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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几乎 幾乎 jī hū almost; nearly; practically HSK 4
非 非 Fēi abbr. for 洲, Africa HSK 4
单 單 dān bill; list; form; single; only; sole; odd number HSK 4
梦 夢 mèng dream; (bound form) to dream HSK 4
项目 項目 xiàng mù item; project; (sports) event HSK 4
解释 解釋 jiě shì explanation; to explain; to interpret; to resolve HSK 4
包括 包括 bāo kuò to comprise; to include; to involve; to incorporate; to consist of HSK 4
考虑 考慮 kǎo lǜ to think over; to consider; consideration HSK 4
自 自 zì self; oneself; from; since; naturally; surely HSK 4
处 處 chǔ to reside; to live; to dwell; to be in; to be situated at; to stay; to get along with; to be in a position of; to deal with; to discipline; to punish HSK 4
之前 之前 zhī qián before; prior to; ago; previously; beforehand HSK 4
呀 呀 ya (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt) HSK 4
无 無 wú not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-; -less HSK 4
之后 之後 zhī hòu after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then HSK 4
担心 擔心 dān xīn anxious; worried; uneasy; to worry; to be anxious HSK 4
却 卻 què but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though HSK 4
而 而 ér and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast) HSK 4
死不了 死不了 sǐ bù liǎo Portulaca Sundial (a type of plant) Xiehouyu ∼HSK 3
吃香 吃香 chī xiāng popular; in demand; well regarded Xiehouyu ∼HSK 3
熟人 熟人 shú rén acquaintance; friend Xiehouyu HSK 3
深刻 深刻 shēn kè profound; deep; deep-going Xiehouyu HSK 3
厂子 廠子 chǎng zi (coll.) factory; mill; yard; depot Colloquialism ∼HSK 3
二婚 二婚 èr hūn (coll.) (usu. of women in former times) to marry for a second time; second marriage; person who remarries Colloquialism ∼HSK 3
要是 要是 yào shi (coll.) if Colloquialism HSK 3
血 血 xuè blood; colloquial pr. [xiě] Colloquialism HSK 3
管 筦 guǎn to take care (of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to run; to care about; tube; pipe; woodwind; classifier for tube-shaped objects; particle similar to 把 in 管...叫 constructions; writing brush; (coll.) to; towards Colloquialism HSK 3
沈阳 瀋陽 Shěn yáng Shenyang, sub-provincial city and capital of Liaoning Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
大连 大連 Dà lián Dalian, sub-provincial city in Liaoning Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
中朝 中朝 Zhōng Cháo Sino-Korean; China and North Korea Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
大桥 大橋 Dà Qiáo Da Qiao, one of the Two Qiaos, according to Romance of the Three Kingdoms, the two great beauties of ancient China Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
城管 城管 chéng guǎn local government bylaw enforcement officer; city management Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
蒋介石 蔣介石 Jiǎng Jiè shí Chiang Kai-shek (1887-1975), military leader, head of the Nationalist government in China 1928-1949 and the government in exile on Taiwan 1950-1975 Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
黑龙江 黑龍江 Hēi lóng jiāng Heilongjiang Province, capital Harbin; Heilong River or Amur River, forming the border between northeast China and Russia Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
解放军 解放軍 Jiě fàng jūn People's Liberation Army (PRC armed forces) Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
老总 老總 lǎo zǒng boss; sir (person with a leading role in an organization); (after a surname) high ranking commander in the PLA; (Qing dynasty) high ranking government official; (old) courteous term used by the general populace in addressing a rank-and-file Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
市中心 市中心 shì zhōng xīn city center; downtown Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
兰 蘭 Lán orchid; elegant, graceful ∼HSK 3
抗战 抗戰 kàng zhàn war of resistance, especially the war against Japan (1937-1945) ∼HSK 3
心头 心頭 xīn tóu one's heart; one's mind ∼HSK 3
杨 楊 Yáng willow, poplar, aspen; surname ∼HSK 3
志 志 zhì purpose, will, determination; annals ∼HSK 3
每个人 每個人 měi ge rén everybody; everyone ∼HSK 3
点儿 點兒 diǎn r a bit ∼HSK 3
唐 唐 Táng Tang dynasty; Chinese ∼HSK 3
委 委 Wěi appoint, send, commission ∼HSK 3
对调 對調 duì diào to swap places; to exchange roles ∼HSK 3
事儿 事兒 shì r matter, affair ∼HSK 3
退下 退下 tuì xià to retire; to withdraw; to retreat; to step down ∼HSK 3
干活 幹活 gàn huó to work; to be employed ∼HSK 3
一声 一聲 yī shēng first tone in Mandarin (high, level tone) ∼HSK 3