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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几次 幾次 jǐ cì several times ∼HSK 1
跑出 跑出 pǎo chū to run out ∼HSK 1
几个 幾個 jǐ ge a few; several; how many ∼HSK 1
不比 不比 bù bǐ unlike ∼HSK 1
一对 一對 yī duì couple; pair ∼HSK 1
竿子 竿子 gān zi bamboo pole ∼HSK 1
不到 不到 bù dào not to arrive; not reaching; insufficient; less than ∼HSK 1
第二天 第二天 dì èr tiān next day; the morrow ∼HSK 1
出了事 出了事 chū le shì sth bad happened ∼HSK 1
高干 高幹 gāo gàn high cadre; top party member ∼HSK 1
男的 男的 nán de man ∼HSK 1
想来 想來 xiǎng lái it may be assumed that ∼HSK 1
三十 三十 sān shí thirty; 30 ∼HSK 1
几岁 幾歲 jǐ suì how old are you? (familiar, or to a child) ∼HSK 1
芙蓉花 芙蓉花 fú róng huā cotton rose hibiscus (Hibiscus mutabilis); lotus ∼HSK 1
了了 了了 liǎo liǎo to realize clearly; to settle a matter; to get it over with ∼HSK 1
下半 下半 xià bàn second half ∼HSK 1
打小 打小 dǎ xiǎo (dialect) from childhood; from a young age ∼HSK 1
手下 手下 shǒu xià under one's control or administration; subordinates; (money etc) on hand; sb's financial means; when taking action ∼HSK 1
到现在 到現在 dào xiàn zài up until now; to date ∼HSK 1
话说 話說 huà shuō It is said that... (at the start of a narrative); to discuss; to recount ∼HSK 1
哪一个 哪一個 nǎ yī ge which ∼HSK 1
哪个 哪個 nǎ ge which; who ∼HSK 1
候 候 hòu wait; expect; visit; greet ∼HSK 1
有钱人 有錢人 yǒu qián rén rich person; the rich ∼HSK 1
有钱 有錢 yǒu qián well-off; wealthy ∼HSK 1
回事 回事 huí shì (old) to report to one's master ∼HSK 1
爸妈 爸媽 bà mā dad and mom ∼HSK 1
叫做 叫做 jiào zuò to be called; to be known as ∼HSK 1
着呢 著呢 zhe ne comes at the end of the sentence to indicate a strong degree; quite; rather ∼HSK 1
找见 找見 zhǎo jiàn to find (sth one has been looking for) ∼HSK 1
从来没有 從來沒有 cóng lái méi yǒu there has never been; has never had; (before a verb) has never ∼HSK 1
小孩儿 小孩兒 xiǎo hái r erhua variant of 小孩; child HSK 1
一家人 一家人 yī jiā rén household; the whole family ∼HSK 1
里边 裡邊 lǐ bian inside HSK 1
电影院 電影院 diàn yǐng yuàn cinema; movie theater HSK 1
从来不 從來不 cóng lái bù never ∼HSK 1
车票 車票 chē piào ticket (for a bus or train) HSK 1
一大早 一大早 yī dà zǎo at dawn; at first light; first thing in the morning ∼HSK 1
火车站 火車站 huǒ chē zhàn train station HSK 1
放假 放假 fàng jià to have a holiday or vacation HSK 1
多年来 多年來 duō nián lái for the past many years ∼HSK 1
午饭 午飯 wǔ fàn lunch HSK 1
不大 不大 bù dà not very; not too; not often HSK 1
北京 北京 Běi jīng Beijing, capital of the People's Republic of China HSK 1
楼下 樓下 lóu xià downstairs HSK 1
中学 中學 zhōng xué middle school HSK 1
饭店 飯店 fàn diàn restaurant; hotel HSK 1
小学 小學 xiǎo xué elementary school; primary school HSK 1
桌子 桌子 zhuō zi table; desk HSK 1