A Touch of Sin

A Touch of Sin 2013

天注定 tiān zhùdìng

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%

Cast

Jiang Wu Jiang Wu Dahai Wang Baoqiang Wang Baoqiang Zhou San Zhao Tao Zhao Tao Xiao Yu Li Meng Li Meng Lianrong Zhang Jiayi Zhang Jiayi Zhang Youliang Luo Lanshan Luo Lanshan Xiao Hui Wang Hongwei Wang Hongwei Sauna Guest Liu Lu Liu Lu Wang Qiang Wang Qiang Han Sanming Han Sanming

Vocabulary

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中南海 中南海 Zhōng nán hǎi Zhongnanhai, palace adjacent to the Forbidden City, now the central headquarters of the Communist Party and the State Council Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
湖南 湖南 Hú nán Hunan Province, capital Changsha Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
湖北 湖北 Hú běi Hubei Province, capital Wuhan Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
缅甸 緬甸 Miǎn diàn Myanmar (or Burma) Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
西湖 西湖 Xī hú Xihu or West lake (place name); West Lake in Hangzhou 杭州, Zhejiang; Xihu or Hsihu township in Miaoli county, northwest Taiwan Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
四川 四川 Sì chuān Sichuan Province, capital Chengdu Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
交口 交口 Jiāo kǒu Jiaokou county in Lüliang, Shanxi 山西 Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
全市 全市 quán shì whole city Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
天津 天津 Tiān jīn Tianjin municipality Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
徐克 徐克 Xú Kè Tsui Hark (1951-), Chinese movie director and producer Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
全省 全省 quán shěng the whole province Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
杭州 杭州 Háng zhōu Hangzhou, sub-provincial city and capital of Zhejiang Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
平远 平遠 Píng yuǎn Pingyuan county in Meizhou, Guangdong Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
挺好 挺好 tǐng hǎo very good HSK 2
见过 見過 jiànguò seen HSK 2
刘 劉 Liú surname; kill, destroy ∼HSK 2
房 房 Fáng surname Fang ∼HSK 2
大卡 大卡 dà kǎ kilocalorie ∼HSK 2
介 介 jiè forerunner, herald, harbinger; to lie between; sea shell; to wear armor ∼HSK 2
白面 白麵 bái miàn wheat flour; flour; heroin ∼HSK 2
后生 後生 hòu shēng young generation; youth; young man ∼HSK 2
知道了 知道了 zhī dào le OK!; Got it! ∼HSK 2
十万 十萬 shí wàn hundred thousand ∼HSK 2
一遍 一遍 yī biàn one time (all the way through); once through ∼HSK 2
不怕 不怕 bù pà fearless; not worried (by setbacks or difficulties); even if; even though ∼HSK 2
我靠 我靠 wǒ kào bosh!; crap!; see also ∼HSK 2
停车站 停車站 tíng chē zhàn bus stop ∼HSK 2
男孩子 男孩子 nán hái zi boy ∼HSK 2
苏 蘇 sū used in ∼HSK 2
谁知 誰知 shéi zhī who would have thought; unexpectedly ∼HSK 2
画像 畫像 huà xiàng portrait; to do a portrait of sb ∼HSK 2
弄到 弄到 nòng dào to get hold of; to obtain; to secure; to come by ∼HSK 2
街上 街上 jiē shang on the street; in town ∼HSK 2
有份 有份 yǒu fèn to have a share of (responsibility etc); to be concerned; to be involved ∼HSK 2
眼熟 眼熟 yǎn shú familiar-looking; to seem familiar ∼HSK 2
当当 噹噹 dāng dāng (onom.) ding dong ∼HSK 2
喝酒 喝酒 hē jiǔ to drink (alcohol) ∼HSK 2
亮出 亮出 liàng chū to suddenly reveal; to flash (one's ID, a banknote etc) ∼HSK 2
信纸 信紙 xìn zhǐ letter paper; writing paper ∼HSK 2
狗日 狗日 gǒu rì lit. fucked or spawned by a dog; contemptible; lousy, fucking ∼HSK 2
买房 買房 mǎi fáng to buy a house ∼HSK 2
跑掉 跑掉 pǎo diào to run away; to take to one's heels ∼HSK 2
经济问题 經濟問題 jīng jì wèn tí economic problem ∼HSK 2
山头 山頭 shān tóu mountain top ∼HSK 2
租房 租房 zū fáng to rent an apartment ∼HSK 2
养子 養子 yǎng zǐ adopted son; foster son ∼HSK 2
书信 書信 shū xìn letter; epistle ∼HSK 2
经济发展 經濟發展 jīng jì fā zhǎn economic development ∼HSK 2
过份 過份 guò fèn variant of ∼HSK 2
想不通 想不通 xiǎng bu tōng unable to understand; unable to get over ∼HSK 2