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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幸 倖 xìng luck(ily), favor, fortunately ∼HSK 4
技校 技校 jì xiào vocational high school ∼HSK 4
扫货 掃貨 sǎo huò to go on a shopping spree; to buy in bulk ∼HSK 4
阵痛 陣痛 zhèn tòng labor pains; (fig.) distress caused by a disruptive change ∼HSK 4
刀具 刀具 dāo jù cutting tool ∼HSK 4
裤腰带 褲腰帶 kù yāo dài waistband ∼HSK 4
厂址 廠址 chǎng zhǐ factory site; location ∼HSK 4
技术人员 技術人員 jì shù rén yuán technical staff ∼HSK 4
抱头痛哭 抱頭痛哭 bào tóu tòng kū to weep disconsolately; to cry on each other's shoulder ∼HSK 4
怎么会 怎麼會 zěn yāo huì how could it ∼HSK 4
这样子 這樣子 zhè yàng zi so; such; this way; like this ∼HSK 4
泪人 淚人 lèi rén person who is crying their eyes out, whose face is wet with tears ∼HSK 4
减员 減員 jiǎn yuán to reduce the number of personnel; to experience a reduction in the number of personnel ∼HSK 4
效 俲 xiào result, effect; effectiveness ∼HSK 4
散伙饭 散伙飯 sàn huǒ fàn farewell dinner party ∼HSK 4
默念 默唸 mò niàn to read silently; to mouth (the words of a prayer etc); to say to oneself; to contemplate inwardly ∼HSK 4
冲出 衝出 chōng chū to rush out ∼HSK 4
丽 麗 Lí beautiful, magnificent, elegant ∼HSK 4
宋 宋 Sòng Song dynasty; surname ∼HSK 4
可不 可不 kě bu that's just the way it is; exactly! ∼HSK 4
分批 分批 fēn pī to do sth in batches or groups ∼HSK 4
下沉 下沉 xià chén to sink down ∼HSK 4
军号 軍號 jūn hào bugle ∼HSK 4
空落落 空落落 kōng luò luò empty; desolate ∼HSK 4
郊 郊 Jiāo suburbs; waste land, open spaces ∼HSK 4
民风 民風 mín fēng popular customs; folkways; the character of the people of a nation (or region etc) ∼HSK 4
堵住 堵住 dǔ zhù to block up ∼HSK 4
头儿 頭兒 tóu r head, leader ∼HSK 4
各方 各方 gè fāng all parties (in a dispute etc); all sides; all directions ∼HSK 4
一阵子 一陣子 yī zhèn zi a while; a spell; a short time; a burst ∼HSK 4
冰场 冰場 bīng chǎng skating or ice rink; ice stadium; ice arena ∼HSK 4
反过来说 反過來說 fǎn guò lái shuō on the other hand ∼HSK 4
骨 骨 gū bone; skeleton; frame, framework ∼HSK 4
为啥 為啥 wèi shá dialectal equivalent of ∼HSK 4
后方 後方 hòu fāng the rear; far behind the front line ∼HSK 4
航 航 háng sail; navigate; ship, boat ∼HSK 4
返 返 fǎn return, revert to, restore ∼HSK 4
庆 慶 qìng congratulate, celebrate ∼HSK 4
好些 好些 hǎo xiē a good deal of; quite a lot ∼HSK 4
有责任 有責任 yǒu zé rèn liable; responsible ∼HSK 4
泪花 淚花 lèi huā tears in the eyes ∼HSK 4
地处 地處 dì chǔ to be located at; to be situated in ∼HSK 4
适 適 kuò go, reach; appropriate, suitable ∼HSK 4
竞 競 jìng contend, vie, compete ∼HSK 4
楼盘 樓盤 lóu pán building under construction; commercial property; real estate (for sale or rent) ∼HSK 4
古诗 古詩 gǔ shī old verse; Classical Chinese poem ∼HSK 4
通知单 通知單 tōng zhī dān notification; notice; ticket; receipt ∼HSK 4
秦 秦 Qín surname Qin; Qin dynasty (221-207 BC) of the first emperor; short name for ∼HSK 4
砂轮 砂輪 shā lún grinding wheel; emery wheel ∼HSK 4
毛刺 毛刺 máo cì barb; whiskers ∼HSK 4