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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wèi wèn to express sympathy, greetings, consolation etc HSK 5
寿 Cháng shòu Changshou suburban district of Chongqing municipality, formerly in Sichuan HSK 5
qín fèn hardworking; diligent HSK 5
zèng to give as a present; to repel; to bestow an honorary title after death (old) HSK 5
yòng bu zháo not need; have no use for HSK 5
méi coal HSK 5
kuī deficiency; deficit; luckily; it's lucky that...; (often ironically) fancy that... HSK 5
hāi sound of sighing; (interjection expressing surprise, sorrow, regret, disappointment etc) oh; damn; wow HSK 5
zhí bān to work a shift; on duty HSK 5
quán spring (small stream); mouth of a spring; coin (archaic) HSK 5
zǒng completely; totally; total; entire; overall; population (statistics) HSK 5
jiāo dài 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 HSK 5
zhì mechanism HSK 5
qiāo qiāo quiet; making little or no noise; surreptitious; stealthy; anxious; worried; Taiwan pr. [qiǎo qiǎo] HSK 5
miàn zi outer surface; the outside of sth; social prestige; face HSK 5
xiāng country or countryside; native place; home village or town; township (PRC administrative unit) HSK 5
dǎn gall bladder; courage; guts; gall; inner container (e.g. bladder of a football, inner container of a thermos) HSK 5
chéng In the city HSK 5
xíng shǐ to travel along a route (of vehicles etc) HSK 5
péi to compensate for loss; to indemnify; to suffer a financial loss HSK 5
qín guqin 琴 (a type of zither); musical instrument in general HSK 5
bīn guǎn guesthouse; lodge; hotel HSK 5
shī fu master; qualified worker; respectful form of address for older men HSK 5
gǎi reform; to reform HSK 5
zhēng used in 挣扎 HSK 5
gān cuì candid; direct and to the point; simply; just; might as well HSK 5
xià zi in a short while; all at once; all of a sudden HSK 5
xiàng qián forward; onward HSK 5
zhǎng to rise (of prices, rivers) HSK 5
àn massage; to massage HSK 5
not to allow; must not; can't HSK 5
chōng dòng to have an urge; to be impetuous; impulse; urge HSK 5
chǒu 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° HSK 5
to pull up; to pull out; to draw out by suction; to select; to pick; to stand out (above level); to surpass; to seize HSK 5
le all right!; that's enough! HSK 5
zhǐ shì to point out; to indicate; to instruct; directives; instructions HSK 5
sōu to search HSK 5
zhù to congratulate; congratulations HSK 5
chǎn property; assets HSK 5
shé snake; serpent HSK 5
rǎn to pollute; to contaminate (lit. and fig.) HSK 5
dòng shǒu to set about (a task); to hit; to punch; to touch HSK 5
tiger HSK 5
shǔ (bound form) rat; mouse HSK 5
zhù shè injection; to inject HSK 5
qiáo to look at; to see; to see (a doctor); to visit HSK 5
zhǎng bureau chief HSK 5
bào jǐng to sound an alarm; to report sth to the police HSK 5
dāng nián in those days; then; in those years; during that time HSK 5
pín dào frequency; (television) channel HSK 5