24 City

24 City 2008

二十四城记 èrshí sì chéng jì

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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3.96 Beginner Director Jia Zhangke 🍅 89%

Cast

Joan Chen Joan Chen Xiao Hua Lü Liping Lü Liping Hao Dali Zhao Tao Zhao Tao Su Na Chen Jianbin Chen Jianbin Song Wei-Dong

Vocabulary

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透气 透氣 tòu qì to flow freely (of air); to ventilate; to breathe (of fabric etc); to take a breath of fresh air; to divulge HSK 7
书记 書記 shū ji secretary (chief official of a branch of a socialist or communist party); clerk; scribe HSK 7
裁员 裁員 cái yuán to cut staff; to lay off employees HSK 7
帝国主义 帝國主義 dì guó zhǔ yì imperialism HSK 7
栏杆 欄杆 lán gān railing; banister HSK 7
下岗 下崗 xià gǎng (of a guard, sentry etc) to come off duty; (of a worker) be to laid off HSK 7
外号 外號 wài hào nickname HSK 7
干部 幹部 gàn bù cadre; official; officer; manager HSK 7
自卫 自衛 zì wèi to defend oneself; self-defense HSK 7
生机 生機 shēng jī opportunity to live; to reprieve from death; life force; vitality HSK 7
老远 老遠 lǎo yuǎn very far away HSK 7
迁 遷 qiān to move; to shift; to change (a position or location etc); to promote HSK 7
讲解 講解 jiǎng jiě to explain HSK 7
埋伏 埋伏 mái fú to ambush; to lie in wait for; to lie low; ambush HSK 7
搓 搓 cuō to rub or roll between the hands or fingers; to twist HSK 7
攒 攢 cuán to bring together HSK 7
来源于 來源於 lái yuán yú to originate in HSK 7
敬请 敬請 jìng qǐng please (do sth) (deferential form) HSK 7
来宾 來賓 Lái bīn Laibin prefecture-level city in Guangxi HSK 7
活儿 活兒 huó r work; (lots of) things to do HSK 7
四肢 四肢 sì zhī the four limbs of the body HSK 7
带头 帶頭 dài tóu to take the lead; to be the first; to set an example HSK 7
忽悠 忽悠 hū you to rock; to sway; to flicker (e.g. of lights reflected on water); to flutter (e.g. of a flag); to trick sb into doing sth; to dupe; to con HSK 7
反省 反省 fǎn xǐng to reflect upon oneself; to examine one's conscience; to question oneself; to search one's soul HSK 7
懂事 懂事 dǒng shì to grow beyond the naivete of childhood; to be aware of what is going on in the world; (esp. of a child) sensible; thoughtful; intelligent HSK 7
天鹅 天鵝 tiān é swan HSK 7
历程 歷程 lì chéng course; process HSK 7
堤 堤 dī dike; Taiwan pr. [tí] HSK 7
观赏 觀賞 guān shǎng to look at sth with pleasure; to watch (sth marvelous); ornamental HSK 7
裁 裁 cái to cut out (as a dress); to cut; to trim; to reduce; to diminish; to cut back (e.g. on staff); decision; judgment HSK 7
亩 畝 mǔ classifier for fields; unit of area equal to one fifteenth of a hectare HSK 7
沉浸 沉浸 chén jìn to soak; to permeate; to immerse HSK 7
不容 不容 bù róng must not; cannot; to not allow; cannot tolerate HSK 7
隐蔽 隱蔽 yǐn bì to conceal; to hide; covert; under cover HSK 7
一头 一頭 yī tóu one head; a head full of sth; one end (of a stick); one side; headlong; directly; rapidly; simultaneously HSK 7
当面 當面 dāng miàn to sb's face; in sb's presence HSK 7
惯 慣 guàn accustomed to; used to; indulge; to spoil (a child) HSK 7
车间 車間 chē jiān workshop HSK 7
在线 在線 zài xiàn online HSK 7
感性 感性 gǎn xìng perception; perceptual; sensibility; sensitive; emotional; sentimental HSK 7
别扭 彆扭 biè niu awkward; difficult; uncomfortable; not agreeing; at loggerheads; gauche HSK 7
麻痹 麻痺 má bì paralysis; palsy; numbness; to benumb; (fig.) to lull; negligent; apathetic HSK 7
光彩 光彩 guāng cǎi luster; splendor; radiance; brilliance HSK 7
窜 竄 cuàn to flee; to scuttle; to exile or banish; to amend or edit HSK 7
风云 風雲 fēng yún weather; unstable situation HSK 7
时髦 時髦 shí máo in vogue; fashionable HSK 7
零件 零件 líng jiàn part; component HSK 7
过节 過節 guò jié to celebrate a festival; after the celebrations (i.e. once the festival is over) HSK 7
过错 過錯 guò cuò mistake; fault; responsibility (for a fault) HSK 7
打仗 打仗 dǎ zhàng to fight a battle; to go to war HSK 7