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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这么 這麼 zhè me so much; this much; how much?; this way; like this HSK 2
那么 那麼 nà me like that; in that way; or so; so; so very much; about; in that case HSK 2
所以 所以 suǒ yǐ therefore; as a result; so; the reason why HSK 2
像 像 xiàng to resemble; to be like; to look as if; such as; appearance; image; portrait; image under a mapping (math.) HSK 2
才 才 cái ability; talent; sb of a certain type; a capable individual; then and only then; just now; (before an expression of quantity) only HSK 2
更 更 gēng to change or replace; to experience; one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided; watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard) HSK 2
该 該 gāi should; ought to; probably; must be; to deserve; to owe; to be sb's turn to do sth; that; the above-mentioned HSK 2
但是 但是 dàn shì but; however HSK 2
问题 問題 wèn tí question; problem; issue; topic HSK 2
又 又 yòu (once) again; also; both... and...; and yet; (used for emphasis) anyway HSK 2
这样 這樣 zhè yàng this kind of; so; this way; like this; such HSK 2
已经 已經 yǐ jīng already HSK 2
得 得 děi to have to; must; ought to; to need to HSK 2
为 為 wéi as (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as; to serve as; to behave as; to become; to be; to do; by (in the passive voice) HSK 2
可以 可以 kě yǐ can; may; possible; able to; not bad; pretty good HSK 2
自己 自己 zì jǐ oneself; one's own HSK 2
但 但 dàn but; yet; however; still; merely; only; just HSK 2
让 讓 ràng to yield; to permit; to let sb do sth; to have sb do sth; to make sb (feel sad etc); by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被) HSK 2
啊 啊 ā interjection of surprise; Ah!; Oh! HSK 2
零零星星 零零星星 líng líng xīng xīng odd; piecemeal; fragmentary Idiom ∼HSK 1
七七八八 七七八八 qī qī bā bā almost; nearing completion; bits and piece; of all kinds Idiom ∼HSK 1
好吃 好吃 hǎo chī tasty; delicious Xiehouyu HSK 1
对不起 對不起 duì bu qǐ I'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon; to let (sb) down; to disappoint Xiehouyu HSK 1
干 乾 gān dry; dried food; empty; hollow; taken in to nominal kinship; adoptive; foster; futile; in vain; (dialect) rude; blunt; (dialect) to cold-shoulder Xiehouyu HSK 1
不会 不會 bù huì improbable; unlikely; will not (act, happen etc); not able; not having learned to do sth; (coll.) (Tw) don't mention it; not at all Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
那是 那是 nà shi (coll.) of course; naturally; indeed Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
有病 有病 yǒu bìng to be ill; (coll.) to be not right in the head Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
这不 這不 zhè bu (coll.) As a matter of fact,... (used to introduce evidence for what one has just asserted) Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
真是 真是 zhēn shi indeed; truly; (coll.) (used to express disapproval, annoyance etc) Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
看看 看看 kàn kan to take a look at; to examine; to survey; (coll.) pretty soon Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
打的 打的 dǎ dī (coll.) to take a taxi; to go by taxi Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
好不好 好不好 hǎo bu hǎo (coll.) all right?; OK? Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
对不对 對不對 duì bù duì right or wrong?; Is it right?; OK, yes? (colloquial) Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
走人 走人 zǒu rén (coll.) to leave; to beat it Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
肉 肉 ròu meat; flesh; pulp (of a fruit); (coll.) (of a fruit) squashy; (of a person) flabby; irresolute; Kangxi radical 130 Colloquialism HSK 1
山 山 shān mountain; hill; (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on Colloquialism HSK 1
块 塊 kuài lump; chunk; piece; classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc; (coll.) classifier for money and currency units Colloquialism HSK 1
花 花 huā flower; blossom; fancy pattern; florid; to spend (money, time); (coll.) lecherous; lustful Colloquialism HSK 1
吗 嗎 má (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 1
那 那 nà (specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nèi]); (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations); then (in that case) Colloquialism HSK 1
着 著 zhuó to wear (clothes); to contact; to use; to apply HSK 1
老子 老子 Lǎo zǐ Laozi or Lao-tze (c. 500 BC), Chinese philosopher, the founder of Taoism; the sacred book of Daoism, by Laozi Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
广州 廣州 Guǎng zhōu Guangzhou, sub-provincial city and capital of Guangdong Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
东莞 東莞 Dōng guǎn Dongguan, prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
粤语 粵語 Yuè yǔ Cantonese language Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
山西 山西 Shān xī Shanxi Province, capital Taiyuan Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
中山 中山 Zhōng shān Zhongshan, prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province; Nakayama (Japanese surname); Dr Sun Yat-sen (1866-1925), first president of the Republic of China and co-founder of the Guomintang 國民黨|国民党; same as 孫逸仙|孙逸仙 Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
台湾 台灣 Tái wān variant of Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
三明 三明 Sān míng Sanming, prefecture-level city in Fujian Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
香港 香港 Xiāng gǎng Hong Kong, special administrative region (SAR) of the PRC Proper Noun ∼HSK 1