Article 20

Article 20 2024

第二十条 dì'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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式 式 shì type; form; pattern; style HSK 5
人物 人物 rén wù person; personage; figure (esp. sb of importance); character (in a play, novel etc); figure painting (as a genre of traditional Chinese painting) HSK 5
一旦 一旦 yī dàn in case (sth happens); if; once (sth happens, then...); when; in a short time; in one day HSK 5
棒 棒 bàng stick; club; cudgel; smart; capable; strong; wonderful; classifier for legs of a relay race HSK 5
恢复 恢復 huī fù to reinstate; to resume; to restore; to recover; to regain; to rehabilitate HSK 5
待 待 dāi to stay HSK 5
傻 傻 shǎ foolish HSK 5
抢 搶 qiāng (literary) to knock against (esp. to knock one's head on the ground in grief or rage); opposite in direction; contrary HSK 5
关键 關鍵 guān jiàn crucial point; crux; key; crucial; pivotal HSK 5
分析 分析 fēn xī to analyze; analysis HSK 5
陪 陪 péi to accompany; to keep sb company; to assist; old variant of 赔 HSK 5
放弃 放棄 fàng qì to renounce; to abandon; to give up HSK 5
再次 再次 zài cì one more time; again; one more; once again HSK 5
神 神 Shén God; abbr. for 舟 HSK 5
令 令 líng used in 令; used in 狐 (Taiwan pr. [lìng]) HSK 5
哈 哈 Hā abbr. for 哈萨克斯坦, Kazakhstan; abbr. for 哈尔滨, Harbin HSK 5
声 聲 shēng sound; voice; tone; noise; reputation; classifier for sounds HSK 5
杀 殺 shā to kill; to murder; to attack; to weaken or reduce; to smart (dialect); (used after a verb) extremely HSK 5
其 其 qí his; her; its; their; that; such; it (refers to sth preceding it) HSK 5
肯定 肯定 kěn dìng to be certain; to be positive; assuredly; definitely; to give recognition; to affirm; affirmative (answer) HSK 5
唯一 唯一 wéi yī only; sole HSK 5
搞 搞 gǎo to do; to make; to go in for; to set up; to get hold of; to take care of HSK 5
将 將 jiāng will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把) HSK 5
可 可 kě (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very HSK 5
打开天窗说亮话 打開天窗說亮話 dǎ kāi tiān chuāng shuō liàng huà (let's) not mince words; (let's) not beat about the bush Idiom ∼HSK 4
流言蜚语 流言蜚語 liú yán fēi yǔ rumors and slanders (idiom); gossip; lies and slanders Idiom ∼HSK 4
挺身而出 挺身而出 tǐng shēn ér chū to step forward bravely Idiom ∼HSK 4
变本加厉 變本加厲 biàn běn jiā lì lit. change to more severe (idiom); to become more intense (esp. of shortcoming); to aggravate; to intensify Idiom ∼HSK 4
王八 王八 wáng ba softshell turtle; cuckold; (old) male owner of a brothel Xiehouyu ∼HSK 4
大方 大方 dà fāng expert; scholar; mother earth; a type of green tea Xiehouyu HSK 4
来不及 來不及 lái bu jí there's not enough time (to do sth); it's too late (to do sth) Xiehouyu HSK 4
冷静 冷靜 lěng jìng calm; cool-headed; dispassionate; (of a place) deserted; quiet Xiehouyu HSK 4
案子 案子 àn zi long table; counter; (coll.) case (criminal, medical etc); matter; project; job Colloquialism ∼HSK 4
拜拜 拜拜 bái bái (loanword) bye-bye; also pr. [bai1 bai1] etc; (coll.) to part ways (with sb); (fig.) to have nothing further to do (with sb or sth) Colloquialism ∼HSK 4
老婆 老婆 lǎo pó (coll.) wife Colloquialism HSK 4
俩 倆 liǎ two (colloquial equivalent of 两个); both; some Colloquialism HSK 4
抱 抱 bào to hold; to carry (in one's arms); to hug; to embrace; to surround; to cherish; (coll.) (of clothes) to fit nicely Colloquialism HSK 4
李 李 Lǐ Li (surname) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
曹操 曹操 Cáo Cāo Cao Cao (155-220), famous statesman and general at the end of Han, noted poet and calligrapher, later warlord, founder and first king of Cao Wei 曹魏, father of Emperor Cao Pi 曹丕; the main villain of novel the Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
县城 縣城 xiàn chéng county seat; county town Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
锦州 錦州 Jǐn zhōu see 錦州市|锦州市[Jin3zhou1 Shi4] Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
来安 來安 Lái ān Lai'an, a county in Chuzhou 滁州[Chu2zhou1], Anhui Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
没想到 沒想到 méi xiǎng dào didn't expect HSK 4
微信 微信 Wēi xìn Weixin or WeChat (mobile text and voice messaging service developed by Tencent 腾讯) HSK 4
永 永 yǒng long, perpetual, eternal, forever ∼HSK 4
检察官 檢察官 jiǎn chá guān public prosecutor; public procurator (judicial officer whose job may involve both criminal investigation and public prosecution) ∼HSK 4
歉 歉 qiàn deficient, lacking, insufficient ∼HSK 4
咱俩 咱倆 zán liǎ the two of us ∼HSK 4
挂职 掛職 guà zhí temporary assignment to a Chinese government or CCP post ∼HSK 4
办案 辦案 bàn àn to handle a (criminal) case ∼HSK 4