Ash Is Purest White

Ash Is Purest White 2018

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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.

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3.87 Beginner Director Jia Zhangke 🍅 99%

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Vocabulary

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xuě jiā cigar (loanword) ∼HSK 2
cāo conduct, run, control, manage ∼HSK 2
yīng gāi de (polite response) you're welcome; just doing my duty; no problem ∼HSK 2
xiǎo hái child ∼HSK 2
jiǔ to drink (alcohol) ∼HSK 2
jiē shang on the street; in town ∼HSK 2
gǒu shǐ canine excrement; dog poo; bullshit ∼HSK 2
jiè qián to borrow money; to lend money ∼HSK 2
jiàn bu not fit to be seen by; should not be exposed to; can't bear to see ∼HSK 2
bān group or team (in factories etc) ∼HSK 2
shàng wàn over ten thousand; fig. untold numbers; innumerable; thousands upon thousands ∼HSK 2
zǒu gǒu hunting dog; hound; (fig.) running dog; lackey ∼HSK 2
xiǎo si small token; mere trifle (used of one's gifts) ∼HSK 2
tiān liàng to grow light (at daybreak) ∼HSK 2
shōu xià to accept; to receive ∼HSK 2
zuò mǎi mài to buy and sell; to do business; to trade; to deal ∼HSK 2
méi wèn no problem ∼HSK 2
tào fáng small room opening off another; inner room; suite; apartment; flat; (Tw) room with private bathroom ∼HSK 2
zhī dào le OK!; Got it! ∼HSK 2
nián qīng yǒu wéi young and promising ∼HSK 2
yǒu néng possible; probable; possibly; probably; may; might ∼HSK 2
chéng le to be done; to be ready; that's enough!; that will do! ∼HSK 2
fearless; not worried (by setbacks or difficulties); even if; even though ∼HSK 2
gàn diào to get rid of ∼HSK 2
bǎi xìng common people ∼HSK 2
dàng unsuitable; improper; inappropriate ∼HSK 2
xiàng hòu backward ∼HSK 2
bu tōng cannot get through (on phone) ∼HSK 2
eye; look, see; division, topic ∼HSK 2
unexpectedly; unawareness; unpreparedness ∼HSK 2
méi yǒu guān xi it doesn't matter ∼HSK 2
jīn wǎn tonight ∼HSK 2
dài gěi to give to; to provide to; to bring to; to take to ∼HSK 2
greatly desire, anxiously hope ∼HSK 2
tīng bu dǒng unable to make sense of what one is hearing ∼HSK 2
yào good; fine ∼HSK 2
yàng different; distinctive; unlike ∼HSK 2
zan at that time (old) ∼HSK 2
huì bad luck; unlucky; calamitous; wretched ∼HSK 2
trip, journey; travel; traveler ∼HSK 2
qiān a thousand miles; a thousand li (i.e. 500 kilometers); a long distance ∼HSK 2
a line of verse; a sentence ∼HSK 2
wǎng wài out; outbound; departing ∼HSK 2
dìng yào must ∼HSK 2
zhì 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 ∼HSK 2
kāi wǎng (of a bus, train etc) to leave for; heading for ∼HSK 2
ràng wèi to abdicate; to yield ∼HSK 2
right conduct, righteousness ∼HSK 2
chū to take out; to put out; to provide; to put forward (a proposal); to come up with (evidence) HSK 2
tou inside; interior HSK 2