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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zhōu continent; island; islet ∼HSK 4
fāng our side; we ∼HSK 4
huǒ everybody; everyone; we all ∼HSK 4
shén me shì what matter ∼HSK 4
suì piàn chip; fragment; splinter; tatter ∼HSK 4
xìng cún zhě survivor ∼HSK 4
zhè yàng zi so; such; this way; like this ∼HSK 4
qiàn deficient, lacking, insufficient ∼HSK 4
xīn xué psychology ∼HSK 4
jiàn fāng (measurement) (after a length) square (as in "10 feet square") ∼HSK 4
hòu tou behind; the back; the rear; later; afterwards; (in) the future HSK 4
néng gàn capable; competent HSK 4
jiě big sister; elder sister; older sister (also polite term of address for a girl or woman slightly older than the speaker) HSK 4
individual HSK 4
mèng jiàn to dream about (sth or sb); to see in a dream HSK 4
shǔ jià summer vacation HSK 4
yán jiū shēng graduate student; postgraduate student; research student HSK 4
máo jīn towel HSK 4
tuī xiāo to market; to sell HSK 4
lǎo jiā native place; place of origin; home state or region HSK 4
guā melon; gourd; squash HSK 4
Sūn Sun Tzu, also known as Sun Wu 孙武 (c. 500 BC, dates of birth and death uncertain), general, strategist and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn Period (700-475 BC), believed to be the author of the “Art of War” 孙子兵法, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武经七书 HSK 4
to gather; to assemble; (math.) set HSK 4
zǒng premier; prime minister HSK 4
chōu yān to smoke (a cigarette, tobacco) HSK 4
zháo to worry; to feel anxious; to feel a sense of urgency; to be in a hurry; Taiwan pr. [zhāo jí] HSK 4
ā maternal aunt; step-mother; childcare worker; nursemaid; woman of similar age to one's parents (term of address used by child) HSK 4
xiǎo huǒ zi young man; young guy; lad; youngster HSK 4
qīng chūn youth; youthfulness HSK 4
duō nián many years; for many years; longstanding HSK 4
bīng xiāng icebox; freezer cabinet; refrigerator HSK 4
zhuā jǐn to keep a firm grip on; to pay close attention to; to lose no time in (doing sth) HSK 4
shi nurse HSK 4
zhòng Volkswagen (automobile manufacturer) HSK 4
eldest brother; big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself); gang leader; boss HSK 4
shū shu father's younger brother; uncle; Taiwan pr. [shú shu] HSK 4
wěn settled; steady; stable HSK 4
péi yǎng to cultivate; to breed; to foster; to nurture; to educate; to groom (for a position); education; fostering; culture (biology) HSK 4
xué medicine; medical science; study of medicine HSK 4
zhàn shì fighter; soldier; warrior HSK 4
to send; to mail; to entrust; to depend on; to attach oneself to; to live (in a house); to lodge; foster (son etc) HSK 4
dēng to scale (a height); to ascend; to mount; to publish or record; to enter (e.g. in a register); to press down with the foot; to step or tread on; to put on (shoes or trousers) (dialect); to be gathered and taken to the threshing ground (old) HSK 4
shǒu to guard; to defend; to keep watch; to abide by the law; to observe (rules or ritual); nearby; adjoining HSK 4
fēn shǒu to part company; to split up; to break up HSK 4
wàn just in case; if by any chance; contingency HSK 4
a household; door; family HSK 4
gài lid; top; cover; canopy; to cover; to conceal; to build HSK 4
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
shī wàng disappointed; to lose hope; to despair HSK 4
fán to feel vexed; to bother; to trouble; superfluous and confusing; edgy HSK 4