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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can; may; possible; able to; not bad; pretty good HSK 2
wéi 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) HSK 2
oneself; one's own HSK 2
ràng 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) HSK 2
ā interjection of surprise; Ah!; Oh! HSK 2
hǎo kàn good-looking; nice-looking; good (of a movie, book, TV show etc); embarrassed; humiliated Xiehouyu HSK 1
duì bu I'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon; to let (sb) down; to disappoint Xiehouyu HSK 1
gān (bound form) to have to do with; to concern oneself with; one of the ten heavenly stems 干; (archaic) shield Xiehouyu HSK 1
huì 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 ∼HSK 1
zhēn shi indeed; truly; (coll.) (used to express disapproval, annoyance etc) Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
zhè bu (coll.) As a matter of fact,... (used to introduce evidence for what one has just asserted) Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
shi (coll.) of course; naturally; indeed Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
yǒu bìng to be ill; (coll.) to be not right in the head Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
kàn kan to take a look at; to examine; to survey; (coll.) pretty soon Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
shān mountain; hill; (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on Colloquialism HSK 1
ba (coll.) father; dad Colloquialism HSK 1
kuài lump; chunk; piece; classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc; (coll.) classifier for money and currency units Colloquialism HSK 1
huā flower; blossom; fancy pattern; florid; to spend (money, time); (coll.) lecherous; lustful Colloquialism HSK 1
(coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 1
(specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nèi]); (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations); then (in that case) Colloquialism HSK 1
zháo to touch; to come in contact with; to feel; to be affected by; to catch fire; to burn; (coll.) to fall asleep; (after a verb) hitting the mark; succeeding in Colloquialism HSK 1
Měi guó United States; USA; US Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
西 西 Lucifer (Satan's name before his fall in Jewish and Christian mythology) Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
běn rén Japanese person or people Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
shéi zhī dào God knows...; Who would have imagined...? ∼HSK 1
de (taboo curse) damn it!; fucking ∼HSK 1
shì no; is not; not ∼HSK 1
xiǎng unexpectedly; to one's surprise ∼HSK 1
zhège (pronoun) this; (adjective) this ∼HSK 1
ge a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc) ∼HSK 1
lǎo tiān God; Heavens ∼HSK 1
ge 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 ∼HSK 1
zhè shì 这: this, the, here · 是: indeed, yes, right; to be; demonstrative pronoun, this, that ∼HSK 1
zěn me huí shì what's the matter?; what's going on?; how could that be?; how did that come about?; what's it all about? ∼HSK 1
hǎo hello; hi ∼HSK 1
néng cannot; must not; should not ∼HSK 1
lǎo father; dad ∼HSK 1
shén me de and so on; and so forth; and what not ∼HSK 1
hái girl; lass ∼HSK 1
zhè jiù immediately; at once ∼HSK 1
rén son, child; KangXi radical 10 ∼HSK 1
zài not to be present; to be out; (euphemism) to pass away; to be deceased ∼HSK 1
hái hǎo not bad; tolerable; fortunately ∼HSK 1
de (taboo curse) damn it!; fucking ∼HSK 1
le no thanks (used to politely but informally decline) ∼HSK 1
(slang) what the...!; oh my god!; that's insane! ∼HSK 1
yǒu diǎn a little ∼HSK 1
kuài diǎn to do sth more quickly; Hurry up!; Get a move on! ∼HSK 1
(interjection) fuck you; (intensifier) fucking ∼HSK 1
duō how old?; how big?; how much?; so big; that much ∼HSK 1