son, child; KangXi radical 10 | |
| 不在 不在 | not to be present; to be out; (euphemism) to pass away; to be deceased | |
| 还好 還好 | not bad; tolerable; fortunately | |
| 妈的 媽的 | (taboo curse) damn it!; fucking | |
| 不了 不了 | no thanks (used to politely but informally decline) | |
| 我去 我去 | (slang) what the...!; oh my god!; that's insane! | |
| 有点 有點 | a little | |
| 快点 快點 | to do sth more quickly; Hurry up!; Get a move on! | |
| 你妈 你媽 | (interjection) fuck you; (intensifier) fucking | |
| 多大 多大 | how old?; how big?; how much?; so big; that much | |
| 这种 這種 | this kind of |