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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同 同 tóng like; same; similar; together; alike; with HSK 6
如 如 rú as; as if; such as HSK 6
啦 啦 lā (onom.) sound of singing, cheering etc; (phonetic); (dialect) to chat HSK 6
于 於 yú to go; to take; sentence-final interrogative particle; variant of 于 HSK 6
与 與 yǔ and; to give; together with HSK 6
青天白日 青天白日 qīng tiān - bái rì (idiom) in broad daylight; in the middle of the day; KMT emblem, a white sun on a blue background Idiom ∼HSK 5
神明 神明 shén míng deities; gods Xiehouyu ∼HSK 5
无路可走 無路可走 wú lù kě zǒu nowhere to go; at the end of one's tether Xiehouyu ∼HSK 5
臭 臭 chòu stench; smelly; to smell (bad); repulsive; loathsome; terrible; bad; severely; ruthlessly; dud (ammunition) Xiehouyu HSK 5
一路 一路 yī lù the whole journey; all the way; going the same way; going in the same direction; of the same kind Xiehouyu HSK 5
拜 拜 bài bow, worship ∼HSK 5
启 啟 qǐ open; begin, commence; explain ∼HSK 5
荣 榮 Róng glory, honor; flourish, prosper ∼HSK 5
嫂 嫂 sǎo (bound form) older brother's wife; sister-in-law ∼HSK 5
戒严 戒嚴 jiè yán to impose martial law; to impose emergency measures ∼HSK 5
惧 懼 jù fear, be afraid of, dread ∼HSK 5
谦 謙 qiān humble, modest ∼HSK 5
大便 大便 dà biàn to defecate; excrement; feces ∼HSK 5
何 何 hé what (literary) ∼HSK 5
发疯 發瘋 fā fēng to go mad; to go crazy; to lose one's mind ∼HSK 5
珍爱 珍愛 zhēn ài to cherish ∼HSK 5
佬 佬 lǎo (Cant.) man, person; mature ∼HSK 5
礼数 禮數 lǐ shù etiquette; (old) gradation of etiquette with social status ∼HSK 5
黛 黛 dài blacken eyebrows; black ∼HSK 5
人命 人命 rén mìng human life ∼HSK 5
宪 憲 xiàn constitution, statute, law ∼HSK 5
掷 擲 zhì throw, hurl, cast, fling ∼HSK 5
待会 待會 dāi hui wait a minute; stop a while ∼HSK 5
悲 悲 bēi sorrow, grief; sorry, sad ∼HSK 5
捷 㨗 jié win, victory, triumph ∼HSK 5
伟 偉 wěi great, robust; extraordinary ∼HSK 5
芳 芳 fāng fragrant; virtuous; beautiful ∼HSK 5
坤 坤 kūn earth; feminine, female ∼HSK 5
矿工 礦工 kuàng gōng miner ∼HSK 5
痴 痴 chī foolish, stupid, dumb, silly ∼HSK 5
晨 晨 chén early morning, daybreak ∼HSK 5
甚 甚 shèn what (literary, = 什么) ∼HSK 5
侨 僑 qiáo sojourn, lodge ∼HSK 5
弊 弊 bì evil, wrong, bad; criminal ∼HSK 5
无尽 無盡 wú jìn endless; inexhaustible ∼HSK 5
遗书 遺書 yí shū posthumous writing; testament; suicide note; ancient literature ∼HSK 5
慨 嘅 kǎi sigh, regret; generous ∼HSK 5
稍等 稍等 shāo děng to wait a moment ∼HSK 5
菊 菊 jú chrysanthemum ∼HSK 5
艳 豔 yàn beautiful, sexy, voluptuous ∼HSK 5
企 企 qǐ plan a project; stand on tiptoe ∼HSK 5
括 括 kuò include, embrace, enclose ∼HSK 5
舅 舅 jiù maternal uncle ∼HSK 5
萝 蘿 luó type of creeping plant; turnip ∼HSK 5
蕾 蕾 lěi buds, unopened flowers ∼HSK 5