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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| 准备 準備 | preparation; to prepare; to intend; to be about to; reserve (fund) | |
| 那些 那些 | those | |
| 先 先 | early; prior; former; in advance; first | |
| 正 正 | first month of the lunar year | |
| 高 高 | high; tall; above average; loud; your (honorific) | |
| 拿 㧱 | to hold; to seize; to catch; to apprehend; to take; (used in the same way as 把: to mark the following noun as a direct object) | |
| 朋友 朋友 | friend | |
| 住 住 | to live; to dwell; to stay; to reside; to stop; (suffix indicating firmness, steadiness, or coming to a halt) | |
| 放 放 | to put; to place; to release; to free; to let go; to let out; to set off (fireworks) | |
| 老 老 | prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity; old (of people); venerable (person); experienced; of long standing; always; all the time; of the past; very; outdated; (of meat etc) tough | |
| 岁 歲 | classifier for years (of age); year; year (of crop harvests) | |
| 最后 最後 | final; last; finally; ultimate | |
| 地方 地方 | region; regional (away from the central administration); local | |
| 告诉 告訴 | to press charges; to file a complaint | |
| 问 問 | to ask; to inquire | |
| 重要 重要 | important; significant; major | |
| 买 買 | to buy; to purchase | |
| 一样 一樣 | same; like; equal to; the same as; just like | |
| 三 三 | three; 3 | |
| 东西 東西 | east and west | |
| 回 迴 | to circle; to go back; to turn around; to answer; to return; to revolve; Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims); time; classifier for acts of a play; section or chapter (of a classic book) | |
| 本 本 | root; stem; origin; source; this; the current; original; inherent; originally; classifier for books, periodicals, files etc | |
| 钱 錢 | coin; money; unit of weight, one tenth of a tael 两 | |
| 别 別 | to leave; to part (from); (literary) to differentiate; to distinguish; (bound form) other; another; different; don't ...!; to fasten with a pin or clip; to stick in; to insert (in order to hinder movement); (noun suffix) category (e.g. 性别, 派别) | |
| 这里 這裡 | here | |
| 孩子 孩子 | child | |
| 叫 叫 | to shout; to call; to order; to ask; to be called; by (indicates agent in the passive mood) | |
| 开 開 | to open (transitive or intransitive); (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start; to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run; to boil; to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc); (directional complement) away; off; carat (gold); abbr. for Kelvin, 开尔文; abbr. for 开本, book format | |
| 非常 非常 | very; really; unusual; extraordinary | |
| 听 听 | smile (archaic) | |
| 手 手 | hand; (formal) to hold; person engaged in certain types of work; person skilled in certain types of work; personal(ly); convenient; classifier for skill | |
| 一些 一些 | some; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er | |
| 车 車 | car; vehicle; machine; to shape with a lathe; Kangxi radical 159 | |
| 见 見 | to see; to meet; to appear (to be sth); to interview; opinion; view | |
| 起 起 | to rise; to raise; to get up; to set out; to start; to appear; to launch; to initiate (action); to draft; to establish; to get (from a depot or counter); verb suffix, to start; starting from (a time, place, price etc); classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance; classifier for groups: batch, group | |
| 一起 一起 | in the same place; together; with; altogether (in total) | |
| 起来 起來 | to stand up; to get up; also pr. [qǐ lái] | |
| 看到 看到 | to see | |
| 觉得 覺得 | to think that ...; to feel that ...; to feel (uncomfortable etc) | |
| 还是 還是 | still (as before); had better; unexpectedly; or | |
| 话 話 | dialect; language; spoken words; speech; talk; words; conversation; what sb said | |
| 今天 今天 | today; at the present; now | |
| 比 比 | Belgium; Belgian; abbr. for 比利时 | |
| 打 打 | to beat; to strike; to hit; to break; to type; to mix up; to build; to fight; to fetch; to make; to tie up; to issue; to shoot; to calculate; to play (a game); since; from | |
| 还有 還有 | furthermore; in addition; still; also | |
| 快 快 | rapid; quick; speed; rate; soon; almost; to make haste; clever; sharp (of knives or wits); forthright; plainspoken; gratified; pleased; pleasant | |
| 找 找 | to try to find; to look for; to call on sb; to find; to seek; to return; to give change | |
| 新 新 | new; newly; meso- (chemistry) | |
| 谁 誰 | who; also pr. [shuí] | |
| 喜欢 喜歡 | to like; to be fond of |