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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| 反对 反對 | to oppose; to be against; to object to | |
| 按照 按照 | according to; in accordance with; in the light of; on the basis of | |
| 外面 外面 | outside (also pr. [wài mian] for this sense); surface; exterior; external appearance | |
| 空 空 | empty; air; sky; in vain | |
| 范围 範圍 | range; scope; limit; extent | |
| 朝 朝 | abbr. for 朝鲜 Korea | |
| 精彩 精彩 | wonderful; marvelous; brilliant | |
| 标准 標準 | standard; norm; criterion; (adjective) standard; good; correct; conforming to a standard | |
| 刀 刀 | surname Dao | |
| 追 追 | to chase; to pursue; to look into; to investigate; to reminisce; to recall; to court (one's beloved); to binge-watch (a TV drama); retroactively; posthumously | |
| 变化 變化 | (intransitive) to change; to vary; change; variation | |
| 感情 感情 | emotion; sentiment; affection; feelings between two persons | |
| 上面 上面 | on top of; above-mentioned; also pr. [shàng mian] | |
| 实际上 實際上 | in fact; in reality; as a matter of fact; in practice | |
| 正式 正式 | formal; official | |
| 管理 管理 | to supervise; to manage; to administer; management; administration | |
| 环境 環境 | environment; circumstances; surroundings; ambient | |
| 群 羣 | group; crowd; flock, herd, pack etc | |
| 照 炤 | according to; in accordance with; to shine; to illuminate; to reflect; to look at (one's reflection); to take (a photo); photo; as requested; as before | |
| 产生 產生 | to arise; to come into being; to come about; to give rise to; to bring into being; to bring about; to produce; to engender; to generate | |
| 牛 牛 | ox; cow; bull; newton (abbr. for 牛顿); (slang) awesome | |
| 困难 困難 | difficult; challenging; straitened circumstances; difficult situation | |
| 相当 相當 | equivalent to; appropriate; considerably; to a certain extent; fairly; quite | |
| 久 久 | (long) time; (long) duration of time | |
| 挂 掛 | to hang or suspend (from a hook etc); to hang up (the phone); (of a line) to be dead; to be worried or concerned; to make a phone call (dialect); to register or record; classifier for sets or clusters of objects; (slang) to kill; to die; to be finished; to fail (an exam) | |
| 紧张 緊張 | nervous; keyed up; intense; tense; strained; in short supply; scarce | |
| 经历 經歷 | experience; to experience; to go through | |
| 属于 屬於 | to be classified as; to belong to; to be part of | |
| 深 㴱 | deep (lit. and fig.) | |
| 由于 由於 | due to; as a result of; thanks to; owing to; since; because | |
| 结婚 結婚 | to marry; to get married | |
| 步 步 | a step; a pace; walk; march; stages in a process; situation | |
| 人民 人民 | the people | |
| 赢 贏 | to beat; to win; to profit | |
| 敢 敢 | to dare; daring; (polite) may I venture | |
| 城 城 | city walls; city; town | |
| 父母 父母 | father and mother; parents | |
| 理解 理解 | to comprehend; to understand | |
| 负责 負責 | to be in charge of; to take responsibility for; to be to blame; conscientious | |
| 谈 談 | to speak; to talk; to converse; to chat; to discuss | |
| 发展 發展 | development; growth; to develop; to grow; to expand | |
| 光 光 | light; ray; bright; shiny; only; merely; used up; finished; to leave (a part of the body) uncovered | |
| 约 約 | to weigh in a balance or on a scale | |
| 抓 抓 | to grab; to catch; to arrest; to snatch; to scratch | |
| 各位 各位 | everybody; all (guests, colleagues etc); all of you | |
| 建议 建議 | to propose; to suggest; to recommend; proposal; suggestion; recommendation | |
| 性 性 | nature; character; property; quality; attribute; sexuality; sex; gender; suffix forming adjective from verb; suffix forming noun from adjective, corresponding to -ness or -ity; essence | |
| 技术 技術 | technology; technique; skill | |
| 坚持 堅持 | to persevere with; to persist in; to insist on | |
| 简单 簡單 | simple; not complicated |