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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| 隔壁 隔壁 | next door; neighbor | |
| 势力 勢力 | power; influence; a force (military, political etc) | |
| 保卫 保衛 | to defend; to safeguard | |
| 传递 傳遞 | to transmit; to pass on to sb else; (math.) transitive | |
| 总算 總算 | at long last; finally; on the whole | |
| 朵 朵 | flower; earlobe; fig. item on both sides; classifier for flowers, clouds etc | |
| 师傅 師傅 | master; qualified worker; respectful form of address for older men | |
| 上下 上下 | up and down; top and bottom; old and young; length; about | |
| 劳动 勞動 | work; toil; physical labor | |
| 福利 福利 | material benefit; benefit in kind; (social) welfare | |
| 增 增 | (bound form) to increase; to augment; to add to | |
| 也好 也好 | that's fine; may as well; (reduplicated) regardless of whether ... or ... | |
| 改革 改革 | reform; to reform | |
| 挣 掙 | used in 挣扎 | |
| 场面 場面 | scene; spectacle; occasion; situation | |
| 汗 汗 | see 汗, 汗国 | |
| 完了 完了 | to be finished; to be done for; ruined; gone to the dogs; oh no | |
| 敲 敲 | to hit; to strike; to tap; to rap; to knock; to rip sb off; to overcharge | |
| 规划 規劃 | to draw up a plan; to map out a program; a plan; a program | |
| 珍惜 珍惜 | to treasure; to value; to cherish | |
| 得了 得了 | all right!; that's enough! | |
| 解放 解放 | to liberate; to emancipate; liberation; refers to the Communists' victory over the Nationalists in 1949 | |
| 安慰 安慰 | to comfort; to console | |
| 靠近 靠近 | to be close to; to approach; to draw near | |
| 绕 繞 | to wind; to coil (thread); to rotate around; to spiral; to move around; to go round (an obstacle); to by-pass; to make a detour; to confuse; to perplex | |
| 敏感 敏感 | sensitive; susceptible | |
| 冲突 衝突 | conflict; to conflict; clash of opposing forces; collision (of interests); contention | |
| 认 認 | to recognize; to know; to admit | |
| 餐厅 餐廳 | dining hall; dining room; restaurant | |
| 随着 隨著 | along with; in the wake of; following | |
| 胃 胃 | stomach | |
| 脑子 腦子 | brains; mind | |
| 品 品 | (bound form) article; commodity; product; goods; (bound form) grade; rank; kind; type; variety; character; disposition; nature; temperament; to taste sth; to sample; to criticize; to comment; to judge; to size up; fret (on a guitar or lute) | |
| 一句话 一句話 | in a word; in short | |
| 害 害 | to do harm to; to cause trouble to; harm; evil; calamity | |
| 瘦 瘦 | thin; to lose weight; (of clothing) tight; (of meat) lean; (of land) unproductive | |
| 贷款 貸款 | a loan; to provide a loan (e.g. bank); to raise a loan (from e.g. a bank) | |
| 硬 硬 | hard; stiff; solid; (fig.) strong; firm; resolutely; uncompromisingly; laboriously; with great difficulty; good (quality); able (person); (of food) filling; substantial | |
| 扔 扔 | to throw; to throw away | |
| 签 籤 | inscribed bamboo stick (used in divination, gambling, drawing lots etc); small wood sliver; label; tag | |
| 猜 猜 | to guess | |
| 集团 集團 | group; bloc; corporation; conglomerate | |
| 屋 屋 | (bound form) house; (bound form) room | |
| 吐 吐 | to spit; to send out (silk from a silkworm, bolls from cotton flowers etc); to say; to pour out (one's grievances) | |
| 可怜 可憐 | pitiful; pathetic; to have pity on | |
| 厉害 厲害 | (used to describe sb or sth that makes a very strong impression, whether favorable or unfavorable) terrible; intense; severe; devastating; amazing; awesome; outstanding; (of a person) stern; strict; harsh; shrewd; tough; (of an animal) fierce; (of a resemblance) striking; (of liquor or chili pepper) strong; (of bacteria) virulent | |
| 社区 社區 | community; neighborhood | |
| 偷 偷 | to steal; to pilfer; to snatch; thief; stealthily | |
| 戏 戲 | trick; drama; play; show | |
| 恨 恨 | to hate; to regret |