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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一阵子 一陣子 yī zhèn zi a while; a spell; a short time; a burst ∼HSK 4
艺 藝 yì art; talent, ability; craft ∼HSK 4
没办法 沒辦法 méi bàn fǎ there is nothing to be done; one can't do anything about it ∼HSK 4
什么人 什麼人 shén me rén what kind of person ∼HSK 4
光鲜 光鮮 guāng xiān bright and neat ∼HSK 4
什么事 什麼事 shén me shì what matter ∼HSK 4
打雷 打雷 dǎ léi to rumble with thunder; clap of thunder HSK 4
转告 轉告 zhuǎn gào to pass on; to communicate; to transmit HSK 4
利息 利息 lì xī interest (on a loan) HSK 4
误会 誤會 wù huì to misunderstand; to mistake; misunderstanding HSK 4
着急 著急 zháo jí to worry; to feel anxious; to feel a sense of urgency; to be in a hurry; Taiwan pr. [zhāo jí] HSK 4
男女 男女 nán nǚ male-female; male and female HSK 4
多年 多年 duō nián many years; for many years; longstanding HSK 4
粗 粗 cū coarse; rough; thick (for cylindrical objects); unfinished; vulgar; rude; crude HSK 4
细 細 xì thin or slender; finely particulate; thin and soft; fine; delicate; trifling; (of a sound) quiet; frugal HSK 4
沉默 沉默 chén mò taciturn; uncommunicative; silent HSK 4
维护 維護 wéi hù to defend; to safeguard; to protect; to uphold; to maintain HSK 4
依靠 依靠 yī kào to rely on sth (for support etc); to depend on HSK 4
睡着 睡著 shuì zháo to fall asleep HSK 4
似的 似的 shì de seems as if; rather like; Taiwan pr. [sì de] HSK 4
分手 分手 fēn shǒu to part company; to split up; to break up HSK 4
神秘 神秘 shén mì mysterious; mystery HSK 4
挑 挑 tiāo to carry on a shoulder pole; to choose; to pick; to nitpick HSK 4
闹 鬧 nào noisy; cacophonous; to make noise; to disturb; to vent (feelings); to fall ill; to have an attack (of sickness); to go in (for some activity); to joke HSK 4
失望 失望 shī wàng disappointed; to lose hope; to despair HSK 4
治 治 zhì to rule; to govern; to manage; to control; to harness (a river); to treat (a disease); to wipe out (a pest); to punish; to research HSK 4
摆 擺 bǎi to arrange; to exhibit; to move to and fro; a pendulum HSK 4
人家 人家 rén jiā household; dwelling; family; sb else's house; household business; house of woman's husband-to-be HSK 4
替 替 tì to substitute for; to take the place of; to replace; for; on behalf of; to stand in for HSK 4
官 官 guān government official; governmental; official; public; organ of the body HSK 4
怀疑 懷疑 huái yí to doubt (sth); to be skeptical of; to have one's doubts; to harbor suspicions; to suspect that HSK 4
既然 既然 jì rán since; as; this being the case HSK 4
顶 頂 dǐng apex; crown of the head; top; roof; most; to carry on the head; to push to the top; to go against; to replace; to substitute; to be subjected to (an aerial bombing, hailstorm etc); (slang) to "bump" a forum thread to raise its profile; classifier for headwear, hats, veils etc HSK 4
梦想 夢想 mèng xiǎng (fig.) to dream of; dream HSK 4
著名 著名 zhù míng famous; noted; well-known; celebrated HSK 4
产品 產品 chǎn pǐn goods; merchandise; product HSK 4
醒 醒 xǐng to wake up; to be awake; to become aware; to sober up; to come to HSK 4
嗯 嗯 ēn (a groaning sound) HSK 4
遇到 遇到 yù dào to meet; to run into; to come across HSK 4
看来 看來 kàn lai apparently; it seems that HSK 4
法 㳒 fǎ law; method; way; to emulate; (Buddhism) dharma; (abbr. for 家) the Legalists; (physics) farad (abbr. for 拉) HSK 4
是否 是否 shì fǒu whether (or not); if; is or isn't HSK 4
呀 呀 ya (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt) HSK 4
作为 作為 zuò wéi one's conduct; deed; activity; accomplishment; achievement; to act as; as (in the capacity of); qua; to view as; to look upon (sth as); to take sth to be HSK 4
之后 之後 zhī hòu after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then HSK 4
担心 擔心 dān xīn anxious; worried; uneasy; to worry; to be anxious HSK 4
深更半夜 深更半夜 shēn gēng bàn yè in the dead of night (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 3
没用 沒用 méi yòng useless Xiehouyu HSK 3
往死里 往死裡 wǎng sǐ lǐ (coll.) (to beat etc) to death Colloquialism ∼HSK 3
要是 要是 yào shi (coll.) if Colloquialism HSK 3