Ash Is Purest White 2018
江湖儿女
Set in China's underworld, this tale of love and betrayal follows a dancer who fired a gun to protect her mobster boyfriend during a fight. On release from prison 5 years later, she sets out to find him.
Cast
Vocabulary
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| 雪茄 雪茄 | cigar (loanword) | |
| 操 撡 | conduct, run, control, manage | |
| 应该的 應該的 | (polite response) you're welcome; just doing my duty; no problem | |
| 小孩 小孩 | child | |
| 喝酒 喝酒 | to drink (alcohol) | |
| 街上 街上 | on the street; in town | |
| 狗屎 狗屎 | canine excrement; dog poo; bullshit | |
| 借钱 借錢 | to borrow money; to lend money | |
| 见不得 見不得 | not fit to be seen by; should not be exposed to; can't bear to see | |
| 班组 班組 | group or team (in factories etc) | |
| 上万 上萬 | over ten thousand; fig. untold numbers; innumerable; thousands upon thousands | |
| 走狗 走狗 | hunting dog; hound; (fig.) running dog; lackey | |
| 小意思 小意思 | small token; mere trifle (used of one's gifts) | |
| 天亮 天亮 | to grow light (at daybreak) | |
| 收下 收下 | to accept; to receive | |
| 做买卖 做買賣 | to buy and sell; to do business; to trade; to deal | |
| 没问题 沒問題 | no problem | |
| 套房 套房 | small room opening off another; inner room; suite; apartment; flat; (Tw) room with private bathroom | |
| 知道了 知道了 | OK!; Got it! | |
| 年轻有为 年輕有為 | young and promising | |
| 有可能 有可能 | possible; probable; possibly; probably; may; might | |
| 成了 成了 | to be done; to be ready; that's enough!; that will do! | |
| 不怕 不怕 | fearless; not worried (by setbacks or difficulties); even if; even though | |
| 干掉 幹掉 | to get rid of | |
| 百姓 百姓 | common people | |
| 不当 不當 | unsuitable; improper; inappropriate | |
| 向后 向後 | backward | |
| 打不通 打不通 | cannot get through (on phone) | |
| 目 目 | eye; look, see; division, topic | |
| 不意 不意 | unexpectedly; unawareness; unpreparedness | |
| 没有关系 沒有關係 | it doesn't matter | |
| 今晚 今晚 | tonight | |
| 带给 帶給 | to give to; to provide to; to bring to; to take to | |
| 巴 巴 | greatly desire, anxiously hope | |
| 听不懂 聽不懂 | unable to make sense of what one is hearing | |
| 要得 要得 | good; fine | |
| 不一样 不一樣 | different; distinctive; unlike | |
| 那咱 那咱 | at that time (old) | |
| 晦气 晦氣 | bad luck; unlucky; calamitous; wretched | |
| 旅 旅 | trip, journey; travel; traveler | |
| 千里 千里 | a thousand miles; a thousand li (i.e. 500 kilometers); a long distance | |
| 一句 一句 | a line of verse; a sentence | |
| 往外 往外 | out; outbound; departing | |
| 一定要 一定要 | must | |
| 自治区 自治區 | autonomous region, namely: Inner Mongolia, Guangxi, Tibet, Ningxia 寧夏回族自治區|宁夏回族自治区[Ning2 xia4 Hui2 zu2 Zi4 z | |
| 开往 開往 | (of a bus, train etc) to leave for; heading for | |
| 让位 讓位 | to abdicate; to yield | |
| 义 義 | right conduct, righteousness | |
| 拿出 拿出 | to take out; to put out; to provide; to put forward (a proposal); to come up with (evidence) | |
| 里头 裡頭 | inside; interior |