I love mystery novels, especially the trashy ones. This synopsis’ll get you up to speed on all that evil grave robbing vocabulary you missed in class.
历史悠久的印第安古墓吸引着大批专业考古学家，同时也吸引着心狠手辣的盗墓贼——人称“时间之贼”。 年轻的考古学家弗里德曼博士无故失踪；警局附近连续发生两起盗窃案；神出鬼没的神秘传教士；古墓附近惨死的盗墓贼……这一切有着怎样的联系？丧妻的利普霍恩和倒霉的吉姆•契如何打破僵局，解开重重谜团？
盗墓，打扰了死者的灵魂，必将会遭到报应。
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 历 | lì | old variant of 曆|历[li4]; old variant of 歷|历[li4]; calendar; to experience; to undergo; to pass through; all; each; every; history |
| 史 | Shǐ | surname Shi |
| 悠 | you | long or drawn out; leisurely; pensive |
| 久 | jǐu | (of a period of time) long |
| 的 | de | of; ~'s (possessive particle); (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun); (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis); (used after a noun, verb or adjective to… |
| 印 | Yìn | surname Yin; abbr. for 印度[Yin4 du4], India |
| 第 | dì | (prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六[di4 liu4] "sixth"); (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed; (old) residence of a high… |
| 安 | An | surname An |
| 古 | Gǔ | surname Gu |
| 墓 | mǔ | grave; mausoleum |
| 吸 | xi | to breathe; to absorb |
| 引着 | yǐn zháo | to ignite; to kindle |
| 大批 | dà pī | large quantities of |
| 专 | zhuan | for a particular person, occasion, purpose; special; particular (to sth); specialized |
| 业 | Yè | surname Ye |
| 考古学 | kǎo gǔ xué | archaeology |
| 家 | jiā | used in 傢伙|家伙[jia1 huo5] and 傢俱|家俱[jia1 ju4]; home; family; (polite) my (sister, uncle etc); classifier for families or businesses; refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China; noun suffix for a specialist in some act… |
| 同时 | tóng shí | at the same time; simultaneously |
| 也 | Yě | surname Ye |
| 心 | xīn | heart; mind; intention; center; core; CL:顆|颗[ke1],個|个[ge4] |
| 狠 | hěn | ruthless; fierce; ferocious; determined; resolute; to harden (one's heart); old variant of 很[hen3] |
| 手 | shǒu | hand; (formal) to hold; person engaged in certain types of work; person skilled in certain types of work; personal(ly); convenient; classifier for skill; CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1] |
| 辣 | là | old variant of 辣[la4]; hot (spicy); pungent; (of chili pepper, raw onions etc) to sting; to burn |
| 盗 | dào | to steal; to rob; to plunder; thief; bandit; robber |
| 贼 | ||
| 人称 | rén chēng | (grammar) person (first person etc); called; known as |
| 时间 | shí jiān | (concept of) time; (duration of) time; (point in) time |
| 之 | zhī | (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]); him; her; it |
| 年轻 | nián qīng | young |
| 弗 | ||
| 里 | lǐ | variant of 裡|里[li3]; lining; interior; inside; internal; also written 裏|里[li3]; surname Li |
| 德 | Dé | Germany; German; abbr. for 德國|德国[De2 guo2]; variant of 德[de2] |
| 曼 | màn | handsome; large; long |
| 博士 | bó shì | doctor (as an academic degree); (old) person specialized in a skill or trade; (old) court academician |
| 无故 | wú gù | without cause or reason |
| 失 | shī | to lose; to miss; to fail |
| 踪 | zōng | variant of 蹤|踪[zong1]; (bound form) footprint; trace; tracks |
| 警 | jíng | to alert; police |
| 局 | jú | narrow; office; situation; classifier for games: match, set, round etc; cramped; narrow |
| 附近 | fù jìn | nearby; neighboring; (in the) vicinity (of); neighborhood |
| 连 | Lián | surname Lian |
| 续 | xù | to continue; to replenish |
| 发生 | fā shēng | to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out |
| 两 | liǎng | two; both; some; a few; tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤[jin1] (old) |
| 起 | qǐ | 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; sta… |
| 盗窃 | dào qiè | to steal |
| 案 | ǎn | (legal) case; record; table |
| 神 | Shén | God |
| 出 | chū | to go out; to come out; to arise; to occur; to produce; to yield; to go beyond; to exceed; (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result); classifier for…; variant of 出[chu1] (classifier for plays or chapters of classical novels) |
| 鬼 | guǐ | disembodied spirit; ghost; devil; (suffix) person with a certain vice or addiction etc; sly; crafty; resourceful (variant of 詭|诡[gui3]); one of the 28 constellations of ancient Chi… |
| 没 | méi | (negative prefix for verbs) have not; not |
| 秘 | mǐ | secret; mysterious; confidential (mi4); Peru (in 秘鲁, bi4) |
| 传 | chuān | to pass on; to transmit; to transfer; to conduct (electricity) |
| 教士 | jiào shì | churchman; clergy |
| 惨 | cán | miserable; cruel; disastrous; dim |
| 死 | sǐ | to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned |
| 这 | zhè | (pronoun) this; these; (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun); (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. [zhei4], esp. in Beijing) |
| 一切 | yī qiè | everything; every; all |
| 有着 | yǒu zhe | to have; to possess |
| 怎 | zěn | how |
| 样 | yàng | manner; pattern; way; appearance; shape; classifier: kind, type |
| 联系 | lián xì | variant of 聯繫|联系[lian2 xi4] |
| 丧 | sǎng | mourning; (old) corpse |
| 妻 | qī | (bound form) wife |
| 利 | Lì | surname Li |
| 普 | pú | general; everywhere |
| 霍 | ||
| 恩 | ēn | variant of 恩[en1]; favor; grace; kindness; (coll.) used like 嗯[en4] in online chat, expressing agreement |
| 和 | hé | old variant of 和[he2]; surname He; (literary) harmonious (variant of 和[he2]) |
| 倒 | dǎo | to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally; to fail; to go bankrupt; to overthrow; to change (trains or buses); to move around; to resell at a profit |
| 霉 | mēi | mold; to become moldy |
| 吉 | Jí | short name for Jilin 吉林[Ji2 lin2]; surname Ji |
| 姆 | mú | used in 姆媽|姆妈[m1 ma1] |
| 契 | qì | to carve; carved words; to agree; a contract; a deed |
| 如何 | rú hé | how; what way; what |
| 打破 | dǎ pò | to break; to smash |
| 僵 | jiang | rigid; stiff (corpse) |
| 解开 | jiě kāi | to untie; to undo; to solve (a mystery) |
| 重重 | chóng chóng | layer upon layer; one after another |
| 谜 | mī | riddle; mystery |
| 团 | tuán | round; lump; ball; to roll into a ball; to gather; regiment; group; society; classifier for a lump or a soft mass: wad (of paper), ball (of wool), cloud (of smoke); dumpling |
| 打 | dá | (loanword) dozen; Taiwan pr. [da3] |
| 扰 | ráo | to disturb |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause); (bound form) clear in one's mind; to understand clearly |
| 死者 | sǐ zhě | the dead; the deceased |
| 灵 | līng | quick; efficacious; to come true; departed soul |
| 魂 | hún | old variant of 魂[hun2]; soul; spirit; immortal soul (that can be detached from the body) |
| 必将 | bì jiāng | inevitably |
| 会 | huì | can; to have the skill; to know how to; to be likely to; to be sure to; to meet; to get together; meeting; gathering; (suffix) union; group; association; (bound form) a moment (Tai… |
| 遭到 | zāo dào | to suffer; to meet with (sth unfortunate) |
| 报 | bào | to report; to inform; to announce; to respond; to reply; to sign up for; to register for (abbr. for 報名|报名[bao4 ming2]); to reward; to recompense; to take revenge; to retaliate; new… |
| 应 | Yīng | surname Ying; Taiwan pr. [Ying4] |
A historically important American Indian tomb has attracted a large number of expert archaeologists, but has also attracted a viscious and merciless grave robber known as “The Theif of Time”. Young archaeologist Dr. Fulideman has gone missing; two incidents of theft have happened near the police station; a mysterious missionary appears and vanishes; a grave robber dies tragically near the tomb… what is the connection between these events? How will widower Phillip Horn and down-on-his-luck Jim Qi untangle the riddle?
Those who rob graves and disturb the souls of the dead inevitably will suffer retribution.