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.

HSK 1

4.08 Intermediate Director Hou Hsiao-hsien 🍅 100%

Cast

Tony Leung Chiu-wai Wen-Ching

Hsin Shu-Fen Wu Kuan Mei / Hinome

Chan Chung-Yung Wen-Heung

Jack Kao Wen Leung

Tai Bo Ah Jia

Li Tian-Lu Ah Lu

Grace Chen Meidai

Wu Nien-jen Mr. Wu

Tsai Chen-nan Singer

King Shih-chieh Mr. Huang

Vocabulary

Filter the words you want to study before watching.

处處 chǔ	to reside; to live; to dwell; to be in; to be situated at; to stay; to get along with; to be in a position of; to deal with; to discipline; to punish	HSK 4
对于對於 duì yú	regarding; as far as (sth) is concerned; with regard to	HSK 4
之前之前 zhī qián	before; prior to; ago; previously; beforehand	HSK 4
关于關於 guān yú	pertaining to; concerning; with regard to; about; a matter of	HSK 4
呀呀 ya	(particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt)	HSK 4
此此 cǐ	this; these	HSK 4
无無 wú	not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-; -less	HSK 4
之后之後 zhī hòu	after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then	HSK 4
担心擔心 dān xīn	anxious; worried; uneasy; to worry; to be anxious	HSK 4
却卻 què	but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though	HSK 4
而而 ér	and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast)	HSK 4
乱来亂來 luàn lái	to act recklessly; to mess around	Xiehouyu ∼HSK 3
头痛頭痛 tóu tòng	to have a headache	Xiehouyu ∼HSK 3
没用沒用 méi yòng	useless	Xiehouyu HSK 3
痛苦痛苦 tòng kǔ	pain; suffering; painful	Xiehouyu HSK 3
死人死人 sǐ rén	dead person; (coll.) to die; (of a death) to happen	Colloquialism ∼HSK 3
要是要是 yào shi	(coll.) if	Colloquialism HSK 3
整整 zhěng	exactly; in good order; whole; complete; entire; in order; orderly; to repair; to mend; to renovate; (coll.) to fix sb; to give sb a hard time; to mess with sb	Colloquialism HSK 3
血血 xuè	blood; colloquial pr. [xiě]	Colloquialism HSK 3
台北臺北 Tái běi	Taipei, capital of Taiwan	Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
美的美的 Měi dí	Midea (brand)	Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
光复光復 Guāng fù	Guangfu or Kuangfu township in Hualien County, east Taiwan	Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
李天禄李天祿 Lǐ Tiān lù	Li Tianlu (1910-1998), Taiwanese master puppeteer	Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
马克思馬克思 Mǎ kè sī	Marx (name); Karl Marx (1818-1883), German revolutionary, economist and historian	Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
关内關內 Guān nèi	the region inside the major mountain passes of ancient China	Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
马关条约馬關條約 Mǎ guān Tiáo yuē	Treaty of Shimonoseki (1895), concluding the First Sino-Japanese War	Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
台北市臺北市 Tái běi Shì	Taibei or Taipei, capital of Taiwan	Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
叔叔 shū	uncle; father's younger brother; husband's younger brother; Taiwan pr. [shu2]	∼HSK 3
阿爸阿爸 Ā bà	Abba (Aramaic word father); by ext. God the Father in Christian gospel	∼HSK 3
吴吳 Wú	name of warring state; surname	∼HSK 3
干嘛幹嘛 gàn má	what are you doing?; whatever for?; why on earth?	∼HSK 3
活着活著 huó zhe	alive	∼HSK 3
到时候到時候 dào shí hòu	when the moment comes; at that time	∼HSK 3
张开張開 zhāng kāi	to open up; to spread; to extend	∼HSK 3
去台去臺 qù Tái	to go to Taiwan; refers to those who left China for Taiwan before the founding of PRC in 1949	∼HSK 3
抓去抓去 zhuā qù	to arrest and take away	∼HSK 3
有空有空 yǒu kòng	to have time (to do sth)	∼HSK 3
打死打死 dǎ sǐ	to kill; to beat to death	∼HSK 3
裤带褲帶 kù dài	belt (in trousers)	∼HSK 3
楚楚 Chǔ	name of feudal state; clear	∼HSK 3
在台在臺 zài Tái	in Taiwan (used attributively)	∼HSK 3
抓走抓走 zhuā zǒu	to arrest	∼HSK 3
民民 Mín	people, subjects, citizens	∼HSK 3
照像照像 zhào xiàng	variant of	∼HSK 3
乱动亂動 luàn dòng	to fiddle with; to tamper with; to meddle with; to move randomly; to flail about	∼HSK 3
工作室工作室 gōng zuò shì	studio; workshop	∼HSK 3
有兴趣有興趣 yǒu xìng qù	interested; interesting	∼HSK 3
有些人有些人 yǒu xiē rén	some people	∼HSK 3
衣衫衣衫 yī shān	clothing; unlined garment	∼HSK 3
整日整日 zhěng rì	all day long; the whole day	∼HSK 3