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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| 悲剧 悲劇 | tragedy | |
| 年度 年度 | year (e.g. school year, fiscal year); annual | |
| 期望 期望 | to have expectations; to earnestly hope; expectation; hope | |
| 扮演 扮演 | to play the role of; to act | |
| 蛇 虵 | snake; serpent | |
| 艰难 艱難 | difficult; hard; challenging | |
| 除非 除非 | only if (..., or otherwise, ...); only when; only in the case that; unless | |
| 在场 在場 | to be present; to be on the scene | |
| 签名 簽名 | to sign (one's name with a pen etc); to autograph; signature | |
| 餐厅 餐廳 | dining hall; dining room; restaurant | |
| 脑子 腦子 | brains; mind | |
| 堆 堆 | to pile up; to heap up; a mass; pile; heap; stack; large amount | |
| 旁 旁 | one side; other; different; lateral component of a Chinese character (such as 刂, 亻 etc) | |
| 清理 清理 | to clear up; to tidy up; to dispose of | |
| 库 庫 | warehouse; storehouse; (file) library | |
| 达成 達成 | to reach (an agreement); to accomplish | |
| 必 必 | certainly; must; will; necessarily | |
| 毕竟 畢竟 | after all; all in all; when all is said and done; in the final analysis | |
| 扔 扔 | to throw; to throw away | |
| 病毒 病毒 | virus | |
| 洞 洞 | cave; hole; zero (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers) | |
| 猜 猜 | to guess | |
| 可惜 可惜 | it is a pity; what a pity; unfortunately | |
| 骗 騙 | to cheat; to swindle; to deceive; to get on (a horse etc) by swinging one leg over | |
| 接触 接觸 | to touch; to contact; access; in touch with | |
| 吓 嚇 | to scare; to intimidate; to threaten; (interjection showing disapproval) tut-tut; (interjection showing astonishment) | |
| 鬼 鬼 | disembodied spirit; ghost; devil; (suffix) person with a certain vice or addiction etc; sly; crafty; resourceful (variant of 诡); one of the 28 constellations of ancient Chinese astronomy | |
| 呆 呆 | foolish; stupid; expressionless; blank; to stay | |
| 拒绝 拒絕 | to refuse; to decline; to reject | |
| 颗 顆 | classifier for small spheres, pearls, corn grains, teeth, hearts, satellites etc | |
| 棒 棒 | stick; club; cudgel; smart; capable; strong; wonderful; classifier for legs of a relay race | |
| 待 待 | to stay | |
| 陪 陪 | to accompany; to keep sb company; to assist; old variant of 赔 | |
| 尽管 儘管 | despite; although; even though; in spite of; unhesitatingly; do not hesitate (to ask, complain etc); (go ahead and do it) without hesitating | |
| 即使 即使 | even if; even though | |
| 放弃 放棄 | to renounce; to abandon; to give up | |
| 拥有 擁有 | to have; to possess | |
| 哈 哈 | abbr. for 哈萨克斯坦, Kazakhstan; abbr. for 哈尔滨, Harbin | |
| 杀 殺 | to kill; to murder; to attack; to weaken or reduce; to smart (dialect); (used after a verb) extremely | |
| 其 其 | his; her; its; their; that; such; it (refers to sth preceding it) | |
| 肯定 肯定 | to be certain; to be positive; assuredly; definitely; to give recognition; to affirm; affirmative (answer) | |
| 如此 如此 | like this; so; such | |
| 唯一 唯一 | only; sole | |
| 搞 搞 | to do; to make; to go in for; to set up; to get hold of; to take care of | |
| 将 將 | will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把) | |
| 可 可 | (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very | |
| 来不及 來不及 | there's not enough time (to do sth); it's too late (to do sth) | Xiehouyu |
| 冷静 冷靜 | calm; cool-headed; dispassionate; (of a place) deserted; quiet | Xiehouyu |
| 恶心 惡心 | nausea; to feel sick; disgust; nauseating; to embarrass (deliberately) | Xiehouyu |
| 老公 老公 | (coll.) husband | Colloquialism |