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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哦 哦 é to chant HSK 7
以 㕥 Yǐ abbr. for Israel 列 HSK 7
之 之 zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it HSK 7
一清二楚 一清二楚 yī qīng èr chǔ to be very clear about sth (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
装蒜 裝蒜 zhuāng suàn to act stupid; to play dumb; to pretend to not know Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
就算 就算 jiù suàn (coll.) even if Colloquialism HSK 6
雷 雷 léi thunder; (bound form) (military) mine, as in 雷 land mine; (coll.) to shock; to stun; to astound; (Tw) (coll.) spoiler; (Tw) (coll.) to reveal plot details to (sb) Colloquialism HSK 6
嘛 嘛 má used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 6
有没有 有沒有 yǒu méi yǒu (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?; Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)? HSK 6
干你娘 幹你娘 gàn nǐ niáng (Tw) (vulgar) fuck you! (literally, "fuck your mother") ∼HSK 6
别理 別理 bié lǐ don't get involved; ignore it!; don't have anything to do with (him, her etc); don't speak to ∼HSK 6
奴化 奴化 nú huà to enslave; to subjugate ∼HSK 6
电线杆 電線杆 diàn xiàn gān electric pole; telephone pole; lamppost ∼HSK 6
音讯 音訊 yīn xùn letters; mail; news; messages; correspondence ∼HSK 6
三部曲 三部曲 sān bù qǔ trilogy ∼HSK 6
和服 和服 hé fú kimono ∼HSK 6
飞扬 飛揚 fēi yáng to rise; to fly upward ∼HSK 6
动脑筋 動腦筋 dòng nǎo jīn to use one's brains; to think ∼HSK 6
有道理 有道理 yǒu dào li to make sense; reasonable ∼HSK 6
娘的 孃的 niáng de same as ∼HSK 6
兄嫂 兄嫂 xiōng sǎo elder brother and his wife ∼HSK 6
查清 查清 chá qīng to find out; to ascertain; to get to the bottom of; to clarify ∼HSK 6
扒开 扒開 bā kāi to pry open or apart; to spread (sth) open with both hands ∼HSK 6
误伤 誤傷 wù shāng to injure accidentally; accidental injury ∼HSK 6
宪兵 憲兵 xiàn bīng military police ∼HSK 6
聋子 聾子 lóng zi deaf person ∼HSK 6
天理 天理 tiān lǐ Heaven's law; the natural order of things ∼HSK 6
阿公 阿公 ā gōng (old) grandfather; polite address for an elderly man, or a woman's father-in-law; (Taiwanese) grandfather ∼HSK 6
生意兴隆 生意興隆 shēng yì xīng lóng thriving and prosperous business or trade ∼HSK 6
沿路 沿路 yán lù along the way; on the way; area beside a road ∼HSK 6
出征 出征 chū zhēng to go into battle; to campaign (military) ∼HSK 6
忧伤 憂傷 yōu shāng distressed; laden with grief ∼HSK 6
遣送 遣送 qiǎn sòng to send away; to deport; to repatriate ∼HSK 6
耳聋 耳聾 ěr lóng deaf ∼HSK 6
降旗 降旗 jiàng qí to lower a flag; to strike the colors ∼HSK 6
何止 何止 hé zhǐ far more than; not just ∼HSK 6
庇荫 庇蔭 bì yìn to give shade (of a tree etc); to shield ∼HSK 6
爹娘 爹孃 diē niáng (dialect) parents ∼HSK 6
承蒙 承蒙 chéng méng to be indebted (to sb) ∼HSK 6
入土 入土 rù tǔ to bury; buried; interred ∼HSK 6
假钞 假鈔 jiǎ chāo counterfeit money; forged note ∼HSK 6
麻袋 麻袋 má dài sack; burlap bag ∼HSK 6
激昂 激昂 jī áng impassioned; worked up ∼HSK 6
依我看 依我看 yī wǒ kàn in my opinion ∼HSK 6
平抚 平撫 píng fǔ to calm; to appease; to quieten ∼HSK 6
名曲 名曲 míng qǔ famous song; well-known piece of music ∼HSK 6
唱腔 唱腔 chàng qiāng vocal music (in opera); aria ∼HSK 6
病愈 病癒 bìng yù to recover (from an illness) ∼HSK 6
短命 短命 duǎn mìng to die young; short-lived ∼HSK 6
良人 良人 liáng rén husband (arch.) ∼HSK 6