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 Xiao Hua

Lü Liping Hao Dali

Zhao Tao Su Na

Chen Jianbin Song Wei-Dong

Vocabulary

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那天那天 nà tiān	that day; the other day	∼HSK 1
看不见看不見 kàn bu jiàn	cannot see; cannot be seen; invisible	∼HSK 1
在一起在一起 zài yī qǐ	together	∼HSK 1
坏了壞了 huài le	shoot!; gosh!; oh, no!; (suffix) to the utmost	∼HSK 1
跟着跟著 gēn zhe	to follow after; immediately afterwards	∼HSK 1
校校 jiào	school; military field officer	∼HSK 1
阁楼閣樓 gé lóu	garret; loft; attic	∼HSK 1
不明不明 bù míng	not clear; unknown; to fail to understand	∼HSK 1
几天幾天 jǐ tiān	several days	∼HSK 1
走出走出 zǒu chū	to leave (a room etc); to go out through (a door etc)	∼HSK 1
上半上半 shàng bàn	first half	∼HSK 1
今今 jīn	now, today, modern era	∼HSK 1
早上好早上好 zǎo shang hǎo	Good morning!	∼HSK 1
下个下個 xià ge	second (of two parts); next (week etc); subsequent; the following	∼HSK 1
做事做事 zuò shì	to work; to handle matters; to have a job	∼HSK 1
每年每年 měi nián	every year; each year; yearly	∼HSK 1
回老家回老家 huí lǎo jiā	to go back to one's roots; to return to one's native place; by ext. to join one's ancestors (i.e. to die)	∼HSK 1
妈的媽的 mā de	(taboo curse) damn it!; fucking	∼HSK 1
年来年來 nián lái	this past year; over the last years	∼HSK 1
小我小我 xiǎo wǒ	the self; the individual	∼HSK 1
再不再不 zài bù	or else; alternatively	∼HSK 1
没了沒了 méi le	to be dead; not to be, or cease to exist	∼HSK 1
用不了用不了 yòng bu liǎo	to not use all of; to use less than	∼HSK 1
出没出沒 chū mò	to come and go; to roam about; (of a ghost) to haunt (a place); (of a criminal) to stalk (the streets); (of the sun) to rise and set	∼HSK 1
东风東風 dōng fēng	easterly wind; spring breeze; (fig.) revolutionary momentum; favorable circumstances	∼HSK 1
小树小樹 xiǎo shù	shrub; small tree; sapling	∼HSK 1
有一点有一點 yǒu yī diǎn	a little; somewhat	∼HSK 1
上天上天 shàng tiān	Heaven; Providence; God; the sky above; to fly skywards; (euphemism) to die; to pass away; the previous day (or days)	∼HSK 1
还给還給 huán gěi	to return sth to sb	∼HSK 1
外甥外甥 wài shēng	sister's son; wife's sibling's son	∼HSK 1
衣衣 yī	clothes, clothing; cover, skin	∼HSK 1
十八十八 shí bā	eighteen; 18	∼HSK 1
走水走水 zǒu shuǐ	to leak; to flow; to catch on fire	∼HSK 1
不在不在 bù zài	not to be present; to be out; (euphemism) to pass away; to be deceased	∼HSK 1
下地下地 xià dì	to go down to the fields; to get up from bed; to leave one's sickbed; to be born	∼HSK 1
想出想出 xiǎng chū	to figure out; to work out (a solution etc); to think up; to come up with (an idea etc)	∼HSK 1
看在看在 kàn zài	(in the expression +... +) for the sake of...; considering...	∼HSK 1
在那儿在那兒 zài na r	(adverbial expression indicating that the attention of the subject of the verb is focused on what they are doing, not distracted by anything else); just...ing (and nothing else)	∼HSK 1
小白小白 xiǎo bái	(slang) novice; greenhorn; (old) (slang) fool; idiot; abbr. for, pretty boy	∼HSK 1
花儿花兒 huā ér	style of folk song popular in Gansu, Qinghai and Ningxia	∼HSK 1
医大醫大 yī dà	abbr. for, university of medicine	∼HSK 1
在外在外 zài wài	outer; excluded	∼HSK 1
手绢手絹 shǒu juàn	handkerchief	∼HSK 1
前几天前幾天 qián jǐ tiān	a few days ago; a few days before; the past few days; the previous few days	∼HSK 1
今早今早 jīn zǎo	this morning	∼HSK 1
买菜買菜 mǎi cài	to buy groceries	∼HSK 1
打进打進 dǎ jìn	to breach; to invade	∼HSK 1
女孩女孩 nǚ hái	girl; lass	∼HSK 1
看上看上 kàn shàng	to look upon; to take a fancy to; to fall for	∼HSK 1
几次幾次 jǐ cì	several times	∼HSK 1