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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jiā home HSK 1
(prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 六 "sixth"); (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed; (old) residence of a high official; (literary) but; however; (literary) only; just HSK 1
西 西 the West; abbr. for Spain 牙; Spanish HSK 1
piào ticket; ballot; banknote; person held for ransom; amateur performance of Chinese opera; classifier for groups, batches, business transactions HSK 1
bái white; snowy; pure; bright; empty; blank; plain; clear; to make clear; in vain; gratuitous; free of charge; reactionary; anti-communist; funeral; to stare coldly; to write wrong character; to state; to explain; vernacular; spoken lines in opera HSK 1
letter; symbol; character; word; courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China HSK 1
shuō huà to speak; to say; to talk; to gossip; to tell stories; talk; word HSK 1
ér daughter HSK 1
shí ten; 10 HSK 1
máng busy; hurriedly; to hurry; to rush HSK 1
shǒu cell phone; mobile phone HSK 1
jīn nián this year HSK 1
míng zi name (of a person or thing) HSK 1
chū to go out HSK 1
xià afternoon; p.m. HSK 1
jiè shào to introduce (sb to sb); to give a presentation; to present (sb for a job etc); introduction HSK 1
lóu house with more than 1 story; storied building; floor HSK 1
bāo to cover; to wrap; to hold; to include; to take charge of; to contract (to or for); package; wrapper; container; bag; to hold or embrace; bundle; packet HSK 1
where?; somewhere; anywhere; wherever; nowhere (negative answer to question); humble expression denying compliment; also written 哪里 HSK 1
yuán currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan); first; original; primary; fundamental; constituent; part; era (of a reign); meta- (prefix); (math.) argument; variable; (Tw) (geology) eon HSK 1
song; to sing HSK 1
de to remember HSK 1
bēi cup; trophy cup; classifier for certain containers of liquids: glass, cup HSK 1
míng bai clear; obvious; unequivocal; to understand; to realize HSK 1
ér zi son HSK 1
èr two; 2; (Beijing dialect) stupid HSK 1
kǒu mouth; classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc); classifier for bites or mouthfuls HSK 1
yuǎn far; distant; remote; (intensifier in a comparison) by far; much (lower etc) HSK 1
son; child; seed; egg; small thing; 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the Rat; Viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 位; ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north); subsidiary; subordinate; sub- HSK 1
zhēn de really, truly, indeed HSK 1
yuàn hospital HSK 1
chóng to repeat; repetition; again; re-; classifier: layer HSK 1
dòng (of sth) to move; to set in movement; to displace; to touch; to make use of; to stir (emotions); to alter; abbr. for 动词, verb HSK 1
nán male; Baron, lowest of five orders of nobility 位 HSK 1
xiān sheng teacher; gentleman; sir; mister (Mr.); husband; (dialect) doctor HSK 1
five; 5 HSK 1
wǎn evening; night; late HSK 1
zuó tiān yesterday HSK 1
huí jiā to return home HSK 1
páo (of an animal) to paw (the ground) HSK 1
how; which HSK 1
jiān between; among; within a definite time or space; room; section of a room or lateral space between two pairs of pillars; classifier for rooms HSK 1
diàn yǐng movie; film HSK 1
nán difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good HSK 1
bié de else; other HSK 1
shǎo few; less; to lack; to be missing; to stop (doing sth); seldom HSK 1
ma mama; mommy; mother HSK 1
duō shǎo number; amount; somewhat HSK 1
xué to learn; to study; to imitate; science; -ology HSK 1
xiè xie to thank; thanks; thank you HSK 1