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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妖 妖 yāo demon, monster ∼HSK 5
迷醉 迷醉 mí zuì bewitched; intoxicated by sth ∼HSK 5
礁 礁 jiāo reef; jetty; submerged rocks ∼HSK 5
覆 覆 fù cover; tip over; return; reply ∼HSK 5
亡 亡 wáng death, destroyed; lose, perish ∼HSK 5
旦角 旦角 dàn jué dan, female roles in Chinese opera (traditionally played by specialized male actors) ∼HSK 5
私塾 私塾 sī shú private school (in former times) ∼HSK 5
戏子 戲子 xì zi (derog.) opera singer; actor ∼HSK 5
熄 熄 xī put out, extinguish, quash ∼HSK 5
正途 正途 zhèng tú (lit. and fig.) the right way; the correct path; the proper course ∼HSK 5
憨 憨 hān foolish, silly, coquettish ∼HSK 5
连络 連絡 lián luò variant of ∼HSK 5
肃 肅 Sù pay respects; reverently ∼HSK 5
殊 殊 shū different, special, unusual ∼HSK 5
喷出 噴出 pēn chū spout; spray; belch; to well up; to puff out; to spurt out ∼HSK 5
不方便 不方便 bù fāng biàn inconvenience; inconvenient ∼HSK 5
父兄 父兄 fù xiōng father and elder brother(s); head of the family; patriarch ∼HSK 5
予 予 yú I, me; to give ∼HSK 5
参政 參政 cān zhèng to be involved in politics; participation in politics ∼HSK 5
乱党 亂黨 luàn dǎng the rebel party ∼HSK 5
叛徒 叛徒 pàn tú traitor; turncoat; rebel; renegade; insurgent ∼HSK 5
嘱 囑 zhǔ order, tell, instruct, leave word ∼HSK 5
公会 公會 gōng huì guild ∼HSK 5
开庭 開庭 kāi tíng to begin a (judicial) court session ∼HSK 5
出庭 出庭 chū tíng to appear in court ∼HSK 5
可好 可好 kě hǎo good or not?; luckily; fortuitously ∼HSK 5
诚 誠 chéng (bound form) sincere; authentic; (literary) really; truly ∼HSK 5
恕 恕 shù forgive ∼HSK 5
交待 交待 jiāo dài variant of ∼HSK 5
狱 獄 yù prison, jail; case; lawsuit ∼HSK 5
唠 嘮 láo chat, jaw, gossip, talk ∼HSK 5
两样 兩樣 liǎng yàng not the same; different ∼HSK 5
害得 害得 hài de to cause or lead to sth bad ∼HSK 5
出声 出聲 chū shēng to make a sound; to speak; to cry out ∼HSK 5
芒 芒 máng Miscanthus sinensis ∼HSK 5
个儿 個兒 gè r size; height; stature HSK 5
年前 年前 nián qián by the end of the year; at the end of the year; shortly before New Year HSK 5
涨价 漲價 zhǎng jià to appreciate (in value); to increase in price HSK 5
神情 神情 shén qíng look; expression HSK 5
消毒 消毒 xiāo dú to disinfect; to sterilize HSK 5
不顾 不顧 bù gù in spite of; regardless of HSK 5
经费 經費 jīng fèi funds; expenditure HSK 5
猴 猴 hóu monkey HSK 5
桃 桃 táo peach HSK 5
面子 面子 miàn zi outer surface; the outside of sth; social prestige; face HSK 5
猴子 猴子 hóu zi monkey HSK 5
打架 打架 dǎ jià to fight; to scuffle; to come to blows HSK 5
信念 信念 xìn niàn faith; belief; conviction HSK 5
在内 在內 zài nèi (included) in it; among them HSK 5
隔壁 隔壁 gé bì next door; neighbor HSK 5