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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失 失 shī lose; make mistake, neglect ∼HSK 3
志 志 zhì purpose, will, determination; annals ∼HSK 3
随风 隨風 suí fēng wind-borne; tossed about by the wind ∼HSK 3
相好 相好 xiāng hǎo to be intimate; close friend; paramour ∼HSK 3
点烟 點煙 diǎn yān to light a cigarette ∼HSK 3
管制 管制 guǎn zhì to control; to restrict; (PRC law) non-custodial sentence with specified restrictions on one's activities for up to 3 years (e.g. not to participate in demonstrations) ∼HSK 3
配给 配給 pèi jǐ to ration; to allocate ∼HSK 3
赶走 趕走 gǎn zǒu to drive out; to turn back ∼HSK 3
不愿 不願 bù yuàn unwilling ∼HSK 3
抗战 抗戰 kàng zhàn war of resistance, especially the war against Japan (1937-1945) ∼HSK 3
打赢 打贏 dǎ yíng to win; to beat (one's opponent) ∼HSK 3
莱 萊 lái goosefoot, weed; fallow field ∼HSK 3
金发 金髮 jīn fà blond; blonde; fair-haired ∼HSK 3
谈谈 談談 tán tán to discuss; to have a chat ∼HSK 3
血流 血流 xuè liú blood flow ∼HSK 3
检 檢 jiǎn check; examine ∼HSK 3
整条 整條 zhěng tiáo entire; whole (fish, road etc) ∼HSK 3
讯 訊 xùn inquire; ask; examine; reproach ∼HSK 3
打伤 打傷 dǎ shāng to injure; to wound; to damage ∼HSK 3
人相 人相 rén xiàng physiognomy ∼HSK 3
人心 人心 rén xīn popular feeling; the will of the people ∼HSK 3
邻里 鄰里 lín lǐ neighbor; neighborhood ∼HSK 3
伤者 傷者 shāng zhě casualty; victim (of an accident); wounded person ∼HSK 3
死者 死者 sǐ zhě the dead; the deceased ∼HSK 3
各界 各界 gè jiè all walks of life; all social circles ∼HSK 3
绝不 絕不 jué bù in no way; not in the least; absolutely not ∼HSK 3
爷 爺 yé father, grandfather ∼HSK 3
世间 世間 shì jiān world; earth ∼HSK 3
死生 死生 sǐ shēng life or death; critical (event) ∼HSK 3
死去 死去 sǐ qù to die ∼HSK 3
提亲 提親 tí qīn to propose marriage ∼HSK 3
属意 屬意 zhǔ yì to set one's heart on; to set one's choice on ∼HSK 3
乱跑 亂跑 luàn pǎo to run around all over the place ∼HSK 3
照相馆 照相館 zhào xiàng guǎn photo studio ∼HSK 3
该死 該死 gāi sǐ Damn it!; damned; wretched ∼HSK 3
乱吃 亂吃 luàn chī to eat indiscriminately ∼HSK 3
乱讲 亂講 luàn jiǎng to talk nonsense; nonsense! ∼HSK 3
要死 要死 yào sǐ extremely; awfully ∼HSK 3
财 財 cái wealth, valuables, riches ∼HSK 3
不得已 不得已 bù dé yǐ to act against one's will; to have no alternative but to; to have to; to have no choice; must ∼HSK 3
收音机 收音機 shōu yīn jī radio HSK 3
故乡 故鄉 gù xiāng home; homeland; native place HSK 3
景色 景色 jǐng sè scenery; scene; landscape; view HSK 3
老百姓 老百姓 lǎo bǎi xìng ordinary people; the "person in the street" HSK 3
打听 打聽 dǎ ting to ask about; to make some inquiries; to ask around HSK 3
解开 解開 jiě kāi to untie; to undo; to solve (a mystery) HSK 3
歌声 歌聲 gē shēng singing voice; fig. original voice of a poet HSK 3
价钱 價錢 jià qian price HSK 3
手续 手續 shǒu xù procedure; formalities HSK 3
设立 設立 shè lì to set up; to establish HSK 3