A Touch of Sin

A Touch of Sin 2013

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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kēng pit; depression; hollow; tunnel; hole in the ground; (archaic) to bury alive; to hoodwink; to cheat (sb) HSK 7
xiā blind; groundlessly; foolishly; to no purpose HSK 7
yào otherwise; or else; how about...?; either... (or...) HSK 7
chuán legendary; fantasy saga; romance; short stories of the Tang and Song Dynasty HSK 7
zéi thief; traitor; wily; deceitful; evil; extremely HSK 7
to take a wife; to marry (a woman) HSK 7
alone; independent; single; sole; only HSK 7
xún to search; to look for; to seek HSK 7
gǎng harbor; port HSK 7
táng (main) hall; large room for a specific purpose; relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family; of the same clan; classifier for classes, lectures etc; classifier for sets of furniture HSK 7
zhù dìng to foreordain; to be bound to; to be destined to; to be doomed to; inevitably HSK 7
ě used in 恶心 HSK 7
shàn good (virtuous); benevolent; well-disposed; good at sth; to improve or perfect HSK 7
néng yuán energy; power source HSK 7
wán to finish; to end; to complete HSK 7
pit; stone; nucleus; nuclear; to examine; to check; to verify HSK 7
gào to say; to tell; to announce; to report; to denounce; to file a lawsuit; to sue HSK 7
shuǎ to play with; to wield; to act (cool etc); to display (a skill, one's temper etc) HSK 7
line of business; industry; occupation; job; employment; school studies; enterprise; property; (Buddhism) karma; deed; to engage in; already HSK 7
hēng to groan; to snort; to hum; to croon; humph! HSK 7
hēi hey HSK 7
líng chén very early in the morning; in the wee hours HSK 7
to push aside with the hand, foot, a stick etc; to dial; to allocate; to set aside (money); to poke (the fire); to pluck (a string instrument); to turn round; classifier: group, batch HSK 7
āi interjection or grunt of agreement or recognition (e.g. yes, it's me!); to sigh HSK 7
gōng to congratulate; (interj.) congratulations! HSK 7
āi hey!; (interjection used to attract attention or to express surprise or disapprobation) HSK 7
to allow; to permit; to promise; to praise; somewhat; perhaps HSK 7
líng quick; alert; efficacious; effective; to come true; spirit; departed soul; coffin HSK 7
wěi yuán huì committee HSK 7
suǒ wèi so-called; what is called HSK 7
zhī not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) HSK 7
tóng zhì comrade; (slang) homosexual HSK 7
Germany; German; abbr. for 德国 HSK 7
qíng feeling; emotion; passion; situation HSK 7
and; to reach; up to; in time for HSK 7
é to chant HSK 7
abbr. for Israel 列 HSK 7
zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it HSK 7
Dōng Hǎi may your happiness be as immense as the East Sea (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
wǎn shuǐ duān píng lit. to hold a bowl of water level (idiom); fig. to be impartial Idiom ∼HSK 6
jiàn huò bitch; slut Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
xiā shuō to talk drivel; to assert sth without a proper understanding or basis in fact; not to know what one is talking about Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
chéng zhāo to obtain confessions under torture Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
che (coll.) to bring up; to rear; to raise Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 6
yǒu méi yǒu (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?; Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)? HSK 6
shá zi (dialect) what ∼HSK 6
to crush to death ∼HSK 6
huān yíng guāng lín welcome ∼HSK 6
yīn yuán a marriage predestined by fate ∼HSK 6