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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爆炸 爆炸 bào zhà explosion; to explode; to blow up; to detonate HSK 6
剑 劍 jiàn double-edged sword; classifier for blows of a sword HSK 6
样 樣 yàng manner; pattern; way; appearance; shape; classifier: kind, type HSK 6
服 服 fú clothes; dress; garment; to serve (in the military, a prison sentence etc); to obey; to be convinced (by an argument); to convince; to admire; to acclimatize; to take (medicine); mourning clothes; to wear mourning clothes HSK 6
镇 鎮 zhèn to press down; to calm; to subdue; to suppress; to guard; garrison; small town; to cool or chill (food or drinks) HSK 6
命 命 mìng life; fate; order or command; to assign a name, title etc HSK 6
逼 偪 bī variant of 逼; to compel; to pressure HSK 6
啥 啥 shá dialectal equivalent of 什么; also pr. [shà] HSK 6
哇 哇 wā Wow!; sound of a child's crying; sound of vomiting HSK 6
有关 有關 yǒu guān to have sth to do with; to relate to; related to; to concern; concerning HSK 6
作 作 zuō worker; workshop; (slang) troublesome; high-maintenance (person) HSK 6
啦 啦 lā (onom.) sound of singing, cheering etc; (phonetic); (dialect) to chat HSK 6
与 與 yǔ and; to give; together with HSK 6
骚货 騷貨 sāo huò loose woman; slut Xiehouyu ∼HSK 5
老样子 老樣子 lǎo yàng zi old situation; things as they were Xiehouyu ∼HSK 5
臭 臭 chòu stench; smelly; to smell (bad); repulsive; loathsome; terrible; bad; severely; ruthlessly; dud (ammunition) Xiehouyu HSK 5
仨 仨 sā (coll.) three (cannot be followed by a measure word) Colloquialism ∼HSK 5
收拾 收拾 shōu shi to put in order; to tidy up; to pack; to repair; (coll.) to sort sb out; to fix sb Colloquialism HSK 5
估计 估計 gū jì to estimate; to reckon; (coll.) to suppose Colloquialism HSK 5
嗳 噯 ǎi interjection; exclamation ∼HSK 5
俺 俺 ǎn I, me (northern dialect) ∼HSK 5
么 麼 me interrogative particle (variant of 嘛) ∼HSK 5
摩的 摩的 mó dī motorcycle taxi; abbr. for ∼HSK 5
莫 莫 mò do not (literary) ∼HSK 5
呐 吶 na modal particle ∼HSK 5
晋 晉 Jìn advance, increase; promote ∼HSK 5
啧 嘖 zé interjection of approval or admiration ∼HSK 5
甚 甚 shèn what (literary, = 什么) ∼HSK 5
肏 肏 cào copulate, expletive (fuck) ∼HSK 5
辉 輝 huī brightness, luster, brilliance ∼HSK 5
拜 拜 bài bow, worship ∼HSK 5
盛世 盛世 shèng shì a flourishing period; period of prosperity; a golden age ∼HSK 5
莞 莞 guān smiling; a kind of aquatic herb, clubrush, Scirpus lacustris ∼HSK 5
可知 可知 kě zhī evidently; clearly; no wonder; knowable ∼HSK 5
噫 噫 yī belch; alas ∼HSK 5
嘹 嘹 liáo used describe clarity of voice; resonant ∼HSK 5
噗 噗 pū burst ∼HSK 5
兵器 兵器 bīng qì weapon ∼HSK 5
贿 賄 huì bribe; bribes; riches, wealth ∼HSK 5
大寿 大壽 dà shòu (polite) birthday making the beginning of new decade of life for an older person, especially over 50 years old (e.g. 60th or 70th birthday) ∼HSK 5
统共 統共 tǒng gòng altogether; in total ∼HSK 5
砲 砲 pào gun, cannon ∼HSK 5
晓 曉 xiǎo dawn, daybreak; clear, explicit ∼HSK 5
啾 啾 jiū wailing of child; chirp ∼HSK 5
帖 帖 tiē invitation card; notice ∼HSK 5
涟 漣 lián flowing water; ripples; weeping ∼HSK 5
大将 大將 dà jiàng a general or admiral ∼HSK 5
行贿 行賄 xíng huì to offer a bribe ∼HSK 5
人命 人命 rén mìng human life ∼HSK 5
邵 邵 Shào surname; various place names ∼HSK 5