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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| 船 舩 | boat; vessel; ship | |
| 养 養 | to raise (animals); to bring up (children); to keep (pets); to support; to give birth | |
| 流 流 | to flow; to disseminate; to circulate or spread; to move or drift; to degenerate; to banish or send into exile; stream of water or sth resembling one; class, rate or grade | |
| 听说 聽說 | to hear (sth said); one hears (that); hearsay; listening and speaking | |
| 心里 心裡 | chest; heart; mind | |
| 留下 留下 | to leave behind; to stay behind; to remain; to keep; not to let (sb) go | |
| 方向 方向 | direction; orientation | |
| 爱情 愛情 | romance; love (romantic) | |
| 通 通 | to go through; to know well; (suffix) expert; to connect; to communicate; open; to clear; classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls etc | |
| 刚才 剛才 | just now; a moment ago | |
| 样子 樣子 | appearance; manner; pattern; model | |
| 年轻 年輕 | young | |
| 就要 就要 | will; shall; to be going to | |
| 改 改 | to change; to alter; to transform; to correct | |
| 讨论 討論 | to discuss; to talk over | |
| 不少 不少 | many; a lot; not few | |
| 意思 意思 | idea; opinion; meaning; wish; desire; interest; fun; token of appreciation, affection etc; to give as a small token; to do sth as a gesture of goodwill etc | |
| 弄 弄 | lane; alley | |
| 健康 健康 | health; healthy | |
| 经常 經常 | frequently; constantly; regularly; often; day-to-day; everyday; daily | |
| 漂亮 漂亮 | pretty; beautiful | |
| 怕 怕 | to be afraid; to fear; to dread; to be unable to endure; perhaps | |
| 经过 經過 | to pass; to go through; process; course | |
| 收 收 | to receive; to accept; to collect; to put away; to restrain; to stop; in care of (used on address line after name) | |
| 新闻 新聞 | news | |
| 欢迎 歡迎 | to welcome; welcome | |
| 酒 酒 | wine (esp. rice wine); liquor; spirits; alcoholic beverage | |
| 倒 倒 | to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally; to fail; to go bankrupt; to overthrow; to change (trains or buses); to move around; to resell at a profit | |
| 停 停 | to stop; to halt; to park (a car) | |
| 清楚 清楚 | clear; distinct; to understand thoroughly; to be clear about | |
| 好像 好像 | as if; to seem like | |
| 愿意 願意 | to wish; to want; ready; willing (to do sth) | |
| 服务 服務 | to serve; service | |
| 黑 黑 | abbr. for Heilongjiang province 黑龙江 | |
| 正常 正常 | regular; normal; ordinary | |
| 刚刚 剛剛 | just recently; just a moment ago | |
| 留 㽞 | to leave (a message etc); to retain; to stay; to remain; to keep; to preserve | |
| 算 算 | to regard as; to figure; to calculate; to compute | |
| 过来 過來 | to come over; to manage; to handle; to be able to take care of | |
| 带来 帶來 | to bring; (fig.) to bring about; to produce | |
| 懂 懂 | to understand; to comprehend | |
| 行动 行動 | operation; action; to move about; mobile | |
| 米 米 | rice; meter (classifier) | |
| 靠 靠 | to lean against or on; to stand by the side of; to come near to; to depend on; to trust; to fuck (vulgar); traditional military costume drama where the performers wear armor (old) | |
| 狗 狗 | dog | |
| 最近 最近 | recently; soon; nearest | |
| 份 份 | classifier for gifts, newspaper, magazine, papers, reports, contracts etc; variant of 分 | |
| 面 面 | face; side; surface; aspect; top; classifier for objects with flat surfaces such as drums, mirrors, flags etc | |
| 永远 永遠 | forever; eternal | |
| 卖 賣 | to sell; to betray; to spare no effort; to show off or flaunt |