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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gēn heel; to follow closely; to go with; (of a woman) to marry sb; with; compared with; to; towards; and (joining two nouns) HSK 1
zhè xiē these HSK 1
de -ly; structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct HSK 1
ài to love; to be fond of; to like; affection; to be inclined (to do sth); to tend to (happen) HSK 1
zěn me how?; what?; why? HSK 1
men you (plural) HSK 1
qián front; forward; ahead; first; top (followed by a number); future; ago; before; BC (e.g. 前293年); former; formerly HSK 1
jiā used in 家伙 and 家俱 HSK 1
hòu empress; queen; (archaic) monarch; ruler HSK 1
shì matter; thing; item; work; affair HSK 1
gōng zuò to work; (of a machine) to operate; job; work; task HSK 1
zǒu to walk; to go; to run; to move (of vehicle); to visit; to leave; to go away; to die (euph.); from; through; away (in compound verbs, such as 走); to change (shape, form, meaning) HSK 1
zhī dào to know; to become aware of; also pr. [zhī dao] HSK 1
xiǎo small; tiny; few; young HSK 1
next in sequence; second; the second (day, time etc); secondary; vice-; sub-; infra-; inferior quality; substandard; order; sequence; hypo- (chemistry); classifier for enumerated events: time HSK 1
ne particle indicating that a previously asked question is to be applied to the preceding word ("What about ...?", "And ...?"); particle for inquiring about location ("Where is ...?"); particle signaling a pause, to emphasize the preceding words and allow the listener time to take them on board ("ok?", "are you with me?"); (at the end of a declarative sentence) particle indicating continuation of a state or action; particle indicating strong affirmation HSK 1
zài again; once more; re-; second; another; then (after sth, and not until then); no matter how ... (followed by an adjective or verb, and then (usually) 也 or 都 for emphasis) HSK 1
zuì most; the most; -est (superlative suffix) HSK 1
tài highest; greatest; too (much); very; extremely HSK 1
chū to go out; to come out; to occur; to produce; to go beyond; to rise; to put forth; to happen; (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result); classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc HSK 1
děng class; rank; grade; equal to; same as; to wait for; to await; et cetera; and so on; et al. (and other authors); after; as soon as; once HSK 1
tiān day; sky; heaven HSK 1
liǎng two; both; some; a few; tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤 (old) HSK 1
duō many; much; too many; in excess; (after a numeral) ... odd; how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duó]); (bound form) multi-; poly- HSK 1
nián year HSK 1
xiàn zài now; at present; at the moment; modern; current; nowadays HSK 1
zhēn really; truly; indeed; real; true; genuine HSK 1
lining; interior; inside; internal; also written 里 HSK 1
zhōng within; among; in; middle; center; while (doing sth); during; (dialect) OK; all right HSK 1
cóng from; through; via; to follow; to obey; to engage in (an activity); never (in negative sentence); (Taiwan pr. [zòng]) retainer; assistant; auxiliary; subordinate; related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor HSK 1
xià down; downwards; below; lower; later; next (week etc); second (of two parts); to decline; to go down; to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc); measure word to show the frequency of an action HSK 1
big; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 姐); greatly; freely; fully; (dialect) father; (dialect) uncle (father's brother) HSK 1
méi (negative prefix for verbs) have not; not HSK 1
guò to cross; to go over; to pass (time); to celebrate (a holiday); to live; to get along; excessively; too- HSK 1
ba (modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise); ...right?; ...OK?; ...I presume. HSK 1
diǎn point; dot; drop; speck; o'clock; point (in space or time); to draw a dot; to check on a list; to choose; to order (food in a restaurant); to touch briefly; to hint; to light; to ignite; to pour a liquid drop by drop; (old) one fifth of a two-hour watch 更; dot stroke in Chinese characters; classifier for items HSK 1
shén me what?; something; anything HSK 1
zuò to make; to produce; to write; to compose; to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc); (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc); to become (husband and wife, friends etc); (of a thing) to serve as; to be used for; to assume (an air or manner) HSK 1
kān to look after; to take care of; to watch; to guard HSK 1
men they HSK 1
gěi to; for; for the benefit of; to give; to allow; to do sth (for sb); (grammatical equivalent of 被); (grammatical equivalent of 把); (sentence intensifier) HSK 1
néng can; to be able to; might possibly; ability; (physics) energy HSK 1
méi yǒu haven't; hasn't; doesn't exist; to not have; to not be HSK 1
xiǎng to think (about); to think of; to devise; to think (that); to believe (that); to desire; to want (to); to miss (feel wistful about the absence of) HSK 1
to go; to go to (a place); (of a time etc) last; just passed; to send; to remove; to get rid of; to reduce; to be apart from in space or time; to die (euphemism); to play (a part); (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth; (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker); (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation) HSK 1
she HSK 1
hái still; still in progress; still more; yet; even more; in addition; fairly; passably (good); as early as; even; also; else HSK 1
hěn (adverb of degree); quite; very; awfully HSK 1
lái to come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb); hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回来); ever since (as in 自古以来); for the past (amount of time); (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 来世); (between two verbs) in order to; (after a round number) approximately; (used after 得 to indicate possibility, as in 谈得来, or after 不 to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不来) HSK 1
shàng (bound form) up; upper; above; previous; first (of multiple parts); to climb; to get onto; to go up; to attend (class or university); (directional complement) up; (noun suffix) on; above HSK 1