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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Shí PRC National Day (October 1st) Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
Tiān mén Tianmen sub-prefecture level city in Hubei Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
guó Germany Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
Ào mén Macao or Macau, special administrative region (SAR) of the PRC Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
shì no; is not; not ∼HSK 1
yǒu qián well-off; wealthy ∼HSK 1
néng cannot; must not; should not ∼HSK 1
rén son, child; KangXi radical 10 ∼HSK 1
xià (after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try); all at once; suddenly ∼HSK 1
(interjection) fuck you; (intensifier) fucking ∼HSK 1
ge a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc) ∼HSK 1
hǎo hello; hi ∼HSK 1
rén rén everyone; every person ∼HSK 1
kuài diǎn to do sth more quickly; Hurry up!; Get a move on! ∼HSK 1
zhège (pronoun) this; (adjective) this ∼HSK 1
shí eighteen; 18 ∼HSK 1
zhè shì 这: this, the, here · 是: indeed, yes, right; to be; demonstrative pronoun, this, that ∼HSK 1
yǒu diǎn a little ∼HSK 1
xiǎo (literary) youngster; (old) young fellow (term of address used by the older generation); (old) I, me (used in speaking to one's elders) ∼HSK 1
dào not to arrive; not reaching; insufficient; less than ∼HSK 1
de (taboo curse) damn it!; fucking ∼HSK 1
ge that one; that thing; that (as opposed to this); (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis); (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word); (used in speech as a filler ∼HSK 1
de woman ∼HSK 1
kàn kàn to have a look ∼HSK 1
dào liǎo at last; finally; in the end ∼HSK 1
èr shí twenty; 20 ∼HSK 1
xià ge the next one ∼HSK 1
shuō shuo to say sth ∼HSK 1
diǎn a bit; a little bit; (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit; (after an adjective, used to form the comparative) a bit more, -er; a point (in a discussion etc); (calligraphy) dot stroke (、); one o'clock (abbr. for 一點鍾|一点钟[yi1 dia ∼HSK 1
(slang) what the...!; oh my god!; that's insane! ∼HSK 1
èr second brother ∼HSK 1
de (taboo curse) damn it!; fucking ∼HSK 1
bāo bāo bag or purse etc; small bump or pimple; hillock ∼HSK 1
nín hǎo hello (polite) ∼HSK 1
èr nǎi mistress; second wife; lover ∼HSK 1
měi nián every year; each year; yearly ∼HSK 1
zài not to be present; to be out; (euphemism) to pass away; to be deceased ∼HSK 1
shí seventy; 70 ∼HSK 1
zài wài outer; excluded ∼HSK 1
sān shí thirty; 30 ∼HSK 1
dad and mom ∼HSK 1
Asia; second ∼HSK 1
huì a moment; a while; in a moment; also pr. [yi1 hui3] ∼HSK 1
méi shì it's not important; it's nothing; never mind; to have nothing to do; to be free; to be all right (out of danger or trouble) ∼HSK 1
yòng qián to spend money ∼HSK 1
cào fuck your mother (vulgar) ∼HSK 1
zhe ne comes at the end of the sentence to indicate a strong degree; quite; rather ∼HSK 1
xiǎo xiǎo very small; very few; very minor ∼HSK 1
gàn variant of ∼HSK 1
zài na r (adverbial expression indicating that the attention of the subject of the verb is focused on what they are doing, not distracted by anything else); just...ing (and nothing else) ∼HSK 1