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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正好 正好 zhèng hǎo just (in time); just right; just enough; to happen to; to chance to; by chance; it just so happens that Xiehouyu HSK 2
够 夠 gòu enough (sufficient); enough (too much); (coll.) (before adj.) really; (coll.) to reach by stretching out Colloquialism HSK 2
九份 九份 Jiǔ fèn Jiufen (or Jioufen or Chiufen), mountainside town in north Taiwan, former gold mining town, used as the setting for two well-known movies Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
莱茵河 萊茵河 Lái yīn Hé Rhine River Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
本省人 本省人 běn shěng rén people of this province; (in Taiwan) Han Chinese people other than those who moved to Taiwan from mainland China after 1945 and their descendants Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
见过 見過 jiànguò seen HSK 2
林 林 Lín forest, grove; surname ∼HSK 2
陈 陳 Chén exhibit, display; plead; a surname ∼HSK 2
小孩 小孩 xiǎo hái child ∼HSK 2
什么时候 什麼時候 shén me shí hou when?; at what time? ∼HSK 2
喝酒 喝酒 hē jiǔ to drink (alcohol) ∼HSK 2
知道了 知道了 zhī dào le OK!; Got it! ∼HSK 2
写信 寫信 xiě xìn to write a letter ∼HSK 2
没问题 沒問題 méi wèn tí no problem ∼HSK 2
小孩子 小孩子 xiǎo hái zi child ∼HSK 2
那种 那種 nà zhǒng that kind of ∼HSK 2
房 房 Fáng surname Fang ∼HSK 2
不满意 不滿意 bù mǎn yì dissatisfied ∼HSK 2
每次 每次 měi cì every time ∼HSK 2
一定要 一定要 yī dìng yào must ∼HSK 2
不一样 不一樣 bù yī yàng different; distinctive; unlike ∼HSK 2
满天 滿天 mǎn tiān whole sky ∼HSK 2
什么地方 什麼地方 shén me dì fang somewhere; someplace; where ∼HSK 2
改过 改過 gǎi guò to correct one's errors; to mend one's ways ∼HSK 2
平平 平平 píng píng average; mediocre ∼HSK 2
给以 給以 gěi yǐ to give; to grant ∼HSK 2
百姓 百姓 bǎi xìng common people ∼HSK 2
听得见 聽得見 tīng dé jiàn audible ∼HSK 2
好生 好生 hǎo shēng (dialect) very; quite; properly; well; thoroughly ∼HSK 2
又来了 又來了 yòu lái le Here we go again. ∼HSK 2
生下 生下 shēng xià to give birth to ∼HSK 2
取名 取名 qǔ míng to name; to be named; to christen; to seek fame ∼HSK 2
片名 片名 piān míng movie title ∼HSK 2
义 義 Yì right conduct, righteousness ∼HSK 2
介绍信 介紹信 jiè shào xìn letter of introduction; recommendation letter; reference ∼HSK 2
凉意 涼意 liáng yì a slight chill ∼HSK 2
倒着 倒著 dào zhe backwards; in reverse; upside down ∼HSK 2
在下面 在下面 zài xià miàn underneath ∼HSK 2
了无 了無 liǎo wú to completely lack; to have not even the slightest ∼HSK 2
战 戰 zhàn war, fighting, battle ∼HSK 2
当做 當做 dàng zuò to treat as; to regard as; to look upon as ∼HSK 2
年轻人 年輕人 nián qīng rén young people; youngster ∼HSK 2
装满 裝滿 zhuāng mǎn to fill up ∼HSK 2
白米 白米 bái mǐ (polished) rice ∼HSK 2
满满 滿滿 mǎn mǎn full; closely packed ∼HSK 2
换钱 換錢 huàn qián to change money; to sell ∼HSK 2
不只 不只 bù zhǐ not only; not merely ∼HSK 2
卖掉 賣掉 mài diào to sell off ∼HSK 2
不变 不變 bù biàn constant; unvarying; (math.) invariant ∼HSK 2
船夫 船伕 chuán fū boatman ∼HSK 2