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.
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Vocabulary
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| 二哥 二哥 | second brother | |
| 你好 你好 | hello; hi | |
| 重来 重來 | to start over; to do sth all over again | |
| 不到 不到 | not to arrive; not reaching; insufficient; less than | |
| 明 明 | bright, light, brilliant; clear | |
| 一点 一點 | a bit; a little bit; (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit; (after an adjective, used to form the comparative) a bit more, -er; a point (in a discussion etc); (calligraphy) dot stroke (、); one o'clock (abbr. for 一點鍾|一点钟[yi1 dia | |
| 上个 上個 | first (of two parts); last (week etc); previous; the above | |
| 哪一个 哪一個 | which | |
| 三十 三十 | thirty; 30 | |
| 到了 到了 | at last; finally; in the end | |
| 不好 不好 | no good | |
| 不想 不想 | unexpectedly; to one's surprise | |
| 没事 沒事 | it's not important; it's nothing; never mind; to have nothing to do; to be free; to be all right (out of danger or trouble) | |
| 一次 一次 | first; first time; once; (math.) linear (of degree one) | |
| 哪个 哪個 | which; who | |
| 那个 那個 | that one; that thing; that (as opposed to this); (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis); (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word); (used in speech as a filler | |
| 这就 這就 | immediately; at once | |
| 每天 每天 | every day | |
| 那天 那天 | that day; the other day | |
| 五十 五十 | fifty | |
| 机车 機車 | locomotive; train engine car; (Tw) scooter; (Tw) (slang) hard to get along with; to be a pain in the ass; (Tw) damn!; crap! | |
| 不了 不了 | no thanks (used to politely but informally decline) | |
| 会不会 會不會 | (posing a question: whether sb, something) can or cannot?; is able to or not | |
| 几个 幾個 | a few; several; how many | |
| 这种 這種 | this kind of | |
| 我去 我去 | (slang) what the...!; oh my god!; that's insane! | |
| 要说 要說 | as for; when it comes to | |
| 儿 兒 | son, child; KangXi radical 10 | |
| 我等 我等 | we; us (archaic) | |
| 你等 你等 | (archaic) you all | |
| 飞碟 飛碟 | flying saucer; frisbee | |
| 点水 點水 | to skim; lightly touching the water (as the dragonfly in the idiom 蜻蜓點水|蜻蜓点水); skin-deep | |
| 上菜 上菜 | to serve food | |
| 拿来 拿來 | to bring; to fetch; to get | |
| 开国 開國 | to found a state; to open a closed country | |
| 玩笑 玩笑 | to joke; joke; jest | |
| 说说 說說 | to say sth | |
| 太过 太過 | excessively; too | |
| 外人 外人 | outsider; foreigner; stranger | |
| 看笑话 看笑話 | to watch with amusement as sb makes a fool of himself | |
| 友 友 | friend, companion; fraternity | |
| 跟人 跟人 | to marry (of woman) | |
| 弟妹 弟妹 | younger sibling; younger brother's wife | |
| 回事 回事 | (old) to report to one's master | |
| 想出 想出 | to figure out; to work out (a solution etc); to think up; to come up with (an idea etc) | |
| 打错 打錯 | to err; to dial a wrong number; to make a typo | |
| 一年半 一年半 | a year and a half | |
| 开门 開門 | to open a door (lit. and fig.); to open for business | |
| 在外 在外 | outer; excluded | |
| 衣 衣 | clothes, clothing; cover, skin |