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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货仓 貨倉 huò cāng warehouse ∼HSK 6
不肖 不肖 bù xiào (literary) unlike one's parents; degenerate; unworthy ∼HSK 6
邪魔歪道 邪魔歪道 xié mó wāi dào evil spirits and crooked ways (idiom); heterodox cults; wicked deviant practices ∼HSK 6
有来有往 有來有往 yǒu lái yǒu wǎng give-and-take; reciprocal dealings (idiom); mutual exchange of visits or favors ∼HSK 6
我儿 我兒 wǒ rén my child ∼HSK 6
稀饭 稀飯 xī fàn porridge; gruel; congee ∼HSK 6
免受 免受 miǎn shòu to avoid suffering; to prevent (sth bad); to protect against (damage); immunity (from prosecution); freedom (from pain, damage etc); exempt from punishment ∼HSK 6
治罪 治罪 zhì zuì to punish sb (for a crime) ∼HSK 6
本岛 本島 běn dǎo main island ∼HSK 6
失礼 失禮 shī lǐ discourteous ∼HSK 6
查缉 查緝 chá jī to search for and seize (criminals, smuggled goods etc) ∼HSK 6
缉私 緝私 jī sī to suppress smugglers; to search for smuggled goods ∼HSK 6
准予 准予 zhǔn yǔ to grant; to approve; to permit ∼HSK 6
善后 善後 shàn hòu to deal with the aftermath (arising from an accident); funeral arrangements; reparations ∼HSK 6
不消 不消 bù xiāo to not need; needless (to say) ∼HSK 6
惶惶 惶惶 huáng huáng alarmed; anxious ∼HSK 6
老板娘 老闆娘 lǎo bǎn niáng female proprietor; lady boss; boss's wife ∼HSK 6
添丁 添丁 tiān dīng to add a son to the family ∼HSK 6
恩爱 恩愛 ēn ài loving affection (in a couple); conjugal love ∼HSK 6
探听 探聽 tàn tīng to make inquiries; to try to find out; to pry ∼HSK 6
蒙蒙 濛濛 méng méng drizzle (of rain or snow) ∼HSK 6
畔 畔 pàn (bound form) side; edge; boundary HSK 6
内地 內地 Nèi dì mainland China (PRC excluding Hong Kong and Macau, but including islands such as Hainan); Japan (used in Taiwan during Japanese colonization) HSK 6
送礼 送禮 sòng lǐ to give a present HSK 6
舟 舟 zhōu boat HSK 6
看得见 看得見 kàn dé jiàn can see; visible HSK 6
日夜 日夜 rì yè day and night; around the clock HSK 6
国旗 國旗 guó qí flag (of a country) HSK 6
发病 發病 fā bìng (of an illness) to occur; (of a person) to get sick; to fall ill; onset (of a medical condition) HSK 6
凡是 凡是 fán shì each and every; every; all; any HSK 6
悲惨 悲慘 bēi cǎn miserable; tragic HSK 6
父子 父子 fù zǐ father and son HSK 6
早晚 早晚 zǎo wǎn morning and evening; (dialect) some time in the future; some day HSK 6
海外 海外 hǎi wài overseas; abroad HSK 6
追究 追究 zhuī jiū to investigate; to look into HSK 6
薪水 薪水 xīn shuǐ salary; wage HSK 6
枝 枝 zhī branch; classifier for sticks, rods, pencils etc HSK 6
有事 有事 yǒu shì to be occupied with sth; to have sth on one's mind; there is something the matter HSK 6
走私 走私 zǒu sī to smuggle; to have an illicit affair HSK 6
出路 出路 chū lù a way out (lit. and fig.); opportunity for advancement; a way forward; outlet (for one's products) HSK 6
撤离 撤離 chè lí to withdraw from; to evacuate HSK 6
拿走 拿走 ná zǒu to take away HSK 6
捉 捉 zhuō to clutch; to grab; to capture HSK 6
渡 渡 dù to cross; to pass through; to ferry HSK 6
同胞 同胞 tóng bāo born of the same parents; sibling; fellow citizen; compatriot HSK 6
牢 牢 láo firm; sturdy; fold (for animals); sacrifice; prison HSK 6
头疼 頭疼 tóu téng headache HSK 6
一同 一同 yī tóng together HSK 6
番 番 fān foreign (non-Chinese); barbarian; classifier for occurrences (of an event, action or speech utterance); classifier for iterations: times, -fold (as in twofold etc); classifier for situations: kind, sort HSK 6
伤亡 傷亡 shāng wáng casualties; injuries and deaths HSK 6