A Touch of Sin 2013
天注定
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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Vocabulary
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| 太太 太太 | married woman; Mrs.; Madam; wife | |
| 参观 參觀 | to look around; to tour; to visit | |
| 不一定 不一定 | not necessarily; maybe | |
| 姓 姓 | family name; surname; to be surnamed | |
| 影片 影片 | a copy of a film; film; motion picture; movie | |
| 分开 分開 | to separate; to part | |
| 青年 青年 | youth; youthful years; young person; the young | |
| 停车 停車 | to pull up (stop one's vehicle); to park; (of a machine) to stop working; to stall | |
| 亿 億 | 100 million | |
| 出门 出門 | to go out; to leave home; to go on a journey; away from home; (of a woman) to get married | |
| 有意思 有意思 | interesting; meaningful; enjoyable; fun | |
| 碰 掽 | to touch; to meet with; to bump | |
| 客人 客人 | visitor; guest; customer; client | |
| 好事 好事 | good action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, "a fine thing indeed"); charity; happy occasion; Daoist or Buddhist ceremony for the souls of the dead | |
| 安静 安靜 | quiet; peaceful; calm | |
| 院 院 | courtyard; institution | |
| 放心 放心 | to feel relieved; to feel reassured; to be at ease | |
| 角 角 | angle; corner; horn; horn-shaped; unit of money equal to 0.1 yuan, or 10 cents (a dime) | |
| 响 響 | echo; sound; noise; to make a sound; to sound; to ring; loud; classifier for noises | |
| 高级 高級 | high level; high grade; advanced; high-ranking | |
| 随便 隨便 | as one wishes; as one pleases; at random; negligent; casual; wanton | |
| 讲话 講話 | a speech; to speak; to talk; to address | |
| 英语 英語 | English (language) | |
| 差不多 差不多 | almost; nearly; more or less; about the same; good enough; not bad | |
| 爬 爬 | to crawl; to climb; to get up or sit up | |
| 雪 雪 | snow; (literary) to wipe away (a humiliation etc) | |
| 地球 地球 | the earth | |
| 什么样 什麼樣 | what kind?; what sort? | |
| 黄 黃 | yellow; pornographic; to fall through | |
| 司机 司機 | chauffeur; driver | |
| 千 千 | thousand | |
| 出发 出發 | to set off; to start (on a journey) | |
| 平 平 | flat; level; equal; to tie (make the same score); to draw (score); calm; peaceful; abbr. for 平声 | |
| 亮 亮 | bright; clear; resonant; to shine; to show; to reveal | |
| 鸟 鳥 | bird; "bird" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 196); (dialect) to pay attention to; (intensifier) damned; goddamn | |
| 封 封 | to confer; to grant; to bestow a title; to seal; classifier for sealed objects, esp. letters | |
| 借 借 | to lend; to borrow; by means of; to take (an opportunity) | |
| 网 網 | net; network | |
| 不行 不行 | won't do; be out of the question; be no good; not work; not be capable | |
| 动物 動物 | animal | |
| 怎么办 怎麼辦 | what's to be done | |
| 咱们 咱們 | we or us (including both the speaker and the person(s) spoken to); (dialect) I or me; (dialect) (in a coaxing or familiar way) you; also pr. [zá men] | |
| 重点 重點 | important point; main point; focus; key (project etc); to focus on; to put the emphasis on | |
| 养 養 | to raise (animals); to bring up (children); to keep (pets); to support; to give birth | |
| 船 舩 | boat; vessel; ship | |
| 喂 喂 | hello (when answering the phone) | |
| 笔 筆 | pen; pencil; writing brush; to write or compose; the strokes of Chinese characters; classifier for sums of money, deals | |
| 日子 日子 | day; a (calendar) date; days of one's life | |
| 节 節 | joint; node; (bound form) section; segment; solar term (one of the 24 divisions of the year in the traditional Chinese calendar); seasonal festival; (bound form) to economize; to save; (bound form) moral integrity; chastity; classifier for segments: lessons, train wagons, biblical verses etc; knot (nautical miles per hour) | |
| 鱼 魚 | fish |