A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop

A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop 2009

三枪拍案惊奇 sān qiāng pāi'ànjīngqí

Wang is a gloomy, cunning and avaricious noodle shop owner in a desert town in China. His neglected, sharp-tongued wife is involved in a secret affair with Li, one of Wang’s employees. A timid man, Li reluctantly keeps the gun his lover has bought to kill her husband. But Wang is watching their every move. He bribes patrol officer Zhang to murder the illicit couple. It seems like a perfect plan: the affair will come to a cruel, bloody but satisfying end or so he thinks. The equally wicked Zhang has an agenda of his own. As the plot twists, more blood will flow, and ever greater violence will erupt.

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3.69 Beginner Director Zhang Yimou 🍅 34%

Cast

Sun Honglei Sun Honglei Zhang Xiao Shenyang Xiao Shenyang Li Yan Ni Yan Ni Wang's wife Ni Dahong Ni Dahong Wang Cheng Ye Cheng Ye Zhao Nikita Mao Nikita Mao Chen Zhao Benshan Zhao Benshan Patrol Team Commander Julien Gaudfroy Julien Gaudfroy Persian Merchant Wei Na Wei Na Persian Woman Wang Sisi Wang Sisi Female Prisoner

Vocabulary

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拍案惊奇 拍案驚奇 pāi àn jīng qí to slap the table in amazement (idiom); wonderful!; amazing! Idiom ∼HSK 6
滴水不漏 滴水不漏 dī shuǐ bù lòu lit. not one drop of water can leak out; watertight; rigorous (argument) Idiom ∼HSK 6
打草惊蛇 打草驚蛇 dǎ cǎo jīng shé lit. beat the grass to scare the snake (idiom); fig. to inadvertently alert an enemy; to punish sb as a warning to others Idiom ∼HSK 6
窝囊废 窩囊廢 wō nang fèi (coll.) spineless coward; wimp; a good-for-nothing Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
瞎说 瞎說 xiā shuō to talk drivel; to assert sth without a proper understanding or basis in fact; not to know what one is talking about Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
高手 高手 gāo shǒu expert; past master; dab hand Xiehouyu HSK 6
雷 雷 léi thunder; (bound form) (military) mine, as in 雷 land mine; (coll.) to shock; to stun; to astound; (Tw) (coll.) spoiler; (Tw) (coll.) to reveal plot details to (sb) Colloquialism HSK 6
嘛 嘛 má used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 6
老板娘 老闆娘 lǎo bǎn niáng female proprietor; lady boss; boss's wife ∼HSK 6
麻子 麻子 má zi pockmark ∼HSK 6
巡逻队 巡邏隊 xún luó duì (army, police) patrol ∼HSK 6
南坡 南坡 nán pō south slope ∼HSK 6
淹死 淹死 yān sǐ to drown ∼HSK 6
大牢 大牢 dà láo prison ∼HSK 6
私奔 私奔 sī bēn to elope ∼HSK 6
沾边 沾邊 zhān biān to have a connection with; to be close (to reality); to be relevant; to have one's hand in ∼HSK 6
靠谱 靠譜 kào pǔ reliable; reasonable; probable ∼HSK 6
炸雷 炸雷 zhà léi thunderclap ∼HSK 6
弹丸 彈丸 dàn wán pellet ∼HSK 6
轰隆 轟隆 hōng lōng (onom.) rumbling; rolling ∼HSK 6
人犯 人犯 rén fàn criminal; culprit; suspect (old) ∼HSK 6
蹲下 蹲下 dūn xià to squat down; to crouch ∼HSK 6
生活作风 生活作風 shēng huó zuò fēng behavior; conduct ∼HSK 6
清白 清白 qīng bái pure; innocent ∼HSK 6
侦破 偵破 zhēn pò to investigate (as detective); to solve (crime); to uncover (a plot); to sniff out; to break in and analyze; detective work; to scout ∼HSK 6
水灵 水靈 shuǐ líng (of fruit etc) fresh; (of a person etc) full of life; healthy-looking; (of eyes) moist and bright; lustrous ∼HSK 6
隔三岔五 隔三岔五 gé sān - chà wǔ variant of ∼HSK 6
出人命 出人命 chū rén mìng fatal; resulting in sb's death ∼HSK 6
假肢 假肢 jiǎ zhī artificial limb; prosthetic limb ∼HSK 6
白瞎 白瞎 bái xiā (dialect) to waste (effort, money etc) ∼HSK 6
娘娘腔 娘娘腔 niáng niang qiāng sissy; effeminate ∼HSK 6
查无实据 查無實據 chá wú shí jù investigation reveals no hard evidence (idiom); no proof to support the charge ∼HSK 6
密码锁 密碼鎖 mì mǎ suǒ combination lock ∼HSK 6
神圣不可侵犯 神聖不可侵犯 shén shèng bù kě qīn fàn sacred; inviolable ∼HSK 6
消气 消氣 xiāo qì to cool one's temper ∼HSK 6
捣鼓 搗鼓 dǎo gu to fiddle with sth; to trade with sth ∼HSK 6
娘的 孃的 niáng de same as ∼HSK 6
一路上 一路上 yī lù shàng along the way; the whole way; (fig.) the whole time HSK 6
方位 方位 fāng wèi direction; points of the compass; bearing; position; azimuth HSK 6
早晚 早晚 zǎo wǎn morning and evening; (dialect) some time in the future; some day HSK 6
马车 馬車 mǎ chē cart; chariot; carriage; buggy HSK 6
哎哟 哎喲 āi yō hey; ow; ouch; interjection of pain or surprise HSK 6
有事 有事 yǒu shì to be occupied with sth; to have sth on one's mind; there is something the matter HSK 6
账 賬 zhàng account; bill; debt HSK 6
特意 特意 tè yì specially; intentionally HSK 6
炮 炮 bāo to sauté; to fry; to dry by heating HSK 6
看好 看好 kān hǎo to keep an eye on HSK 6
吊 吊 diào to suspend; to hang up; to hang a person HSK 6
欺负 欺負 qī fu to bully HSK 6
蹲 蹲 dūn to crouch; to squat; to stay (somewhere) HSK 6