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%

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Vocabulary

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易 易 Yì change; easy ∼HSK 2
看情况 看情況 kàn qíng kuàng depending on the situation ∼HSK 2
要得 要得 yào dé good; fine ∼HSK 2
改天 改天 gǎi tiān another day; some other time; to find another day (for appointment etc); to take a rain check ∼HSK 2
什么时候 什麼時候 shén me shí hou when?; at what time? ∼HSK 2
黑车 黑車 hēi chē unlicensed or unofficial taxi; unlicensed motor vehicle ∼HSK 2
租车 租車 zū chē to rent a car; rental car ∼HSK 2
说通 說通 shuō tōng to get sb to understand; to persuade ∼HSK 2
带上 帶上 dài shàng to take along with one ∼HSK 2
带回 帶回 dài huí to bring back ∼HSK 2
开往 開往 kāi wǎng (of a bus, train etc) to leave for; heading for ∼HSK 2
生下 生下 shēng xià to give birth to ∼HSK 2
科教 科教 kē jiào science education; popular science ∼HSK 2
论 論 Lún debate; discuss; discourse ∼HSK 2
全套 全套 quán tào an entire set; full complement ∼HSK 2
小白脸 小白臉 xiǎo bái liǎn attractive young man (usually derog.); pretty boy; gigolo ∼HSK 2
杀人 殺人 shā rén homicide; to murder; to kill (a person) ∼HSK 2
不该 不該 bù gāi should not; to owe nothing ∼HSK 2
如是 如是 rú shì thus ∼HSK 2
又名 又名 yòu míng also known as; alternative name; to also be called ∼HSK 2
斯 斯 Sī this, thus, such; to lop off; emphatic particle ∼HSK 2
一只 一隻 yī zhǐ one (measure word for animals, boats, certain objects); a single ... ∼HSK 2
放生 放生 fàng shēng to set free a captive animal (in some cases, as an act of Buddhist mercy) ∼HSK 2
来生 來生 lái shēng next life ∼HSK 2
名叫 名叫 míng jiào called; named ∼HSK 2
泳装 泳裝 yǒng zhuāng swimsuit ∼HSK 2
女孩子 女孩子 nǚ hái zi girl ∼HSK 2
一句 一句 yī jù a line of verse; a sentence ∼HSK 2
发车 發車 fā chē departure (of a coach or train); to dispatch a vehicle ∼HSK 2
年轻人 年輕人 nián qīng rén young people; youngster ∼HSK 2
换工 換工 huàn gōng to change workshifts ∼HSK 2
云云 云云 yún yún and so on; so and so; many and confused ∼HSK 2
不太 不太 bù tài Not too HSK 2
那会儿 那會兒 nà huì r at that time (in the past or the future); also pr. [nèi huì r] HSK 2
拿出 拿出 ná chū to take out; to put out; to provide; to put forward (a proposal); to come up with (evidence) HSK 2
站住 站住 zhàn zhù to stand HSK 2
没意思 沒意思 méi yì si boring; of no interest ∼HSK 2
里头 裡頭 lǐ tou inside; interior HSK 2
外地 外地 wài dì parts of the country other than where one is HSK 2
英文 英文 Yīng wén English (language) HSK 2
下雪 下雪 xià xuě to snow HSK 2
国务院 國務院 Guó wù yuàn State Council (PRC); State Department (USA) ∼HSK 2
东北 東北 Dōng běi Northeast China; Manchuria HSK 2
实习 實習 shí xí to practice; field work; to intern; internship HSK 2
旅客 旅客 lǚ kè traveler; tourist HSK 2
大海 大海 dà hǎi sea; ocean HSK 2
走过 走過 zǒu guò to walk past; to pass by HSK 2
打工 打工 dǎ gōng to work a temporary or casual job; (of students) to have a job outside of class time, or during vacation HSK 2
一共 一共 yī gòng altogether HSK 2
商量 商量 shāng liang to consult; to talk over; to discuss HSK 2