A Touch of Sin

A Touch of Sin 2013

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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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laundry ∼HSK 1
shì de yes, that's right; variant of ∼HSK 1
hào (slang) heroin ∼HSK 1
bāo jiān private room (in a restaurant, or for karaoke etc); parlor; booth; compartment ∼HSK 1
cào (vulgar) fuck; WTF ∼HSK 1
fuck your mother (vulgar) ∼HSK 1
dòng chē (PRC) (D- or C-class) high-speed train; power car; multiple-unit train ∼HSK 1
ge which; who ∼HSK 1
bàn ge half of sth ∼HSK 1
hǎo not at all...; how very... ∼HSK 1
hái hǎo not bad; tolerable; fortunately ∼HSK 1
chī zhù food and lodging; to stay (at some place) and eat meals (there) ∼HSK 1
duō duō many; much; a lot; lots and lots; more; even more ∼HSK 1
zhè jiù immediately; at once ∼HSK 1
yào shuō as for; when it comes to ∼HSK 1
hǎo easy to remember ∼HSK 1
jūn army, military; soldiers, troops ∼HSK 1
xià to arrest; to capture; to seize; to win (a set, a game etc) ∼HSK 1
tài hǎo le very good ∼HSK 1
hǎo shuō hard to say; can't be sure; difficult to speak about; unpleasant to say ∼HSK 1
duō ge many; multiple; multi- (faceted, ethnic etc) ∼HSK 1
bāo gān to have the full responsibility of a job; allocated task ∼HSK 1
shí more than ten; a dozen or more ∼HSK 1
shì court lady; palace maid; traditional painting of beautiful women ∼HSK 1
huān happy, pleased, glad; joy; enjoy ∼HSK 1
zhēn ài true love ∼HSK 1
tiān that day; the other day ∼HSK 1
xià yuè next month ∼HSK 1
bàn nián half a year HSK 1
shǎo bu liǎo cannot do without; to be unavoidable; are bound to be many ∼HSK 1
yào bu shì if it were not for; but for ∼HSK 1
méi shì r to have spare time; free from work; it's not important; it's nothing; never mind HSK 1
lǎo rén jiā polite term for old woman or man ∼HSK 1
huǒ chē zhàn train station HSK 1
diǎn r erhua variant of 一点; a bit; a little bit; (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit; (after an adjective, used to form the comparative) a bit more HSK 1
kǒu crossing; intersection (of roads) HSK 1
xià chē to get off or out of (a bus, train, car etc) HSK 1
lóu shàng upstairs; (Internet slang) previous poster in a forum thread HSK 1
shàng chē to get on or into (a bus, train, car etc) HSK 1
Běi jīng Beijing, capital of the People's Republic of China HSK 1
chē zhàn rail station; bus stop HSK 1
fàn diàn restaurant; hotel HSK 1
qǐng wèn Excuse me, may I ask...? HSK 1
líng zero; nought; zero sign; fractional; fragmentary; odd (of numbers); (placed between two numbers to indicate a smaller quantity followed by a larger one); fraction; (in mathematics) remainder (after division); extra; to wither and fall; to wither HSK 1
zuò xia to sit down HSK 1
jiě older sister HSK 1
shāng diàn store; shop HSK 1
xià bān to finish work; to get off work HSK 1
xīn nián New Year HSK 1
shàng xué to go to school; to attend school HSK 1