A Touch of Sin

A Touch of Sin 2013

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Four people in different provinces are driven to violent ends: An angry miner is enraged by corruption in his village. A migrant discovers the possibilities of owning a firearm. A receptionist is pushed beyond her limits by an abusive client. A young factory worker goes from one job to the next.

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3.99 Beginner Director Jia Zhangke 🍅 95%

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Vocabulary

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xiān immortal ∼HSK 4
tóng (statistics) compared with the same period of the previous year; year on year; year over year ∼HSK 4
diào luò to fall down ∼HSK 4
lìng yǒu to have some other (reason etc) ∼HSK 4
yán one sentence; brief remark ∼HSK 4
bu that's just the way it is; exactly! ∼HSK 4
lǎo yǒu old friend ∼HSK 4
zūn chēng to address sb deferentially; title; honorific ∼HSK 4
qián lián former Soviet Union ∼HSK 4
Huò quickly, suddenly; surname ∼HSK 4
xiū coy; shy; bashful ∼HSK 4
怀 huái chūn (of girls) to yearn for love ∼HSK 4
meaning, intent ∼HSK 4
liè chē yuán train attendant ∼HSK 4
guǒ pán fruit plate; fruit platter ∼HSK 4
Zhèng the name of a state in the Zhou dynasty in the vicinity of present-day Xinzheng, a county-level city in Henan; surname Zheng; abbr. for Zhengzhou, the capital of Henan ∼HSK 4
mutually, reciprocally ∼HSK 4
Xiāng mutually ∼HSK 4
chàn huǐ to repent; (religion) to confess ∼HSK 4
kàn bu to look down upon; to despise HSK 4
chéng xìn genuine; honest; in good faith; honesty; integrity HSK 4
zhēn to give or have an injection HSK 4
chē traffic jam; (of traffic) to get congested HSK 4
piào invoice; receipt or bill for purchase HSK 4
jiě big sister; elder sister; older sister (also polite term of address for a girl or woman slightly older than the speaker) HSK 4
pán zi tray; plate; dish HSK 4
chēng zàn to praise; to acclaim; to commend; to compliment HSK 4
tái jiē steps; flight of steps; step (over obstacle); fig. way out of an embarrassing situation; bench (geology) HSK 4
lǎo jiā native place; place of origin; home state or region HSK 4
zǒng gòng altogether; in sum; in all; in total HSK 4
liǎo bu amazing; terrific; extraordinary HSK 4
shāo to have a high temperature (from illness); to have a fever HSK 4
lèi tears HSK 4
jade HSK 4
zàn zhù to support; to assist; to sponsor HSK 4
lǎo shi honest; sincere; well-behaved; naive; gullible HSK 4
zhāo hu to call out to; to greet; to say hello to; to inform; to take care of; to take care that one does not HSK 4
bàn shì to handle (affairs); to work HSK 4
kuài accountant; accountancy; accounting HSK 4
liè chē (railway) train HSK 4
duō nián many years; for many years; longstanding HSK 4
huǒ companion; partner; group; classifier for groups of people; to combine; together HSK 4
shi nurse HSK 4
to block up (a road, pipe etc); to stop up (a hole); (fig.) (of a person) choked up with anxiety or stress; wall (literary); (classifier for walls) HSK 4
eldest brother; big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself); gang leader; boss HSK 4
kuò to expand; to enlarge; to broaden one's scope HSK 4
péi xùn to cultivate; to train; to groom; training HSK 4
gōng yìng to supply; to provide; to offer HSK 4
shé to snap; to break (a stick, a bone etc); (bound form) to sustain a loss (in business) HSK 4
jiàn to meet HSK 4