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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Vocabulary
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| 腰带 腰帶 | belt | |
| 单人 單人 | one person; single (room, bed etc) | |
| 户口本 戶口本 | household register; household registration booklet; residence certificate | |
| 长江 長江 | Yangtze River, or Chang Jiang | |
| 前头 前頭 | in front; at the head; ahead; above | |
| 后头 後頭 | behind; the back; the rear; later; afterwards; (in) the future | |
| 汽水 汽水 | soda pop; carbonated soft drink | |
| 陆续 陸續 | in turn; successively; one after the other; bit by bit | |
| 大姐 大姐 | big sister; elder sister; older sister (also polite term of address for a girl or woman slightly older than the speaker) | |
| 食堂 食堂 | dining hall; cafeteria | |
| 围巾 圍巾 | scarf; shawl | |
| 推销 推銷 | to market; to sell | |
| 老家 老家 | native place; place of origin; home state or region | |
| 总共 總共 | altogether; in sum; in all; in total | |
| 手套 手套 | glove; mitten | |
| 加班 加班 | to work overtime | |
| 穿上 穿上 | to put on (clothes etc) | |
| 幼儿园 幼兒園 | kindergarten; nursery school | |
| 了不起 了不起 | amazing; terrific; extraordinary | |
| 箱子 箱子 | suitcase; chest; box; case; trunk | |
| 泪 淚 | tears | |
| 抽烟 抽煙 | to smoke (a cigarette, tobacco) | |
| 保密 保密 | to keep sth confidential; to maintain secrecy | |
| 分散 分散 | to scatter; to disperse; to distribute | |
| 待遇 待遇 | treatment; pay; salary; status; rank | |
| 说不定 說不定 | can't say for sure; maybe | |
| 维修 維修 | maintenance (of equipment); to protect and maintain | |
| 着急 著急 | to worry; to feel anxious; to feel a sense of urgency; to be in a hurry; Taiwan pr. [zhāo jí] | |
| 阿姨 阿姨 | maternal aunt; step-mother; childcare worker; nursemaid; woman of similar age to one's parents (term of address used by child) | |
| 小伙子 小伙子 | young man; young guy; lad; youngster | |
| 吸收 吸收 | to absorb; to assimilate; to ingest; to recruit | |
| 多年 多年 | many years; for many years; longstanding | |
| 冰箱 冰箱 | icebox; freezer cabinet; refrigerator | |
| 窗户 窗戶 | window | |
| 转身 轉身 | (of a person) to turn round; to face about; (of a widow) to remarry (archaic) | |
| 大陆 大陸 | mainland China (reference to the PRC) | |
| 迟到 遲到 | to arrive late | |
| 扩大 擴大 | to expand; to enlarge; to broaden one's scope | |
| 反而 反而 | on the contrary; instead | |
| 供应 供應 | to supply; to provide; to offer | |
| 隔 隔 | to separate; to partition; to stand or lie between; at a distance from; after or at an interval of | |
| 模型 模型 | model; mold; matrix; pattern | |
| 眼泪 眼淚 | tears; crying | |
| 逐渐 逐漸 | gradually | |
| 聚 聚 | to congregate; to assemble; to mass; to gather together; to amass; to polymerize | |
| 航空 航空 | aviation | |
| 姐妹 姐妹 | sisters; siblings; sister (school, city etc) | |
| 无数 無數 | countless; numberless; innumerable | |
| 培养 培養 | to cultivate; to breed; to foster; to nurture; to educate; to groom (for a position); education; fostering; culture (biology) | |
| 寄 寄 | to send; to mail; to entrust; to depend on; to attach oneself to; to live (in a house); to lodge; foster (son etc) |