The Stool Pigeon

The Stool Pigeon 2010

线人 xiànrén

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

Cast

Nicholas Tse Ting-Fung Nicholas Tse Ting-Fung Ghost Jr. Nick Cheung Ka-Fai Nick Cheung Ka-Fai Inspector Don Lee Gwei Lun-Mei Gwei Lun-Mei Dee Miao Pu Miao Pu Cher Liu Kai-Chi Liu Kai-Chi Jabber Lu Yi Lu Yi Barbarian Philip Keung Ho-Man Philip Keung Ho-Man Tai Ping Lau Kong Lau Kong Cher's Father Lawrence Cheng Tan-Shui Lawrence Cheng Tan-Shui Cher's Brother Sherman Chung Shu-Man Sherman Chung Shu-Man Ghost Jr.'s Sister

Vocabulary

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劳 勞 láo labor, toil, do manual work ∼HSK 4
油污 油汙 yóu wū greasy dirt; sludge (from an oil spill) ∼HSK 4
乔 喬 Qiáo tall, lofty; proud, stately ∼HSK 4
贝 貝 Bèi sea shell; money, currency ∼HSK 4
弗 弗 fú not, negative ∼HSK 4
怎么会 怎麼會 zěn yāo huì how could it ∼HSK 4
君主 君主 jūn zhǔ monarch; sovereign ∼HSK 4
此地 此地 cǐ dì here; this place ∼HSK 4
泰 泰 Tài great, exalted, superior; big ∼HSK 4
沙拉 沙拉 shā lā (loanword) salad ∼HSK 4
杰 傑 jié hero; heroic, outstanding ∼HSK 4
污 汙 wū filthy, dirty, impure, polluted ∼HSK 4
没办法 沒辦法 méi bàn fǎ there is nothing to be done; one can't do anything about it ∼HSK 4
他律 他律 tā lǜ external regulation (e.g. by means of a regulatory body, as opposed to self-regulation); (ethics) heteronomy ∼HSK 4
怎么能 怎麼能 zěn yāo néng how could one ∼HSK 4
致死 致死 zhì sǐ to cause death; to be lethal; to be deadly ∼HSK 4
大麻 大麻 dà má hemp (Cannabis sativa); cannabis; marijuana ∼HSK 4
未成年 未成年 wèi chéng nián underage ∼HSK 4
单项 單項 dān xiàng single-item ∼HSK 4
意 意 Yì meaning, intent ∼HSK 4
未知 未知 wèi zhī unknown ∼HSK 4
散伙 散夥 sàn huǒ to disband; (of a partnership, group etc) to break up ∼HSK 4
逃离 逃離 táo lí to run out; to escape ∼HSK 4
脱掉 脫掉 tuō diào to remove; to take off; to strip off; to discard; to shed; to come off; to fall off ∼HSK 4
肤 膚 fū skin; superficial, shallow ∼HSK 4
韦 韋 Wéi tanned leather; surname; simplified form of KangXi radical number 178 ∼HSK 4
意识到 意識到 yì shí dào to be aware of; to realize ∼HSK 4
打扰了 打擾了 dǎ rǎo le sorry to interrupt you, but...; sorry to have bothered you; sorry, I have to go; (slang) (coined c. 2017) used facetiously to terminate a conversation (esp. online) when the other person is being insufferable ∼HSK 4
莎 莎 shā kind of sedge grass, used anciently for raincoats ∼HSK 4
朗 朗 lǎng clear, bright; distinct ∼HSK 4
在户外 在戶外 zài hù wài outdoors ∼HSK 4
别处 別處 bié chù elsewhere ∼HSK 4
逛逛 逛逛 guàng guang to roam around; to have a stroll ∼HSK 4
坐定 坐定 zuò dìng to be seated ∼HSK 4
噩梦 噩夢 è mèng nightmare ∼HSK 4
伯 伯 bà variant of ∼HSK 4
薇 薇 wēi Osmunda regalis, a species of fern ∼HSK 4
预订 預訂 yù dìng to place an order; to book ahead HSK 4
吸烟 吸煙 xī yān to smoke HSK 4
穿上 穿上 chuān shang to put on (clothes etc) HSK 4
抽烟 抽煙 chōu yān to smoke (a cigarette, tobacco) HSK 4
说不定 說不定 shuō bu dìng can't say for sure; maybe HSK 4
不在乎 不在乎 bù zài hu not to care HSK 4
眼里 眼裡 yǎnli In the eyes HSK 4
翻译 翻譯 fān yì to translate; to interpret; translator; interpreter; translation; interpretation HSK 4
约会 約會 yuē huì appointment; engagement; date; to arrange to meet HSK 4
叔叔 叔叔 shū shu father's younger brother; uncle; Taiwan pr. [shú shu] HSK 4
夫妻 夫妻 fū qī husband and wife; married couple HSK 4
清醒 清醒 qīng xǐng clear-headed; sober; awake HSK 4
典型 典型 diǎn xíng model; typical case; archetype; typical; representative HSK 4