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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| 八 八 | eight; 8 | |
| 有的 有的 | (there are) some (who are...); some (exist) | |
| 洗 洗 | to wash; to bathe; to develop (photographs); to shuffle (cards etc); to erase (a recording) | |
| 班 班 | team; class; grade; (military) squad; work shift; classifier for groups of people and scheduled transport vehicles | |
| 休息 休息 | rest; to rest | |
| 打电话 打電話 | to make a telephone call | |
| 打开 打開 | to open; to show (a ticket); to turn on; to switch on | |
| 累 累 | to accumulate; to involve or implicate (Taiwan pr. [lèi]); continuous; repeated | |
| 回去 回去 | to return; to go back | |
| 风 風 | wind; news; style; custom; manner | |
| 爸 爸 | father; dad; pa; papa | |
| 哥 哥 | elder brother | |
| 记 記 | to record; to note; to memorize; to remember; mark; sign; classifier for blows, kicks, shots | |
| 早上 早上 | early morning | |
| 飞机 飛機 | airplane | |
| 房子 房子 | house; building (single- or two-story); apartment; room | |
| 电 電 | lightning; electricity; electric (bound form); to get (or give) an electric shock; phone call or telegram etc; to send via telephone or telegram etc | |
| 认真 認真 | conscientious; earnest; serious; to take seriously; to take to heart | |
| 不用 不用 | need not | |
| 读 讀 | comma; phrase marked by pause | |
| 家里 家裡 | home | |
| 差 差 | difference; discrepancy; (math.) difference (amount remaining after a subtraction); (literary) a little; somewhat; slightly | |
| 第 第 | (prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 六 "sixth"); (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed; (old) residence of a high official; (literary) but; however; (literary) only; just | |
| 床 床 | bed; couch; classifier for beds | |
| 西 西 | the West; abbr. for Spain 牙; Spanish | |
| 电脑 電腦 | computer | |
| 试 試 | to test; to try; experiment; examination; test | |
| 白 白 | white; snowy; pure; bright; empty; blank; plain; clear; to make clear; in vain; gratuitous; free of charge; reactionary; anti-communist; funeral; to stare coldly; to write wrong character; to state; to explain; vernacular; spoken lines in opera | |
| 高兴 高興 | happy; glad; willing (to do sth); in a cheerful mood | |
| 字 字 | letter; symbol; character; word; courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China | |
| 说话 說話 | to speak; to say; to talk; to gossip; to tell stories; talk; word | |
| 女儿 女兒 | daughter | |
| 看见 看見 | to see; to catch sight of | |
| 十 十 | ten; 10 | |
| 忙 忙 | busy; hurriedly; to hurry; to rush | |
| 今年 今年 | this year | |
| 她们 她們 | they; them (for females) | |
| 名字 名字 | name (of a person or thing) | |
| 大学 大學 | the Great Learning, one of the Four Books 四书 in Confucianism | |
| 唱 唱 | to sing; to call loudly; to chant | |
| 六 六 | six; 6 | |
| 老师 老師 | teacher | |
| 学习 學習 | to learn; to study | |
| 出去 出去 | to go out | |
| 下午 下午 | afternoon; p.m. | |
| 介绍 介紹 | to introduce (sb to sb); to give a presentation; to present (sb for a job etc); introduction | |
| 包 包 | to cover; to wrap; to hold; to include; to take charge of; to contract (to or for); package; wrapper; container; bag; to hold or embrace; bundle; packet | |
| 哪里 哪裏 | where?; somewhere; anywhere; wherever; nowhere (negative answer to question); humble expression denying compliment; also written 哪里 | |
| 元 元 | currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan); first; original; primary; fundamental; constituent; part; era (of a reign); meta- (prefix); (math.) argument; variable; (Tw) (geology) eon | |
| 歌 歌 | song; to sing |