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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ma; mom; mother HSK 1
wǎn shang evening; night; in the evening HSK 1
four; 4 HSK 1
huí lai to return; to come back HSK 1
míng tiān tomorrow HSK 1
men plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals HSK 1
Zuò surname Zuo HSK 1
穿 穿 chuān to wear; to put on; to dress; to bore through; to pierce; to perforate; to penetrate; to pass through; to thread HSK 1
to shout HSK 1
mén gate; door; gateway; doorway; opening; valve; switch; way to do something; knack; family; house; (religious) sect; school (of thought); class; category; phylum or division (taxonomy); classifier for large guns; classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology; (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal; derived from Watergate) HSK 1
zhèng zài just at (that time); right in (that place); right in the middle of (doing sth) HSK 1
wán to play; to have fun; to trifle with; toy; sth used for amusement; curio or antique (Taiwan pr. [wàn]); to keep sth for entertainment HSK 1
zhàn station; to stand; to halt; to stop; branch of a company or organization; website HSK 1
bié ren other people; others; other person HSK 1
bāng to help; to assist; to support; for sb (i.e. as a help); hired (as worker); side (of pail, boat etc); outer layer; upper (of a shoe); group; gang; clique; party; secret society HSK 1
abbr. for 本, Japan HSK 1
yǒu xiē some; somewhat HSK 1
xiǎo shí hour HSK 1
fēn to divide; to separate; to distribute; to allocate; to distinguish (good and bad); (bound form) branch of (an organization); sub- (as in 局); fraction; one tenth (of certain units); unit of length equivalent to 0.33 cm; minute (unit of time); minute (angular measurement unit); a point (in sports or games); 0.01 yuan (unit of money) HSK 1
female; woman; daughter HSK 1
diàn huà telephone; phone call; phone number HSK 1
nín you (courteous, as opposed to informal 你) HSK 1
guó jiā country; nation; state HSK 1
xiě to write HSK 1
jìn to go forward; to advance; to go in; to enter; to put in; to submit; to take in; to admit; (math.) base of a number system; classifier for sections in a building or residential compound HSK 1
shuǐ water; river; liquid; beverage; additional charges or income; (of clothes) classifier for number of washes HSK 1
zhǔn bèi preparation; to prepare; to intend; to be about to; reserve (fund) HSK 1
xiē those HSK 1
dào to get; to obtain; to receive HSK 1
xiān early; prior; former; in advance; first HSK 1
zhēng first month of the lunar year HSK 1
gāo high; tall; above average; loud; your (honorific) HSK 1
to hold; to seize; to catch; to apprehend; to take; (used in the same way as 把: to mark the following noun as a direct object) HSK 1
fàng to put; to place; to release; to free; to let go; to let out; to set off (fireworks) HSK 1
zhù to live; to dwell; to stay; to reside; to stop; (suffix indicating firmness, steadiness, or coming to a halt) HSK 1
hào ordinal number; day of a month; mark; sign; business establishment; size; ship suffix; horn (wind instrument); bugle call; assumed name; to take a pulse; classifier used to indicate number of people HSK 1
háng row; line; commercial firm; line of business; profession; to rank (first, second etc) among one's siblings (by age); (in data tables) row; (Tw) column HSK 1
lǎo prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity; old (of people); venerable (person); experienced; of long standing; always; all the time; of the past; very; outdated; (of meat etc) tough HSK 1
suì classifier for years (of age); year; year (of crop harvests) HSK 1
zuì hòu final; last; finally; ultimate HSK 1
fāng region; regional (away from the central administration); local HSK 1
chū lái to come out; to appear; to arise HSK 1
wèn to ask; to inquire HSK 1
mǎi to buy; to purchase HSK 1
zhòng yào important; significant; major HSK 1
yàng same; like; equal to; the same as; just like HSK 1
sān three; 3 HSK 1
西 西 dōng east and west HSK 1
huí to circle; to go back; to turn around; to answer; to return; to revolve; Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims); time; classifier for acts of a play; section or chapter (of a classic book) HSK 1
qián coin; money; unit of weight, one tenth of a tael 两 HSK 1