Aftershock

Aftershock 2010

táng shān zhèn

Tangshan, 1976. Two seven-year-old twins are buried under the rubble of the deadliest earthquake of the 20th century. The rescue team explains to their mother that freeing either child will almost certainly result in the death of the other. Forced to make the most difficult decision of her life, she finally chooses to save her son. Though left behind as dead, the little girl miraculously survives, unbeknownst to her brother and mother.

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3.71 Beginner Director Feng Xiaogang 🍅 91%

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hǎo shì good action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, "a fine thing indeed"); charity; happy occasion; Daoist or Buddhist ceremony for the souls of the dead HSK 2
yóu trip; journey; tourism; travel; tour; to travel HSK 2
fàng xīn to feel relieved; to feel reassured; to be at ease HSK 2
jiǎo angle; corner; horn; horn-shaped; unit of money equal to 0.1 yuan, or 10 cents (a dime) HSK 2
xiǎng echo; sound; noise; to make a sound; to sound; to ring; loud; classifier for noises HSK 2
de huà if (coming after a conditional clause) HSK 2
ying to answer; to respond; to answer positively; to agree; to accept; to promise HSK 2
chū shēng to be born HSK 2
hǎn to yell; to shout; to call out for (a person) HSK 2
gāo zhōng senior high school; abbr. for 高级中学 HSK 2
chà bu duō almost; nearly; more or less; about the same; good enough; not bad HSK 2
awful; dreadful; fearful; formidable; frightful; scary; hideous; horrible; terrible; terribly HSK 2
chuī to blow; to play a wind instrument; to blast; to puff; to boast; to brag; to end in failure; to fall through HSK 2
hǎo duō many; quite a lot; much better HSK 2
qīng light; easy; gentle; soft; reckless; unimportant; frivolous; small in number; unstressed; neutral; to disparage HSK 2
qiáng wall HSK 2
qiān thousand HSK 2
chū to set off; to start (on a journey) HSK 2
wèi dao flavor; taste; (fig.) feeling (of ...); sense (of ...); hint (of ...); (fig.) interest; delight; (dialect) smell; odor HSK 2
téng (it) hurts; sore; to love dearly HSK 2
urgent; pressing; rapid; hurried; worried; to make (sb) anxious HSK 2
zhào gu to take care of; to show consideration; to attend to; to look after HSK 2
shēng all one's life; throughout one's life HSK 2
bēi to be burdened; to carry on the back or shoulder HSK 2
xiǎng to recall; to think of; to call to mind HSK 2
dàn egg; oval-shaped thing HSK 2
fēng to confer; to grant; to bestow a title; to seal; classifier for sealed objects, esp. letters HSK 2
zhǎng to grow up HSK 2
jiè to lend; to borrow; by means of; to take (an opportunity) HSK 2
xíng won't do; be out of the question; be no good; not work; not be capable HSK 2
zěn me bàn what's to be done HSK 2
gòu not enough; insufficient; inadequate HSK 2
xiǎo xīn to be careful; to take care HSK 2
zán men we or us (including both the speaker and the person(s) spoken to); (dialect) I or me; (dialect) (in a coaxing or familiar way) you; also pr. [zá men] HSK 2
chóng diǎn to recount (e.g. results of election); to re-evaluate HSK 2
píng bottle; vase; pitcher; classifier for wine and liquids HSK 2
zěn me yàng how?; how about?; how was it?; how are things? HSK 2
biàn everywhere; all over; classifier for actions: one time HSK 2
fowl; chicken; (slang) prostitute HSK 2
yǎng to raise (animals); to bring up (children); to keep (pets); to support; to give birth HSK 2
biǎo exterior surface; family relationship via females; to show (one's opinion); a model; a table (listing information); a form; a meter (measuring sth) HSK 2
shí zài really; actually; indeed; true; real; honest; dependable; (philosophy) reality HSK 2
liú to flow; to disseminate; to circulate or spread; to move or drift; to degenerate; to banish or send into exile; stream of water or sth resembling one; class, rate or grade HSK 2
wéi hello (when answering the phone) HSK 2
tuī to push; to cut; to refuse; to reject; to decline; to shirk (responsibility); to put off; to delay; to push forward; to nominate; to elect; massage HSK 2
pen; pencil; writing brush; to write or compose; the strokes of Chinese characters; classifier for sums of money, deals HSK 2
tuǐ leg HSK 2
xīn li chest; heart; mind HSK 2
to take; to get; to choose; to fetch HSK 2
zi day; a (calendar) date; days of one's life HSK 2