24 City 2008
二十四城记
As a decades-old state-run aeronautics munitions factory in downtown Chengdu, China is being torn down for the construction of the titular luxury apartment complex, director Jia Zhangke interviews various people affiliated with it about their experiences.
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| 繁荣富强 繁榮富強 | 繁: complicated, complex, difficult · 荣: glory, honor; flourish, prosper · 富: abundant, ample; rich, wealthy · 强: strong, powerful, energetic | Idiom |
| 家家户户 家家戶戶 | each and every family (idiom); every household | Idiom |
| 吹了 吹了 | failed; busted; to have not succeeded; to have died; to have parted company; to have chilled (of a relationship) | Xiehouyu |
| 起哄 起鬨 | to heckle; rowdy jeering; to create a disturbance | Xiehouyu |
| 勇往直前 勇往直前 | to advance bravely | Xiehouyu |
| 衣裳 衣裳 | (coll.) clothes | Colloquialism |
| 姥姥 姥姥 | (coll.) mother's mother; maternal grandmother | Colloquialism |
| 外公 外公 | (coll.) mother's father; maternal grandfather | Colloquialism |
| 冰棍儿 冰棍兒 | ice lolly; popsicle | |
| 接济 接濟 | to give material assistance to | |
| 杨树 楊樹 | poplar tree; various trees of genus Populus | |
| 争光 爭光 | to win an honor; to strive to win a prize | |
| 潜移默化 潛移默化 | imperceptible influence; to influence secretly | |
| 卫视 衛視 | satellite TV (abbr. for 卫星电视) | |
| 姥爷 姥爺 | maternal grandfather (dialectal) | |
| 下旬 下旬 | last third of the month | |
| 旱 旱 | drought | |
| 飘扬 飄揚 | to wave; to flutter; to fly | |
| 焕发 煥發 | to shine; to glow; to irradiate; to flash | |
| 功臣 功臣 | minister who has given outstanding service | |
| 座右铭 座右銘 | motto; maxim | |
| 扭头 扭頭 | to turn one's head; to turn around | |
| 打磨 打磨 | to polish; to burnish; to shine | |
| 特产 特產 | special local product; (regional) specialty | |
| 情怀 情懷 | feelings; mood | |
| 马虎 馬虎 | careless; sloppy; negligent; skimpy | |
| 成家 成家 | to settle down and get married (of a man); to become a recognized expert | |
| 门路 門路 | way of doing sth; the right social connection | |
| 一连 一連 | in a row; in succession; running | |
| 跳伞 跳傘 | to parachute; to bail out; parachute jumping | |
| 忧愁 憂愁 | to be worried | |
| 筐 筐 | basket | |
| 效益 效益 | benefit; effectiveness; efficiency | |
| 感触 感觸 | one's thoughts and feelings; emotional stirring; moved; touched | |
| 螺丝 螺絲 | screw | |
| 外企 外企 | foreign enterprise; company established in mainland China with direct investment from foreign entities or from investors in Taiwan, Macao or Hong Kong; abbr. for 外资企业 | |
| 批发 批發 | wholesale; bulk trade; distribution | |
| 报废 報廢 | to scrap; to dispose of (sth worn-out or damaged) | |
| 承包 承包 | to contract; to undertake (a job) | |
| 凑合 湊合 | to bring together; to make do in a bad situation; to just get by; to improvise; passable; not too bad | |
| 重播 重播 | to replay; to rerun; (agriculture) to reseed; to oversow | |
| 子弟 子弟 | child; the younger generation | |
| 口子 口子 | hole; opening; cut; gap; gash; my husband or wife; classifier for people (used for indicating the number of people in a family etc); precedent | |
| 响亮 響亮 | loud and clear; resounding | |
| 搬迁 搬遷 | to move; to relocate; removal | |
| 记性 記性 | memory (ability to retain information) | |
| 繁华 繁華 | flourishing; bustling | |
| 带队 帶隊 | to lead a team; to lead a group; group leader; (tourism) tour guide | |
| 好在 好在 | luckily; fortunately | |
| 直达 直達 | to reach (a place) directly; (transportation) to reach the destination without changing service or without stopping; (of a train, flight etc) direct; nonstop |