A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop

A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop 2009

sān qiāng pāi'ànjīng

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%

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yǒu rén someone; people; anyone; there is someone there; occupied (as in restroom) HSK 2
zhǐ yào if only; so long as HSK 2
gāng hard; firm; strong; just; barely; exactly HSK 2
duì squadron; team; group HSK 2
xìn letter; mail; to trust; to believe; to profess faith in; truthful; confidence; trust; at will; at random HSK 2
hòu after; later; afterwards; following; later on; in the future HSK 2
shì but; however; (used for emphasis) indeed HSK 2
wán to finish; to be over; whole; complete; entire HSK 2
cuò correct; right; not bad; pretty good HSK 2
guò (in the) past; former; previous; to go over; to pass by HSK 2
wèi shén me why?; for what reason? HSK 2
jiàn item; component; classifier for events, things, clothes etc HSK 2
tiáo strip; item; article; clause (of law or treaty); classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc) HSK 2
shì qing affair; matter; thing; business HSK 2
cháng length; long; forever; always; constantly HSK 2
ér qiě (not only ...) but also; moreover; in addition; furthermore HSK 2
chéng to succeed; to finish; to complete; to accomplish; to become; to turn into; to be all right; OK!; one tenth HSK 2
first; number one; primary HSK 2
yào don't!; must not HSK 2
zhí straight (in a straight line); continuously; always; all the way through HSK 2
dìng surely; certainly; necessarily; fixed; a certain (extent etc); given; particular; must HSK 2
xiàn to notice; to become aware of; to discover; to find; to detect; a discovery HSK 2
wèi position; location; place; seat; classifier for people (honorific); classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes); (physics) potential HSK 2
dài band; belt; girdle; ribbon; tire; area; zone; region; to wear; to carry; to take along; to bear (i.e. to have); to lead; to bring; to look after; to raise HSK 2
rèn wéi to believe; to think; to consider; to feel HSK 2
zhè me so much; this much; how much?; this way; like this HSK 2
me like that; in that way; or so; so; so very much; about; in that case HSK 2
cái ability; talent; sb of a certain type; a capable individual; then and only then; just now; (before an expression of quantity) only HSK 2
gēng to change or replace; to experience; one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided; watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard) HSK 2
néng might (happen); possible; probable; possibility; probability; maybe; perhaps HSK 2
gāi should; ought to; probably; must be; to deserve; to owe; to be sb's turn to do sth; that; the above-mentioned HSK 2
it HSK 2
wèn question; problem; issue; topic HSK 2
yòu (once) again; also; both... and...; and yet; (used for emphasis) anyway HSK 2
guǒ if; in case; in the event that HSK 2
jīng already HSK 2
zhè yàng this kind of; so; this way; like this; such HSK 2
to obtain; to get; to gain; to catch (a disease); proper; suitable; proud; contented; to allow; to permit; ready; finished HSK 2
oneself; one's own HSK 2
dàn but; yet; however; still; merely; only; just HSK 2
ràng to yield; to permit; to let sb do sth; to have sb do sth; to make sb (feel sad etc); by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被) HSK 2
ā interjection of surprise; Ah!; Oh! HSK 2
èr bǎi idiot; stupid person; a dope Xiehouyu ∼HSK 1
gān dry; dried food; empty; hollow; taken in to nominal kinship; adoptive; foster; futile; in vain; (dialect) rude; blunt; (dialect) to cold-shoulder Xiehouyu HSK 1
zhè bu (coll.) As a matter of fact,... (used to introduce evidence for what one has just asserted) Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
shi (coll.) of course; naturally; indeed Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
kàn kan to take a look at; to examine; to survey; (coll.) pretty soon Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
zhēn shi indeed; truly; (coll.) (used to express disapproval, annoyance etc) Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
huā flower; blossom; fancy pattern; florid; to spend (money, time); (coll.) lecherous; lustful Colloquialism HSK 1
(coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 1