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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加上 加上 jiā shàng plus; to put in; to add; to add on; to add into; in addition; on top of that HSK 5
丢 丟 diū to lose; to put aside; to throw HSK 5
建筑 建築 jiàn zhù to construct; building HSK 5
鬼 鬼 guǐ disembodied spirit; ghost; devil; (suffix) person with a certain vice or addiction etc; sly; crafty; resourceful (variant of 诡); one of the 28 constellations of ancient Chinese astronomy HSK 5
呆 呆 dāi foolish; stupid; expressionless; blank; to stay HSK 5
傻 傻 shǎ foolish HSK 5
陪 陪 péi to accompany; to keep sb company; to assist; old variant of 赔 HSK 5
拥有 擁有 yōng yǒu to have; to possess HSK 5
组织 組織 zǔ zhī to organize; organization; (biology) tissue; (textiles) weave HSK 5
声 聲 shēng sound; voice; tone; noise; reputation; classifier for sounds HSK 5
肯定 肯定 kěn dìng to be certain; to be positive; assuredly; definitely; to give recognition; to affirm; affirmative (answer) HSK 5
唯一 唯一 wéi yī only; sole HSK 5
搞 搞 gǎo to do; to make; to go in for; to set up; to get hold of; to take care of HSK 5
将 將 jiāng will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把) HSK 5
翻江倒海 翻江倒海 fān jiāng dǎo hǎi lit. overturning seas and rivers (idiom); fig. overwhelming; earth-shattering; in a spectacular mess Idiom ∼HSK 4
来不及 來不及 lái bu jí there's not enough time (to do sth); it's too late (to do sth) Xiehouyu HSK 4
女同 女同 nǚ tóng a lesbian (coll.) Colloquialism ∼HSK 4
修理 修理 xiū lǐ to repair; to fix; to prune; to trim; (coll.) to sort sb out; to fix sb Colloquialism HSK 4
穷 窮 qióng poor; destitute; to use up; to exhaust; thoroughly; extremely; (coll.) persistently and pointlessly Colloquialism HSK 4
老婆 老婆 lǎo pó (coll.) wife Colloquialism HSK 4
烧 燒 shāo to burn; to cook; to stew; to bake; to roast; to heat; to boil (tea, water etc); fever; to run a temperature; (coll.) to let things go to one's head Colloquialism HSK 4
帅 帥 shuài (bound form) commander-in-chief; (bound form) to lead; to command; handsome; graceful; dashing; elegant; (coll.) cool!; sweet!; (Chinese chess) general (on the red side, equivalent to a king in Western chess) Colloquialism HSK 4
俩 倆 liǎ two (colloquial equivalent of 两个); both; some Colloquialism HSK 4
抱 抱 bào to hold; to carry (in one's arms); to hug; to embrace; to surround; to cherish; (coll.) (of clothes) to fit nicely Colloquialism HSK 4
吉林 吉林 Jí lín Jilin Province, capital Changchun; Jilin, prefecture-level city in Jilin Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
川菜 川菜 Chuān cài Sichuan or Szechuan cuisine Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
神女峰 神女峰 Shén nǚ Fēng name of a peak by the Three Gorges Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
奉节 奉節 Fèng jié Fengjie, a county in Chongqing Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
周总理 周總理 Zhōu zǒng lǐ Premier Zhou Enlai 周恩來|周恩来 (1898-1976) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
陈冲 陳沖 Chén Chōng Joan Chen (1961-), Chinese-born American actress and film director Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
毛主席 毛主席 Máo Zhǔ xí Chairman Mao; Mao Zedong 毛澤東|毛泽东 (1893-1976), Chinese Communist leader Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
米格 米格 Mǐ gé MiG; Russian Aircraft Corporation; Mikoyan Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
文革 文革 Wén gé Cultural Revolution (1966-76) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
青城山 青城山 Qīng chéng shān Mount Qingcheng Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
锦江 錦江 Jǐn jiāng Jinjiang district of Chengdu city, Sichuan Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
东洋 東洋 Dōng yáng Japan (old); East Asian countries Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
从江 從江 Cóng jiāng Congjiang county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture, Guizhou Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
天府 天府 Tiān fǔ Heavenly province (epithet of Sichuan, esp. area around Chengdu); land of plenty Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
华润 華潤 Huá rùn China Resources, a Chinese state-owned conglomerate Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
清华 清華 Qīng huá abbr. for Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
玉林 玉林 Yù lín Yulin, prefecture-level city in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
港澳 港澳 Gǎng Ào Hong Kong and Macao Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
没想到 沒想到 méi xiǎng dào didn't expect HSK 4
曹 曹 Cáo ministry officials; surname ∼HSK 4
意 意 Yì meaning, intent ∼HSK 4
疑 疑 yí doubt, question, suspect ∼HSK 4
没办法 沒辦法 méi bàn fǎ there is nothing to be done; one can't do anything about it ∼HSK 4
傅 傅 Fù tutor, teacher; assist; surname ∼HSK 4
武 武 Wǔ military; martial, warlike ∼HSK 4
今夜 今夜 jīnyè tonight ∼HSK 4