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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开心 開心 kāi xīn to feel happy; to rejoice; to have a great time; to make fun of sb Xiehouyu HSK 2
长脸 長臉 zhǎng liǎn (coll.) to bring credit to (sb); to do (sb) proud Colloquialism ∼HSK 2
挺 挺 tǐng straight; erect; to stick out (a part of the body); to (physically) straighten up; to support; to withstand; outstanding; (coll.) quite; very; classifier for machine guns Colloquialism HSK 2
拉 拉 lā to pull; to play (a bowed instrument); to drag; to draw; to chat; (coll.) to empty one's bowels Colloquialism HSK 2
成都 成都 Chéng dū Chengdu, sub-provincial city and capital of Sichuan Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
成都市 成都市 Chéng dū Shì Chengdu, sub-provincial city and capital of Sichuan Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
四川 四川 Sì chuān Sichuan Province, capital Chengdu Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
重庆 重慶 Chóng qìng Chongqing municipality Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
越南 越南 Yuè nán Vietnam Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
湖南 湖南 Hú nán Hunan Province, capital Changsha Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
大雪 大雪 Dà xuě Daxue or Great Snow, 21st of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 7th-21st December Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
马来西亚 馬來西亞 Mǎ lái xī yà Malaysia Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
那时候 那時候 nà shí hou at that time HSK 2
挺好 挺好 tǐng hǎo very good HSK 2
那种 那種 nà zhǒng that kind of ∼HSK 2
身 身 shēn body; trunk, hull; rad. no. 158 ∼HSK 2
发动机 發動機 fā dòng jī engine; motor ∼HSK 2
不一样 不一樣 bù yī yàng different; distinctive; unlike ∼HSK 2
易 易 Yì change; easy ∼HSK 2
汽笛 汽笛 qì dí steam whistle; ship horn ∼HSK 2
房 房 Fáng surname Fang ∼HSK 2
华 華 Huá flowery; illustrious; Chinese ∼HSK 2
街上 街上 jiē shang on the street; in town ∼HSK 2
嚎啕大哭 嚎啕大哭 háo táo - dà kū (idiom) to wail; to bawl ∼HSK 2
小孩 小孩 xiǎo hái child ∼HSK 2
不得 不得 bù dé must not; may not; not to be allowed; cannot ∼HSK 2
掉下 掉下 diào xià to drop down; to fall ∼HSK 2
林 林 Lín forest, grove; surname ∼HSK 2
通票 通票 tōng piào through ticket ∼HSK 2
走向 走向 zǒu xiàng direction; strike (i.e. angle of inclination in geology); inclination; trend; to move towards; to head for ∼HSK 2
片名 片名 piān míng movie title ∼HSK 2
靠山 靠山 kào shān patron; backer; close to a mountain ∼HSK 2
科长 科長 kē zhǎng section chief ∼HSK 2
个头 個頭 gè tóu size; height ∼HSK 2
头一 頭一 tóu yī the first ∼HSK 2
说哭 說哭 shuō kū to make (sb) cry (with one's harsh words) ∼HSK 2
一遍 一遍 yī biàn one time (all the way through); once through ∼HSK 2
千年 千年 qiān nián millennium ∼HSK 2
孩子们 孩子們 hái zi men children ∼HSK 2
大院 大院 dà yuàn courtyard; compound ∼HSK 2
关系到 關係到 guān xì dào relates to; bears upon ∼HSK 2
我靠 我靠 wǒ kào bosh!; crap!; see also ∼HSK 2
战 戰 zhàn war, fighting, battle ∼HSK 2
那咱 那咱 nà zan at that time (old) ∼HSK 2
红颜 紅顏 hóng yán a beautiful woman; young beauties; youths; rosy cheeks ∼HSK 2
草莽 草莽 cǎo mǎng a rank growth of grass; uncultivated land; wilderness ∼HSK 2
馆子 館子 guǎn zi restaurant; theater (old) ∼HSK 2
带上 帶上 dài shàng to take along with one ∼HSK 2
道场 道場 dào chǎng Taoist or Buddhist rite; abbr. for ∼HSK 2
刘 劉 Liú surname; kill, destroy ∼HSK 2