A City of Sadness

A City of Sadness 1989

悲情城市 bēi qíng chéng shì

The story of a family embroiled in the "White Terror," the Kuomintang government's anti-communist political repression that was wrought on the Taiwanese people from 1947-1987.

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4.08 Intermediate Director Hou Hsiao-hsien 🍅 100%

Cast

Tony Leung Chiu-wai Tony Leung Chiu-wai Wen-Ching Hsin Shu-Fen Hsin Shu-Fen Wu Kuan Mei / Hinome Chan Chung-Yung Chan Chung-Yung Wen-Heung Jack Kao Jack Kao Wen Leung Tai Bo Tai Bo Ah Jia Li Tian-Lu Li Tian-Lu Ah Lu Grace Chen Grace Chen Meidai Wu Nien-jen Wu Nien-jen Mr. Wu Tsai Chen-nan Tsai Chen-nan Singer King Shih-chieh King Shih-chieh Mr. Huang

Vocabulary

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嘉 嘉 Jiā excellent; joyful; auspicious ∼HSK 4
密报 密報 mì bào secret report ∼HSK 4
仪 儀 yí ceremony, rites gifts; admire ∼HSK 4
怎么会 怎麼會 zěn yāo huì how could it ∼HSK 4
雄 雄 xióng male of species; hero; manly ∼HSK 4
伯 伯 bà variant of ∼HSK 4
旗 旂 qí banner, flag, streamer ∼HSK 4
什么事 什麼事 shén me shì what matter ∼HSK 4
相 相 Xiāng mutually ∼HSK 4
当兵 當兵 dāng bīng to serve in the army; to be a soldier ∼HSK 4
寮 寮 Liáo shanty, hut, shack ∼HSK 4
庄 莊 zhuāng village, hamlet; villa, manor ∼HSK 4
一阵子 一陣子 yī zhèn zi a while; a spell; a short time; a burst ∼HSK 4
流亡 流亡 liú wáng to force into exile; to be exiled; in exile ∼HSK 4
竹 竹 zhú bamboo; flute; KangXi radical 118 ∼HSK 4
私 私 sī private, personal; secret ∼HSK 4
此地 此地 cǐ dì here; this place ∼HSK 4
兄 兄 xiōng elder brother ∼HSK 4
这样子 這樣子 zhè yàng zi so; such; this way; like this ∼HSK 4
结交 結交 jié jiāo to make friends with ∼HSK 4
安安 安安 ān ān (Tw) (Internet slang) Greetings! ∼HSK 4
警 警 jǐng guard, watch; alert, alarm ∼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
无条件投降 無條件投降 wú tiáo jiàn tóu xiáng unconditional surrender ∼HSK 4
勇 勇 yǒng brave, courageous, fierce ∼HSK 4
返 返 fǎn return, revert to, restore ∼HSK 4
幸会 幸會 xìng huì nice to meet you ∼HSK 4
肚子痛 肚子痛 dù zi tòng stomachache; bellyache ∼HSK 4
失体面 失體面 shī tǐ miàn to lose face ∼HSK 4
温 溫 Wēn lukewarm ∼HSK 4
厌世 厭世 yàn shì world-weary; pessimistic ∼HSK 4
货色 貨色 huò sè goods; (derog.) stuff; trash ∼HSK 4
弃 棄 qì reject, abandon, discard ∼HSK 4
盖上 蓋上 gài shang to cover ∼HSK 4
空袭 空襲 kōng xí to make an air raid ∼HSK 4
闹大 鬧大 nào dà (of a person) to make a big fuss about (sth); to make a big deal of; (of an adverse situation) to get ugly; to blow up; to escalate ∼HSK 4
意 意 Yì meaning, intent ∼HSK 4
总归 總歸 zǒng guī anyhow; after all; eventually ∼HSK 4
岩 巖 yán cliff; rocks; mountain ∼HSK 4
害死 害死 hài sǐ to kill; to cause death; to do sb to death ∼HSK 4
川 川 Chuān stream, river; flow; boil ∼HSK 4
仔 仔 zǎi small thing, child; young animal ∼HSK 4
对质 對質 duì zhì to confront (in court etc); confrontation ∼HSK 4
针头 針頭 zhēn tóu tip of a needle; syringe needle ∼HSK 4
汤匙 湯匙 tāng chí soup spoon; tablespoon ∼HSK 4
梦到 夢到 mèng dào to dream of; to dream about ∼HSK 4
刑罚 刑罰 xíng fá sentence; penalty; punishment ∼HSK 4
宽大 寬大 kuān dà spacious; wide; lenient ∼HSK 4
从宽 從寬 cóng kuān lenient; leniently ∼HSK 4
拘捕 拘捕 jū bǔ to arrest ∼HSK 4