Ash Is Purest White

Ash Is Purest White 2018

江湖儿女 jiāng hú érnǚ

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%

Cast

Zhao Tao Zhao Tao Zhao Qiao Liao Fan Liao Fan Guo Bin Diao Yinan Diao Yinan Lin Jiadong Ding Jiali Ding Jiali Woman on Boat Dong Zijian Dong Zijian Policeman in Fengjie Xu Zheng Xu Zheng Man from Karamay Zhang Yibai Zhang Yibai First Man in Fengjie Restaurant Zhang Yi Zhang Yi Second Man in Fengjie Restaurant Feng Xiaogang Feng Xiaogang Feng Jiamei Feng Jiamei

Vocabulary

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怀孕 懷孕 huái yùn pregnant; to have conceived; gestation; pregnancy HSK 7
告 告 gào to say; to tell; to announce; to report; to denounce; to file a lawsuit; to sue HSK 7
耍 耍 shuǎ to play with; to wield; to act (cool etc); to display (a skill, one's temper etc) HSK 7
革命 革命 gé mìng to withdraw the mandate of heaven (and transition to a new dynasty) (original meaning); revolution; revolutionary; to revolt (against sb or sth); to revolutionize (sth); (separable verb sometimes used in the pattern 革noun的命) HSK 7
斗 斗 Dǒu abbr. for the Big Dipper constellation 星 HSK 7
释放 釋放 shì fàng to release; to set free; to liberate (a prisoner); to discharge HSK 7
他人 他人 tā rén another person; sb else; other people HSK 7
非法 非法 fēi fǎ illegal HSK 7
供 供 gōng to provide; to supply HSK 7
注 註 zhù to register; to annotate; note; comment HSK 7
砸 砸 zá to smash; to pound; to fail; to muck up; to bungle HSK 7
不知 不知 bù zhī not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) HSK 7
主 主 zhǔ owner; master; host; individual or party concerned; God; Lord; main; to indicate or signify; trump card (in card games) HSK 7
之 之 zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it HSK 7
肝胆相照 肝膽相照 gān dǎn xiāng zhào to treat one another with absolute sincerity (idiom); to show total devotion Idiom ∼HSK 6
风平浪静 風平浪靜 fēng píng làng jìng lit. breeze is still, waves are quiet (idiom); tranquil environment; all is quiet; a dead calm (at sea) Idiom ∼HSK 6
度日如年 度日如年 dù rì rú nián a day drags past like a year (idiom); time hangs heavy; time crawls when one is wretched Idiom ∼HSK 6
他乡遇故知 他鄉遇故知 tā xiāng yù gù zhī meeting an old friend in a foreign place (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
不管不顾 不管不顧 bù guǎn - bù gù (idiom) to pay scant regard to (sth); (idiom) unheeding; reckless Idiom ∼HSK 6
耀武扬威 耀武揚威 yào wǔ yáng wēi to show off one's military strength (idiom); to strut around; to bluff; to bluster Idiom ∼HSK 6
胯下之辱 胯下之辱 kuà xià zhī rǔ lit. the humiliation of having to crawl between the legs of one's adversary (as Han Xin supposedly did rather than engage in a sword fight) (idiom); fig. (endure) utter humiliation Idiom ∼HSK 6
肉麻 肉麻 ròu má sickening; corny; sappy; maudlin; fulsome (of praise) Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
兜圈子 兜圈子 dōu quān zi to encircle; to go around; to circle; to beat about the bush Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
不拘一格 不拘一格 bù jū yī gé not stick to one pattern Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
活受罪 活受罪 huó shòu zuì (coll.) to go through sheer hell Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
劲爆 勁爆 jìng bào (coll.) awesome; stunning; electrifying; breathtaking; (originally Cantonese); also pr. [jin4 bao4] Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
不赖 不賴 bù lài (coll.) not bad; good; fine Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
就算 就算 jiù suàn (coll.) even if Colloquialism HSK 6
嘛 嘛 má used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 6
有没有 有沒有 yǒu méi yǒu (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?; Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)? HSK 6
啥子 啥子 shá zi (dialect) what ∼HSK 6
老孙 老孫 lǎo Sūn this old Sun (Wukong's self-reference) ∼HSK 6
矿务局 礦務局 kuàng wù jú mining affairs bureau ∼HSK 6
国标 國標 guó biāo national standard; international standard ballroom dancing ∼HSK 6
牛逼 牛逼 niú bī variant of ∼HSK 6
漂泊 漂泊 piāo bó (of a boat) to float; to drift; to lie at anchor; (fig.) to roam; to lead a wandering existence ∼HSK 6
蓄水 蓄水 xù shuǐ water storage ∼HSK 6
囚徒 囚徒 qiú tú prisoner ∼HSK 6
偏心 偏心 piān xīn partial; biased; prejudiced; eccentric ∼HSK 6
昧良心 昧良心 mèi liáng xīn it goes against one's conscience ∼HSK 6
情绪化 情緒化 qíng xù huà emotional; sentimental ∼HSK 6
传谣 傳謠 chuán yáo to spread rumors ∼HSK 6
洋气 洋氣 yáng qì Western style; foreign flavor; trendy; fashionable ∼HSK 6
造谣 造謠 zào yáo to start a rumor ∼HSK 6
三角债 三角債 sān jiǎo zhài triangular debt ∼HSK 6
小屁孩 小屁孩 xiǎo pì hái kid; youngster; (derog.) brat ∼HSK 6
一程 一程 yī chéng a journey ∼HSK 6
火山灰 火山灰 huǒ shān huī volcanic ash ∼HSK 6
烟灰 煙灰 yān huī cigarette ash ∼HSK 6
炮灰 炮灰 pào huī cannon fodder ∼HSK 6