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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| 最好 最好 | best; (you) had better (do what we suggest) | |
| 没什么 沒什麼 | nothing; it doesn't matter; it's nothing; never mind | |
| 哥哥 哥哥 | older brother | |
| 有时 有時 | sometimes; now and then | |
| 家人 家人 | family member; (old) servant | |
| 一半 一半 | half | |
| 饿 餓 | to be hungry; hungry; to starve (sb) | |
| 衣服 衣服 | clothes | |
| 七 七 | seven; 7 | |
| 八 八 | eight; 8 | |
| 房间 房間 | room | |
| 毛 毛 | hair; feather; down; wool; mildew; mold; coarse or semifinished; young; raw; careless; unthinking; nervous; scared; (of currency) to devalue or depreciate; classifier for Chinese fractional monetary unit ( = 角 , = one-tenth of a yuan or 10 fen 分) | |
| 洗 洗 | to wash; to bathe; to develop (photographs); to shuffle (cards etc); to erase (a recording) | |
| 一边 一邊 | one side; either side; on the one hand; on the other hand; doing while | |
| 班 班 | team; class; grade; (military) squad; work shift; classifier for groups of people and scheduled transport vehicles | |
| 打电话 打電話 | to make a telephone call | |
| 累 累 | to accumulate; to involve or implicate (Taiwan pr. [lèi]); continuous; repeated | |
| 回去 回去 | to return; to go back | |
| 爸 爸 | father; dad; pa; papa | |
| 关 關 | mountain pass; to close; to shut; to turn off; to confine; to lock (sb) up; to shut (sb in a room, a bird in a cage etc); to concern; to involve | |
| 回答 回答 | to reply; to answer; reply; answer | |
| 飞机 飛機 | airplane | |
| 常 常 | always; ever; often; frequently; common; general; constant | |
| 房子 房子 | house; building (single- or two-story); apartment; room | |
| 冷 冷 | cold | |
| 认真 認真 | conscientious; earnest; serious; to take seriously; to take to heart | |
| 忘 忘 | to forget; to overlook; to neglect | |
| 教 教 | religion; teaching; to make; to cause; to tell | |
| 家里 家裡 | home | |
| 差 差 | difference; discrepancy; (math.) difference (amount remaining after a subtraction); (literary) a little; somewhat; slightly | |
| 回到 回到 | to return to | |
| 西 西 | the West; abbr. for Spain 牙; Spanish | |
| 票 票 | ticket; ballot; banknote; person held for ransom; amateur performance of Chinese opera; classifier for groups, batches, business transactions | |
| 睡觉 睡覺 | to go to bed; to sleep | |
| 热 熱 | to warm up; to heat up; hot (of weather); heat; fervent | |
| 白 白 | white; snowy; pure; bright; empty; blank; plain; clear; to make clear; in vain; gratuitous; free of charge; reactionary; anti-communist; funeral; to stare coldly; to write wrong character; to state; to explain; vernacular; spoken lines in opera | |
| 高兴 高興 | happy; glad; willing (to do sth); in a cheerful mood | |
| 说话 說話 | to speak; to say; to talk; to gossip; to tell stories; talk; word | |
| 看见 看見 | to see; to catch sight of | |
| 忙 忙 | busy; hurriedly; to hurry; to rush | |
| 她们 她們 | they; them (for females) | |
| 名字 名字 | name (of a person or thing) | |
| 医生 醫生 | doctor | |
| 病 病 | illness; disease; to fall ill; defect | |
| 大学 大學 | the Great Learning, one of the Four Books 四书 in Confucianism | |
| 六 六 | six; 6 | |
| 出去 出去 | to go out | |
| 电视 電視 | television; TV | |
| 介绍 介紹 | to introduce (sb to sb); to give a presentation; to present (sb for a job etc); introduction | |
| 飞 飛 | to fly |