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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diǎn xíng model; typical case; archetype; typical; representative HSK 4
zhēn needle; pin; injection; stitch HSK 4
ruò weak; feeble; young; inferior; not as good as; (following a decimal or fraction) slightly less than HSK 4
dài pouch; bag; sack; pocket HSK 4
to send; to mail; to entrust; to depend on; to attach oneself to; to live (in a house); to lodge; foster (son etc) HSK 4
gōng chéng engineering; an engineering project; project; undertaking HSK 4
bèi jǐng background; backdrop; context; (fig.) powerful backer HSK 4
jīng diǎn the classics; scriptures; classical; classic (example, case etc); typical HSK 4
yuán Ziyuan county in Guilin 林, Guangxi HSK 4
tiāo to carry on a shoulder pole; to choose; to pick; to nitpick HSK 4
company; firm; enterprise; corporation HSK 4
guī to return; to go back to; to give back to; (of a responsibility) to be taken care of by; to belong to; to gather together; (used between two identical verbs) despite; to marry (of a woman) (old); division on the abacus with a one-digit divisor HSK 4
liè to arrange; to line up; file; series; (in data tables) column; (Tw) row HSK 4
nào noisy; cacophonous; to make noise; to disturb; to vent (feelings); to fall ill; to have an attack (of sickness); to go in (for some activity); to joke HSK 4
shì lady; madam; Miss; Ms HSK 4
fāng àn plan; program (for action etc); proposal; proposed bill HSK 4
què rèn to confirm; to verify; confirmation HSK 4
měi beautiful woman HSK 4
bǎo jewel; gem; treasure; precious HSK 4
color; look; appearance; sex HSK 4
rén jiā household; dwelling; family; sb else's house; household business; house of woman's husband-to-be HSK 4
to substitute for; to take the place of; to replace; for; on behalf of; to stand in for HSK 4
Guān surname Guan HSK 4
tong (business) contract HSK 4
qiē to cut; to slice; to carve; (math) tangential HSK 4
jiān period of time; time; time period; period HSK 4
yōu xiù outstanding; excellent HSK 4
xǐng to remind; to call attention to; to warn of HSK 4
shū special; particular; unusual; extraordinary HSK 4
land; soil; territory HSK 4
ān (bound form) calm; peaceful; to calm; to set at ease; safe; secure; in good health; content; satisfied (as in 安于); to place (sb) in a suitable position (job); to install; to fix; to fit; to bring (a charge against sb); to harbor (certain intentions); ampere (abbr. for 培) HSK 4
ēn (a groaning sound) HSK 4
fān to turn over; to flip over; to overturn; to rummage through; to translate; to decode; to double; to climb over or into; to cross HSK 4
xíng mold; type; style; model HSK 4
guài bewildering; odd; strange; uncanny; devil; monster; to wonder at; to blame; quite; rather HSK 4
zhàn zhēng war; conflict HSK 4
tóu investment; to invest HSK 4
tíng xià to stop HSK 4
gēn root; basis; classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings; radical (chemistry) HSK 4
zhǐ address HSK 4
xiōng brothers; younger brother; I, me (humble term used by men in public speech); brotherly; fraternal HSK 4
jiā to become a member; to join; to mix into; to participate in; to add in HSK 4
wáng king or monarch; best or strongest of its type; grand; great HSK 4
background; bottom; base; end (of the month, year etc); remnants; (math.) radix; base HSK 4
law HSK 4
bāo kuò to comprise; to include; to involve; to incorporate; to consist of HSK 4
yán zhòng grave; serious; severe; critical HSK 4
narrow HSK 4
xiē classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several HSK 4
dìng to set; to fix; to determine; to decide; to order HSK 4