Article 20

Article 20 2024

'èr shí tiáo

Tells the story of prosecutor Han Ming who is involved in a difficult case where the intentional injury of people is turned into a legitimate defense.

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4.89 Intermediate Director Zhang Yimou IMDb 7.0

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(onom.) sound of singing, cheering etc; (phonetic); (dialect) to chat HSK 6
and; to give; together with HSK 6
gāo tái guì shǒu to be generous (idiom); to be magnanimous; Give me a break! Idiom ∼HSK 5
cùn nán xíng unable to move a single step (idiom); to be in an (extremely) difficult situation Idiom ∼HSK 5
míng chá qiū háo lit. seeing clearly the downy feathers of autumn (idiom, from Mencius); fig. perceptive of even the finest detail Idiom ∼HSK 5
tiě shí xīn cháng to have a heart of stone; hard-hearted; unfeeling Idiom ∼HSK 5
gǔn dàn get out of here!; beat it! Xiehouyu ∼HSK 5
gǔn kāi (of a liquid) to boil; boiling hot; (rude) get out!; go away!; fuck off! Xiehouyu ∼HSK 5
wéi nán to feel embarrassed or awkward; to make things difficult (for someone); to find things difficult (to do or manage) Xiehouyu HSK 5
chòu stench; smelly; to smell (bad); repulsive; loathsome; terrible; bad; severely; ruthlessly; dud (ammunition) Xiehouyu HSK 5
the whole journey; all the way; going the same way; going in the same direction; of the same kind Xiehouyu HSK 5
huāng to get panicky; to lose one's head; (coll.) (after 得) unbearably; terribly Colloquialism HSK 5
to estimate; to reckon; (coll.) to suppose Colloquialism HSK 5
miǎo second (unit of time); arc second (angular measurement unit); (coll.) instantly Colloquialism HSK 5
juān beautiful, graceful ∼HSK 5
píng duckweed; wandering, traveling ∼HSK 5
Hǎo surname; place in modern Shanxi ∼HSK 5
surname; a musical note ∼HSK 5
chén early morning; 5th terrestrial branch ∼HSK 5
tiě jūn invincible army ∼HSK 5
访 shàng fǎng to seek an audience with higher-ups (esp. government officials) to petition for sth ∼HSK 5
àn to register (to an official organism); to file a case (for investigation) ∼HSK 5
píng shén me (spoken) why?; for which reason? ∼HSK 5
me interrogative particle (variant of 嘛) ∼HSK 5
guǎ widowed; alone, friendless ∼HSK 5
mào thick, lush, dense; talented ∼HSK 5
chǔ pestle; baton used beat clothes ∼HSK 5
liǎo to settle privately; to solve behind closed doors; to settle out of court ∼HSK 5
fāng box; KangXi radical 22 ∼HSK 5
fortune telling; prophesy ∼HSK 5
spoon, ladle; knife, dirk ∼HSK 5
chū liàn first love ∼HSK 5
rán burn; light fire, ignite ∼HSK 5
bèi hài rén victim ∼HSK 5
rap, tap; radical number 66 ∼HSK 5
house; building, structure; eaves ∼HSK 5
yǒu reasonable; justified; right; (math.) rational ∼HSK 5
dòu beans, peas; bean-shaped ∼HSK 5
rén humaneness, benevolence, kindness ∼HSK 5
Shěn sink, submerge; addicted to; surname ∼HSK 5
the hours from 9 to 11; 6th terrestrial branch ∼HSK 5
jiān note, memo; stationery; comments ∼HSK 5
wáng death, destroyed; lose, perish ∼HSK 5
rèn zuì to admit guilt; to plead guilty ∼HSK 5
shì therefore; so; consequently ∼HSK 5
evening, night, dusk; slanted ∼HSK 5
yīng seek friends; also used in onomatopoetic expressions ∼HSK 5
rèn edged tool, cutlery, knife edge ∼HSK 5
jūn lord, sir ∼HSK 5
excessively tolerant; to overindulge (sb); overly conciliatory; to seek appeasement at any price ∼HSK 5