A Touch of Sin 2013
天注定
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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Vocabulary
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| 慰问 慰問 | to express sympathy, greetings, consolation etc | |
| 长寿 長壽 | Changshou suburban district of Chongqing municipality, formerly in Sichuan | |
| 勤奋 勤奮 | hardworking; diligent | |
| 赠 贈 | to give as a present; to repel; to bestow an honorary title after death (old) | |
| 用不着 用不著 | not need; have no use for | |
| 煤 煤 | coal | |
| 亏 虧 | deficiency; deficit; luckily; it's lucky that...; (often ironically) fancy that... | |
| 咳 咳 | sound of sighing; (interjection expressing surprise, sorrow, regret, disappointment etc) oh; damn; wow | |
| 值班 值班 | to work a shift; on duty | |
| 泉 泉 | spring (small stream); mouth of a spring; coin (archaic) | |
| 总体 總體 | completely; totally; total; entire; overall; population (statistics) | |
| 交代 交代 | to transfer (duties to sb else); to give instructions; to tell (sb to do sth); to explain; to give an account; to brief; to confess; to account for oneself; (jocular) to come to a bad end | |
| 机制 機制 | mechanism | |
| 悄悄 悄悄 | quiet; making little or no noise; surreptitious; stealthy; anxious; worried; Taiwan pr. [qiǎo qiǎo] | |
| 面子 面子 | outer surface; the outside of sth; social prestige; face | |
| 乡 鄉 | country or countryside; native place; home village or town; township (PRC administrative unit) | |
| 胆 膽 | gall bladder; courage; guts; gall; inner container (e.g. bladder of a football, inner container of a thermos) | |
| 城里 城裡 | In the city | |
| 行驶 行駛 | to travel along a route (of vehicles etc) | |
| 赔 賠 | to compensate for loss; to indemnify; to suffer a financial loss | |
| 琴 琴 | guqin 琴 (a type of zither); musical instrument in general | |
| 宾馆 賓館 | guesthouse; lodge; hotel | |
| 师傅 師傅 | master; qualified worker; respectful form of address for older men | |
| 改革 改革 | reform; to reform | |
| 挣 掙 | used in 挣扎 | |
| 干脆 乾脆 | candid; direct and to the point; simply; just; might as well | |
| 一下子 一下子 | in a short while; all at once; all of a sudden | |
| 向前 向前 | forward; onward | |
| 涨 漲 | to rise (of prices, rivers) | |
| 按摩 按摩 | massage; to massage | |
| 不许 不許 | not to allow; must not; can't | |
| 冲动 衝動 | to have an urge; to be impetuous; impulse; urge | |
| 丑 丑 | clown; 2nd earthly branch: 1-3 a.m., 12th solar month (6th January to 3rd February), year of the Ox; ancient Chinese compass point: 30° | |
| 拔 拔 | to pull up; to pull out; to draw out by suction; to select; to pick; to stand out (above level); to surpass; to seize | |
| 得了 得了 | all right!; that's enough! | |
| 指示 指示 | to point out; to indicate; to instruct; directives; instructions | |
| 搜 搜 | to search | |
| 祝贺 祝賀 | to congratulate; congratulations | |
| 资产 資產 | property; assets | |
| 蛇 虵 | snake; serpent | |
| 污染 污染 | to pollute; to contaminate (lit. and fig.) | |
| 动手 動手 | to set about (a task); to hit; to punch; to touch | |
| 虎 虎 | tiger | |
| 鼠 鼠 | (bound form) rat; mouse | |
| 注射 注射 | injection; to inject | |
| 瞧 瞧 | to look at; to see; to see (a doctor); to visit | |
| 局长 局長 | bureau chief | |
| 报警 報警 | to sound an alarm; to report sth to the police | |
| 当年 當年 | in those days; then; in those years; during that time | |
| 频道 頻道 | frequency; (television) channel |