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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lái to come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb); hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回来); ever since (as in 自古以来); for the past (amount of time); (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 来世); (between two verbs) in order to; (after a round number) approximately; (used after 得 to indicate possibility, as in 谈得来, or after 不 to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不来) HSK 1
shǎng used in 上声 HSK 1
dào to reach; to arrive; to leave for; to go to; to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point); (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point); considerate; thoughtful; thorough HSK 1
duì right; correct; towards; at; for; concerning; regarding; to treat (sb a certain way); to face; (bound form) opposite; facing; matching; to match together; to adjust; to fit; to suit; to answer; to reply; to add; to pour in (a fluid); to check; to compare; classifier: couple; pair HSK 1
dōu all; both; entirely; (used for emphasis) even; already; (not) at all HSK 1
(adverb) also; both ... and ... (before predicates only); (literary) particle having functions similar to 啊 HSK 1
huì can; to have the skill; to know how to; to be likely to; to be sure to; to meet; to get together; meeting; gathering; (suffix) union; group; association; (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. [huǐ]) HSK 1
one; single; a (article); as soon as; entire; whole; all; throughout; "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1); also pr. [yāo] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit HSK 1
hào to be fond of; to have a tendency to; to be prone to HSK 1
shuì to persuade HSK 1
yāo (bound form) to demand; to coerce HSK 1
(classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individual HSK 1
rén person; people HSK 1
men we; us; ourselves; our HSK 1
(joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. [hàn]); (math.) sum; to make peace; (sports) to draw; to tie; (bound form) harmonious; (bound form) Japan; Japanese HSK 1
jiù (after a suppositional clause) in that case; then; (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after; (same as 是) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly; only; as little as; as much as; as many as; to approach; to move towards; to undertake; to engage in; (often followed by 着) taking advantage of; (of food) to go with; with regard to; concerning; (pattern: 就 ... 也 ...) even if ... still ...; (pattern: 不 ... 就 ...) if not ... then must be ... HSK 1
zhè (pronoun) this; these; (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun); (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. [zhèi], esp. in Beijing) HSK 1
he; him (used for either sex when the sex is unknown or unimportant); (used before sb's name for emphasis); (used as a meaningless mock object); (literary) other HSK 1
no; not so; (bound form) not; un- HSK 1
yǒu to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 意 intentional) HSK 1
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您) HSK 1
zài to exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at; (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) HSK 1
shì to be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true; (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well; (adverb for emphatic assertion) HSK 1
I; me; my HSK 1
le (completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) HSK 1
de of; ~'s (possessive particle); (used after an attribute); (used to form a nominal expression); (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis); also pr. [dì] or [di] in poetry and songs HSK 1
Rare
bài (bound form) to chant (from Sanskrit "pāṭhaka") Interjection
lóu (bound form) subordinates in a gang of bandits Interjection