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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沾 沾 zhān to moisten; to be infected by; to receive benefit or advantage through a contact; to touch HSK 7
拜托 拜託 bài tuō to request sb to do sth; please! HSK 7
担 擔 dān to undertake; to carry; to shoulder; to take responsibility HSK 7
倒霉 倒霉 dǎo méi to have bad luck; to be out of luck HSK 7
议会 議會 yì huì parliament; legislative assembly HSK 7
流氓 流氓 liú máng rogue; hoodlum; gangster; immoral behavior HSK 7
优 優 yōu excellent; superior HSK 7
绑 綁 bǎng to tie; bind or fasten together; to kidnap HSK 7
条例 條例 tiáo lì regulations; rules; code of conduct; ordinances; statutes HSK 7
保佑 保佑 bǎo yòu to bless and protect; blessing HSK 7
统治 統治 tǒng zhì to rule (a country); to govern; rule; regime HSK 7
敬 敬 jìng (bound form) respectful; to respect; to offer politely HSK 7
须 須 xū must; to have to; to wait HSK 7
讨 討 tǎo to invite; to provoke; to demand or ask for; to send armed forces to suppress; to denounce or condemn; to marry (a woman); to discuss or study HSK 7
议员 議員 yì yuán member (of a legislative body); representative HSK 7
抛弃 拋棄 pāo qì to abandon; to discard; to renounce; to dump (sb) HSK 7
肾 腎 shèn kidney HSK 7
贱 賤 jiàn inexpensive; lowly; despicable; (bound form) (humble) my HSK 7
秩序 秩序 zhì xù order (orderly); order (sequence); social order; the state (of society) HSK 7
嫉妒 嫉妒 jí dù to be jealous of; to envy HSK 7
坑 坑 kēng pit; depression; hollow; tunnel; hole in the ground; (archaic) to bury alive; to hoodwink; to cheat (sb) HSK 7
瞎 瞎 xiā blind; groundlessly; foolishly; to no purpose HSK 7
不准 不准 bù zhǔn not to allow; to forbid; to prohibit HSK 7
要不 要不 yào bù otherwise; or else; how about...?; either... (or...) HSK 7
依 依 yī to depend on; to comply with or listen to sb; according to; in the light of HSK 7
港 港 gǎng harbor; port HSK 7
堂 堂 táng (main) hall; large room for a specific purpose; relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family; of the same clan; classifier for classes, lectures etc; classifier for sets of furniture HSK 7
注定 註定 zhù dìng to foreordain; to be bound to; to be destined to; to be doomed to; inevitably HSK 7
吼 吼 hǒu to roar; to howl; to shriek; roar or howl of an animal; bellow of rage HSK 7
失踪 失蹤 shī zōng to be missing; to disappear; unaccounted for HSK 7
一阵 一陣 yī zhèn a burst; a fit; a peal; a spell (period of time) HSK 7
老大 老大 lǎo dà old age; very; eldest child in a family; leader of a group; boss; captain of a boat; leader of a criminal gang HSK 7
之所以 之所以 zhī suǒ yǐ (after a noun N and before a predicate P) the reason why N P; Example: 我之所以讨厌他 "the reason why I dislike him (is ...)" HSK 7
丁 丁 dīng male adult; the 4th of the 10 Heavenly Stems 干; fourth (used like "4" or "D"); small cube of meat or vegetable; (literary) to encounter; (archaic) ancient Chinese compass point: 195°; (chemistry) butyl HSK 7
屁股 屁股 pì gu buttocks; bottom; butt; back part HSK 7
告 告 gào to say; to tell; to announce; to report; to denounce; to file a lawsuit; to sue HSK 7
斗 斗 dǒu dry measure for grain equal to ten 升 or one-tenth of a 石; decaliter; peck; cup or dipper shaped object; old variant of 陡 HSK 7
真心 真心 zhēn xīn sincere; heartfelt HSK 7
家族 家族 jiā zú family; clan HSK 7
释放 釋放 shì fàng to release; to set free; to liberate (a prisoner); to discharge HSK 7
他人 他人 tā rén another person; sb else; other people HSK 7
设 設 shè to set up; to put in place; (math.) given; suppose; if HSK 7
恭喜 恭喜 gōng xǐ to congratulate; (interj.) congratulations! HSK 7
许 許 xǔ to allow; to permit; to promise; to praise; somewhat; perhaps HSK 7
委员会 委員會 wěi yuán huì committee HSK 7
不知 不知 bù zhī not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) HSK 7
文 文 wén language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle; (old) classifier for coins; Kangxi radical 67 HSK 7
情 情 qíng feeling; emotion; passion; situation HSK 7
主 主 zhǔ owner; master; host; individual or party concerned; God; Lord; main; to indicate or signify; trump card (in card games) HSK 7
未 未 wèi not yet; did not; have not; not; 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep; ancient Chinese compass point: 210° HSK 7