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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牲口 牲口 shēng kou animals used for their physical strength (mules, oxen etc); beast of burden ∼HSK 6
没天理 沒天理 méi tiān lǐ (old) unprincipled; incorrect; (modern) unnatural; against reason; incredible ∼HSK 6
万恶 萬惡 wàn è everything that is evil ∼HSK 6
爱滋病 愛滋病 ài zī bìng variant of ∼HSK 6
祸福 禍福 huò fú disaster and happiness ∼HSK 6
莲蓉 蓮蓉 lián róng lotus seed paste ∼HSK 6
奥迪 奧迪 Ào dí Audi ∼HSK 6
贼亮 賊亮 zéi liàng bright; shiny; dazzling; glaring ∼HSK 6
有缘 有緣 yǒu yuán related; brought together by fate ∼HSK 6
孽缘 孽緣 niè yuán ill-fated relationship ∼HSK 6
胰岛素 胰島素 yí dǎo sù insulin ∼HSK 6
轱辘 軲轆 gū lù wheel; to roll; also pr. [gu1 lu5] ∼HSK 6
焦化 焦化 jiāo huà to coke ∼HSK 6
矿难 礦難 kuàng nàn mining disaster ∼HSK 6
伙计 伙計 huǒ ji partner; fellow; mate; waiter; servant; shop assistant ∼HSK 6
装卸工 裝卸工 zhuāng xiè gōng docker; longshoreman ∼HSK 6
逃犯 逃犯 táo fàn escaped criminal; fugitive from the law ∼HSK 6
撒腿 撒腿 sā tuǐ to take to one's heels; to scram ∼HSK 6
不成器 不成器 bù chéng qì good-for-nothing; worthless; (of a person) failing to amount to anything (idiom) ∼HSK 6
忿怒 忿怒 fèn nù variant of ∼HSK 6
畜牲 畜牲 chù shēng variant of ∼HSK 6
判官 判官 pàn guān magistrate (during Tang and Song dynasties); mythological underworld judge ∼HSK 6
口供 口供 kǒu gòng oral confession (as opposed to); statement; deposition ∼HSK 6
亟需 亟需 jí xū to urgently need; urgent need ∼HSK 6
吃得消 吃得消 chī de xiāo to be able to endure (exertion, fatigue etc); to be able to afford ∼HSK 6
发廊 髮廊 fà láng hair salon; hairdresser's shop ∼HSK 6
婆娘 婆娘 pó niáng woman (derog.) ∼HSK 6
易爆 易爆 yì bào explosive ∼HSK 6
皱眉头 皺眉頭 zhòu méi tóu to scowl; to knit the brows ∼HSK 6
娘子 娘子 niáng zǐ (dialect) form of address for one's wife; polite form of address for a woman ∼HSK 6
相公 相公 xiàng gong lord; master; young gentleman; male prostitute; catamite; mahjong player disqualified by unintentionally taking in the wrong number of dominoes; (old form of address for one's husband) husband ∼HSK 6
苦命 苦命 kǔ mìng hard lot; bitter fate; unfortunate ∼HSK 6
好死不如赖活着 好死不如賴活著 hǎo sǐ bù rú lài huó zhe better a bad life than a good death (idiom) ∼HSK 6
串岗 串崗 chuàn gǎng to leave one's post while on duty ∼HSK 6
误工 誤工 wù gōng to be late for or absent from work; to disrupt one's work; to cause a holdup in the work; loss of working time; a holdup ∼HSK 6
乌拉 烏拉 wù la leather shoe stuffed with Carex meyeriana, worn in northeastern China during winter ∼HSK 6
招人 招人 zhāo rén to be infectious; to recruit ∼HSK 6
底薪 底薪 dǐ xīn basic salary; base pay; salary floor ∼HSK 6
红粉 紅粉 hóng fěn rouge and powder; (fig.) the fair sex ∼HSK 6
信佛 信佛 xìn Fó to believe in Buddhism ∼HSK 6
偏门 偏門 piān mén side door; doing things by the side door (i.e. dishonestly) ∼HSK 6
善事 善事 shàn shì good deeds ∼HSK 6
争辩 爭辯 zhēng biàn a dispute; to wrangle ∼HSK 6
大染缸 大染缸 dà rǎn gāng big dyeing vat; (fig.) corrupting environment ∼HSK 6
猥琐 猥瑣 wěi suǒ wretched (esp. appearance); vulgar ∼HSK 6
愚顽 愚頑 yú wán ignorant and stubborn ∼HSK 6
罪孽 罪孽 zuì niè sin; crime; wrongdoing ∼HSK 6
深化 深化 shēn huà to deepen; to intensify HSK 6
中华 中華 Zhōng huá China (alternate formal name) HSK 6
乡镇 鄉鎮 xiāng zhèn village; township HSK 6