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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| 面积 面積 | area (of a floor, piece of land etc); surface area; tract of land | |
| 形状 形狀 | form; shape | |
| 发达 發達 | well-developed; flourishing; to develop; to promote; to expand; (literary) to achieve fame and fortune; to prosper | |
| 从前 從前 | previously; formerly; once upon a time | |
| 家属 家屬 | family member; (family) dependent | |
| 行李 行李 | luggage | |
| 比例 比例 | proportion; scale | |
| 告别 告別 | to leave; to part from; to bid farewell to; to say goodbye to | |
| 整整 整整 | whole; full | |
| 铁路 鐵路 | railroad; railway | |
| 屋子 屋子 | house; room | |
| 电视剧 電視劇 | TV series; TV drama | |
| 特色 特色 | characteristic; distinguishing feature or quality | |
| 分配 分配 | to distribute; to assign; to allocate; to partition (a hard drive) | |
| 沙发 沙發 | sofa (loanword); (Internet slang) the first reply or replier to a forum post | |
| 落后 落後 | to fall behind; to lag (in technology etc); backward; to retrogress | |
| 基本上 基本上 | basically; on the whole | |
| 去世 去世 | to pass away; to die | |
| 整天 整天 | all day long; whole day | |
| 退休 退休 | to retire (from the workforce); to go into retirement | |
| 各自 各自 | each; respective; apiece | |
| 改造 改造 | to transform; to reform; to remodel; to remold | |
| 工业 工業 | industry | |
| 才能 才能 | talent; ability; capacity | |
| 只好 只好 | to have no other option but to ...; to have to; to be forced to | |
| 需求 需求 | requirement; to require; (economics) demand | |
| 开放 開放 | to bloom; to open; to be open (to the public); to open up (to the outside); to be open-minded; unrestrained by convention; unconstrained in one's sexuality | |
| 争 爭 | to strive for; to vie for; to argue or debate; deficient or lacking (dialect); how or what (literary) | |
| 始终 始終 | from beginning to end; all along | |
| 开发 開發 | to exploit (a resource); to open up (for development); to develop | |
| 保留 保留 | to keep; to retain; to have reservations (about sth); to hold back (from saying sth); to put aside for later | |
| 愿望 願望 | desire; wish | |
| 完整 完整 | complete; intact | |
| 围 圍 | to encircle; to surround; all around; to wear by wrapping around (scarf, shawl) | |
| 表面 表面 | surface; face; outside; appearance | |
| 齐 齊 | neat; even; level with; identical; simultaneous; all together; to even sth out | |
| 离婚 離婚 | to divorce | |
| 人才 人才 | talent; talented person; looks; attractive looks | |
| 工厂 工廠 | factory | |
| 机器 機器 | machine | |
| 造 造 | to make; to build; to manufacture; to invent; to fabricate; to go to; party (in a lawsuit or legal agreement); crop; classifier for crops | |
| 将来 將來 | in the future; future; the future | |
| 全面 全面 | all-around; comprehensive; total; overall | |
| 工资 工資 | wages; pay | |
| 主动 主動 | to take the initiative; to do sth of one's own accord; spontaneous; active; opposite: passive 被动; drive (of gears and shafts etc) | |
| 实力 實力 | strength | |
| 念 唸 | to read; to study (a subject); to attend (a school); to read aloud; to give (sb) a tongue-lashing; to miss (sb); idea; remembrance; twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿) | |
| 当中 當中 | among; in the middle; in the center | |
| 厂 厂 | "cliff" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 27), occurring in 原, 历, 压 etc | |
| 工具 工具 | tool; instrument; utensil; means (to achieve a goal etc) |