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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质量 質量 zhì liàng quality; (physics) mass HSK 4
辣 辢 là hot (spicy); pungent; (of chili pepper, raw onions etc) to sting; to burn HSK 4
新鲜 新鮮 xīn xiān fresh (experience, food etc); freshness; novel; uncommon HSK 4
操作 操作 cāo zuò to work; to operate; to manipulate HSK 4
似的 似的 shì de seems as if; rather like; Taiwan pr. [sì de] HSK 4
维持 維持 wéi chí to keep; to maintain; to preserve HSK 4
细节 細節 xì jié details; particulars HSK 4
分手 分手 fēn shǒu to part company; to split up; to break up HSK 4
如今 如今 rú jīn nowadays; now HSK 4
大会 大會 dà huì general assembly; general meeting; convention HSK 4
批 批 pī to ascertain; to act on; to criticize; to pass on; classifier for batches, lots, military flights; tier (for the ranking of universities and colleges) HSK 4
登记 登記 dēng jì to register (one's name) HSK 4
企业 企業 qǐ yè company; firm; enterprise; corporation HSK 4
盖 蓋 gài lid; top; cover; canopy; to cover; to conceal; to build HSK 4
量 量 liáng to measure HSK 4
透 透 tòu (bound form) to penetrate; to seep through; to tell secretly; to leak; thoroughly; through and through; to appear; to show HSK 4
烦 煩 fán to feel vexed; to bother; to trouble; superfluous and confusing; edgy HSK 4
转移 轉移 zhuǎn yí to shift; to relocate; to transfer; (fig.) to shift (attention); to change (the subject etc); (medicine) to metastasize HSK 4
材料 材料 cái liào (raw) material; data; (fig.) person who has the potential to do the job HSK 4
贴 貼 tiē to stick; to paste; to post (e.g. on a blog); to keep close to; to fit snugly; to subsidize; allowance (e.g. money for food or housing); sticker; classifier for sticking plaster: strip HSK 4
刺激 刺激 cì jī to provoke; to irritate; to upset; to stimulate; to excite; irritant HSK 4
宝 寶 bǎo jewel; gem; treasure; precious HSK 4
即将 即將 jí jiāng on the eve of; to be about to; to be on the verge of HSK 4
躺 躺 tǎng to recline; to lie down HSK 4
独立 獨立 dú lì independent; independence; to stand alone HSK 4
内部 內部 nèi bù interior; inside (part, section); internal HSK 4
色 色 sè color; look; appearance; sex HSK 4
摆 擺 bǎi to arrange; to exhibit; to move to and fro; a pendulum HSK 4
人家 人家 rén jiā household; dwelling; family; sb else's house; household business; house of woman's husband-to-be HSK 4
兴奋 興奮 xīng fèn excited; excitement; (physiology) excitation HSK 4
替 替 tì to substitute for; to take the place of; to replace; for; on behalf of; to stand in for HSK 4
官 官 guān government official; governmental; official; public; organ of the body HSK 4
战斗 戰鬥 zhàn dòu to fight; to engage in combat; struggle; battle HSK 4
究竟 究竟 jiū jìng to go to the bottom of a matter; after all; when all is said and done; (in an interrogative sentence) finally; outcome; result HSK 4
毕业 畢業 bì yè graduation; to graduate; to finish school HSK 4
手里 手裡 shǒu lǐ in hand; (a situation is) in sb's hands HSK 4
顶 頂 dǐng apex; crown of the head; top; roof; most; to carry on the head; to push to the top; to go against; to replace; to substitute; to be subjected to (an aerial bombing, hailstorm etc); (slang) to "bump" a forum thread to raise its profile; classifier for headwear, hats, veils etc HSK 4
失败 失敗 shī bài to be defeated; to lose; to fail (e.g. experiments); failure; defeat HSK 4
土地 土地 tǔ dì land; soil; territory HSK 4
圈 圈 quān circle; ring; loop; classifier for loops, orbits, laps of race etc; to surround; to circle HSK 4
牌 牌 pái mahjong tile; playing card; game pieces; signboard; plate; tablet; medal HSK 4
身份 身份 shēn fèn identity; aspect of one's identity (i.e. sth that one is – mayor, father, permanent resident etc); role; capacity (as in "in his capacity as a ..." 以…份); status (social, legal etc); position; rank HSK 4
醒 醒 xǐng to wake up; to be awake; to become aware; to sober up; to come to HSK 4
的确 的確 dí què really; indeed HSK 4
亲爱 親愛 qīn ài dear; beloved; darling HSK 4
根 根 gēn root; basis; classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings; radical (chemistry) HSK 4
心理 心理 xīn lǐ psychology; mentality HSK 4
无论 無論 wú lùn no matter what or how; regardless of whether... HSK 4
王 王 wáng king or monarch; best or strongest of its type; grand; great HSK 4
附近 附近 fù jìn nearby; neighboring; (in the) vicinity (of); neighborhood HSK 4