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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| 嫌 嫌 | to dislike; suspicion; resentment; enmity; abbr. for 犯, criminal suspect | |
| 飞行员 飛行員 | pilot; aviator | |
| 织 織 | to weave | |
| 挨 挨 | in order; in sequence; close to; adjacent to | |
| 顾 顧 | to look after; to take into consideration; to attend to | |
| 晓得 曉得 | to know | |
| 办公 辦公 | to handle official business; to work (esp. in an office) | |
| 旋转 旋轉 | to rotate; to revolve; to spin; to whirl | |
| 住宅 住宅 | residence; dwelling; abode | |
| 看好 看好 | to keep an eye on | |
| 园 園 | land used for growing plants; site used for public recreation; abbr. for a place ending in 园, such as a botanical garden 植物园, kindergarten 幼儿园 etc | |
| 空军 空軍 | air force | |
| 故障 故障 | malfunction; breakdown; defect; shortcoming; fault; failure; impediment; error; bug (in software) | |
| 磨 磨 | to rub; to grind; to polish; to sharpen; to wear down; to die out; to waste time; to pester; to insist | |
| 平台 平臺 | platform; terrace; flat-roofed building | |
| 名义 名義 | name; titular; nominal; in name; ostensible purpose | |
| 祖国 祖國 | motherland | |
| 咋 咋 | dialectal equivalent of 怎么 | |
| 路过 路過 | to pass by or through | |
| 捡 撿 | to pick up; to collect; to gather | |
| 算了 算了 | let it be; let it pass; forget about it | |
| 机械 機械 | machine; machinery; mechanical; (old) cunning; scheming | |
| 作战 作戰 | combat; to fight | |
| 播 播 | to sow; to scatter; to spread; to broadcast; Taiwan pr. [bò] | |
| 惨 慘 | miserable; wretched; cruel; inhuman; disastrous; tragic; dim; gloomy | |
| 一时 一時 | a period of time; a while; for a short while; temporary; momentary; at the same time | |
| 撑 撐 | to support; to prop up; to push or move with a pole; to maintain; to open or unfurl; to fill to bursting point; brace; stay; support | |
| 战略 戰略 | strategy | |
| 趟 䠀 | to wade; to trample; to turn the soil | |
| 牺牲 犧牲 | to sacrifice one's life; to sacrifice (sth valued); beast slaughtered as a sacrifice | |
| 贡献 貢獻 | to contribute; to dedicate; to devote; contribution | |
| 料 料 | material; stuff; grain; feed; to expect; to anticipate; to guess | |
| 杆 杆 | pole | |
| 托 托 | prop; support (for weight); rest (e.g. arm rest); thanks to; to hold in one's hand; to support in one's palm; to give; to base; to commit; to set; torr (unit of pressure) | |
| 档案 檔案 | file; record; archive | |
| 不见 不見 | not to see; not to meet; to have disappeared; to be missing | |
| 本身 本身 | itself; in itself; per se | |
| 再说 再說 | to say again; to put off a discussion until later; moreover; what's more; besides | |
| 政策 政策 | policy | |
| 胸 胷 | chest; bosom; heart; mind; thorax | |
| 搭 搭 | to put up; to build (scaffolding); to hang (clothes on a pole); to connect; to join; to arrange in pairs; to match; to add; to throw in (resources); to take (boat, train); variant of 褡 | |
| 塔 塔 | pagoda; tower; minaret; stupa (abbr. loanword from Sanskrit tapo) | |
| 品牌 品牌 | brand name; trademark | |
| 赚 賺 | to earn; to make a profit | |
| 拖 拕 | to drag; to tow; to trail; to hang down; to mop (the floor); to delay; to drag on | |
| 时期 時期 | period; phase | |
| 算是 算是 | considered to be; at last | |
| 部队 部隊 | army; armed forces; troops; force; unit | |
| 遗憾 遺憾 | regret; to regret; to be sorry that | |
| 学会 學會 | to learn; to master; institute; learned society; (scholarly) association |